Tvrtastic

[quote name='Tvrtastic' timestamp='1453305110' post='2958279'] Sire v7's are now showing 'on stock' on the thomann site, which hopefully means that mine is now on its way to me! Been patiently waiting since July for this. :-). [/quote] I wonder if when it arrives if it was be an Indonesian or Chinese built one. :-s

Sire v7's are now showing 'on stock' on the thomann site, which hopefully means that mine is now on its way to me! Been patiently waiting since July for this. :-).

I have a leftie V7 on order that has been put back from Nov to Dec and now Jan delivery date so have spoken to them at length during this time. I have been told that they will be receiving another batch of basses mid March. I get the impression that they will receive a large order at this time.

This is my leftie. Built it in my dad's garage back in 1985. Never replaced it as cannot find anything better without me spending ££££. Brazilian mahogany with maple and spruce top (don't laugh it was all I could afford and didn't Leo Fender use pine when he started!?!?). Has a Kent Armstrong handwround pickup as originally used in early Status S2 basses. Guess you can see my inspiration for the shape. Bass sounds fine with great clarity from the pickup. Quite toppy but poor at slapping, although this may just be because of my paucity at changing strings! Always tempted to rip out the pickup and put it into a MIM bass or something to see the results and if this outshines my bass. But I just don't have the heart and I just keep playing the bass I built when I was a teenager :-).

Can anyone fill in my gaps of ignorance please. I am thinking about buying a BG250. I demoed a 120 and loved it but it was sadly overshadowed by a Mark Bass combo that I absolutely loved too but had to discount due to it not having a headphone socket. :-( Anyway I was musing that as the BG250 208 has the option for an 8 ohm extension and whether I could wire up a 1/4 inch jack and ts cable off the BG250 120 speaker and connect in parrell an 8ohm 4x10 celestion cab that I have. I am hoping that the 120 speaker is also 8 ohm thus giving me a 4 ohm loading that the BG250 can cope with. Not as big a sound to the Mark Bass but quite a setup, unless I got my sums wrong and all I am going to do if blow the amp or be running too many speakers off too little wattage. I am sure that someone can put me straight. :-) Thanks for any replies.