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Our long haired and bearded singer/guitarist always seems to take too long between songs? Not sure why but a regular thing. Anyway after a few times of this one of the punters shouts out "get on with it Jesus!" Both me and the drummer fosters ourselves laughing.

I think some of you are missing the seriousness of the situation here. We have a relationship between the Basschat buyer and seller who both did their best I.e. Prompt payment and then excellent packaging and fast delivery, only for this to be ruined by the ineptitude of RM. This will only make BC buyers and sellers reluctant to trade in the future if through no fault of their own, RM fail, damage the products and accept no responsibilities for their actions.

To give balance to this thread. I didn't want to remove the valves as they seemed very tight and didn't wish to break them. I also over packed the box with loads of bubble wrap, peanut packing, cardboard, etc. So much so that the top of the box was slightly bulging. Paul said there was nothing more I could have done. I believe that they must have either kicked it around the depot or the word 'fragile' is code to RM workers for please break. I offered to chase it up and replace one of the valves (mullard). Not sure what more I could have done. Wanted to set the record straight

Depends on the band. It was fine last night but are a bluesy, souly, funky thing. I guess if you play in a 2 guitar, Marshall stack metal band then you'd be buggered.

I recently ordered the PF50t. It took only a few days to arrive. Used it properly for the first time yesterday at rehearsal. Sounded great, especially when you dig in and all the valvey goodness comes out of the speaker. Personally, unless it's just a home/studio amp, I would cancel the order and upgrade to the PF50t for the extra £130. Otherwise you will struggle to be heard in a band.

No hum on mine. Sounds pretty loud too. Usually with my hybrid amps I have my bass volume on full, preamp up high for grit and the master low for overall volume. However, I've been told by my guitarist that on valve amps it's good to roll the volume on the bass down, preamp quite low and to have the master volume close to full on. Adjust preamp, next and then use the bass volume lastly on stage for extra bite. Will give it a try.

Big fan. Used to have lots of the magazines under my bed.

Hopefully Beer of the Bass was just a one-off. They seemed great when I spoke to them on the phone on Friday just to put my mind at rest as the deal seemed too good to be true. Spoke with Connor. Nice guy. Here she is:

My PF50t has just arrived, sounds great. Happy bunny!

I went to a gig where the bass players combo started coughing and spluttering and then died. The look of 'oh flip' on his face and the bands. I calmly walked to my car and got my amp and cab from the boot and handed it to him. I am now loved by that band forever. I even got a dep gig from another band he plays in. I'm seen as a good player, nice guy, well prepared and reliable.

I ordered an Ampeg PF50t from Kenny's on Saturday. Polar sent me an email that it's being delivered tomorrow. Fingers crossed everything's ok. Can't wait.

I was really after a ctm100 but yesterday pushed the button on an Ampeg PF50t from Kenny's Music - £429. Bargain!!! I already have a PF500 so can piggy back (if I need extra juice for dep gigs) but my thoughts were if I get a louder bass amp, the guitarist will only keep going louder, etc. Hopefully this strategy will help reign him back in! Really excited as this is my first valve amp and isn't the size of a sideboard and weigh more than Rik Waller after an all you can eat buffet!