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I've seen these inlets fitted 'sideways' too - really there is no right or wrong!

I bought this used from eBay for a jolly good price. Fired it up through my Compact after it arrived (Saturday) and was initially underwhelmed. Over the last year I have become used to my TC Classic 450, and its growly TubeTone™ sound is now my benchmark. I needed to crank the gain on the 900 to about 2 o'clock (with the gain switch in) to get the same growl. Later on I whipped the top cover off and checked the valves on my Orange Valve Tester. V1 was a JJ ECC83S and tested fine, but the V2 and V3 (both Ruby Tubes) failed! I replaced them with a couple of unbranded valves from my stock of spares, and plugged the amp into my Midget. With my Sandberrg Cali VM4 (strung with flats) in hand, I set about tweaking the tone. I also referred to [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f15/genz-streamliner-600-900-tone-control-primer-813663/"]this[/url] really useful Talkbass thread on the Streamliner preamp. With bass at 11 o'clock, mid at 2 o'clock (600Hz) and treble flat, I got a lovely full round tone. The single word that best describes it is 'authoritative' - the notes sound like they mean it! Even with some grit dialled in, the Streamliner is much more transparent than the Classic. I don't mean 'hi-fi squeaky clean'; rather, where the Classic imposes its character, the Streamliner lets you hear even subtle changes in tone and pickup blend. I will be giging this amp next Saturday, so I'll come back soon after with a fuller report. From another thread: [quote name='machinehead' timestamp='1380226677' post='2222645'] The Streamliner is a superb match for the Midget though as well. [/quote] Exactly!

Why not just buy a cheap used Ashdown head and use the whole power amp section and transformer?

My complaint about [i]Strictly[/i] is that no bugger comes out till it's finished. My band played a social club gig last night, due to start at 8. Four (4) paying punters in the room. Hirer suggested don't start till 8.15, by which time a few more had drifted in, but the place didn't really fill up till half way through the evening, so people paying £6 on the door for half a night's entertainment. I suppose they're the ones losing out in the end.

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1381078950' post='2234105'] Be very, very careful about the TC RH450. It can be quite an 'immediate' sounding amp in a demo room but a total tone-sucker if not matched with the right cabs and can disappear completely in a live band mix [/quote] Never had this problem with the TC Classic 450, which isn't that different when you take away the bells and whistles. Then again I've only gigged it thru BF cabs. [quote name='machinehead' timestamp='1380226677' post='2222645'] The Streamliner is a superb match for the Midget though as well. [/quote] +1 to that! (In-depth post on Streamliner 900 to follow, elsewhere within this esteemed forum...)

Does anyone think he now uses a Class D micro head and neo cabs? I reckon not...

[quote name='gjones' timestamp='1380922759' post='2232585'] Of course then I tried to actually pick it up and gave myself a hernia. [/quote] I gave myself a hernia just looking at the pictures! This is a rig for a band with [b]roadies[/b]!

I don't think I've ever tried one so I can only comment on the looks. I think they look pretty cool.

Hasn't come yet so gigging the TC Classic tonight. This is ridiculously loud through the Compact/Midget stack, so goodness knows what the Genz-powered version will be capable of! WMD anyone?

I would just use the smallest version of my rig i.e. Small head and 1x12 cab. A woody-sounding fretless can also come across as more suitable to the genre but lay off the chorus pedal! Also if your drummer won't be there, consider one of you playing a logjam (or similar) foot stomper through your PA. If there are to be no percussion instruments this represents a major change in the band dynamic; who is now driving the rhythm?

[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BRUCE-FOXTONS-AMPEG-SVT-2-PRO-STACK-8X10-CAB-MADE-IN-USA-PART-EX-WELCOME-/161117654832?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item25835c4f30"]Not weird but arguably wonderful: [/url]

Everybody assumes someone else will bid and then nobody does except me! Look out for a NAD thread and then maybe a review, or a comparison with the Classic 450.

Just hope it's not too good to be true!

Well folks that seems to have worked because I just snagged it for £400! May even have it in time for Friday night's gig!

Impossible to do anything else when listening to Bitches Brew - the opposite of background music! (Foreground music!?)

As long as the nut slots have been started, it seems fair enough to me that you (or your chosen) tech should have the final say in the guitar's set-up, of which nut slot depth is a significant part. Plus you can always get MDP to do it for you:

I ordered a generic Tele neck from an eBay seller. It arrived in a bubble-wrap sleeve. The postman managed to force it through the letterbox. When I got home it was stopping the door opening, so there I was pushing at the door and bending one of the tuners. Eejuts one and all.

I have sold guitars both here and on eBay, and it is a very anxious time while you wait for safe delivery to the buyer. Loads of bubble wrap, strategically placed cardboard stiffeners, shipping boxes blagged from guitar shops, insurance (Parcelforce's weasel-words prevent you covering musical instruments to their full value so I use drop-off services via Interparcel), and it could [i]still[/i] go t!ts-up. So... I do have sympathy for collection-only sellers. Considering I now have to travel at least 40-50 miles to find a decent guitar or bass shop, going to see something 100 miles away is not such a hardship. However, Scotland is out of the question, and Wigan should definitely be avoided.

Although a lot of the Anthology material isn't great, this could be. Possibly.

[quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' timestamp='1380630582' post='2228069'] One would not expect Aston Martin to honor a warranty replacement claim should one drive it into a grove of trees. [/quote]

[quote name='obbm' timestamp='1380615018' post='2227732'] Used mine with a Schroeder 1212L. Great sound. [/quote] OBBM and I tried his MB200 through my BF Midget at the SE Bass Bash - didn't really cut it, the amp definitely wants 4ohm to bring out its best.

It's going to be the tuners that suffer the worst!