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Bought Rosie C's Slimline Double Bass. Very happy: lovely bass, excellent price, outstanding communications and generally, an all-round pleasure to deal with. Thanks!

Bought Martin's Acoustic Image Clarus amp. Had a good chat when I went to collect. A good chap and a pleasure to deal with.

As others have stated, Dominic is a pleasure to do business with. Prompt, easy communication, quick delivery, well packaged. Item exactly as described. Just all round smooth and hassle-free. I'd have no hesitation dealing with him again, with full confidence.

Bought a set of used strings from Geoff. Quick, easy, hassle-free transaction. Well packaged too. Thanks Geoff.

It's all been said before, but just to reiterate... A straight-up bloke and a pleasure to do business with. Buy from him with confidence. As a bonus, if you happen to go and collect your purchase, he's a nice chap to chat to for half an hour.

Bought some strings from Matt. An easy, hassle-free bloke to deal with. Thanks Matt, it was a pleasure . Hodge

A couple of years ago I aquired a Harley Benton Jazz for the princely sum of £60, just to see, really. I had a neck I really liked from an old bass kicking about, so I threw that on and then spotted some Lindy Fralin Jazz pickups going for £90 for the set... by that point it seemed a shame not to take it further. Bought a set of CTS pots for £27 and a scratchplate from someone here on Basschat for, I think, £12. I gave the body a bit of a light sanding to take the extreme glossiness off the finish. I still need to get some knobs that fit the fatter posts on the CTS, some more screws for the pickguard wouldn't go amiss, and I have yet to do anything with the tuners or bridge. Also, apparently, looking at the photo, it could do with a bit of a clean. All in all it stands me at less than 200 quid and I love how it looks, how it feels and, above all, how it sounds. Used it a lot in pub gigs where, as Sam said, you don't feel comfortable leaving an expensive instrument on stage while you nip out for a smoke. I didn't really know what to put on the headstock. I ended up opting for something that looked vaguely Fenderish to the casual observer, but on closer inspection....

I read somewhere that Leo intended the bridge pickup on an SB-2 to function as the tone control, rather than being used as a stand-alone pickup in its own right. I have an old, mid-90s US SB-2 and the bridge pickup is significantly lower in output than the neck pickup. I can well believe that it's purely there to add some bite to the P-style pickup. Either way, I've never missed a tone control on it.

Bought a bunch of leads from Chris. A nice, smooth transaction: items as described, great communication, prompt delivery, good price... can't ask for any more than that. All in all, a good bloke to deal with. Thanks mate.

Bought Clarky's Orange Terror. As smooth a deal as you could wish for and an absolute pleasure to do business with. Thanks very much mate.

PM'd.

Bought Josh's Greenboy F112. A pleasure to deal with. Speaker cabs are always a pain to post, but he went out of his way to save my poor old car a 500 mile round trip.

...Not to mention probably a 60 odd quid round-trip fuel bill from you to Walsall. That takes the something of the shine off the price tag.

I think the main problem with these speakers is that, while the price is undoubtedly low, it's not quite tempting enough to take a chance, just to see. When, with a little patience and dilligence, you can find stuff like a pair of Hartke HD112 for £220 a piece in the marketplace here (Waynesworld's sale) it seems a far safer bet to spend the little extra (only 20 quid extra in relation to the "top end" of the DHC range). At least you get to check out some reviews, opinions and videos to have a reasonable idea what to expect. As for possibility of stumbling across "the next Barefaced": I bought a Barefaced Big One many years ago and when I did it was a decision based on reading loads of stuff on here from Alex and people who had tried and tested them, people about whose knowledge I could make a reasonable judgement. I was reasonably sure what I was getting. It's a totally different proposition to take a chance on something so completely unknown, for the sake of saving a few quid against more established used gear. If this bloke's stuff is really as good as he makes out, he needs to do a lot more in the way of marketing if he wants to tempt people into taking a punt.

Thanks Bill, I have to say, that bit made even me blink when I first read it, and I don't know all that much about the engineering of speaker cabs. I guess it's just a standard case of "if it seems too good to be true...." Still, if nothing else it's spurred me to read a bit more about how all this stuff works (including not a few posts of your own on here), so it's not all bad. Cheers.

Oh aye, could do. He also lists a £200 version that has a 12" Eminence Beta. I'll see if I can get an idea based on that. Meanwhile, any direct experience anyone might have would still be handy. Ta for the suggestion. Edit: Well, I can't remember the last time I sat looking at so many graphs, the meaning of which was so utterly lost on me. At least there's a large Help section: Looks like I have some homework to do.😀