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  1. Merton
    I have that in my Zoot P5, it’s a lovely pickup… oh dear god what am I doing! 😅
  2. Merton
    Yep - I have actually found an almost identical one but passive… trouble brewing 😂
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    Finally got my mitts on a Sandberg Lionel today. This one to be precise. I have to say it was lovely. The neck was smooth and fast, felt like a cross between a P and a J to me. Wasn’t a fan of the active circuit but in passive mode I really enjoyed the tone. I have always been convinced I’d get a maple neck/maple board if I ever had the funds to buy one but the pau ferro board was gorgeous and I expect helped with the warm smooth tone. Certainly gave me some food for thought if I ever get to the point of being able to afford one…
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    @ToLo I live in Surrey but work in Sevenoaks. I have both a Two10 and an Elf. PM me if you want to work something out
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    Badass! Nice work 😊
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    Awesome fun. Katy Hurt and band opened the new south coast “Buck’n’Bull” pop up country and western themed night at Canvas in Bournemouth. Packed crowd all well up for it, and out of the ~350 strong crowd a fair percentage knew all the words to all Katy’s songs which was ace. It was fecking loud but that aside we had a blast 🤠
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    Thankfully my bank balance will not allow a purchase unless I sell things. Not sure I have anything I want to sell at the moment, unless anyone needs a kidney?
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    That being said I can’t find it now… where’s it gone??? There’s this one though:
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    I almost survived last year. I see no reason why this year can’t be that one step better 🤓 (Best not to mention I’m in Bournemouth this weekend so will be heading to Absolute Music to try out the Sandberg Lionel they have on sale…..)
  10. Merton
    Think that Jake is on here for less
  11. Merton
    Oh my days
  12. Merton
    Found it: https://www.talkbass.com/threads/trace-elliot-design.1521151/page-8#post-26263258 Both the TE and the MiniMega use Peavey proprietary design, based on the IPR series; not ICE. Fred also confirms the TE is in no way a rebadged MiniMega, it is its own design outright (incl power amp and power supply)
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    The power section isn’t ICE, it’s based on a Peavey IPR power amp I think? Happy to be told I’m wrong but I’m sure that’s what Fred @ Peavey said on Talkbass
  14. Merton
    Think I might have sussed the compressor. Huzzah!
  15. Merton
    It gives us an excuse to play if nothing else 😎 And I can only imagine how this works with a Big Twin given its affinity with the Super Twin!
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    @JGSpector that’s similar to where I run the gain - good to know ref the comp settings!
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    Great review! Thoroughly agree about the gig bag, the rubber handle protector on mine has already started falling apart so that’s annoying. I run mine through one or two Barefaced Two10s, and recently like you @JGSpector bought a Super Twin. Took a bit of dialling in as I was used to the Barefaced Tens but now I’m there… my word. Levelling a city block indeed! You mentioned an input level LED but I’m not sure it does have one? My ex-demo one certainly doesn’t… Doesn’t really bother me though, it seems to have oodles of input headroom so it’s not an issue. I’ve found the amp to be a perfect platform for effects - it seems to make everything just sound great, whatever goes in (maybe except my playing haha). I need to play around with the compressor more as I’ve not quite dialled that in yet - will try your suggestions. I’ve found the comp is affected greatly by the input gain (understandably) so just need to get a better handle on the interaction. One for Saturday afternoon 😃
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    I’ve had a mixed bag of experiences with them but most recent was a secondhand Barefaced Super Twin. Bought on a whim on night last December when I was home alone and unsupervised, arrived less than 48 hours later well packed and with a nice hand written note on the box. (Dubious idea that - advertising the contents! But a nice touch)
  19. Merton
    That white Scarab…. One day I will have enough money to persuade you to part with it 😄
  20. Merton
    Agreed! Stupendous price, surely can’t last long…
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    I’m in!
  22. Merton
    I was visiting my sister earlier this year and went there with my son, with the express intention of trying a couple of basses and buying him some drum hardware. As has already been mentioned, the “in stock” basses were in the warehouse, not the store, so it screwed that part of the plan. We then went to the screens to order the drum hardware (it feels like Argos in that respect!) and they couldn’t find the very item I had loaded on my phone clearly stating in stock. It couldn’t even find the page for it. Daft. Thankfully they have people who are good at pretending you’re not there unless you make a point of interrupting them after waiting 5 minutes for acknowledgement of existence and we ended up getting what we had gone there to get. So…. Mixed bag as a shop. Probably more set up to be an online resource?
  23. Merton
    Does the Eden sound good? If so maybe you can find two 8 ohm versions of that cab, assuming Eden made them of course…?
  24. Merton
    What is it about the can that makes it not right? Can prob point you at other options with that info
  25. Merton
    Got a great pic of MiniMert with that at the London Bass Guitar show in 2018 😎 In terms of backups I always take a spare bass and a spare amp these days. Sometimes the second bass gets an airing but depends on my mood and songs in the set etc 🤓
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