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Interesting how the body looks new but the fret board has been aged. 

Ohh same clip is also on instagram now 

if fender did a release of these( not custom shop) would you buy one ? 

Check out sting’s Facebook he just posted and mentioned  his new bass and giving his old one “ a sabbatical”. 

I spoke with Bernard at Fender , he was very helpful and found out it is a Fender custom shop build for Sting. 

Also the string tree is closer to the nut than on a standard tele head stock and although it’s a little blurry does that head shape looks like it has a slight point at the bottom of the round end. Is it a Fender? 

My first thought was a telecaster bass, but the pickup position is wrong 

To add to the knowledge base, my new gk 800s fusion has a slight twist in its chassis and doesn’t sit on all 4 feet. I was at a shop recently and checked out a 1200s and a legacy 800 , and they both had the same problem! 
Anyone else notice this? 

Anyone know how many watts the  abm 600 evo iv puts out at 8 ohms 

thanks

The off spring closely followed by green day is the tone I go for. 

Hi

is the Mesa 800 plus sold? 
thanks Chris 

yeah i know , i smelt a electrical burning smell for a couple of seconds before it stoped , sent it to the fender repair agent. He said there was a blown power tube , and a blown fuse. Maybe there was more to it than that, and i just didn't get all the details . Wasn't the main reason i sold it anyway. It was just too much rig for the gigs.

 i sold mine after a reliability issue , i read that the power tubes where fused in pairs, so that if one failed the amp should keep going on reduced power. It did not! 

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very comfortable to play 

black on black is cool to me. 

sounds similar to my ray classic, but less extreme eq actually making it more manageable. Had the classic awhile now and struggle at home to tame the eq. Probably should play it more in the band context. Also, my right forearm sticks to the slab body on the classic . Anyone else find that? 

I was chatting to a guy at a party recently, he is a amp repair tech. He said the power chips contain about 30,000 parts. Does this seem right? 
A quick google didn’t reveal much.

 Theres normally other bands at our gigs and we often say to each other if you break a string, just grab mine. When that did happen one night to another bands bassist, it was quite fun to see how my bass sounded!

 just copied your settings and had a play , fender sting bass , swapping between the rumble v3 210 and the ash down neo 210. the fender is a brighter and a fraction louder. ie ashdown a bit more bottom end.  I'm also trying to find the time to get to the store to try a abm 115 compact , take my neo 210 to compare , but the suspected slight better sound of the 115 maybe not worth the extra weight.  cheers 

I had two of those cabs at the same time as two v3 rumble 210 cabs.Comparing those two , from memory the sounds were slightly different with the 15s being more low mid focused, but a slight amp eq adjustment and things could be turned the other way around. I currently have a Ashdown pro neo210 and a v3 rumble 210. I’ll do a quick A/B on those two cabs later today with a Abm 600 and let you know. What are your input gain and master volume knobs  set to normally? Not the exact comparison you wanted I know, but hope it helps. 

 

 I like my 610, great compromise 

To me bassadder27 the abm cabs do punch a bit better than the neos, but hardly noticeable in a live setting. What is a big noticeable difference between them is the weight. 

My fender neo 610 sits next to my two Ashdown 210 neos, the 610 has heaps more “depth/ fullness  “ , at same amp settings. 

I’m very happy with my abm 600 iv, one reason Is the new EQ, this 9 Band. seems so different to the previous model going from memory I found the previous model always a little hard to get a good modern bright sound out of, not so of this new one but this is going by memory. Does anyone else also find this? 

5 minutes ago, funkydoug said:

What do you mean… 2 x 410 not modular enough?? 😂

 

Seriously though, I think you’re right and can’t work out why they’ve done it that way… especially when they’ve made lots of 8ohm and 16ohm cabs previously. 

I guess the 810 covers it, but two 410s is my preference  

Am I right in saying the 500 head can handle 4 ohms but the 212 and both 410 cabs are only available in 4 ohms , so no modular options.

I took my ashdown 210 neo into a shop and compared it with a 210abm. The abm sounded thicker/ low mids compared to the neos more thinner hi mid voice.  Two very different cab designs, and drivers,  so not surprising. The neo is nicer to carry!

While not having had the cx 410, I did own two cx 210s. I thought they were good value for the money and put them on a par to the rumble cabs. The spray on texture finish seemed quite fragile. Had them under a old GK 800rb , sounded ok .

Awaitng the arrival of the new iv gk cabs at the local store. If Gk says it’s the best cab they have built I’m interested.

hope that helps a bit