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I spoke to Dave Green a few weeks back about a new cloth grill for a second hand cab I'd bought with a slightly rusty metal grill. He offered to make one up if I came down with the cab, real good guy to talk too as well. I didn't actually take him up as I've now sold the cab, but still, a great bit of service! Not sure how their US reps are, but it sounds like that's where some of the trouble lies.

Terrible photos plus the description says 'it's been repaired' with zero detail of what that actually means. Personally, I'd swerve it.

Recently picked up an Epifini UL901 and Bergantino 410 from @Mama Huhu. It has passed the rigorous approval process of my son. Looking forward to giving it a proper go at band practice tonight!

Met up with Dave today in a shady pub car park (where all the best deals are done!). He was kind enough to drive some distance to meet me on my journey home from Wales to Essex, he was there dead on time, we did the deal, had a quick chat (would have been longer but I needed to get back to Essex!), and away we went! Would be very happy to deal with Dave again, great guy and a credit to basschat! Can't wait to give the Epifini UL901 and the Bergantino 410 a proper go tomorrow! Cheers, Russ.

14 years later... 😄 Just concluded a deal with @Jase that saw him take on my Ashdown CTM300 and 410 ABM Cab. A great guy to deal with! Trustworthy, great communication, arrived at agreed location exactly when he said, all in a smooth and easy transaction. Top bloke. Would definitely be happy to deal with again! Enjoy the CTM300 man! Russ.

@GrimUpNorth - If you're still thinking about strap locks, I'd highly recommend Dunlop Dual Design strap locks. These ones: https://www.gak.co.uk/en/dunlop-sls1031n-straplocks/111288?gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAwP6sBhDAARIsAPfK_wZ5FiI2ZbspKPuCz02fksv5L8vijUokAqnhEHf2x8i8wKbOfJRlD-4aAjn5EALw_wcB You can get them in black, silver or gold to match the hardware on his bass. I have them fitted to every strap I own and every instrument I own so I can use any strap with any instrument. To me, these are better and more secure than Schaller strap locks, but that is just my opinion! Schallers are perfectly fine too!

@Beedster - sorry, no spare valves here unfortunately! Short of taking one out of the Big Block and chucking it in the M-Pulse. Though I'll be absolutely honest and say A: Taking the BB out of the Mesa case is an absolute pain and B: At this stage, my personal preference is to do a hand-back at a time convenient.

Probably! I have genuinely tried everything I could think of... even to the point of removing all other amps from the environment. Removing all cables and leads from the area (just in case the plethora of wires/cables and speakers somehow was generating some kind of interference) with no change. I've chased these rabbits down holes before over the years and most of the time find the problem, but as it stands, the resolution evades me!

Either which way, it's a massive testament to the community on Basschat to be able to comfortably and openly discuss such things between the seller, the buyer and others with knowledge to share to help resolve these things! 😁

No footswitch provided and the solo dial does nowt without it! All the same I have rolled it up and down just to be sure! Genuinely have played around with all settings etc. to no avail. It could very well be the valve I mentioned, not entirely sure of the impact a faulty valve would have on an M-Pulse. You can see below the silver cap on one is distinctively different to the other, potentially a failed pin seal?

@Beedster suggested running a bass through the FX return - I've never actually done that before so had no frame of reference for what it should be telling me. When going into the FX return of the M-Pulse, it was quiet, a volume that you can talk over, and nothing on the front panel impacted the sound, but as it's bypassing the pre-amp, that's to be expected. I did the same with my Big Block as an A/B test and had a similar result in terms of volume, so I presume that going into the FX return won't give you masses of volume. And yes, Direct in. Nothing in the chain expect bass, amp and cab for all troubleshooting tests. 👍

Honestly, I don't know enough about the inner workings of amps to comment further than I have. Potentially you're correct, but I don't know!

I'm the M-Pulse buyer. And to confirm, about everything that can be troubleshooted has been troubleshooted. Different basses, different cables, speaker leads, kettle leads, different cabs, different sockets. I've opened it up and there does look like a potential 'dodgy' valve (the silver cap on one is in tact, on the other its whited out) but both glow and warm up and neither have broken filaments. I've run a bass through the FX return to bypass the pre-amp and the power section seems OK, and as mentioned above I've tried the trick of running a shorted patch through the effects return to bypass the problem that the BB750 had. Unfortunately the amp doesn't seem to want to produce the volume it should. With the gain at 50%/60% and the master volume all the way up I can comfortably talk over it, which shouldn't be the case! @Beedster has been an absolute gent with all of this, we've agreed the best course of action is to rewind the sale as taking it to a Mesa Authorised repairer is never cheap! There is the outside possibility it's something in my environment however in that environment is an Ashdown CTM300, the Mesa Big Block, a Blackstar Series One, a Marshall JVM410, a Friedman JJ20 and an 800w PA system all currently doing as they should. Tis curious indeed.

Thanks @michael2003x! Do you remember the brand of glue you used at all?

Hi all, I've just taken on a Mesa Boogie Deisel 210 cab, it's functionally perfect but cosmetically has seen better days! A lot of the tolex is peeling around the edges of the grill. Does anyone know what the correct glue would be to get the peeling tolex glued firmly back down and what a decent method would be to do it properly? Cheers! Russ.

Chris sold me his Mesa M-Pulse and Diesel 2x10 cab. He even dropped them to my front door despite the price being undeniably good! The man is a gent and a credit to Basschat. First time we've met in person despite having both lurked around the dark corridors of Basschat since before dinosaurs roamed the earth! Top marks sir, I shall enjoy this reasonably small but horrifically heavy Mesa rig! Cheers, Russ.

PMT Southend shut down a year or so ago too.

I suspect place holders. They're selling lots of pedals, probably had one of those eBay '80% of listing fee' offers and wanted to make sure they had enough spots for all their merch!