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This one is 23kg:

https://peavey.com/products/index.cfm/item/659/118121

This one is 18kg:

https://peavey.com/products/index.cfm/item/659/118122

I had one of these as my first serious amp beyond my bedroom practise thing.

They're great - they are massively heavy, but even the old thrashed Peavey stuff i've come across in rehearsal rooms usually are capable of sounding half decent!

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Hellfire !! Those weigh nothing. My recently lightened toolbelt weighs 16Kg 

@discreet seriously funky playing Sir! What was the HB PB-50 mod...?

@Kevsy71 Thanks... that one (v2.0) was just a headstock reshape and a Herrick Alnico Tele 51 pickup upgrade. My most recent one (v3.0) has a Herrick Neo pup, a two-saddle through-body bridge, Wilkinson tuners and a refin in shoreline gold  https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/319730-hb-pb-50-modded-version-30/  and is also strung with 9050M.

GHS Precision Flats, DR Legend Flats

Well that's one of the things that weighs on the negative side!

I'll stick with my B3 flip top sim ta.

I have aa Ampeg PF50T which sounds great for both gigs and recording, is easy to move about, runs off UK mains without an extra transformer, and doesn't need a re-cap! Also there's not much in the piggy bank at the moment...

Pow....that's been my life story, mate...you forgot to mention how when you have the cash, nobody wants to sell...

'When you have the cash'... nope, don't understand that at all.

Buy it. Then the lack of cash will focus the mind beautifully on rooting out and selling everything you haven't used for years....

the burst/maple right handed one.  replaced pickguard, wiring and knobs but other than that its supposedly original.  I also like the jazz bass on there, again burst/maple/white block

Ooh yeah........ nice.  Really lightweight.  I like the black jazz with the black blocks.......

Andy Baxter is one of my daily/weekly visits on the web, always something to make you drool if it's vintage Fenders you're after! In fact, I'm having a look right now....

good points gents.  I have been after one of these for a while.  Ive always had a lovely p bass in my 78 tokai and as a back up I keep messing with weird and wondeful basses rather than (being a p bass man) just getting a nice back up P!.  The tokai always wears flats and this new one will get grounds

Which colour, do tell!

Burst. Always had a thing for the 50s burst/gold/maple

I used a 30 watt rated Ashdown Little Bastard with my Markbass 2x10 and 1x15 cabs for a single gig, I found it was nowhere near loud enough and switched back to the Markbass head at half time, I have to say I was disappointed as we were much liked by pub landlords as a decent covers band who didn't play too loud! So the fact it couldn't even manage a pretty restrained covers band gig in an estate pub meant it was not going to be any good at all for bigger gigs

The amp went back the following day!

If you don't mind it being gritty it may do the job. You probably want more like a 50w amp to not sweat about it though. T

Like Roger2611, I tried using my LB30 on a few gigs but it was nowhere near loud enough. I have a CTM100 (for sale on this very forum) that does the job admirably though.

Do share...

Got my Optima flats on my old Jazz, Smooth 

"Who says flats cant go on a jazz!?!"  no-one. it's an urban legend - just like saying a swan will break your arm. No documented evidence anywhere (swans or flats)

From the inception of the Jazz Bass in 1960 until the mid 1970s, Fender fitted flatwound strings as standard.

Jazz Bass with flatwounds and a plectrum, was a very common sound throughout the 1960s and 70s.

If someone doesn't like it then that's their business, but to say it can't be done is stupid.

Why do we do it to ourselves?

If you don't get on with them, why would you buy another?

what ive tried so far i didnt like.  A few of their 12's and the two ten.  All seem honky, bitey and a bit brash/brittle.  Ive never tried their 15s and the amount of fans on here suggests it may be user error rather than poor cabs

not a BF fan im afraid, tho have never tried their 2x10

Totally, TOTALLY different from the 12" cabs. Sounds like a miniature Ampeg fridge. Haven't played a Terror with mine, but knowing the Terror as I do (I've had 3 of them!), and knowing how the Two10 sounds with the other amps I've had (Ashdown ABM, CTM15 & 30, Mesa Walkabout, Ampeg PF-50t) I'd say it'd be a match made in heaven! Certainly worth trying if you get the chance.

I have an orange 115 doing nothing, its in black and has never been gigged mint condition, am only in blackburn if you want to try it out

I guess he doesn't need it now Roses have finished again - unless Ian Brown has another messy divorce! 

haha - i imagine he's already spunked the £2 million advance for the reunion gigs and needs to sell them for petty cash...

yes apparently he didnt know the advance was going in and went for some milk, went to an ATM, saw the cash and then went on a 3 day party!

There you go, that's all you need. But according to Basschat wisdom, a Harley Benton P Bass and a Peavey TNT combo would have done just as well. 

Sweet! Flats, perchance?

Flatwounds. Absolutely, its the law isnt it?

Ive studied his gear in a bit of a geeky way.  Obviously I don't know studio wise but generally he uses a flats loaded P bass through an Ampeg valve rig.  I would guess there is a few thousand pound worth of studio gear that is certainly helping

Let's forget the studio gear! I reckon some time spent with a VT Bass would be well spent. In my opinion it does that SVT thing really well. And it doesn't even have any valves in it.

Yep, VT Bass is the daddy for replicating trusty Ampeg tones.

I've not used Maruszcsyk.  I can however second the recommendation for Picato flats.  I have a DBE set of them on my Steinberger Spirit.

Whump diddy bump diddy bump olé!

I do like picatos but I always find its a compromise - for thumpy old school I always struggle with a dead E, a lively E usually means using the brighter flats like Fender or Chromes

Mixed set then?

My advice?? Try one and get over it - every Mesa I've tried has disappointed me...

400+ is a great amp, used mine for years.

i've just 'picked up' a mesa buster 15" combo and it's incredible! i do love the mesa tone, currently got a walkabout and had a M2000 but finally i've got the real deal. Real tone comes at the cost of weight!

Pics, immediately

Only one pic of her at the mo, seen here with my 66 fliptop. Usual flats are Elites, lovely strings

WOT - no covers!!!

I have not had the pleasure of seeing Blondie live and in person, but I have seen Nigel play a few times in his previous band ...Silverhead.

"I have seen Nigel play a few times in his previous band ...Silverhead. "

Oh yeah:

Thanks for the tip.  I learned something from that.

Blondie set list, that's not a bad idea, love Clem Burke as well, rhythm section rules.

No! You'll regret it. Maybe not now, maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of your life...

That's a difficult one, sounds like you would need to A/B them first!

Probably best. Haven't heard the Mesa, but it's going to have to go some to sound better than a V4B. In my humble opinion, of course.

I had the original MK1 amp for around 12 years, then all of a sudden I stopped liking the sound of it. It also sounded very muddy, even with new strings, treble turned up etc etc. Not sure if the amp had changed, or just my ears/tastes changed but I ended up selling it.

I then ordered one of the new MK2 amps, and I didn't like that either so it went back.

I still have the SP212 cab, but bought an Alpha Omega 500 head to go with it

Those amps are not flat with the knobs all at mid point. Try putting the bass at zero and the mid at max, then add bass and treble until it sounds decent.

I use one of these at a venue I play at regularly and I have to boost the mids and take the bass down to zero to get a usable sound onstage.

Hopefully this will help https://www.talkbass.com/threads/orange-terror-500-bass-eq.1417858/

What one did you go for?

Fulltone Bass Drive.  Will do a thread on it when ive properly put it through its paces

Nice choice. Never used one but heard a few demos and they seem great.

Eeek! You're going to miss that, for sure. Bad time of year for me to be buying stuff otherwise I'd have that particular goodie. How about I take it as a gift in the spirit of the season..?

Oh no. GAS strikes again! What have you got GAS for now Pow_22?

Ooh I love mine. Perfect with a P and a Greenboy Dually

Rics are the best basses money can buy, so that's reason enough!

There can be variations in instruments, so it's a good idea to try one or two and see how you like them.

2006 on they have the push/pull pot for vintage sound, and adjustable pole pieces. Earlier Ricks have slimmer necks. Although my experience is limited to the three 4003 Ricks I've owned

Who knows where GAS comes from? But it does always seem to strike.... at some point.
As mentioned above, try a couple if you can. There are always a few on eBay, and some on here too. Keep an eye out for next time one comes up near you, or ask a friendly nearby fellow BC member if you can try theirs? Rics have their fans and their detractors - but a good one is a great bass.

I know that feeling!  It's so slow at the moment.

It always seems to be the way.

I tend to step away from anything desired as stunning, as I've generally no plans to hit anybody with it. 🙂

What amp is he running them through?

Mesa Big Block 750 and an 8x10 (x 2)

Ooh nice!