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I did an experiment with my Minmax this afternoon - I unscrewed the fan and took it out, powered up the amp on my desk with the fan running away from the chassis. The same noisy fan was virtually silent, so it is the casing that creates the noise. I need to find a way to make a 'silent' mounting.

I'm sorry to hear of the demise of Marvin's Minimax, but without wishing to appear insensitive to his loss, I'm interested to make mine have a silent fan. I've just opened it up, and the current fan is 60x20mm, 24v, 0.11A and two cable (see pic below) (unlike the ones recommended earlier which were three cable). Would this be a good choice?: Jopto 2PCS Mini Brushless Silent 3D Printer Cooling Fan 60x60x20mm 6020 DC 24V Fan With 2 Pin Terminal Compatible With Laptop 3D Printer PC CPU Computer Cases For DIY With 30cm/11.81inch Cable : Amazon.co.uk: Business, Industry & Science

Unlucky.

I'm a fan (geddit?) of these amps too, really punchy, full sound, I have one which is my back-up. It is only used in loud situations so the noise isn't a problem for me.

A clip on tuner. Ok, convenient and works well but it makes you look (even more) like a t***.

I got mine about ten years ago from WD Music when they had a branch in the UK. If you look on their US site, or the Hosco site, there is a Wilkinson bridge where the saddles looks about the same.

I've fond memories of Greenhalgh's in Fore Street, Exeter, where I bought my first bass (a Jazz copy) in 1977.

I think probably the shop I spent the most time in was in Canterbury, where I went to university. A place called – I think – castle street music, or something like that. It was a guitar shop on castle street, and businesses in Canterbury tend to go for pretty straightforward names. It was called County Music - a lovely shop, good staff, a decent selection of gear for a small outlet, always happy to match online (GAK) prices.

possibly, all my basses have a symmetrical curve where they stand so I don't have a problem.

If you go into amazon and search Kinsman wooden guitar stand, you'll find it.

Here's a sexy little folding wooden number, I found it on Amazon a few years ago:

I haven't played a RB210 but I've owned a Rumble 500 for over ten years. Pros: if you like the sound, then the Rumble with 'Vintage' engaged is near perfect. Loud, light, reliable, sounds great in the mix. It's fine on its own for pub gigs but when paired with a second 2x10 it's epic. Good height to sit on at rehearsals. Cons: I don't like the drive setting, it's too harsh for me. A built in tuner would be nice. I would prefer side handles.

Just home from my first gig with the Evo lll 500 (going in to two Rumble 2x10s) - wow, what a sound, I couldn't believe how big the rig sounded. Lots of compliments.

A good thing about fitting the Hosco saddles is that they keep the correct look of the bridge - i.e. twin saddles - and also utilise the stock bridge plate so no new holes in the body are required.

I'm a bit late to the party on this topic, but I've fitted the Hosco compensated saddles to my Musicmaster and have had a good ten years of 'no worries / great intonation' as a result.

Is a bass only "properly played " at a gig? If you choose to make music on a bass at home is that not "playing" it? Solo practice at home, rehearsing with the band and playing a gig are all great to do - but they are three very different things. I try to play 'properly' whichever of these activities I'm doing, and thus each is equally satisfying in its own way.

I play any of my three basses at gigs, all three play equally well, so I choose on a whim (unless its a prestige gig then the number 1 always gets played). That's why I own them, to play in a band. If I wasn't in a band I would probably sell them all as I don't particularly enjoy playing the bass just for the sake of it.

I've just bought an ABM 500W Evo iii - wow, it sounds amazing, why have I waited all these years. I see I now have to wade through 46 pages of this thread to get up to speed....

Another problem which seems to be on the rise which reduces the number of venues offering live music (thus reducing the size of 'the game') is complaints by neighbours or locals about noise levels. I know of three cases in my area in the last two months, two of which have resulted in cancelled bookings for the band I'm in.

I'm just home from a gig, I'm 69 next week and I love it as much as I did when I first gigged age 21. We played to a full house today, the band played pretty well and getting the youngsters up dancing knows it has gone OK. Long may it last.

I'm just home for the Toby Lee gig in Faversham (conveniently just round the corner from home 🙃) wow, what a fine musician, good band, lovely songs, what's not to like.

memory lane - my first bass was an Eros jazz copy, from Greenhalgh's Music, Fore St., Exeter (in 1977) which I think was the shop before Manson's came on the scene. Sad to see another shop go, but if you don't use it you'll lose it as they say.