evan47

Just out of interest, do you notice any fan noise when using the amp at household volume levels? I am thinking about getting the Katana Bass later in the year but a noisy fan would be a deal breaker.

Spector Euro 4 LX. Beautiful shape, great sound with the TonePump gain dialled down. Wonderful playability.

apparently it has an octave, don't know about a pitch shifter. It has a flat mode for use with a pedal board or preamp.

Seems like the 1 x 10 also has a tweeter and both combos are Bi-Amped . Doesn't say if they are fan cooled or passive.

The ZOOM B1Four , at the end of your board or just use it on its own. Hours of silent fun.

Thank you, just wondering as I can't see the usual evidence of fan cooling in the pics online or even on the GK site. What country is it made in please?

Can anyone please tell me if the Gallien Kruger MB series is fan cooled or passive and which country are they made/assembled in? As they seem to be entry level amps, just how good are they?

Its a shame they didn't base the preamp on the Transit B ( minus its overdrive and added a chorus ). A light weight cabinet with a 15, an 8 and a tweeter would have been cool, or a stack with a single 15, a pair of 10s and a bright box even better. The amp looks nice but the only thing that sets it apart from an oversaturated market is the pretty lights.

Thanks for replying. A local store has one in stock and, as they will give a return period of 14 days I may very well try one out soon.

How loud was the fan noise when played at bedroom level please? It is important that the fan is not too loud.

I am thinking of treating myself to a new bass combo/compact head and speaker this year and, as it will be for mainly low volume home use (plus possibly some band work) I would like it to be fan less, or with a very quiet fan. The budget is £1000 but I could possibly stretch a little further. I would be buying new as I would like a warranty for peace of mind. The PJB BG400 and Bass Cub pro are two of the combos I am thinking of and for head/speaker the Genzler Magellan 350 bass array 10-2 looks tempting. What else on the UK market should I be looking at? This will be the last amp I intend to buy and do not want to make an expensive mistake.

Any Genzler Magellan 350 combo users here? The 10-2 combo looks and sounds sweet in the demo videos, almost enough for me to pull the trigger and buy one. It will be for home/studio use as I do not intend to gig with it. Has anyone here used one?

Yes I do but as I am running a Trace Elliot Transit B first in my chain I engage its compressor and this cancels it out and also stops any clipping during the peak of the phasers swell.

A Trace Elliot SM GP7 1 x 15 combo has come up for sale locally. I am tempted, very tempted but would like some info on it age, just how good they are, what to look/listen for when trying it out and any general advice about this particular combo. The seller says it is fully working and the pics show it to be in decent condition with no rust on the metal corners or handles. It has the carpet like covering and red detail behind the grille. He is asking for £190 ono. Do these particular amps have any known issues? If there was a problem would it be easy to repair?

Thank you. Volume is not a problem as it will be for home use. (I will hang on to my Ampeg in case I needed to gig). I would rather Tolex but "rat fur" is fine. How did you find the general build quality?

Are there any users of the Ashdown c112-300 combo on here please? I am looking far second amp for backup and feature wise it ticks all the right boxes, (apart from country of origin). Hoping to convince the wife it is a good idea to treat myself to one as a birthday present in mid April.

I have just bought a block logo MXR Phase 90 and noticed some distortion when playing. Has anyone tried the R28 mod on this pedal and use it for bass please? I love the Phaser apart from the clipping I get.

300 watts of bi-amped solid state power. 200 watts into a 1 x 15 Celestion Sidewinder 15 in a bass reflex cab and 100 watts in a 2 x 8 inch powered cab . At the time it sounded awesome, so much so that many people said it was the best bass sound they had ever heared. I sold it to a guy in the South Wales valleys.

Back in the late eighties I used this rig with my Warwick Streamer. Been wondering what happened to it.

If you paid for an item at its advertised price and you have a receipt then you and the vendor have entered a contract whereby they have a duty of care to supply at the agreed price. I would have contacted trading standards regarding the legality of the price increase after payment or, simply said no and walked away. What they are doing is wrong! You can bet your last cent that if the price turned out to be less then they would have said nothing.