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Phil Jones also do some narrow amps: BP-800 is 7.5" wide (albeit really long so may overhang at the back) D-400 is 9.6" BP-200 is 6.9"

TC BH250 is 9.6", the BQ250 and BQ500 are both listed as 10". Was looking at the HB Block 800B recently, looks like a crazy amount of amp for the money. Remember the colour has to match as well otherwise the width is irrelevant and you'll need to buy yet another amp.

Went with a TC BH800 in the end, picked one up off here for a very good price. Sounds fantastic and is frighteningly loud, can be heard over an enthusiastic drummer at 9 o'clock and just keeps going past that with big clean lows. Obligatory awful lighting practice room shot, possibly a bit overkill for a rehearsal rig but it's easy to carry and was sub £600 for the lot. It's a knee high beast of a setup!

We ditched the backdrops for a pop up thingy either side of the stage, contact details and web links are clearly visible to punters and they're no faff as well as being lightweight. Can put them up or pack them down in a few seconds. Ultimately we binned those off as we just didn't think any sort of banner looked great for weddings etc and they take up valuable space in bars, a lot of the time band photos in a well decorated venue look much better without an intrusive banner, even with my mug in them. YMMV of course.

One went for £310 last month, later model with the LMIV combo head: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266840471683 Always the risk you run with collection only auctions and relying on someone being after one at that precise moment within a reasonable distance. Personally if I wasn't willing to post then I'd do a BiN and just leave it up there.

Whooaaah Lobster has new glasses ?!?!?!?

If you're able to collect and can dig up an extra bit of cash this is a good deal: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/335453331506 Same pre and hardware as the EHB1005 but with a nice top and Nordstrand Big Splits.

Squier did a Deluxe Active V a while ago, they turn up on eBay and usually sell for around £200-£250: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266788464335 Very nice basses, not your standard Fender radius either as the ebanol board is wide and flat and the neck quite shallow which is an improvement IMO. There's also a very similar Aria version with a rosewood board which is also excellent. Cort GB series are well worth a look as well, one for sale here: I'd be upping my budget and grabbing one of the Cort GB Modern basses currently on sale at Guitar Guitar!

Seller has negative feedback for selling fake stuff: https://www.ebay.co.uk/fdbk/feedback_profile/humphrely

I think a lot of amps now have some form of HPF built in, some more agressive than others. The Thumpinator operates at around 30hz or something like that and I'd be surprised if many modern heads aren't filtering somewhere around there already.

It's been about two decades since I last matched amps to cabs based on watts, besides you can blow a driver with an "underpowered" amp if you're an idiot, I have a knacked Deltalite I can stick in the post if you don't believe me. £60 when I bought it and £120 when I looked for a replacement, there was a lot of swearing involved mostly directed at myself.

Exactly this, Fender make Fendery things because that's what people will buy, to the point where they'll pay a massive premium just for that name on the headstock. They're a heritage/legacy brand like Gibson so there's no point in angering shareholders by producing something your target market won't buy and the people that would be interested won't pay the Fender tax anyway.

Peavey also do good budget 6 strings, I'd be looking at a used Grind or Ibanez SR5xx over a new Squier really.

Weird double post

I'm guessing the graphite rods may have worked out cheaper than a 2nd truss rod and the tuners look like generic Gotoh clones with F style elephant ears.

I have a box of connectors at home, if you put a pic up of what they look like (inc where the locating ridges are) I can see if they're compatible. You can also buy Ibanez preamp spares online from Banzai, Meinl etc, think Thomann did them at one point. Assuming the bypass connector is 2 pin it may just be a simple switch so that should be easy to rig up to a push/pull if your current volume pot is just a standard potentiometer. Spares from the other Ibanez 3EMP preamps might fit, the mid and mid freq switch were sometimes linked with two separate connectors so you might need to buy that whole assembly.

The Ibanez EHB 1005 and 1005MS will have stainless steel frets and are lightweight, usually around £500-£600 used.

I did look at that, Thomann have a B Stock BV1001T for around the same price as the HB. Looked at the manual though and it doesn't seem to list the frequency point for the low eq. Is the comp ok on it? AFAIK the T version is a Streamliner clone, is there much difference between that and the M version other than a lack of preamp tubes ,corresponding gain control and the difference in mid frequency options?

That's good news, I loved my old Hartke gear. I gig with IEMs and rehearse straight into a desk so that sounds ideal. The only snag is the TC head being red matches my cab and the HB doesn't!

I don't want any drive at all, I like the feature set of both amps but had heard the preamp was a little uninspiring on the 800B, I mainly use the pre on my basses really so not a massive issue. Is the DI out ok, no noise etc?

Been considering a small but high powered head for rehearsals and possibly the odd fill in gig I may have coming up with a different band and have been looking at either the Harley Benton 800B Quilter clone or a used BH800. Would also free up my small home rig to lend to a mate who is struggling at the moment. Anybody had experience of these two, particularly how the preamp sections are voiced? Do they both have bags of power as their ratings suggest or are they made of lies and deceit? Are there any other cheap, high powered yet tiny heads around? At the moment I have a TC BH250 which is fine for low volume, however my PJB C8 Lite cab is a bit thirsty in terms of power and I think it needs more juice to get going, there also isn't much going on in the <80hz area with the little TC and the bass and mid -/+ eq points points are far more appealing on its big brother. I emailed HB and they claim the Block 800B has no HPF, low end boosts at 100hz though compared to 80hz boost and 50hz cut with the TC. I did go to put a wanted ad up but the site doesn't let me any more so if anybody has a used BH800 let me know please!