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Bought some bartolini pickups from Paul last week - they work a treat and somehow arrived in under 12 hours. Thanks a lot!

Just bought a bunch of spirocores off Adrian - top notch communication and strings sent over straight away - thanks again!

Just took delivery of Kev's EBS preamp - what a pleasure, and somehow arrived in 3 days even with a postage mixup. Excellent stuff, thanks again!

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Bought some double bass strings from Ian last week - exactly as described and arrived the next day. Great stuff - thanks very much!

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Yeah, the low profile of it does look cool. I just need to stop it wobbling about and rattling on top of the cab! The bigger feet I've got lying around are only about ~1cm so I don't think it'll look too silly.

Following up... Another thing I've just noticed is the _tiny_ rubber feet on these things.

I didn't spot it before because I was putting it on top of other gear, but the feet on these are only 5mm tall, which isn't enough to clear the handle on my cabinet.

Fortunately they screw on, so it should be straightforward to swap them for some bigger ones once some longer screws arrive. (I think they're M3 but we'll find out for sure in a couple of days).

On 26/05/2021 at 12:25, Phil Starr said:

Interested in this, I've been contemplating building a lightweight small combo for semi acoustic work and the odd open mic, maybe for rehearsals too when drummist brings a cut down rig. I've been looking at a number of Chinese made circuit boards with an aim to building the amp but the total cost of these is approaching the TC BAM by the time you've factored in the case. Using the BAM seems a no brainer and it could potentially be unplugged and used as a back up amp.

So yes it would be great to hear what you make of it over time, maybe even a few clips of how it sounds?

Of course! I think I can probably cobble together a quick demo of some kind, give me a week or so...

I'd be interested to see what you come up with as a lightweight small combo. My current cab is a 2x6 I built a few years ago. I didn't quite know how it would turn out but it's actually pretty versatile - I've done a lot more than acoustic stuff with it (like function sets at weddings with loud drummers) and never run out of power! I'm curious how the TC will compare to the MB200 once that stuff starts happening again.

Just bought a compressor pedal from Etienne, who very kindly posted it minutes after I paid and it arrived the next day. Exactly as described and sounding great. Thanks!

I've been wanting one of these super tiny bass heads for a while, but could never find much in the way of demos or reviews of any of them (TC, Trace or Warwick). However last week I saw an ex-demo BAM200 for sale so thought I'd go for it, and it arrived this morning I've been using a GK MB200 for the last 5 years or so, so that's what I'm comparing it to.

There were a few things I couldn't find out before I bought it, so in no particular order:

- There's a load of preamp compression available, depending on where you set the gain (also affected by diming the EQ, so I guess the compression is happening after EQ). This even happens with the master volume turned down, so this is a nice change from my MB200 where you only get the punchy limiter sound at deafening volumes.

- It's waaaay less scooped EQ-wise than the MB200. There's definitely something subtle happening in the preamp making the tone more interesting than just using a PA speaker, but it's subtle, and in general it seems pretty clean. A P-bass and my active 6-string both sound awesome plugged straight in. However, my series-wired Jazz (series to add more mids to counteract the GK scooped EQ) is now pretty honky and nasty, at least with the EQ all at 12 o'clock.

- Background hiss isn't silent, but it's pretty low. I tried a few small heads last year (the Markbass Nano 300 and the Warwick LWA500), and this is about the same as the Markbass. (The LWA500 was _silent_, I'd have kept it if the compressor worked). Unfortunately there is a fan, which has just come on after 10 minutes of bedroom-volume noodling. It's no louder than a laptop fan really so I'm not too worried, but worth knowing about if you care about fan noise.

- I'm quite enjoying the sound, it feels very "balanced" - I usually roll off quite a bit of the highs, either on the bass or on the amp, but even then all the notes are clear, e.g. I can play 5ths low down and it's not a pile of mud. It works a lot better in the acoustically-dubious corner of a small room than the GK, which is very bassy by default and can be quite difficult to tame.

Hopefully that's interesting/useful to someone. If there's anything anyone would like me to try out or find out then do let me know.

Cheers!

Top notch service from Greg (now MuddBass) - I bought an EBS octave pedal from him yesterday, and it arrived this morning, less than 24 hours later! All working great, I shall enjoy using it tastefully and responsibly on my next gig...

Thanks again!

GLWTS!

Another +1 (is that +3 now?) for the ATH-m50x. I never had fun tracking bass on headphones until I borrowed a friend's pair, it was a complete gamechanger - even compared to the m20x I had before! I now have my own pair and wasn't disappointed, they sound great for jamming through an interface or monitoring while recording etc.

The only problem is that I paid around £120 used, only to see them being sold off by Amazon for something like £80 each a few months later

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On 02/10/2020 at 22:27, Richard R said:

GLWTS ! 

Thanks!

I've finally bitten the bullet and put it on eBay now

But in the meantime I also recorded a quick demo (first time I've done anything like this!), as I realised there are pretty much no sound examples anywhere on the entire internet for this model. Linked on this post if anyone's interested

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I've just got it home - looking forward to putting it in a cab. Thanks again!

Couldn't have picked a more pleasant introduction to the forum - just bought a speaker off Dan, cracking deal and great service - thanks!

Hi!

For sale is an extremely rare Ibanez 6-string P/J bass - in fact pretty much the only model I've seen with a P pickup.The electronics are also really cool - high output pickups mean that you can toggle passive/active mode without the usual drop in volume you get on most active basses - so you can swap from passive P tones to punchy active modern tones in seconds, without switching amp inputs

Specs:

• SR6 5pc Jatoba/Bubinga neck
• Bubinga top/Mahogany body
• Rosewood fretboard w/Abalone oval inlay
• Medium frets
• Accu-cast B306 bridge
• Nordstrand CND P/J pickups
• Ibanez Custom Electronics 3-band EQ/Eq bypass switch (passive tone control on treble pot)
• Black matte hardware

Condition is used, but only just - I got it just over a year ago, but it's not been out loads (gigs have been pretty slow recently for some reason...). A few tiny marks here and there if you look closely - the worst is probably at the edge of the end of the headstock (opposite "R in SDGR" - visible in the photos). Otherwise it's working great!

Light (well, for a 6 string) at 4.8kg / 10.6lbs

16.5mm string spacing at the bridge, and 44mm from the centre of the B to centre of the C at the nut. Neck width is 53mm at the nut.

Now looking for ~£575. I might consider trades + cash for something cheaper too if it helps

I'm based in Cambridge - collection would be ideal, but I don't mind driving a bit further afield to drop it off, or can post for £20.

Any questions let me know, cheers