Merton

I love the look of this, it's cracking

http://www.edenamps.com/products/tnseries/amps/TN501.html Look to be replacements for the WTX series. My money is on the same Class D modules as we see everywhere else

I think it looks like the sort of head I'd be scared to take on a gig for fear of spoiling its bright whiteness! Interested to hear it though

I am very lucky in that I have three "best" basses so it depends what mood I'm in Edit - I'll clarify that. My ACG Finn 5 is the no 1, the Finn 4 has become no 2 and Status is no 3. My function band tends to have no 1 or 3, Boogie Monsters now has no 2, but Boogie Monsters get more gigs than the function band haha

Don't scrub Hartke from the list just yet - the LH500 is a monster and could be well worth a look

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1452982989' post='2955373'] More likely something in the preamp has got blown up. The voltage level from the speaker out will most likely be too high for the input op amp. I think it's highly unlikely the output transistors will be blown as it would represent a high impedance load. This could be good news, as op amp cost peanuts. Try putting a line level signal into the effects return socket. See if the power amp section is working at least. [/quote] Good call

Good luck with it - let us know how you get on

See the big silver metal fins which look like the back of a radiator (that's essentially what they are!), the output transistors are the little black components attached to them and the PCB

sh*te, I suspect one of the output transistors has gone wonky. The only time I've blown an output tranny I couldn't tell just by looking at it ... It'll need a tech. Ashdown are very very good to deal with on these sorts of things though (I know because they're the ones who fixed my blown-up GK amp haha!)

So you plugged the speaker output into the line output? (This will be a bad thing). Or you hooked the amp up to your recording device via the line out and didn't have a speaker load present? (This shouldn't be an issue).

http://basschat.co.uk/topic/275507-doug-wimbish-v-ashdown/ Discussed last month

They're so BLUE!

The Mb Fusion has valves in it, and that's the reason the OP wants to change... Good call though, one of the best Class D amps I've ever used

[quote name='victor5string' timestamp='1452683433' post='2952297'] The mesa does not have a valve in the preamp. Its solid state. [/quote] Fair enough, my memory is failing me

[quote name='ead' timestamp='1452156403' post='2946978'] Is that the photos or the player Merton? I've never let my lack of ability stand in the way of acquiring ACGs. I still want to find a way to try out your ACG 'P' at some point. Lovely looking bass there Kev [/quote] both Yeah we will find a way for you to have a play with my P... It's a wicked bass, so simple but so effective. And Kev, I too love that Finn you have there. A stunner which provided a little inspiration for my 5

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[quote name='bassman7755' timestamp='1452609481' post='2951587'] What is it about the streamliner your trying to improve on ?. [/quote] Ditto this question; also thought the Mesa Boogie was similar to the Streamliner in that it has valve preamp and Class D power amp so not really a massive difference other than for the sake of it? Edit - just read your reply! Preamp valve failure is such a rarity as to not be worth worrying about. No more or less likely than a power capacitor failure for example.

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1452543814' post='2951072'] I guess a lot of it is to do with the fact that a lot of people get a lot of joy out of buying different instruments, even if the latest j bass is just a take on the same old bass we all know. This bass thing we do, is not all about the playing for some people. I've met countless players who can't play for toffee but have the most immense collection of instruments... and you know what, I'm not one of these guys that subscribes to the thoughts of "nice basses deserved to be played by great players" because these basses can bring a lot of joy to some who just like them hanging on the wall. There's enough people that buy super cars that can't drive the cars to anywhere near their potential - or desire to - but like to have something in their garage which represents the pinnacle of engineering and is something nice to own. In reality, people do get caught up in pickups and their positioning, preamps, neck profiles etc etc... but hey, people get different pleasures out of the bass. Some by playing, some the social aspect of being in a band for example... and I guess having a fleet of super basses is achievable for more than a garage full of super cars. I think Scott is targeting the people who think that buying the latest bass will somehow lead to improving your playing. Hey, it may do, or may not... but you have to have a reason for getting a purchase past your other half right? I don't really think anybody really subscribes to the thinking that a bass can replace practice... but there's so many different reasons for buying a bass... and the playing of it may actually be pretty low down on the list of reasons. [/quote] Excellent post

Sad news, weirdly thought just two days so that he or a Rolling Stone would probably be next after Lemmy

Ashdown BTA200 into two Barefaced Super Compacts. Sold the BTA as it was too big and heavy for my puny human arms, sold the SCs to raise money for my wedding (2 weeks to go, eek!) and house move. That said I'd get more SCs in a heartbeat if I had the money; the BTA would be replaced with an ABM500/600 or even the CTM100 I currently have