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I think the majority of the Birmingham session scene have been involved with the Drifters in one way or the other. Although having said that, I think it all went stinky poo shaped. I think Prism (who had rights on the name in the UK) went under - but I know they stopped using the name for a while... maybe because a Phoenix company weren't allowed to use the name or something, maybe?

Ive never understood why they only went half baked - unless it's a pricing thing. I hate the outer bracing on the GR cabs. Looks like one of those awful kitchen surface joins instead of a proper biscuit joint. Would like to take one a part to see their construction - because from the outside alone, I can tell there's a lot that could be improved upon... but as I say, I don't know if these cabs are being built to a budget.

Don't get too excited, from 06/04/23 (it will soon be upon us) we've got MTD for ITSA (Making tax digital for income tax self assessment) to look forward to. Bring on those quarterly submissions. @taunton-hobbit- that's 4 times the accountancy fees for you 😜 - we may even have started gigging again by them. Maybe. Or the planet will be dead.

I wasn’t gonna say anything...

Something to do isn’t it?

Correct.

I don’t actually want a gig this side of April. Why would I want to complicate my self assessment return?

I wouldn't get a 2x8 based on the fact that it's an odd size for bass. If you ever need to move it on, the audience is going to be limited. As Bill suggests, your typical 1x12 is going to be a better performing cab. Cant speak for the GR stuff though - don't even know what drivers are in them

When you consider the coronavirus rules, I think you'll find that the rules for import /export from Europe are crystal clear.

I can see the TV adverts in years to come. "Have you paid too much VAT? Are you due a repayment of customs duty that was unduly paid? Call us now on...."

All the money is past the 5th fret on a 5 string! It's about the comfort of playing mid neck!

It's probably some letch going "trust me dahrlings, I'm gonna make you both big stars, just do exactly as I say..." "Yeah, OK" Its kinda how X Factor works. And why are the deluded ones so confident that they are good? Because they have been through a number of rounds being convinced they are good, ready for humiliation in front of the masses. Maybe.

Are you looking for a Photoshop course? (No disrespect to DR, but that's had a bit done in post)

Oh man! That Trace mixer. I had forgotten that!

Yeah, must have missed that.

I swear man... ad hominem mudslinging all the time.

By the way, absolutely no hate on Hartke from me. When I was in NY for a while, I hung with Larry a few times... and he was desperately trying to get me off my rig and onto Hartke. And he wouldn't sell me his Jack Bruce bass...

Im actually for this cab journey. I'd be doing all sort of mods just to have a play. And I was being serious about the dual speakers!

Yup. You are on a one journey with this cab. Probably not that an exciting one at that. If you want to have some DIY experiments with cabs, have a look to see if you can shoe horn in another identical speaker behind it and have a play with an isobaric setup for sh1ts and giggles... although I suspect your cab isn't deep enough. At least it will be a talking point then! Failing that, take it outside and play Uncle Rob.

See, this a very interesting observation to me. When I was using EBS and helping out at the shows and stuff, I used to literally scream at them, they need a lightweight, tiny head to go up against Markbass and the emerging small heads. EBS at the time simply weren't interested. They eventually caved, about 6 years later... with the Reidmar - which despite being an awesome amp, hasn't got the same small factor appeal. Their best selling amp at the time was the Classic 450, a big retro 14kg head. They were shifting loads of their gear in Sweden, Germany and along with growing sales in the US where the TD650 was where it was at. Their stuff, especially the Classic 450 and their valve amp (T90) was literally doing nothing in the UK because everybody wanted portable. Pretty much only the HD350 was selling in the UK, albeit in small numbers. According to their sales figures, these heavyweight amps (and bigger cabs) were selling great in their homeland and Germany... just not in the UK. So if you look at Peavey and their immediate demographic, where the Americans love big and heavy, maybe it made sense for them to not change the formula. Then when they realise they failed with what they had... they went with the Elf after a bit more market research.

You may have actually lucked out on this one... as the baffle looks to be properly ported. It may be the case that you are getting something from somebody that knows that you shouldn't just slap a driver in a cab and hope for the best.

Hdew, Panamoz etc... and to think there's a middle man in there that is still making money... Pah - ripoff Britain. Of course, we won't be subject to all of that now. Oh.

A 115 looks to have triangular ports - or maybe even a rear port?

It says 8 ohm on the side in the last picture

apparently he's a mean jazz player