Bluejay, must have had something to do with a carlsbro stingray bass amp I had at the time. Back in the throes of puberty I remember a low B on a wooden floor being able to melt underwear at 10 paces. Curiously, the same amp always seemed to serve as a bench at house parties! Sadly the amp is long gone, replaced by the clinical accuracy, and unforgiving germanness of a behringer