Quilly

I had a moment of madness and put one of my valve amps up for sale over the weekend, luckily I had a change of heart 🥵

I actually considered an estate , simply  so I could buy an 810 😂

I've a Vauxhall Insignia, heaps of room. 

5 hours ago, Quilly said:

a few gigs confirmed tonight , can’t wait to dust this off 

1 hour ago, Reggaebass said:

This is how I found it sounds slightly better for me, I also noticed I can hear more of a difference in my basses with the valve amp than I can with the RM500 

The thing about these valve amps is that they can all have little nuances and the only way to really know your amp is to experiment and see what works . It took me ages to get to grips with my Ashdown CTM100 

28 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:

Just been using the V4-B, it’s got a wonderful tubey sound 😊, can someone tell me what the difference is between having the gain up and using the master as a volume, or having the master up and using the gain as volume, I can’t hear a great difference 

If you want a clean sound turn the gain down and turn up the volume , that’ll drive the power valves more. if you want the sound to have a crunch at lower volumes keep the master low and crank the gain. You have more control over the bass/mid/treble with the gain control. The volume knob just turns up and down the power valve output . You can actually just use the power values by plugging into the effects loop return . It sounds pretty flat 

19 minutes ago, King Tut said:

I picked up a B Stock one of these during lockdown for (I think) £379!

Do you still have it ?

I think If I already didnt have 2 valve heads i'd snap this one up in a heartbeat. They get great reviews and contain a whopping 6 x EL34 power valves (I love the sound of these valves). Not the prettiest amp in the world and I dont like the look of that Tolex. I think if I bought it id get a new sleeve made for it. But €650 for a 225W all valve amp is hard to pass up. 

  https://reverb.com/item/43320658-peavey-tour-vb-2-head-made-in-usa

1 hour ago, bartelby said:

I know my CTM-300 is massive overkill, but it was cheaper than a CTM-100, so I thought "Hell yeah!!"

I would have done the same, the only thing is these valve amps sound best when pushed a bit. I played a gig last week with a 30w head and it was pretty much maxed out on the edge of distorting and it sounded fantastic. Ditto with my 100w amp, it’s usually a bit beyond noon where it sings . I don’t think you’re gonna get that “verge” sound form a CTM300 without breaking windows 😆, or at least annoying your band mates. But what a 300w valve head will give you is oceans of deep deep clean warm bass .

These big 300+ W valve monsters are great and all but really they were designed in a time when the rig on stage was intended to be the source of bass for the whole concert. I can’t imagine lugging around 35-40kg of an amp to casual pub gigs . People do and more luck to them . For me 100w and a decent cab is plenty.

that’s not to say I never came close to buying one on more that one occasion 😂😂

I think everyone should have at least one valve head but you needn’t go crazy and get an SVT or anything. Valve heads can surprise you volume wise and a 100w amp can be all you need using the correct cabinet. Even 30-50w amps out there that can quite easily manage small to medium gigs . You don’t need to break your back 

I hear good things about these also - Good price aswell 

https://reverb.com/item/43320658-peavey-tour-vb-2-head-made-in-usa

12 hours ago, Dazm66 said:

From our first proper gig post lockdown and with our new keys player. It went down very well and they’ve booked us for NYE. 

 

Its a great feeling when a gig goes so well you secure more gigs out of it.

Somebody got a cracking amp for a fantastic price 

On 30/07/2021 at 14:22, fluffo said:

Doesn’t seem to be much out there for true all valve heads other than the svt or markbass.

fire away with suggestions 

Stay away from valve heads… you’ll quickly get obsessed with them 😭

I got drafted into a Ragtime / New Orleans type jazz band as a substitute bassist for a gig last week and I was planking it. The band are really nice folks (and forgiving) but I was totally out of my comfort zone in terms of musical genres as this was their first gig in ages, I didn't want to make a dogs dinner of the bass.  I needn't have worried (too much) its was a blast and I was able to blagg my way through most of it, the crowd loved it. 

Not really but I tried a Mex Player Precision bass in a shop and thought, this is way better than I expected, ultimately bought one.  

On 21/08/2021 at 00:34, Bagman said:

Ashdown CTM-300

 

Not sure they are still in production however. 

They're still for sale on their site, so I presume they're still making them. I have the CTM100  and I love it but they seem to be kind of rare these days. You tend to see a lot more CTM-300s and CTM-30s / Little bastards around. CTM-200s are as rare a hens teeth. 

Whos left standing here ? 

On 22/08/2021 at 09:32, warwickhunt said:

 

#Walshy I do believe.

 

The beige one ?

The handbox WB100 is supposed to be a great amp also 

I’ve the 100w Ashdown ctm100 head and their 30w “little bastard” , both pure valve and both cracking amps. Don’t let the low wattage fool you , the 100w amp can get seriously loud and even the 30w head can comfortably handle small gigs . The LB -30 appears regularly on this site and reverb for sale around the £300 mark. Well worth it 

8 hours ago, Bunion said:

What did that trumpet player do to you? 

He picks the songs ! 

My little bastard/ barefaced two10 “rig”