Japhet

Got one and am very happy with it.

Dammit ! Just bought a Zoom R16.

I suppose I first really took notice of Tyrone Porter on the Doobie Brothers Captain and Me album. What really tipped me over the edge was being 10 ft away from Phil Lynott at Brunel University in about 1978. Absolutely blew me away. Coolest dude ever.

Can only really think of Ashdown when it comes to small valve heads.

Do the remaining gig but tell them that in future, once it's in your diary it's a done deal.

Great bloke to deal with. A credit to Basschat.

I wasn't much of a guitarist but soon realised that the bass was the instrument that suited my character. I fit the John Entwhistle template rather than the Flea one. I've played in bands with some superb musicians and played hundreds of gigs I would never have got as a guitarist.

Has to be Pino for me because of the way he seems able to play in any genre at the drop of a hat. I like some of his less well known stuff as well. particularly with Robbie MacIntosh and D'Angelo. He always seems to be the one that other musicians want which must make him rather special. I also had a chat with him many, many years ago and he was such a nice bloke.

You could try standing 15 feet away from your cab as well. You'll hear it better than being right on top of it.

Wot Stevie said above.

I'd say the Zoom B3 is great if you can get your 'core' sound out of your amp without taking up patches for preamp or amp modelling. Then you can have 3 free patches for actual effects. You can 'toggle' into different banks but you wouldn't want to try it mid song and one false move could lead to complete disaster.

Could also have been the amp clipping.

Turn your phone off. The roaming signal through a bass amp isn't a good sound and neither is your mate ringing up to see if you fancy a pint.

I must have looked at the ad for this a gazillion times! Cracking amp. I talked myself out of it though because it would have overhung my cab by about 6 inches each side. Bet it sounds the absolute nuts though.

A WT550 is an itch that will need scratching at some point.

Can't beat this in my book. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW9Cu6GYqxo

I'm with Woodinblack on this one.

I've recently acquired a Weber Mywatt 200 which is basically a Hiwatt clone. Very reasonable money for a hand wired amp and the build quality is superb. Gigged it a couple of times now and it sounds epic. Well worth a look in my opinion.

Cry of Love. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd7F0jHEWrs Audley Freed is one of my all time favorite guitarists.

My Tokai Hardpuncher has aged a lot better than I have since 84. I really couldn't care less what a guitar looks like as long as it's not fake, and relics are fake.