I wound up with ThunderBlacks.
The feel is ok for me.
They emphatically are NOT able to be installed in one hit "stretchproof". If anything they stretch out more than the Pahoehoe before stability is achieved. The claim that they can be installed without taking off again is BOGUS.
By that I think you mean an exceptional drummer that can hold the time when everyone is playing around the beat, even the soulful bassist now and then.
I think they would be searching long and hard to find another Howdy Doody.
Other bassists have tried to get my spot so I would be very easily replaceable.
In ten years I think I only missed one rehearsal for a gig, and one for flu. Both times everyone very appreciative of having the glue back the following week. They might have to get used to playing sans bass if I left.
Do tubes suffer DC offset? That's about the only way 135w can blow a BF woofer while still sounding clean.
I wonder if someone else had access to the cab? Either that or it's pure oddball failure of the stuff happens kind.
The BF 10 is a solid 200w driver and BF rate the cab as fiine for 500w so long as it stays clean.
Fully distorted a 135w tube amp is 270w of howling misery so not going to bother a BF 210.
Turn it up until you get to where another bump up sounds barely any louder. Turn it back down a nudge. If that isn't loud enough there you need more cab.
Putting the cab up on a chair or angling it up to you from the floor can make a big difference to your ability to monitor yourself with less FOH disturbance.
After they banned BassmanPaul I thought I better leave it alone for a bit before I got the ban hammer too.
B.P. is the most mild mannered gent you could hope to meet.
Tbf if you poke a couple of vintage JBL 15's with 50w they will get quite loud. With 500w you will get barely any louder but wind uo with a smoking pile of rubble if you aren't careful.
Lots of people gig with a Trace Elf that only has 160w into a 8 ohm cab.
There's no a guarantee that a 500w amp will suffice but I would not want to be in the same pub if it was required.
One thing to keep in mind when scoping out gear is the volume knob position is a poor indicator for how much of the amp is being used. Many amps are at full noise by the 4th indent with most of the action occurring between 0 and 3.