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Both by back and my bank account fainted when they saw that

Yup. And Mark Gooday has long been an advocate for unlined cabs - there’s an interview where he says so but also admitted that the rest of the Ashdown crew were slowly twisting his arm to follow the science of lining them!

@Russ - how are you getting on with this? Still waiting for a UK release to torment my bank account…

Mods, please feel free to move this but figured it’d get more exposure here… I have a spare ticket for Skunk Anansie at Brighton Dome tomorrow because a friend’s had to drop out. Anyone fancy it?

Damn, one appears to be on hold yes. Ah well.

@tauzerohas one of the GR combos - forgive me I can’t remember which - but that was immediately my first thought reading your first sentence Mark. Id be very tempted by them or indeed the GK Fusion combo if I were looking at that sort of thing right now

I woz there too. Great gig. Great, oft underrated band. Love the rhythm section, think Eric Kretz is one of my favourite drummers. Powerful but restrained and a really lovely fee and groove.

Great amps, simple to use but easy to get a decent sound. Loud as flip too. Which of your plethora of Barefaced cabs will you pair this with? 😁

My thoughts exactly. In Suffolk too.

Mike’s been busy making a bass shape from bits of wood. I think the fingerboard is going to be pretty special in an understated but classy way…:

I almost concur. The only caveat is that someone other than me needs to be playing the bass. 🤓

Got new grilles from Barefaced today. Oriented right for the stack and with the new logo. Nice 😎

Think that was filmed as well and is on iplayer to watch. Really good show, his enthusiasm and love for rock and roll, plus his friendly and bright nature, made it a really interesting watch. As a band I always found the Foos a bit hit and miss but there’s no denying Taylor was a force of nature and for whatever reason his death has hit harder than most.

Gorgeous bass 😍

Not both, at least not both as in one in the 8 ohm socket and one in the 4 ohm socket. Ultimately with a valve amp you have to select a transformer tap from which you will take the power - in this instance you have options of 8, 4 or 2 ohm taps. Both the 4 and 2 ohm taps have two sockets wired in parallel, allowing you to use 2x 8 ohm cabs (4 ohm tap) or 2x 4 ohm cabs (2 ohm tap). You could, possibly, plug them both into the 4 ohm socket as the combined nominal impedance of 2.67 ohms is still ok (valve amps prefer lower impedances than higher, the opposite of solid state amps); the Ampeg manual doesn’t recommend this concept of mismatched impedance though.

Having read the manual myself, I now want one FFS 😂

Doesn’t matter, it’s a valve amp isn’t it? So full power goes to any of the taps. So of course if 4 ohm cabs in the right flavour are easier to find, it’s no issue but if not, use the 4 ohm tap with 2x 8 ohm cabs