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I'll try make it as I've enjoyed last few but can't promise .. assume Barrie likes the Aggie cabs Keith ? cheers Si

[quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' post='1174591' date='Mar 24 2011, 01:34 PM']I've been thinking of getting a GK head for some time now, and what with the imminent end of the Take It Away scheme I need to get my arse in gear! I originally intended to go for the 700 RB - classic amp, great tone. But I find myself increasingly drawn to the lightweight MB 200, which recently got a stunning review in BGM. Are there any GK users out there who can offer a comparison of the two? I am not really in a position to try either out but I have had experience with the 700 in the past - do the two amps make a markedly different noise? The boost facility is important I play a Spector bass, and make very loud, heavy rock/metal.[/quote]I'm sort of after both however the MB200 though a great little amp started to distort too much for my liking above 75% (gain) so I'll just go for the 700RB-II & not bother with a back up as that was the purpose of the MB200. I recently sold an older late 80's 400RB & that sounded great but again felt the 200w not quite enough & started to distort once you got to near full volume. I also play in a loud rock band so I don't recommend the MB200 as main amp but I cannot comment on the 500w models.

[quote name='Muzz' post='1158144' date='Mar 11 2011, 02:59 PM']OK, so I've spent a hatful of time and money narrowing down what I'd really like for a bass, and I can't buy it off the shelf. Life's also too short (as is the money) to wait for a luthier to build it for me, so I'm going the bitsa route, which has so far proved to be very successful with the MM neck/SX/Schaller 3D I've currently got. I was all set for a nice birdseye Warmoth Jazz neck to go on my Wizard-equipped P/J-Bass, but I keep going back to play the Warwick Fortress (which some of you may recall from a previous whinge I can't love because it hurts my eyes to look at it. Not really, but I'll never love the looks, and you lovely people have convinced me I'm not terminally shallow in this). Ugly to my eye it may be, but that Wenge neck is juuuust great to play. Not specifically the profile, but the wood. I love it. Sooooo, the logical step is to trot off to the folk at Warmoth, and then bolt an unfinished Wenge neck with an Ebony or Wenge board onto a P/J, but I'm unsure if that'll radically change the tone of the bass away from the 'normal' (albeit Wizard-enhanced) P/J tones. I know it's bound to change somewhat, I just don't know how much. Anyone replaced a maple neck with a wenge one? Did it completely change the tonal character of the bass out of all recognition?[/quote]Not a precision but I've a Warmoth jazz - ash body/maple neck + wizard 84's & sounds great (got as spare for Geddy Lee jazz but ended up selling the Fender) then had a custom made jazz (by the late Paulman rip) this jazz has a very heavy amazaque (ovangkol) body & has a beautiful wenge/ebony neck + Nordstrand Big Singles .. sounds fab, not as bright as ash/maple but warmer/growlier .. if you're ever near Bingley come check it out .. sadly not getting used now I've gone 5 string .. anyway I think it's a nice combination you're after & think Warmoth parts are really nice .. not sure what they cost now as I bought mine a few years ago. hope this helps a bit cheers Si