Sparky Mark

The quality of construction of the first generation HX drivers is excellent. Cast baskets are more expensive to make than pressed steel which may be why Hartke has moved to steel for its current 12s. There's a lot of information online about the benefits of cast aluminium baskets over pressed steel. If you can find another HX112 cab you'll have a high performance lightweight rig.

Be aware that your cab is one of the first generation HyDrive HX112 with a cast frame neodymium magnet driver. The current HD112 driver uses a ceramic magnet so may not be a perfect match. The current HL112 uses a pressed steel neodymium magnet driver so could be closer to your HX112.

Based on what you write in this reply I wouldn't waste money to achieve another flavour of good. Get a preamp pedal; there are loads of great ones to choose from and you'll be able to compare how they change your bass' intrinsic tone instantly, back and forth.

What active bass are you thinking of changing the pre amp on?

Do you mean that the laminate stripes are painted and the headstock front had a real veneer applied later?

Agreed; I even thought of buying it. Considering the price and almost 2 year lead-time for new, this is a no brainer for someone wanting a Roadie Active.

I've not see that photo before. Really interesting as it shows how the pickup positions vary with reference to the bridge. This means that all four formats will have tonal differences even if identical woods were used.

Yes, you are correct. I'm more concerned about mine now. Lol.

This was it, started as fretted.

I have to admit that I'm allowing myself to get a little excited now.

You could well be right. The one at Bass Bros is also a refurb with faux laminate finish.

Definitely.

No, mine is a new build.

'tis done, replaced the chrome with black.

Quite a few Markbass users combine a 210 and 115 and are very happy with the result. Sometimes combining different speaker configurations works and other times it doesn't.

When I spoke to Andrew initially I asked what would potentially be the lightest weight twin pickup active version. He recommended a Series 3 Roadie Active as has been mentioned earlier, the exotic woods can add weight. I've gone for a faux laminate finish similar to below, so it's all mahogany with gold hardware which I think will look beautiful with the cherry.

Andrew has just sent me a photo of my Roadie Active :-