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I would personally wait a few months and let Rob at Status have a look at it. Less likely to effect the resale value as much compared to letting others have a go at repairing it.

Will be about as clear as mud!

I bought a lovely original ABM 500 in chrome from here for about £170 came with a fitted SKB case too. Think it took a bump being delivered and a couple of things didn’t work as expected. Took it to Guy at Ashdown who fixed it, changed the valve and gave it a service free of charge. Wonderful customer service. Buy with confidence.

The video reminded me of a photo of my front room a year ago. Can’t think why? 😀

Just need to use the one cable from the amp to the cab (810). Would only use 2 separate cables to the cab if you were going to use two different amps to the cab via 2x410 (Bi-amping) eg one amp clean and the other dirty/effects or Low freq/have guys split etc

If it’s just for practicing at home, I’d recommend using a zoom b3 or b3n with headphones. Pick them up s/h for not much more.

I always wanted one. So I tried a few in Denmark street 20 years ago. Never had the urge since. Horrible to play and really thin sound. P bass all the way. Even Bruce Foxton agrees.

What about a Jaguar bass? P and a J pick up and a funky shape too!

I use my TC spark at the end of the chain so it doesn’t effect the other pedals tone/sounds, just the volume level and have an eq pedal near the front as a mid boost too.

I have done the single super compact (1x12) thing, then two super compacts, back to one super compact. In the end I missed the fuller sound of having 2 speakers so bought a super twin as it's the best of both worlds, 2 speakers, one cab and not that much bigger than a single cab. I also think it looks better than stacking two cabs vertically. Small footprint onstage (remember them!) If you did want more of an old school sound, the 210 would be a good option. You can stack 2 horizontally, as intended and it looks pretty good. Having 2 cabs will cost you more obviously. 2 super compacts s/h will cost roughly £900 and a super twin will be around £650 for essentially the same thing. Having 2 SCs/210s gives you a more flexible, modular set up and the Super twin is a fantastic one cab solution. Barefaced have 30 day trial/money back guarantee if you wanted to buy it brand new.

If you don’t mind crossing the Dartford bridge there is an excellent amp repairer called David Lane based in Gravesend mate

Thanks but I think you missed my point. It wasn’t about using a variax into a stomp. It was about using a regular passive bass into the stomp but the stomp having variax type bass settings built into the unit.

The family motto/maxim/whatever it’s called I used to say to my son on his way into primary school every morning was ‘do YOUR best and have fun!’

I'm a massive Luddite but basic things like Facebook, WhatsApp and messenger are very useful for communication and sending videos, etc

It's only worth what someone's willing to pay. If you're happy to pay £180, pay.. Of if not, don't or leave your offer on the table for 48 hours. See what happens.