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Not to go too far off topic but that is one of the better looking Mark Bass products IMHO. That Ninja thingy .........

Just to be clear I was never going to have three original and one odd machine heads. If I went for it I would have changed all 4. i have straightened out the bent one and it is now readonable. However I will replace them. A set of GB640 in Cosmo Black will set me back about £120 so it will have to wait until I have sold the GB350s.

Now you are beiing rude!

Still trying to work out how to get my cab in my ears.

I am looking for a set of lighter machine heads so the Gotohs are favourite although it looks like a £120 bill for those.

I would like to use the Gotoh’ GB650 in Cosmo Black do I will be selling the Gotoh GB350s. I have friends I Japan so much be able to do a direct import as the GB650s are not available in the UK.

I suppose I thought that but was hoping someone would convince me otherwise. If I have to replace the machine heads, it will have to be with lighteright ones. So i suppose I need to sell GB350s and find the closest ones to the originals. Thanks,

: Not sure if this is the correct forum but I have been considering replacing the machine heads on my CIJ Fender Aerodyne for some time. I could not find direct replacement lightweight machine heads from Hipshot, Gotoh or Schaller. The bass fell the other day and one of the original machine heads was bent. I tried a Gotoh GB350 Res-o-Lite in place of the the bent one to see if it would fit. The Aerodyne had black or smoked chrome hardware and the GB350s are chrome. My question is would it look stupid on a Fender Bass especially as it is the wrong style for the headstock. Should I fit the GB350s permanently, temporarily if is ther a better lightweight alternative?

There are many assetions on here as Phil says. The one I woud like to hammer is that any 4x10" can out perform any 1x12". It depends on the drivers, the cabinet design and the personal preference of the player. I should also point out that Dave Greenboy originally designed his cabs to be bi-amped*, as he felt that this was a better option than using large power crossovers. In that case using multiple drivers is no compromise. In fact the acoustic power (max SPL) output is greater, less heat is generated, less power is lost in both crossovers and drivers. *Bi amping uses small signal, solid state crossovers.

I do have an Orchid and it is great. More reliable that the LD it replaces and just simple. It is no frills as that is what a DI should be. It is transformer less and active. A well designed active DI is better than a poor transformer design. If you want a coloured sound, put a pedal in front of it.

I changed my post as I realised I was quoting hearsay. I have a great deal of time for Dave Greenboy's designs so I would not discount them, except that the cost over here is quite high. I also think TKS have the right idea as the Kappalite 3012LF is, in my opinion, not good enough on its own.

As I understand it the Barfaced 12s use an Eminence driver. Hving picked one up it must be a neo.

With regards the adhesive I agree with Phil. When we were discussing the 50L MK2 cab I did some research on glue and the good old bog standard white PVA woodworking glue is as strong or stronger than all the fancy glues. The additives that go into the outdoor and waterproof varieties slightly weaken the bond but are still stronger than the wood.

The new version of the Ashdown RM500 (RM500 EVO II) is due this month and it has been to weight watchers, Much lighter (2kg) and with a few other improvements it should be good. If 500 W is not enough there will be an 800W soon too.

Crazy prices. They have a massive home market that should allow economies of scale but once import duties, distributor margin and dealer margin are added, it makes no sense. i don’t know about the cabinets but the TH500 looks like it was made in someone’s shed.

Yes 125W into 8 ohms and 250W into 4 ohms.

On s serious not the MB115 combo is basically an MB200 in a combo with a 1x15 and tweeter..

What are these lbs things you mentuon.

I consulted Lozz but in the end we decided to use pre recorded tracks for consistancy.

We had a 12" Cab shootout at the recent South West Bass Bash. We are still learing from the results but what we are sure of is that the bass tracks we had were not as good as we would have liked. So we are looking for some unprocessed bass only tracks, 20-30 seconds long. We would prefer Wav or FLAC or uncompressessed AAC. There is no commercial aspect to this and we will only use the tracks to improve our DIY design and test other cabs. So if you have, or know of a bass only tracck that has no copyright issues (PRS is covered) It would be a great help.

Crown (formerly Amcron) have a good reputation but I do not know that particular model. In fact Crown made the first really high powerd amplifier back in the 70s, the DC300.

Agreed but there are other good Class D modules, Pascal, Powersoft as well as some far east companies like Connex and BoYoHo (it really is a company). There are also single chip solutions from TI .ST and NXP plus semi discrete solutions from IR if anyone wants to design and build from scratch.

Or because they both go a similar distance before breaking down?