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Thanks Barrie, that's really interesting to hear your initial findings. I just did a small gig with one s112. They have only had maybe an hours use before the gig, but truth told, the gig wasn't loud. Here are a few rambled conclusions; The one cab handled it no sweat. The cab looked great and standing horizontally it has a really little footprint. The sound is really pleasing. The Little Mark amp seemed to work very well with it, I played around with EQ more than I would, just to experiment, but it responded really well. I could hear myself better than with previous cabs at this venue. The mids are so articulate and clear. We did a set of soul/motown covers this evening, and it sounded right at home. I don't know what it was, but the tone control on my Precision was a more usable tool. With my previous cabs I hardly ever had it full on as the sound was too harsh for me. But tonight, every tone I was getting was usable and musical. Whether that's down to the lack of tweeter or neo drivers, I don't know. There was still plenty of clean highs, just no shrillness or ice pick stuff. Put simply, I'm flippin' loving the TKS cabs and am looking forward to using them both tomorrow night!!

I've had the same experience. Venues have their regulars and that's that. Luckily, I have friends in established functions bands so could pick up some of their cancellations. Also, try get some videos uploaded and take high exposure gigs. Some people don't like charity gigs, but we got half a dozen private functions off the back of one recently. We also had a good few offers from landlords and managers after uploading a video to FB. Some were from venues that we had previously cold called and been given the same poor excuses you mention above. They don't tend to book you because you asked nicely, most want assurances that you'll do a good job.

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1414055503' post='2585173'] Came in late yesterday - today is the big tryout day [/quote] They were travel buddies with these ones I think.

[quote name='Jenny_Innie' timestamp='1413993810' post='2584574'] Sorry, I'm new here. I don't get this. I have an Ashdown MiBass 550 .... which puts out 550 watts at 4 Ohms - but probably only about 300 and something at 8 Ohms. So ........ surely, there will be a higher volume at any given level on the dial if it is a 4 Ohm rather than 8 Ohm? I'm interested y'see as I'm kinda slight and would like a lightweight cab ..... and any help with output would be good. [/quote] I think what is being said (by those with far more knowledge on the subject than myself!) Is that the difference in running your amp at its minimum load, I.e 4 ohm instead of 8, will only give you a 3 dB increase, which is minimal and that you can only get a certain amount out of two ten inch drivers. If two tens won't cut it at 8 ohms, it's more than likely they won't at 4 ohms either.

[quote name='eude' timestamp='1413990348' post='2584503'] Lovely set up mate! So you went without tweeters too? I came very close to getting some of these a little while back, but life got in the way, as it does, maybe next year. Anyway, I was wondering if I could live without a tweeter, so I'm very interested to hear how you think the compare to gear you've had in the past once you've had a bit of time with them. Cheers, Eude [/quote] I'll get back to you. WoT might be better placed to answer in the meantime? These are the first cabs I've had without tweeters for a while, but I'd gradually been turning them down and then off. My initial reaction is, I'm not going to miss them. The mids and highs are so nice and musical, I think the cabs are going to work wonderfully in a band. The higher notes already really sing without the tweeter.

My photos don't do it justice. It is quite overcast today, but I'll get a better snap tomorrow if it's sunnier. The cloth is actually a warmer yellower colour. It's the beige/brown on the TKS site, in case anyone else was wondering!

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1413986392' post='2584433'] Stunning... welcome to the club! The mids and highs on these things are a joy to behold. Running one on its own sounds fantastic, but running the two of them is like an exponential increase in awesomeness. [/quote] Haha. Thanks for your input pre ordering too. I can't wait to hear them with a band. They're going to sit very well I think.

After hours of browsing the net for info and many emails back and forth - i decided to give these a try. As UPS only dropped them off this morning, i've not given them a thorough test. But will just say my initial impressions are that the build quality is as good as i have seen from ANY guitar/bass cab. The fit and finish are perfect. The attention to detail is remarkable. They just sound like proper, decent bass cabs should, IMO. The bottom end is focused and round and the mids and highs are lovely and clear - without a tweeter. Just noodling on my Precision with flats you can hear that it will be a match made in heaven. I've not spent long playing them, but straight away they just had [i]that[/i] sound. The process of buying them was far easier than i had anticipated too. Tommy, the owner, answered all my emails very promptly and in perfect English. He was a real gent and talked me through whole process with patience. The whole process took two and a half weeks or so. The were shipped on the 18th, saw a bit of Denmark and Germany and arrived today, really well packaged, via UPS. Put it this way, i have had more difficult, drawn out processes ordering from the UK. I'll report back once i have rehearsed and gigged them. Here is the spec (copied from [url="http://www.tks.se/"]http://www.tks.se/[/url] ) Impedance: 8 Ω Power handling (high average power test signal): 250 W RMS Recommended amplifier power: 150-300 W RMS @ 8 Ω Sensitivity[sub][average][/sub]: 99 dB SPL @ 1W/1m Sensitivity[sub][100Hz][/sub]: 98 dB SPL @ 1W/1m Sensitivity[sub][max][/sub]: 103 dB SPL @ 1,5 kHz, 1W/1m Frequency response (-10db): 46 Hz - 4,8 kHz Displacement: 237 cm³ Measurements (WxHxD): 52x38x33 cm Weight: 10 kg [url="http://s1240.photobucket.com/user/mattdigweed/media/TKS5_zps0a171d71.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s1240.photobucket.com/user/mattdigweed/media/TKS1_zps21bc2078.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s1240.photobucket.com/user/mattdigweed/media/TKS4_zps974cf1f0.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s1240.photobucket.com/user/mattdigweed/media/TKS3_zps4784b8db.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s1240.photobucket.com/user/mattdigweed/media/TKS2_zpsf840510e.jpg.html"][/url]

[quote name='littleal' timestamp='1413971199' post='2584117'] Living on the isle of Wight is a pain for trying stuff, always a trip to the mainland,, [/quote] Ain't that the truth!

Lovely bass, cabs and cat.

Wow, that sucks. How many cabs has the Cab Slayer claimed? If Orange accepted liability with the 'faulty PCB' I would look into claiming for the cab repairs, for sure.

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1413541091' post='2579260'] Don`t mention the handles, I mentioned them once but I think I got away with it. [/quote] Quote of the day! Haha.

Scott Devine maybe? I think he has a medical need for it. I've seen him mention it on more than one occasion in his fantastic videos.

I played the lacquer model once. It was quality.

The VM are cool. CVs are pretty special though, if you find a good one.

[quote name='spacey' timestamp='1413376831' post='2577656'] Yawn..... [/quote] It's a fair question, isn't it? I'm genuinely interested in how you've come to this conclusion too.

I don't know the first thing about GB amps, but the low EQ on the MB is centred very low. Could that be why?

[quote name='machinehead' timestamp='1413326645' post='2577293'] An even higher priority than proper and high quality mechanical and electrical engineering and acoustics? [/quote] That side of it is obviously quality - so there are no worries there.

Did anyone snap one of these up? Serious bargains!

Aaaaand now I'm trawling ebay for one of these... I have a few single coils laying around that I took out of a Strat, including a Duncan Hot Rail! Never occurred that it might work in a bass.

My folding screwfix trolley can apparently take 80kg! Really, it would struggle doing half that. They are nifty little things though and don't take up any space in the car.

Good stuff! Really pleased to hear it. I never got to hear it out front unfortunately!

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1412527496' post='2569602'] Fender 1978 US Precision, Fender MIM 2008 Precision. Into Boss TU2 Tuner, then Tech21 VT DI, signal split into: Markbass CMD121P combo & NY121 ext cab, and Markbass Little Mark 3 & Club600F32 [attachment=173126:Dacorum-20141005-00222.jpg] [/quote] I've only just seen this!! How are you getting on with it?

Cool. These look great as they age too.

Sorry to be the one to ask here, but you've ruled out it just being a faulty speakon cable/connector?