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Whereabouts in West Sussex are you Chimike?

I used to have an OTB.  Regret selling it.  Did you say you have bought some JJs to replace the originals?  I thought the originals were JJs but I could be wrong.

I live in Bromley, SE London/NW Kent. 15 mins from Victoria Station.

I have just set it up again today.  Looks great and sounds really good too.  Not sure if I should sell it!

Hi,

Would anyone of you out there in BC world have an Ashdown CTM100 I could try before I push the button on buying one.  I live in Bromley, SE London/NW Kent.

PMT can ship one to a store for me to try but they want me to put down a (refundable) 10% deposit!  Is this now a thing?  Not happy about slapping £115 on my card just to try out a bass amp and then wait for the refund.

Most appreciated if any of you could help a fellow GAS sufferer

Based in Bromley.  The guitarist in our band wants to buy some PA speakers as I recently bought the PA mixer. I'll let him know Mike

Hi, Whereabouts are you based?

Xmas price drop to £425

Pics finally uploaded!

Donington 1988 Monsters of Rock

Iron Maiden, Kiss, Dave Lee Roth, Megadeth, Guns n Roses, Helloween.

First ever gig.  Bit like popping your cherry to Salma Hayek.  

9 years! I didn't know that Sting was a member on here. 

Talent x Hardwork = Success

Style x Attitude = Star 

Now for sale at £425.  

Up for sale is my lovely MarkBass Randy Jackson TTE 500.

It also comes with the padded case and is in great condition.  I bought it 6 months ago to replace my Orange Terror Bass as it is more versatile for the covers/function band I joined but as the band has now folded, I have decided to sell it to someone who needs it more.

It can do lovely warm valve tones but also modern clean ones.  IMO it looks much better than the later Indonesian made TTE501.  This is the original Italian made version.

It also looks really great when switched on too!

Pics to follow later (bit rubbish with computers)

Definitely worth a watch but as a master luthier he clearly has an 'Axe to Grind'.

Loving the Ashdown love on here.

I'm very tempted by the CTM100 to go fully down the old school valve route. 

Over the last couple of years I have gone down the lightweight, class D route, firstly with an Orange Terror and then a Mark Bass Randy Jackson TTE500. They are great but always felt something was missing.  So the other night I thought it would be interesting to take my old, heavy Crate BT-350 amp (Ampeg in disguise - made in the same factory, same parts, etc) that I've had from new for over 25 years.

wow, what a tone.  Real bottom end and a beautiful glassy mid range to boot.  Really felt that the amp had massive authority in the rehearsal room.  Felt like being the worlds greatest centre back!

Weighs over 3 times as much as the others but I think it's worth it!

Anybody else out there in BC world that maybe going backwards is the really the way forward?

What a bought getting a comfort strap?  My old P Bass Special weighed a ton.  Bought one of these and made it feel so much lighter. 

They

GLWTS. The gonna f*cking need it!

I think most people's dream bass is the next one (n+1)

Congrats on selling it. Saved me from getting it in the neck for buying more bass gear!

Noel Gallagher - did he 'borrow heavily' from Plastic Bertrand's Ca Plane pour moi or was it just me?

Can heartily recommend:
Eat 'em and Smile - Dave Lee Roth
First 2 Mr Big albums
Both Winery Dogs albums

Hi Matty,

Big Billy Sheehan fan myself. I went to the Winery Dogs Dogcamp in the States a couple of years back. Borderline stalker

I'm guessing that his sound probably originated out of necessity in a 3 piece band, using a lot of mid and overdrive to cover the lack of 2nd guitarist, and fill up the sound in solos.

Once you then develop your own signature sound and style, people come to you as a brand to add value to their product/band. There are technically much better bass players out there (Dylan Wilson - Richie Kotzen's bassist) but they don't sound unique. Great for session work but will always be replaceable by the next newest, cheaper option.

The downside is that being different polarises people but my theory is that it's better for 99% of the public to hate what you do as long as the 1% go crazy for you. That's a gold record in the UK. Better that than 100% go 'Meh'.

Ain't that a shame...

Watford Valves 100%