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I haven't tried the Kent Armstrong Lipstick pickups but I did put a pair of Danelectro lipsticks on my Jazz inspired bass and was totally underwhelmed by the result.

I found this as well and when I voiced my opinion that I didn't think that the ST900 was that loud I was classed as some sort of looney. I brought the bass down a bit and turned the mids up a bit, not a lot though and found that I liked the sound a lot and the peak light stayed off. It's loud enough for me for any gig I'm likely to play and if it needs to be louder I'll just DI through the P.A. That also means that everything else would need micing as well. Also, don't forget that a 900 watt amp is just a tad short of only being twice as loud as a 100w amp. I'm not going to mention the valve watts verses transistor watts debate.

My blue leds go out on occasion as well but seem to repair themselves within a gig or two. I'm happy with that.

[quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1399672764' post='2446668'] Are people who bought the 69'er not a bit miffed that it's been side-lined so soon? [/quote] It's like virtually everything, things get updated and specs changed, normally just after you've bought it. New car, hifi, Apple product, amp, cab, guitar or bass. Am I miffed, not at all. At last night's, exceptionally boring gig, I stood on stage and thought, can my sound get any better than this? I wandered out into the vast expanse of nothingness that was the dance floor and leaned on the bar and just listened and still thought, can my sound get any better than this? Infact, the whole band sounded superb, shame no one was paying attention but it was a birthday party and the birthday boy really enjoyed it, so it's OK. I'm in sonic heaven with my Streamliner and 69er and who's to say that the 'new improved' 69er will sound as good? I don't think that I will be paying another grand to find out.

Does this help? http://support.fender.com/manuals/instruments/Mustang_Bass_(1966)_manual.pdf

I remember seeing a recruitment ad for Hermes not so long ago and the rate for a parcel delivered was 69p

Hasn't the wife told you to get that 'bloody box' out of the hall yet?

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1399571826' post='2445521'] There is something about the '69er that is quite special. It must be the combination of sealed punchy goodness, added harmonics from that top right driver, and the roll off at 40Hz - it just works really well. All of those elements have changed - I hope this cab hasn't lost what makes the '69er so special. [/quote] This, plus, I love my 69er and have no desire to change even if the new 6x10 is a little louder. I'd guess that the new 10s are 24 ohms each.

I think what you are trying to do is more simple than what you are trying to do it on. Perhaps all you need is a hard disc recorder such as one of these, http://www.thomann.de/gb/boss_micro_br_br80.htm or even an old portastudio. Not as versatile I know, but a lot easier to use.

I don't mind as long as lots of them.

[quote name='mrtcat' timestamp='1398976938' post='2439724'] Can you Bi-Amp the Thomann amp to do something like 2 x 500w at 8 Ohm? [/quote] Yes. http://www.thomann.de/gb/the_tamp_d4500.htm http://images.thomann.de/pics/prod/c_218916_en_online.pdf

We use a couple of these for our PA. Very impressed. http://www.thomann.de/gb/the_tamp_d4500.htm

Slow blues in E chaps? No jamming for me thanks.

No, just a lot of grass to cut. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV8RF45n0BY

To get in the way.

When discreet and I got together the other day, he brought his MB Fusion 500 with him so had a chance to compare my streamliner 900 with that. Not being a fan of the GK sound I was suprised to find that I actually liked the sound of the fusion and we both agreed that with a bit of twiddling we could get both amps to sound pretty much the same.

I use easily, www.easily.co.uk, always been good to me.

Once did a gig with a band that had a sax player, not just an ordinary sax player, oh no, but one that liked to make electronic gadgets. He made an octave generator for his sax. All the way through the gig I was constantly told to turn down as the bass was too loud. Getting well pissed off with this, I actually switched my amp off and pretended to play anything other than the song we were playing making it very obvious that the bass wasn't me. I was told to turn down again. After going to great lengths to explain that the bass wasn't too loud as the amp wasn't even switched on, they realised that the sax player was playing bass with his sax. They never apologised though.

Trace Elliot originally made P.A.s. They branched out into bass amplification with the introduction of the GP11 preamp, I think that's what it was called. This was married to one of their PA power amps. The speakers were the same PA speakers that they were already building. I remember going to their factory many years ago and spending a few hours playing around with GP11 and various combinations of cabinets. Eventually I managed to get a sound that I quite liked but as it was pretty close to the sound that I already had there didn't seem a lot of point in changing to TE. More info here:- http://traceelliot.weebly.com/