Sean

I think it's a good price for that spec of amp with the flexibility of the build and the boutique-ness of it. I'm going to try to do a comprehensive Video review when it arrives and get some professional photos done.

MJW is now taking orders for Taranis 200w All-valve hand-wired Bass Amps. £1600 for a single channel monster head. It's kinda like an Orange AD200 or a Matamp GT200 and you can have it done to your taste. See MJW Amplifcation on FaceBook or their website for details. Many thanks to all those that got stuck in with the poll.

sxc

Voting ends midnight tonight.

Depreciation is huge.

They're not for everyone.

That must be The Scheff!

[quote name='Truckstop' timestamp='1413710835' post='2580995'] Over-priced and over-rated dogshit. The only reason anyone would ever buy one over another brand is purely because they want a Fender in their hands. Even the US ones don't provide much over competing brands of a lower price point. All the CEO has to do is keep Fenders in the public eye and the jobs done. No need to worry about actually making instruments that sound, look and play better than other brands. People buy Cadillacs because they're cool cars. Not because they're better than BMW, Audi, Lexus or Mercedes. Nothing wrong with it of course; I'm just saying that these days in brand identity that gets the sales; not the product itself! Truckstop [/quote] I've got two Fender guitars. One's a Richie Kotzen Telecaster and it's absolutely outstanding in every way. I bought it because I like well made, beautiful instruments that sound and look fantastic and play nicely. I've never been particularly swayed by the brand, I've paid over £2k for a Yamaha (more than once) that casual observers think are cheap Asian instruments. The Kotzen Tele is manufactured by FugiGen Gakki in Japan (MIJ rather than CIJ) so it's not Fender manufactured and it's about the best guitar I've ever played or owned and is even better than then USA Peavey Wolfgang carved flame top I had. I hope they don't start manufacturing this model in house. My other Fender is a 1987 USA Standard Stratocaster, E Serial number and one of the first of the new model and that's a good guitar, not outstanding but I've had it since new so it's got a lot of sentimental value but if the right FugiGen MIJ Strat comes up, it'll be on eBay. Not everything with the F word on the headstock is dog sh*t.

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1413729779' post='2581285'] Hmm, the names in the poll do seem to be aimed at the D&D playing crowd! Still, EBS did OK with a similar naming scheme and it's probably better than sniggering-blokes-in-a-tour-bus style innuendo (as pioneered by Electro Harmonix). [/quote] It's not too late if you're feeling creative.

[quote name='Bolo' timestamp='1413700730' post='2580930'] You may want to check the spelling on Cthulhu [/quote] http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu I did. Thoroughly. Read loads about it too. I'm a spelling/grammar/pronunciation pedant and also a pragmatist. And a huge Metallica fan.

Poll time!

That spec looks cool. There's a few bits of bocote there, I wanted the facing pice from mine to make a guitar but it's lost. I saw Jon on Thursday, he was very busy doing some parquetry for a top, it looked a bit over complicated to my tastes but you can't deny the attention to detail and skill involved. Good luck with the build. We expect to see daily updates.

[quote name='monsterthompson' timestamp='1413560436' post='2579614'] I had a Walkabout for a short while with my G3 Compact. It was very limited in volume output. Not a gig worthy rig. I bought the WA used and then sold it recently; the buyer picked it up as a backup for a WA he already owned, and we each suspect the original owner did a tube-roll causing the output to be lower than average for the WA head. [/quote] Sounds like a fault to me. Even with the 12" WA Scout I've played good sized venues without PA support.

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1413556816' post='2579551'] out of interest... does the walkabout have enough power for it? [/quote] Sounds fabulous with the Walkabout and loud enough for any stage/venue/room etc. easily. I was astonished but then again those Boogies have loads of balls.

[quote name='stevie' timestamp='1412929003' post='2573309'] The only way Alex is going to improve his product and stay in business is if he receives and accepts valid criticism. [/quote] From what I can see from my own experience, he has. The Gen 3 stuff is fantastic. I wasn't a fan of the earlier gear mainly down to build and as a result didn't buy one but with the Gen 3 I'm converted and I'm stupidly fussy about the function, quality and value of stuff.

I bought a pedalboard from Shep, great bloke to deal with, had a good chat and learned enough about some interesting effects pedals to whet my appetite to find out more. Many thanks a great deal.

Channel 1 does clean to warm overdrive with a Baxendale/James tone stack and a four-way voice control. Channel 2 does overdrive to really filthy (more so than my MXR pedal) and also has a character switch which changes it from vintage sounding to modern. This channel does Motown to Megadeth with ease. The power section is switchable from 4 valves to 2 and also can be switched to half power in both modes. Half power on four valves sounds very different to full power on two valves. Running it flat out on half power with two valves about 50 watt) gives the dream tones at pub gig levels. There's a presence control on the power section that brings in amazing harmonic richness.

Pics from today. It's in its carcass and has a few tweaks that need to be done but it's very close to completion. Yes, that DI will be changed to male for the final build. [IMG]http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd462/Stoker1/imagejpg3_zpsb8a6b31a.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd462/Stoker1/imagejpg1_zpsaee1e4f8.jpg[/IMG]

[quote name='verb' timestamp='1413415245' post='2578160'] After seeing the pics in the build thread,how about Metropolis [/quote] I like that a lot. Poll tomorrow.