Merton

Gorgeous!

Yup - my 500 EVO has an ABM400 power amp board. It’s just a marketing thing methinks! Bloody good amps these are, and one of these in such good condition is a rare beast indeed. Well worth the money

These things are the most amazing amp ever, if I was more manly I’d have kept mine but they are a proper beast! This is an insane price and therefore a veritable bargain

There’s one on eBay at the moment and I have often been tempted but I agree, the RM module is preferable for me too...

True. Maybe he’s hiding the fact that it’s actually an awesome idea and they’ll bring something out for 2019 NAMM 🤣

It’s the size of the amp which makes it difficult apparently, squeezing it all into the small RM casing. Plus as Mark pointed out they have the ABM series with a valve front end (not quite what I am after but it’s there), and then the OriginAL pedal which you could hook up to a lightweight power amp if you so desire. They just feel their product range doesn’t need more in it at the moment which is fair enough. Wrong, but fair enough hahahaha 😜

I’d love a Spyder 550. I tried persuading Mark Gooday to do that preamp with the RM800 power amp but it all got a bit too complicated to get the valves the right voltage and current supply apparently. But an RM-sized valve front-end with that power amp would be a thing of beauty I’m sure. 😎

I just found it a bit average, it didn’t feel any better than my knackered cheap Vester Jazz. It could have just been the situation, and I’m certainly not ruling out trying more, but I just didn’t “get” it. Much prefer my ACGs! I will be getting a more traditional flavoured bass later this year but it’ll be a UK built custom beast instead and VERY competitively priced vs an equivalent Elwood L 😎

My word. They do make good looking basses don’t they. Just a shame I didn’t get on with the one I played at the LBGS.

Yup, I use a Super Compact for everything these days, having just sold the One10 due to lack of enough gigs 🤣

Look at that! Stunning

I love this

Oh my 😍 Sadly/thankfully I’m about 5 months away from having any money 😄

Didn’t the mighty Trace V8 have a valve compressor circuit? What about the Laney Nexus valve head, does that have one?

Played a Maruszczyk at the London Bass Show this year and didn’t get the fuss, though definitely not the worst bass I’ve ever played. That would be a Warwick FNA Jazzman which was a superb bass then, when I needed to borrow it for a gig, my friend changed the strings to these horrendous thin plinky things and the bass became unplayable. So really the strings rather than the bass but it’s haunted me haha