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I don't mind, in fact I think I got the answer reasonably early on. I just wish I could keep up with the conversation - it's a bit like trying to get a chimp to understand... Well speaker cabinet design I suppose 😂 Appreciate everyone that's commented

Is the RMS power rating for an amp head based on everything at max including EQ?

I had a really good online experience with them, after I received some faulty Fender goods. They were super helpful in getting the issue resolved.

This is becoming quite an interesting thread. I have decided to power the speaker with a markbass LM3 500w instead of a tc bh800. I'm slightly more comfortable with a lower wattage amp although I know I still have to be really careful and use my ears for any distortion because the amp is still possibly overpowered. The aim for this rig is to use it as an alternative lightweight rig for when playing smaller venues or when I know I'll have decent PA support and I just need to use it for monitoring onstage. I played a gig in my local pub and my current rig was overkill. Ideally I would have got a higher rated speaker, but I didn't want to spend huge amount and the cab came up fairly locally & speaker sounded plenty loud enough when driven by a GK MB200.

Cheers guys

800w class D into a 200w 4ohm Cab is not a good idea right ? However... Will I get away with it if the head is not cranked. The head is a TC BH800 (renowned for overexaggerating wattage) and did I read something about not having to worry so much when dealing with class D heads? Thanks Alex

The valve drive is quite a nice low gain overdrive and adds warmth, I definitely wouldn't describe it as being able to do high gain or distortion. The bass channel did quite a good demo of the ABM Evo 4 300w (which I'm not sure they make anymore?) recently. It'll give you a good idea

For Evo 4 it's ABM 600 & 1200 For Evo 3 it's ABM 500 & 900 Pretty sure that's correct

I do prefer the Evo 4, I think the eq is better, a bit crisper & clearer and cuts through the mix better with more control of the high mids. As for how it would sit in a metal band I don't know. Cuts through nicely in my heavyish rock band. Remember with ABM 900 or 1200 it's 2 different power sections so you can connect 4 speakers in total, you can't for example get the full 1200w to one 4 ohm cab

Interesting a quick search online only shows me non wide evo 3 heads. Perhaps it is a repurposed combo head - they were wide with extra vents

I didn't think the evo iv had a 900w version. Theres an Evo 3 900w version (2 power sections again)

With the Evo iv range the wide heads are 1200w (2x600w power sections). Not sure about Evo 3

I think any of those options would be good. If weight isn't an issue, I'd personally go for head and the 4ohm 212 - I reckon that would cover any gig. But it depends if you want 1 very heavy (presumably) cab to move as opposed to 2 heavy cabs. With 2 cabs -a 15 and maybe another 15 or 210, you would end up with more volume

I turned up to my rehearsal room last night and the ABM I normally use was being serviced & in its place was a Trace Elliot AH600. Man, they are bright sounding in comparison and super heavy too. Lovely amp & I quite enjoyed playing through it though. Given that Ashdown came from Trace, its quite interesting to see how different they are - seems like they are almost aimed at different markets. The trace is really bright and quite clinical sounding, bit of a throw back to the 80s maybe - I prefer the warmth of the ashdown. Both great amps though.

I quite enjoyed it. I'm not into fusion, but I'm gonna check a bit more of it out. I definitely think he's doing it for the love of it - which is the whole point right? but also It makes perfect sense for him to do. He's getting a load of content - both educational for sbl and entertainment for youtube.

Completely agree with the original post. Great basses on here, but anything north of about £700 seems to be on here for an age. Not a great time to sell basses by the looks of it. Ive got one on marketplace at the moment, but I honestly think I'll be better off keeping hold of it till a better time - hopefully it will appreciate. Or I could (gulp) relic it so it's a bit more to my taste!

I've done some basic recording straight into audacity on my pc via usb. Not sure if you can go into ipad

Just bought a Sansamp from Richard. Item as described, super quick delivery and great comms. Thanks

Good to know, I'm intending to use a sansamp and a lightweight head and cab for some gigs. I plan to send the sansamp to foh and the effect signal to the head. Then tweak the head eq to suit the cab - sounds like I'm choosing the right options.

@Lozz196 would you normally XLR out from your sansamp to foh or from your abm xlr out? (Presuming you are running the sansamp effect signal to the abm)

Bought a Hercules stand from John, arrived quickly and as described. Comms great throughout. Many thanks

I think the cabs you have are equally important when it comes to volume. I have an ABM 600 and my 212 cab is way louder than the 2 x 15 cab I was using previously. I would also choose the ABM 600 over the 300, they come up way more regularly second hand.

Ha! At my last gig, everytime the drummer hit the kick there was some weird feedback on stage that sounded very similar to a bass note! Leaving completely unable to hear my own bass at times! That was a fun gig luckily it was inaudible out front.