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I'll put it in my diary, is this studio up any stairs? If not I'll bring the 8x10 and GT200 and maybe if you're all good the B-15

Sod it, bought my ticket

Yeah just seen this come up in my bands in your town email. It's tempting but I don't really know much about them other than Gary Willis is the don. Any other BC'ers going? So I don't have to sit on my own

Your ears will give out before the cab does

Yeah my guitarist just bought one of these from GAK, he expects it to arrive tomorrow, he also has a CAR Pawn Shop Bass VI so will definately be interesting. I was all up for buying his Pawn Shop model but damn it's hard with these coming in at less than half price

4ohms, all the Bass 2x12's are 4ohms but if you've got 2 you can run them in parallel at 8ohms

Just had a quick chat with Matamp, if I can gome down (in my Mate's van) I'll swing by the factory and grab a load of the demo stock for people to try if you guys want, they've got quite a few prototype cabs lying around and maybe just maybe I can sneak the proto hybrid out of there (no promises though)

[quote name='Amo' timestamp='1373637589' post='2140008'] Alright, thanks man. I'll give Hayden a call and sort everything with him. Was it an unfinished one ? (I mean no tolex and stuff) [/quote] No it's finished, it currently doesn't have a badge, it's in black smooth tolex with black grill cloth, very ninja

Well if you're interested in it, it's basically Matamp Demo stock let me know and I'll let you know how much they want and they can sort the shipping out with you. Might be a good way to go and try one, its certainly available for a price that isn't going to cause you any issues if you don't like it and want to sell it Maybe have a look at Barefaced as I tried them recentl;y with Matamp, very much not my tone but had a hella amount of treble available.

If you have an older 2 band GT200 the 2x12 is pretty much the same width. I actually have a brand new Matamp 2x12 that I borrowed from the Matamp showroom (subsequently decided to stick with my 8x10 and the new head) you're welcome to come try it, it will be a lot cheaper than custom ordering one. Drivers are Celestion Tru-voice, personally I love them they are small and light (for Matamp cabs) and they sound great, but I have an 8x10 and the new heads don't fit on them and I prefer 1 big and heavy thing over 2 small and light things so 8x10 over 2 2x12's for me, but it would sound AMAZING, definately a richer fuller sound than the 6x10 which is a bit toppy for me. Hope this helps

VT Bass Deluxe also functions as an A/B box to switch basses and has a nice handy fx loop for all your pedals to sit in. Currently I'm using the Radial Bassbone, for what I do it's great but I DI from it rarely I use it more to have a master fx loop switch and be able to switch 2 very different basses and get the volumes matched. Also the 15v it runs on is a pita unless you have a gigrig power supply. In the past I had great experience with the MXR M-80 but as a clean di and eq the distortion on it isn't very good. The VT Bass is definately on my list to try and I may switch to the VT Bass Deluxe over the Bass Bone as it does the same functions and I believe can give me 3 settings per A/B so basically 3 settings per bass which would be cool and all the connections are in one place so I wouldn't have the issue I have with the Bass Bone, where I have to run my tuner last and outside of the loop so I can have an output I can actually reach on the pedal, but this means if I tune and use the DI signal with still go to FOH (not good) but that said I largely DI off the amp with a Radial JDI to get all my valvey goodness.

Yeah it does but it's changing all the time, I'm only sending one box at the moment to Janek and the other box when full will go direct to Africa. But I'm happy to give as I don't change strings very often these days it's good to be involved. Also speaking to Royal Mail as they do some work where they will cover some/all of the postage for charities of this nature. But I'm more than happy to cover shipping them wherever Janek wants them, so don't worry about sending them to me as it's evolving and it's more and more likely I'll be shipping directly to the people in need. Cheers

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1373551766' post='2138957'] I've never played in front of anyone (and don't intend to!) but can bring along my 1960s VOX Clubman & Bassmaster, Burns Sonic, WEM Sapphire for a bit of novelty value against all of the exotica on view! Anyone is welcome to play them. Just let me know if it's a good idea and i'll bring them. [/quote] I'd love to play everything you just listed

[quote name='silverfoxnik' timestamp='1373549151' post='2138929'] Now that's what I call dedication! Fantastic - it'll be really good to see you there... [/quote] Well no one runs any good bass bash's in the NW (I've tried to do a few, no one ever turned up) So it's worth the travel and be nice for people to try more Matamp gear out as it can be a trek for you guys to get to the factory. Me and Jack will have the loud bits covered

Put me down for this, if I can get a lift down then I'll bring the following Rickenbacker 4003, Overwater 5 string, 1970s Ampeg B-15, Custom Matamp GT200 MK2, Matamp 8x10, the pedalboard If I can't get a lift I'll come on the train and it'll be the following Rickenbacker 4003, Overwater 5 string, the pedalboard Cheers