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Thanks! The EBS was the missing piece of the jigsaw I think. Making the decision to go back to a heavyweight amp has made me very happy. I know we’ve probably all said this at some point, but I can see me keeping this one for a very long time

I’ve posted it before, but now it’s getting some gigs under its belt, I thought it deserved another pic 😊

Jesus H f***ing christ, you must own a forklift to move that thing around!!

I bet that sounds insane!

I used to use matching heads and cabs, I’ve had Trace, Ashdown, Warwick, Peavey. Then I bought a Barefaced Big Twin 2 and went down the Class D route. Since owning the BT2, I’ve used GK MB Fusion, Aguilar TH500, TC RH450 & 750, GB Shuttle 9.2 and a Darkglass M900 through it. I’ve now gone ago to heavyweight head and am using a EBS TD650.

That worked out well for me then! 😊

We’ll just a quick update. I did go ahead and order a couple of sets directly from Payson in the US. Ordered on July 30th, and they arrived today, with no extra costs or charges incurred. Pretty happy with that!

One of the best class d heads I’ve owned, and I’ve owned quite a few, is the GK MB Fusion 500. Fantastic little amps and can be found for good prices on the used market

Hi guys, have any of you ordered strings directly from Payson? I know Mark at Bass Direct sells them, but he doesn’t appear to have any 4 string stainless sets in at the moment. Quick look on their website and it appears they do ship to the UK, cost is about $20. Just wondered if anyone here has bought direct?

This is worth a watch for those that haven’t seen it

I had a Darkglass M900 amp for a while, and preferred the b3k setting. It took a bit more work to get it to sit right in the live band mix, but I preferred it as a tone. Been mulling it over and wondering if maybe the b7k ultra is a bit overkill for me. I use a EBS TD650 as a live amp, so if I’m thinking of using a b7k as more of a always on, low gain bit of grit, I might be better off just picking up a used b3k. I was attracted to the Ultra because of the ability to switch the drive in and out without bypassing the pedal completely. Most of my gigs for the rest of this year are really just pub and club gigs, so I wouldn’t really be using it as a DI, although a DI pedal is always handy to have on hand in case of amp failure. I do have a EBS Billy Sheehan drive pedal, so I could realistically pair that with a b3k and have one set low gain, always on, and one set full banzai to kick in when needed, which admittedly wouldn’t be too often. Decisions decisions!

Anyone using one of these in a more low gain setting. Was looking at fitting tone capsule in my Warwick Streamer, but am now wondering if I’d be better off buying one of these as a pre amp for all my basses, and also have the drive circuit available. I don’t really use balls out distortion, but I’ve heard a clip of one on a more low gain setting and it sounded great. Just curious if any of you guys have real world experience with these pedals. At close to £400, I’d like to get some real opinions before pulling the trigger if poss.

If you’re open to the idea of seperate head and cab, I would recommend looking for a used GK MB Fusion. Valve preamp, and the 2 switchable channels mean you go from crisp and clean, to warm and driven with one click of a footswitch. I’ve owned class D heads by TC, Genz, Aguilar, Darkglass, but i kept the GK far longer than any of the others

Interesting to hear some people say about the bass centre frequency of the OBP-3, saying that it’s only really useful to cut rather than boost. I’ve just had a a guy on a Warwick FB group say the exact same thing. I’m also now intrigued by how a Darkglass Tone Capsule would sound in there. I’ve got one in my Dingwall NG2 and It is pretty versatile

Thanks man, very much appreciated!

Have any of you guys fitted a Aguilar OBP-3 pre into a Streamer Stage One? Just trying to get some thoughts and opinions

Hard to decide, but I think Rival Sons at the Academy in Bristol has to be up there as one of my best. Honourable mention for Foo Fighters at the Olympic stadium. Worst- Poison, on the bill of the monsters of rock tour 1990 in Paris. Just dreadful

I think what I mean is, I assume they particularly wanted a 2 band eq, otherwise they could’ve just used the 3 band DG capsule which is already in production, and they already use stacked knobs on the 4 band Bongo. Maybe they wanted all new circuitry, more focused around the Ray bite

I’m wondering if they wanted it to essentially be a classic 2eq ‘Ray, with with added distortion circuits, otherwise they could’ve used the 3 band DG tone capsule which gets fitted in the Dingwall NG series basses

Can’t help but think that it would’ve been even more awesome on the stealth finish Stingray that they did

It’s showing on Anderson’s website, but when you click on it, you just a a ‘product not currently available’ message.