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I've not played the GK112 neo, but have the 2x12 (and I have heard that tonally they are virtually indistinguishable). Great, great cabs. I doubt you'll be disappointed. But, as others have said, only one 12" speaker will have it's finite volume limits. You will find out it one is enough though I guess. And you have a plan B of getting another so you seem to have covered all bases.

Swapped basses via courier with Andy. Despite the inherent risk and worries of doing this, it was an absolute pleasure dealing with Andy. He is a real gent, and was absolutely true to his word in every way. Communication with me was also first class. THanks mate !

I'm a church player but I'm not quite sure what you mean by a gospel sound. Could you give some examples . Also we'll need some sort of guidance as to what your needs are for an amp. Combo ? Head & cab(s) ? Is weight a big issue ? What sort of venues ? just stage monitoring ? etc etc.

I'm with you there Hobbayne. We lost our rehearsal last week due to the singers health. Haven't got another till into the new year so I was looking forward to it. As to enjoying rehearsals, for me it depends on how constructive they are. If you are running through new material that everybody has prepared for at home, then it's really enjoyable. However, if one or more people haven't bothered to learn the stuff, then it becomes painful. Also, just running through a well known set list can be quite uninspiring too. So, for me, it depends hugely what the point of the rehearsal is, and if my bandmates have actually prepared for it.

[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1355065207' post='1893541'] It's not enough having my financial priorities called into question, I'm now being told how I should feel about it? That's just marvellous! [/quote] Wow. try not to take it so personally. No-one is aiming comments specifically at you. Just talking about these issues a in general sense.

[quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1355044308' post='1893188'] Ditto. I went through about a dozen last year and ended up going back to a Russian Muff. Replaced the 2nd pair of clipping diodes for a pair of germaniums and finally got 'my sound'. Kind of back where I started... ...it was fun finding out though! [/quote] Fun but a little expensive ! It's the more "open" nature of the drive in a fuzz that I like compared to the "tighter" broken glass type drive in every distortion pedal I've tried (yes, even the B3K and B7K). It sounds to me that the wavelength of the clipping is significantly longer in a fuzz. Either that or the frequencies that are being driven in a fuzz are very different to those in most distortion pedals. I'm finding it very difficult to describe what I'm hearing. These are obviously utterly subjective terms that I'm using but hopefully people might get an idea of what I'm talking about.

I've just been through a mass of distortion pedals, only to realise that it is a fuzz pedal on a lower gain setting, mixed with a clean signal that I'm looking for. There's a "broken glass" quality in the high end (even without a tweeter) that is not to my taste with distortion pedals,

[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1354986043' post='1892680'] I happen to live in a two income household. No kids [/quote] Sorry neepheid, but you sort of prove my point. Your description of your situation sounds really quite well off compared to an awful lot of other folks. Are you trying to say that if your financial situation went to the dogs you would not consider moving on some of your collection ?

Just bought a pedal from Simon. He communicated well. Packed the pedal nicely and it was exactly as described. I'm very happy. Thoroughly recommended seller. cheers.

I think a huge amount comes down to available finances. The poorer you are the more ruthless you need to become with one in/one out etc. I think a good test is seeing really how much, if at all, you actually play a particular bass. Individually we are the only ones who really know about how our finances and situation stand, and whether it's reasonable to buy/sell/swap or whatever. To be honest it amazes me how well off a lot of people must be, to be able to own so many basses.

[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1354796951' post='1890445'] I wasn't going to say any more on the subject, but the overriding feeling I'm getting from this thread is that I'm somehow wrong for wishing to sell items in a way that's comfortable for me and I feel compelled to clarify my position. I list it for sale. If it doesn't sell for a while then I'll take down the price a bit or I'll keep the item. But I'll decide when that happens. It's still my item, it's still my sale. It's on sale for what it's worth to me, informed by having done some research into recent sales etc.. If that's not compatible with the market's opinion of what the item is worth (and I'm capable of counting my own tumbleweed, thanks) then I'll deal with it in my own way. What's wrong with that? Not everyone's up for a bit of wheeling and dealing, not everyone is comfortable with it. OK, maybe I'm a bit of a control freak, but I'm not an ogre, I'm not an unreasonable person, nor am I difficult to deal with, as my feedback thread will attest to. I've clearly managed to sell stuff using this approach at mutually agreeable prices. Given all the above, low offers bug me when I've put the effort in to price things reasonably to begin with. It's irritating, that's all. Usually I will reply with a reiteration of the price and its firmness, sometimes citing the research that has led me to the amount I am asking for. Often this is accepted with good grace and we continue from there. There may be varying degrees of detectable irritability in this communication, and I apologise for any I have communicated, and for any I will communicate in the future. [/quote] And I'd be surprised if anyone thinks you are unreasonable in this, as long as you state "firm price, no offers" in your advert (which, of course, I'm sure you do). I would expect anyone stating those things in an advert to completely ignore any approaches for a cheaper price. If it were me I would. However, the people I do struggle with are those who are rather rude and self-righteous in response to a genuine offer, lower than their advertised price, having made no statements that the price is non-negotiable. It is absolutely standard practice to haggle a bit in used sales of virtually anything in our culture unless, and only unless, the seller states "absolutely no offers".