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Hello, Neil Williams here, new to Basschat. Been playing since 1979, - early heroes Jim Lea of Slade, Jean Jacque Burnell of Stranglers, Suzi Quattro; then all manner of brilliant players - Stanley Clarke, Jaco,Victor Baily, Anthony Jackson, Abe Laboriel, James Jameson, Carol Kaye, Bootsy, Marcus Miller, Jack Bruce, Tony Levin, Chuck Rainey,Tal Wilkenfeld, Nathan East,  Neil Murray, Jimmy Bain, John Paul Jones,Tina Weymouth, Chris Squire, Les Claypool, Billy Sheehan, Jimmy Haslip, Danny Thompson, Mo Foster .... the list is an endless upward spiral, but when it ends, it ends with the god on earth that is, of course - GEDDY LEE.  Anyway, I play a '79 Precision, - I bought it in London in '81. I was after a Ricky 4001 a la Geddy, but the guy in the shop persuaded me to go for the Fender. He didn't have a  4001 in, so he had one sent over in a cab for me to try and compare. Good man, there's customer service innit. Anyway, - I've been using a Warwick CCL 250 combo for quite a while, and more recently a Trace Elliott GP7 with a slotted front, both with my little Aphex Bass Exciter/Preamp/DI Box thingy. They both sound great and are real work horses, but they're pretty weighty and I aint gettin any younger, so I've decided to take the plunge and go for a new Ashdown combo as replacement for them both - great sound, simple controls, loads of oomph and sooo light - its between the Original C210 300 Kickback, and the RM 500 T 210 Evo. The Warwick and Trace are up for sale, I'll put them up here first if anyone's interested. Any Ashdown users/ex users with any advice/thoughts. Would be most appreciated. Diolch/Thanks