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Its a typical car bulb, you should be able to get it in any gas station or car service.

I can confirm that they sound incredible together [url="http://s1098.photobucket.com/user/mzdh/media/2016-02-27%2018.29.07_zpse020py38.jpg.html"][/url]

Why shoul I care about 5lb amp when I still need to carry 20-30 or 40lb cab?

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1455652594' post='2981215'] Yeah, EHX valves are just re-branded Sovteks as far as I know. There are better valves available. [/quote] Not rebranded, but from the same factory. Just like about 30 percent of tubes on the market, many brands but from one factory. You can only buy Russian made tubes, Chinese made tubes and JJ made in Slovakia.

[quote name='Rick's Fine '52' timestamp='1453654774' post='2961444'] If all these basses you have, have had dead spots, i would suggest its how they are set up. [/quote] I thought about it for a moment and realized I haven't ever played fender without a dead spot on 6th or 7th fret of g string. CustomShop, American Vintage, American Deluxe, really old ones from 70s... Maybe we have worse ones here in Poland One beautiful P from 76 had a TERRIBLE one on 2nd fret of E string... Can't be setups fault in every of these cases. But I don't care. I didn't need to play the 6fret on g string since 2001

99% have them. My Us Vintage P has a dead spot, my Squier VM jazz has one, my two Mexican standard Jazz Basses had them too.

I use 30w all valve Ashdown which is more than enough and 150w Ampeg B1 which is barely but still enough for all my gigs. No need for more power. But I do ha be a desire for AMP BH410

I like them, a lot. The older ones are not pretty, definitely look cheaper than new squires. But they have a nice growl, not that rich as US made or not that warm like Japanese with basswood bodies. But I really enjoyed my two MIM Jazz Basses. I have Squier VM now and while I like the slimmer neck, I'd love to change it for a Mexican Standard of Classic.

This is the model I can buy. I will try to convince the sales man to dig them up for me

Is the 2x10 capable of being use as standalone cab? I know Ashdown amps and cabs have usually a very decend low-end, but I never could any decent punch on stage to hear myself without mudding everything up with low mids of my PF-210 cab.

I recently saw them in my local shop, unfortunately user the big pile of other gear so no chance to test them without serious reasons. These are the newer models, the same as you can find on Ashdown webpage - small and black, not the "classic Neo" version. I'm using Ampeg PF cabs, but since I got the Little Bastard with VS112 cab and I'm very satisfied with the sound - my Ampegs are semi retired since last Christmas. I can't get VS212 anywhere so I'm thinking about getting the cabs from my local shop, they have 115 and 210. Anyone tried them? Any opinions?

[quote name='Thunderpaws' timestamp='1449396853' post='2923080'] Could be. I take it your phone changed first to jest! It's not the one in the video above. Were the first ones any good? It's got all the same knobs and sliders. Has the sub, drive and compressor. [/quote] Yup, that was my phone ;-) As far as I remember there would be no compressor in evo I, which is basically renamed Klystron. Some of them were slightly wider than newer versions. Tube drive and octave are from the beginning. As good as any other ABM :-) Maaaybe it has more mojo, because first ones were handbuild in Mark Goodays living room ;-)

If it looks like ABM that's probably one of the jest versions, made in 97-98. The amp name was changed later to ABM due to legal problems with the Klystron name.

You can is the check this by using overdrive either in your amp or in stomp box. Or slap a little on G string. The overdriven sound through tweeter will be harsh and ugly

My friend used Ampeg BA-115 100W combo with single "15 speaker when she and her band opened for Depeche Mode few years ago. Why should I need more power for mediocre bar gig?

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1446138160' post='2897269'] You could put it thru anything but I wouldn't pay out for anything extra. Low powered amp so you aren't going to get any volume out of it, IMO. [/quote] I wouldn't use the word "any", I regularly gig my 30-watter with great results. We play rock music and I use amp as a monitor on stage, and used Ashdown Little Bastard on gigs with audiences from 60 to ~3000 people.

This one is MUCH, MUCH better than SVT-350 and 450. SVT-200T has a totally different preamp, you should try it! PF-350, 500 or any modern solid state Ampeg (except Rocket Series combos) is a joke compared to this one.

The sound and the quality is WAY BETTER than the US made cabs from years 1999-2006. The new cabs are made of plywood instead of OSB, they have better speakers. You can safely buy Korean, Chinese or Vietnamese Ampeg cabinet.

[quote name='donslow' timestamp='1443719183' post='2877168'] It's a shame that technically half of the amp remains unused and wasted for want of a better term but hey, if the rest of it can't be matched elsewhere, that's the flip side surely [/quote] Technically it is just a solid state EQ, you are still using all tubes in your all tube amp. Dont waste your time and sound trying to use graphic EQ. One day it MIGHT come in handy, once a few years you might play in a venue so boomy, that you will have to turn that graphic EQ ON, to ruin the amp dynamics but save others from boomoness

I never used this EQ because it messes up the sound and the dynamics. 2PRO has another unique feature, which is a great overdrive section. I`d leave the amp. If the weight doesn`t bother you. 2PRO is one of the best or even THE best modern SVT.

I don't own any Taurus gear, but I know their stuff enough to have an opinion. IMHO they are just like Mayones are in bass guitars category. Modern, hi-fi sound with some unique features, that you might or might not like. The sound is clean and solid, VERY punchy, with bright top end and solid lows, a little bit dry. I prefer more "wet" "soft" and "mid-oriented" sounds (Ampeg!) There's nothing wrong with them, but I'd never use them for my P-bass, especially with flatwound strings, whereas I'd have no troble using Tone Hammer, which I find richer and warmer sounding. IMHO they are made for modern and/or heavier music.

I'm pretty sure both will suffice for small gigs, I never had any trouble with Little Bastard, of course I never wanted clean sounding amp ;-) But I think they are a little bit pricy...

I really wanted them to have vintage, 2-band Bandaxall EQ. Pf50 looks like svt preamp, pf20 looks like pf350 preamp with tubes. I was never fan of pf350 (although I had one). Not for me, I have better and cheaper Ampegs in my rack case. :-(

Wow! Great! I keep my fingers crossed

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