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Need to shift my SVT II Pro first.....hoping it goes quickly...

That doesn’t look too shabby at all, worth a YouTube binge on review videos I reckon...

Looking into them certainly but am coming round to the idea of a lunchbox type amp or something to fit in a gig bag, ashdowns range seem somewhat limited in this respect and I’ll admit, I don’t know enough about them to warrant enough of a decision, am I missing something from the ash down range or is there anything else out there like this from other brands that’ll get close to the sound I’m after?!

Could well be worth looking at again then....thanks for the suggestion

Might have to revisit ashdown’s, maybe I’m being a bit hasty but I’ve owned three different ashdowns (all used) on three separate occasions and had issues with all of them, maybe I’m unlucky enough to buy duds three times?!

Is the pf-50t a giggable amp? I’ve heard many things sugessting “yup it is” and “nope, it’s not”

Flying carpet would be the best option I think, if you find one, I’m all ears....

Have herd a lot about these but not looked into them much, will certainly have to do so now though...

Looked at those but it was the reliability issues that’s put me off somewhat...

Can I ask why (I’m assuming) you “had” one?! What made you move it on?

I have a micro cl which is ok and have tried gigging with it but there’s just something missing when I do so trying to have a mass clear out so I can start again, Had looked at the micro vr’s also, are they a giggable amp?

So I’ve been fighting with this decision for about 18 months now and have finally decided “it’s time” I'm putting my Ampeg SVT II Pro up for sale, as much as I love the noise it makes, I just can’t do the lugging about anymore.... question is, what to replace it with?! living in the middle of bumf**k and nowhere, working 26 hours a day and two kids means two things, 1. any music shop within about an hour and a half’s drive isnt worth visiting due to lack of variety in stock and 2. The time to drive to any decent music shop and have a good play around just isn’t there so I turn To the wealth of knowledge that is basschat! what would you look at buying if you had an SVT II Pro and were looking to change things up a bit?! i love the noise this amp makes, I like the clear, clean, bassy Thump that this puts out, and that it can blow your kecks off at 20 paces, I also like that I can crank the amp, turn down the master and still get decent tone out of relatively good living room levels with a smaller cab, I realise I won’t get that with anything other than an overweight SVT but what comes close?! What will kick you in the nadgers but remain clean and clear? playing blues, blues rock, soul for the most part, but not exclusively, with p basses or active Ibanez, happy to get any real dirt/overdrive/distortion from pedals it it’s not something I use overly often have been looking at oranges, aguilars, Eden’s, mesa’s, darkglass, and many more over the last few weeks but haven’t tried any in the flesh and chances being, I won’t get to, I just honestly don’t know which way to turn.... so, marvellously experienced basschatters, thoughts?! Suggestions?! GO!!!

Thanks again fellas, you’ve been most insightful

@Andyjr1515 that’s a fantastic explanation, a massive help! Thank you for taking the time! @itu & @ikay thank you also, the help and links you posted were also quite insightful! So, if I have this right, the string tension really only relates to how/of what the strings are made of, so generally speaking, the harder/stronger/thicker the materials used, the more tension will be required to tighten that string to get it to pitch?! on that note assuming the strings on one of my basses being a bit flappy when tuned up, one would assume that, for example, the center core for example isn’t so thick as the ones in my flats (la Bella deep talkin’) on my precision bass?! In my head, I’m kind of comparing it to two lengths of metal studding, for example, one at say, 2mm diameter and one at 6mm, if they were strings on an instrument, tuned to pitch, the 6mm would be the high tension string due to having a lot less flex in it?! would that very long winded analogy sound about right?!

Apologies if this is posted in the wrong section, mods please feel free to move if so So I’m preparing to hide under the table for asking such a noob question, buuuuutt.....Can someone explain to me what is meant by string tension?! i read things about high tension this and low tension that And I’m struggling to work out what it all means If I may share with you a little understanding (or misunderstanding) of mine I use the same gauge strings (105 85 65 45) on all of my basses and all are set up to my personal preferences, on one bass for example, an sr300 the strings feel tight with little give in them when their plucked, which is something I like, where as the flats on my p bass feel a little looser when plucked. my understanding is this is the difference in tension but then I assumed, setting up a bass differently, higher bridge saddles for example will tighten the strings or would buying “high tension” strings make them feel tighter, I don’t really understand how this works if that’s the case as surely their always strung up the same way?! or is string tension referring to how the strings are made or strung up on the body?! really want to understand this a bit better than I apparently do (or don’t) at the minute so any guidance is much appreciated

Both old instruments, my only two basses that see regular use hence not attempting it myself as I wouldn’t want to make them worse which would more than likely be the outcome

@chris_b thank you for the suggestion, was hoping for somewhere a little closer to home though as don’t venture into London too often @gary mac PM on its way....