HazBeen

I hear what you are saying, but it is not a large enough "backbone gap" to be an issue in most situations. I had a Mesa MPulse for many years as well as full Tube amps, they have something extra over the D Class heads, but also and for me more importantly have the extra weight. For me the difference was not big enough not to go D Class. [quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1425813229' post='2710876'] The Streamliner was the best of the micros I tried, but I still thought - in keeping with the others - that it lacked backbone. The Walkabout gives me the tubey tone, and small-ish size, with the heft of a transformer. I've been happy since. [/quote]

I feel like pedal chain order there is no real right or wrong here, so much depends on preference, type of amp, bass etc. Purists may say, you must do X or Y but I say let your ears decide what is best in your setup. Ultimately it is all about being loud enough to keep up with the band, with a tone you like. Marcus Miller and Lemmy have very different sounds.....

[URL=http://s87.photobucket.com/user/welcometombh/media/image.jpg1_zpskvqzapd8.jpg.html][IMG]http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k147/welcometombh/image.jpg1_zpskvqzapd8.jpg[/IMG][/URL] My Genz Benz mini stack - picture taken at yesterdays gig. Streamliner 900 2x Focus 210T G&L L2500, Carvin SB4001 and a dirty Les Paul in frame.

I just gigged my Streamliner 900 again yesterday, love it a lot. That said, I have owned and tried a lot of DClass amps now and if the old school vibe is what you are after a Tonehammer or Puma would give you that.

I think we are all underrated to an extent, bass playing is just not as "sexy" in many people's eyes. I have several in mind many already covered in this topic but I nominate Tim Commerford of RATM and Audioslave. With my 90s rock cover band we play a lot of their songs and he just has so many cool lines. And Patrick O'Hearn, great fretless player and my favourite Zappa bass player.

Fender has butchered SWR and Genz Benz and as a result their non tube amps (they already butchered Sunn for more tube tech) have become excellent amps, and at a great price. I have owned an MB 800, it was not for me, but Markbass have a strong following and are great quality as well as cost effective so we will see them around for a long time... Or until Fender takes them over and kills the brand I say Rumble, but best to try both and see for yourself which you prefer. But there are many quality class D amps out there nowadays. My Reidmar continues to impress me, the Puma 900 I had was awesome and the Aggie TH500 is a serious bit of kit too.

A few years ago now, but same great experience. And never, ever been beat since..... But won't trouble you with some of the subsequent bad CS examples by other manufacturers..... mutters Fender....

You are not the only one mate.......

Didn't Thomann stock them? I used to have them on my Jazz, very good flatwounds.

It is the universe mate.....

Caught the little accents nicely matey, well done. The Wick is very well suited for this.

This NUTUBE stuff is intriguing. http://www.korg.com/us/news/2015/012212/ Wonder how long A it will take to make an amp with it, B how long it will take before bass amps are available to test. This would solve all issues (weight) with fulltube amps, IF they indeed sound like tube amps. [quote name='Subthumper' timestamp='1424472662' post='2696832'] No or not that I know of. It takes a lot of energy to reproduce bass frequencies and too small a transformer will result in saturation, which is where the iron core has absorbed as much electromagnetic energy as it can and then starts to distort and lose frequency response. Sometimes this is good thing on guitar amps as is forms part that amps distinct tone. In the early days guitar amps deliberately had small output transformers to limit the low end to preserve the frail speakers. I recently worked on a a couple of peavey 5150/6505 60 watt combos. One was an American one the other was a Chinese one. The output transformer of the Chinese one is about half the size and difference in sound is huge. The U.S. one sounds big and articulate and the Chinese one is rather thin and strangled sounding. Hence this is why all the best sounding valve bass have huge heavy transformers. There is some news on lightweight valves though. Korg have just announced their NUTUBE which is a miniature pre amp valve. Check it out. [/quote]

BC solves yet another conundrum , the power of many.

Found it! http://www.wikizic.org/Vantage-225B1/

99.9% sure it is a Vantage, they used to stick a V at the top of the headstock and it looks like one of the several fonts they used. This seems to be a Samick era Vantage, as that is when they were made in Korea and not in the Matsumoku factory in Japan. Vantage was discontinued mid nineties, this is probably early '90s.

Seems pretty out there, but who knows.....

I just bought Mike's Reidmar. Fair price, quick shipment and good comms. Could not ask for more. Thanks for the pleasant transaction!

I have tried them all, best (and most expensive I have to add) Evidence Audio SIS which I now use on both my boards.

Just traded basses with John, what an incredible pleasure, true gent, man of his word and excellent comms. Would deal again without hesitation. Thanks pal!