steve_fletch78

My boss me50b is playing up and glitching. Any recommendations for a repair service? Midlands based would be best. I’m in two minds whether to bin it or fix it…

As a current 750X and Goliath 3 owner (they're currently on sale on eBay - 26 hrs left!!!). I can recommend the 750X. I had an SWR Super Redhead before this, which I loved and the 750X is the same but more power! I used to run it with a Son Of Bertha Cab as well, dropping the load to 4 Ohms and kicking out some serious volume. However I sold the SoB 18 months a go as I just don't need the extra volume (450 watts into 8 Ohms is plenty). The sound is clean and precise. The onboard fuzz and octave are very useful and the thing is rock solid in terms of build quality. Why sell then??? Well I want a smaller rig so I don't have to have a big hatchback / estate (A3 Sportback at the moment) - would like to get a poncey coupe! So I went down to Bass Direct and got me a Genz-Benz shuttle and a couple of small Bergantino cabs. Went through a similar experience about 5 yrs a go when I traded my Trace Gear (VA400 - valve bad boy that weighed the earth) for the SWR kit. At that point I was just trying to save my back!

I bought a Streamliner from Mark at Bass Direct just yesterday (and a pair of Bergantino AE112's). I A/B/C'd the RH750, the GB Shuttle 9.0 and the Streamliner and I felt the Streamliner suited the tone that I wanted the best. Mark gave some great advice and encouraged me to come back (I first went on Friday afternoon) with my own bass. For me the RH750 didn't sound quite fat enough, I've read the power thread thing and it doesn't bother me(236 watts RMS vs. 450 comparable watts) but I really thought I could hear a compression of the signal. This may be fantastic for live playing as it seemed to boost the mid frequencies when set flat which no doubt will help with cutting through in a live situation, but it wasn't quite for me. The Shuttle was great but a bit to clinical for my style. The Streamliner (to my ears) was fantastic. I've yet to gig it, but I will try and put some feedback on here when I do. Some other tips Mark gave me which I think are worth passing on: - Try the amps before you buy, everyone has different sounds that suit their style. - If you take a trip to Bass Direct pack your bass in the car before you set out!!! I can thoroughly recommend a trip to Bass Direct, Mark was really helpful and at no point seemed to get pissed off with me taking up all of his time (I spent about 4 hrs there between Friday/Saturday)! Take your credit card though, there's nothing cheap in the shop and if you're anything like me you'll end up coming out sweating with how you're going to explain all this new gear to the missus.

Hey all - this is my second post ever! After reading this thread I popped down to PMT Birmingham and checked out the LG. I have a heavy SWR rig (750x, Goliath 3 410 and Son Of Bertha 115).and would really like to downscale. My impressions of the Little Giant were not great to be honest. I tried out the 1000Watt version into an Ashdown 4x10 8Ohm cab. TO me the Ashdown pre amp is just like my old Trace ones (I've had an SM130 and VA400 in the past - 7band and 12 band EQ respectively) in that without the pre shape switched in it sounds awful. No clarity whatsoever. Unfortunately it seems they have ballsed up the gain stage for the preshape on the LG. On pressing the shape button the tone improves but pre amp volume is cut dramatically. Like many other reviewers on this thread - I couldn't get the pre amp to go anywhere near the red (with the shops US passive Jazz bass), although you might be able to with some 18v active bad boy maybe? Further bad news...power amp stage,,,many people has questioned the linearity of the master out pot, well I think your suspicions are justified. At half way round we got a reasonable amount of volume and at Vmax - well only a bit more volume... Good effort basschat cynics. Build quality....where to start. All the main pots (input gain, freq' select for EQ and output) felt fine, but all the other switch gear and slider are terrible. Won't last ten minutes in a gig bag (which seems to be the idea of the sales pitch). It'd need to be racked this adding bulk and weight - and as others have already commented the it's narrow but very deep - so you'll end up with a weird beard flight case for this one I'm afraid. In terms of weight - it's amazing, but the build quality is very low rent. For me the only good thing is the price. PMT were doing them for c.£285. If we forget the 1000 watts and consider it as 660 watts (into two 8 ohm cabs) then that's pretty good. But I'm sure that unless you're super careful with it then it's going to get broken pretty quickly. Ratings: Sound: 5 Build Quality: 3 Weight: 9 Cost::9 Which equates to it's cheap and it'slight but it's crappily built and the sounds a bit naff. Also to clarify: LG1000 will give 2 x 500watts into 2 x 4ohm loads, which equates to roughly 2 x 330 watts into 2 x 8ohm loads. LG350 will give 1 x 350 watts into 1 x 4ohm load which equates to 1 x 220 watts into 1 x 8ohm load No bridging so it's pretty tricky to get the full 1000 watts out of it. I wonder if you could bridge with some after market trickery - any one good at electronics??? An 4 ohm load can be two 8 ohm cabs run in parallel. SO if you were a psychopath you could run 4 8ohm cabs off this sucker.