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I've just left a band too, so I sort of know how this feels. The 13th is only a week away. I personally would not expect the rest of the band to buy me out of the gear before that, it's a very short time scale. I'd be more likely to agree a couple of months. In my "band leaving situation", the PA is entirely owned by me, and there's a gig on 27th July. I'm going to let them use it, it's already at the drummers house, I'll go and collect it sometime afterwards, unless they want to buy it off me. I'm also having one-to-one sessions with my replacement (who they have found), to bring him up to speed, and to help out the rest of the band. I don't like burning bridges, it's much easier if we all get along and accommodate each other. Rob

Cheers Paul. @shug has a 6x10, and I've heard it on a gig, it's amazing. But I think he's looking for a second cab for smaller gigs, and it considering a 2 or 3 x10.

Bloody marvelous. It makes all of these amps sound bloody marvelous. To be fair, I could take any of these amps on a gig a smile the whole night. There's a complexity in the Bergantino I haven't really heard properly until now though, so I'm interested to see how it goes on a gig. It really suits the cab, much more than it did the Super Compact, which I thought made it sound too bright and too deep all at the same time. Rob

Well, what can I say? I love it. The Barefaced 10" sound is where it's at for me. Each of these amps sound better to me through this cab than they do through my Super Compact. I like the way they are warm and coloured. It's also very punchy and the bottom end doesn't dominate like it can with the 12"s. I'm very very happy with it. Three gigs to come this month too. Interestingly it's the first cab I have played the Bergantino through which has made me want to keep it over the others. After the last hour of A/B/C testing, the Bergantino is going on the next gig with me as the main amp. I suppose I had better withdraw it from the classifieds then! @shug you will love these. It ain't small though, it's the same size as a Super Twin, just not quite as deep. But the wheels and multiple handle options make it quite easy to move around. Well chuffed, Rob

It's here! Looks fab. I will try to give it a whizz this afternoon. Rob

I've just had an email from DPD saying that they are expecting my parcel from Barefaced, and I have a tracking number. I'm beside myself...... Rob

I had that exact rig. It was great.

You’re right, I was planning on keeping the SC before I ordered the 3x10. This extra 1x10 would only work with my Bergantino, and that amp is for sale. I’m already playing jazz gigs, so I should stick to the plan. The SC will definitely get used.

Oh shit, that's my last remaining Super Compact up for sale then. So then I'll have a modular 3x10/4x10/1x10 rig. Cheers Alex Edit: How will the impedance pan out?

If that is indeed a '59 neck, shouldn't they be showing the evidence of that, and shouldn't it be priced for A LOT more money than that? I'm looking for a late 60's/early 70's rosewood board Jazz neck, and the ones I've seen are a lot more money than this '59 P neck. Hmmm. Edit: 40mm nut width?? Rob

Ahh @shug No! It was ready to ship, then we went away so I had to delay the shipping. I'm hoping for this week. Awaiting an update. Rob

I had the valves/impedance conversation recently with Martin Garton (Gartone Amps). I have a valve head which ideally requires an 8 ohm load, but I want to run it into a 4 ohm cab. I haven’t tried it yet, as the cab isn’t here yet, but he said I probably wouldn’t notice any difference in volume, but the power valves would run a little hotter. He biased the amp on the cool side when it was with him last, so he said it would be fine. Rob

If the cabs are identical, design, speakers, sensitivity etc, except for the impedance, then the 4 ohm cab may sound louder to you. If you’re talking about wholly different cabs, make, manufacturer, speakers etc, then all bets are off. Rob

Jack Emmings isn’t the best at online communication. He’s generally on the road a lot. I bought an amp off him last year. Once we had established a dialogue though he was great to deal with. Rob

Perhaps. I've been A/B'ing the two for a few evenings now. The Puma seems to have a narrower frequency range (it's hard to describe!), but it has a real immediacy to the notes you're playing along with enormous weight to each of those notes. The RM800 is a little lighter in feel, for me. I really like the RM800, and I think it may become my main amp, I'm certainly going to give it a good run. Talking about tone is like dancing about food. Rob Edit: I've been playing them both again tonight. Bear in mind I've only had the RM800 for about 2 days, and I've had the novelty of Compression during that time, which I have used only sparingly, but it's been on all the time. However, tonight I turned it off, and back came the spank. The compressor has been taking the punch out of the amp. So now, no, I don't think the Tecamp is punchier than the RM800, it's even, they are both great amps, and I like the RM800 even more than I did this morning.

A Mark Bass LM3 was my first “proper” amp, and although I didn’t know it at the time, it was very important in my bass playing development. They do sit well in a live band mix, really well. I’ve never seen a band, where the bassist was using MB gear, where I thought the bass could have sounded better. Gary at Promenade Music, who’s probably one of the greatest bass players in the north west, swears by them, and my god he sounds good live (could be the Marleaux too). I like them, and my LM3 is only a mile away, and I reckon if he wants to sell it, I might buy it back. The only reservation I have is related to service/repair, so I was prepared to throw it away if it went wrong. Rob

I really like these amps. What I like most about these is that they're not too bright, and you can get a really vintage tone out of it with the Taste control. It's interesting where you've set your EQ, I can imagine exactly what you're going for with that. By contrast, see my EQ setting below, with a P bass (with flats) and a BF Super Compact. Of all the Class D amps I've tried so far, these have the greatest heft. Seriously punchy. Rob

@Mickyk I have adopted this approach, but I just bought my 8th bass amp this week. Having said that, if you buy secondhand, you can usually move them on for similar money to what you paid. In fact, the only new amp I've bought is the one I got this week, the Ashdown RM800, and that was because it was heavily discounted on the Ashdown website. Rob

Good to hear. How does it compare with the TE 1200? I have a little TE Elf as a backup, and despite it's diminutive stature, I think it sounds really good. I do like the colour matched coiled cable. Rob

No, mine doesn't. I can see the needle going into the red when I've cranked the input gain, but I cannot, under any circumstances, get a red LED to light up. I've read the manual, and it only talks about "the red zone", not about an LED lighting up. Rob

These are seriously bargainous.

You got paperwork?! I'm going to complain! 🤣