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The Gator Pro Go bags are excellent - loads of storage and great protection and as Paul S says above the TGI Extremes are brilliant value for money - i use both. But the best value at the moment are these on ebay https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Original-Blake-Bravo-Bass-Guitar-Case-Brand-New/253660672423?hash=item3b0f5ab1a7:g:jsIAAOSwWfdbEEvn (its a manufacturer thats gone under but a load of resellers picked remaining stock up at auction and are moving them on - theres nothing around for under £80 that will touch them)

absolutely this...i discovered them a few years ago and they're so simple

This was my first festival experience - some fab bands such as UFO, Pat Travers, early Maiden, Gillan with John McCoy on bass, Budgie, Whitesnake, Def Leppard, Slade subbed for Ozzy and stole the show and one of my own obscure favourites Girl played a Sunday afternoon slot. Happy Daze....

Imagine the potential minefield if you'd bought it and it went a bit wonky... Possibly dodged a bullet there :-)

Just sold a rack tuner to Chris - absolute doddle and totally recommended!!!! Cheers Bud!

Nope it sounds fine to me..... Although I do leave it on all the time and have a bypass patch set up if I need it off. I use it to scroll thru patch settings with the bypass patch in between each effect so always come out into a clean sound. Like this.... Bypass>Chorus>Bypass>Compressor>Bypass>Ampeg

Agreed, the MS60B is a gem. Easy to use and packed with great sounds. I use a Diago Micropower and havent had any noise or tonesuck issues.

I have one of the ProGo cases and completely agree - its excellent....... And i also picked up one of these recently because they were such a dumb price - its 90% as good as the Gator (a bit bigger inside though which may work better for you) https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Original-Blake-Bravo-Bass-Guitar-Case-Brand-New/253660672423?hash=item3b0f5ab1a7:g:jsIAAOSwWfdbEEvn

Just grabbed a set of strings from Pawel in a smoother than a shaved sealion style transaction..... Thanks very much Pawel!

yup, this....... But if you need a really sparkly zingy sound you'll need a preamp in front of it - it's naturally a tiny bit treble shy imho. Fantastic bit of kit though - it seems to dodge the class D 'gets louder but loses the heft' as you turn them up. It has oodles of clean muscle available and a really good eq section as long as you spend 15 minutes understanding what the 2 knobs do. I love mine.......

I've had a TC BG500 combo (same head as your amp i think), a GK MB500 Fusion (sort of similar to anMB800) and also an ABM600 evo4. And i play a Stingray too. I too found the TC very bland sounding, sort of lifeless and a bit flat. I tried the newer BH heads too and thought they had a similar sort of sound so they weren't for me. But i liked a Staccato 51 head that i used at a festival recently - that had some wallop about it. The Gallien was very good in an aggressive kind of way but i thought it fell into the class D trap of losing impact as you turned it up. Could get bloody loud but in a shouty fashion rather than trouser flapping. I've had a bunch of class D amps (inc MarkBass and Genz Benz) and found i cant get on with them at gig volumes because they lose their thump (until i discovered my Quilter BB800 - thats a whole different bag of fish!) The Ashdown will blow the others into the weeds imho. It has a serious heft about it but can sparkle too and is a very versatile bit of kit - way better than other ABM's that i've tried which all seemed a bit mushy sounding. The trick with it is to use your ears to eq it rather than your eyes - don't be scared to crank the knobs and sliders and disengage the scoopy button. The valve drive adds a bit of fruit to the sound, i wasn't fussed about the compressor and i thought the sub thing wasn't much use in the real world. And it works great with a Stingray - it's a huge sounding combination. I moved it on for something different but i would cheerfully have another one......

How about wedging a few rubber amp feet type things under the lower part of the amp to prop it up a bit in the case? That should help if you're concerned.... Sort of like these http://www.terralec.co.uk/feet/rubber_foot_with_screws_4_pack/30987_p.html#

I have recently picked up a Quilter BB800 and am now 6 gigs into using it. Its a brilliant little amp and so unlike all the other class D ones i've had. It has a weight and evenness across each of the strings and is incredibly loud if required. You just have to learn the eq section - its very intuitive once you understand it. Well worth a look.....

Can u pop his email address up on here so we can all send him a few hundred emails, sign him up for a few sites and maybe share it about a bit 😉That'll keep him busy

Gain at levels over about number 7 kicks in the limiter - this makes it sound a bit 'saggier' and thicker. Sort of valvier if thats your thing but not fuzzy. Keep the gain down below that and push the master volume and it cleans up the sound.

Hi Chris Blacksmiths Arms, St Albans on Friday Boars Head, Braintree on Saturday Next gig in south M25 area is Crown Hotel, Chertsey on Aug 4 You're welcome to come and tinker....

Sandberg is pretty unknown outside the enthusiast sites/forums. I would stick them on the list.....

Bargain!!! Good spot......

Wasn't me on Thomann buddy but its pretty much what i would have written.

Absolutely correct sir, its a beast!

Looks a bit like my Classic Lacquer 50's now 😉 Fender Classic 50's Lacquer Precision Bass by Jon Ashbee, on Flickr

Same here - i grabbed one as an experiment after having poor experiences with other class D amps (slam, heft blah blah...) Its an amazing little bit of kit and provides most of what i was missing from other class D's. I'm 4 gigs in with it and loving it. The unusual tone controls are very intuitive as long as you spend 10 minutes having a think and a fiddle at home to understand them. It sounds huge in a band situation through a couple of Barefaced cabs using a good P Bass. Loads of heft, plenty of volume and no flattening of the low end when you crank it - the sound stays consistent when you get loud with it. The clever limiting is easy to hear when you run the gain over 7 and the sag begins to appear or you can keep it clear and clean with lower gain and higher master. Really impressed with it 🙂