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It’s is capable for small / mid gigs ? I have a really efficient barefaced cab.

Anyone ever try out the new Ashdown CTM-30 little stubby?...very neat looking small tube head.

Are you getting the 50t?

Indeed! the 50t at £429! Now I wont be able to sleep tonight 😣

Sure I can drive up to KK with my barefaced and CTM-100

The CTM-100 is a serious amp but it needs a good cab. I gigged with the barefaced two10 in a loud outdoors gig unsupported by a PA last Friday night and it was great, warm and clean while being plenty loud enough. Its relatively portable compared to most big valve heads (its only 19kg which isnt bad at all).

Hi Bigwan, I remember buying a LB-30 from someone up North about 3 years ago and he kindly sent it to Waterford (was it you?) , It was fantastic sounding amp and I foolishly thought it wasn't powerful enough (it was my cab) and I sold it on - I really miss it. I now too have a barefaced two10 and am running an Ashdown CTM-100 through it and it has heaps of power...which got me thinking about revisiting the low wattage valve thing. I'm wondering if a 50W tube head would suffice for home use / small gigs. Let me know how you get on with it.

When the Lead guitarist picks songs to cover and then can’t manage the solos. 😡. Sounds really amateurish and pathetic when they’re fluffed .

The best ‘jazz’ I’ve owned is my current 2008 passive mayones jabba 4. It just does everything a Jazz is supposed to do in spades and built like a tank . The pickups are amazing . Delano big pole piece pickups .

I currently own a non fender precision (sand berg) and a non fender jazz (a mayones) and I’ve no desire to sell either of them. I’ve never been able to find ‘the’ fender jazz bass but I know they must be out there somewhere

No matter what market place I look at these basses are always for sale. I’ve sold a few myself and never really found one I was happy with . Not just mim ones either , anything from squire affinity to vintage Mia basses. They seem to be far more available than p basses. Is there something not quite right with them , or what ?

I thought I was the only one that had bad experiences with them... they kinda ripped me off

There’s one for sale in bass direct.co.uk it’s the new model but just a p bass again (no mm humbucker)

Hi folks , struggling to get high frequencies out of my Ashdown CTM 100. Treble turned nearly all the way up ??. Bass and strings ok. Should I change the pre amp valves ? I bought this amp second hand and I’m pretty sure the preamp valves are original .

Mayones Jabba 4 Passive.

For those of you like myself that like German instruments, i found ebay kleinanzeigen to be fertile hunting ground for Warwicks, Sandbergs and other boutique instruments such as Human Base for example. Technically its a classified ads page but if you ask a lot of sellers are more than willing to ship. Prices are very competitive.

The Lead Guitarist is the band founder. Me and the new rhythm guitarist are 'blow-ins' (I'm the third bassist this band has had). There seemed to be a lot more democracy there also.

Just had rehearsal tonight without the lead guitarist (on holidays) but we still had rhythm and acoustic. Really glad it went ahead. Learned 2-3 new covers. Everyone was more aware of what they were playing , volume way down.

Ive started in a band with other guys in their 40s with the usual work / family commitments. So it’s not always possible for us all to meet regularly . However I feel rehearsals should go ahead even with individuals absent. Even just for the sake of staying tight. Not sure if my band mates feel the same . Ie ‘theres no point in band practice with X missing’ . What do other bands do ?

Bill you are right, decided not to go ahead with it. Had the CTM-100 at 3 O'Clock yesterday at rehearsal and the cab sounded sweet.

Was hoping to run it with the Two10 through the 2 ohm output of my amp. I reckon the tweeter in the MB would add a little more high end to the overall sound of the rig. I kinda need a back up cabinet anyways.

Just ordered a 4ohm Mark bass 2 * 10 traveler cabinet to use with a valve head (to accompany my barefaced two10). The SPL sensitivity specification of 101db seems a little bit like specsmanship? (i.e. are they just using a peak SPL figure at a frequency outside normal bass response). I want to use this with a 100W valve head so sensitivity is pretty important to me. Anyone have any experience with this cabinet?

Question: I have a Trace Elliott 500W cab (500AH-7) and I have 2 x 4 ohm cabinets. The speaker outputs consist of a speakon connection and a 1/4" jack output. If i daisy chain the cabs they will have 2 ohms right? . If I plug this combination into my head will I fry the output transformer? Secondly as there are 2 separate outputs on my can I plug either one into each cab (i'e will it be 4 ohms into each head as normal). On the back of my amp it reads 'Minimum load 4 ohms'

I own an Ashdown CTM 100 and simply love it (despite its weird passive eq) how dos the hand box 100 compare ? From all the vids I've seen it seems to be really drivey but that could be just the demonstrators preferred settings .