EBS_freak

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

I know of somebody who is - although to be fair, they don't seem to be around too much of late. Falsifying documents is on a hiding to nothing - especially if you get caught. Anyway, funny story about somebody trying to pull a fast one. The wife of a basschatter on here used to be the claims handler for a sizeable insurance company and out of the blue, I got a message saying, "what do you reckon this is?" from the fellow Basschatter. What it was, on face value, was a picture of a genuine Fender J bass with a close up of the headstock stating P bass with maybe some modifications. He was claiming for a USA P bass of a much, much higher value. We thought it may have been a bitsa but it piqued our interest enough to have a closer look. Given the guys telephone manner, the wife had her suspicions about the validity of the claim. We mused over the photo and figured out that it was a bastardised Mark Hoppus bass and what was being claimed for was a much, much more expensive USA P bass. I would loved to have been a fly on the wall when he got the message, that despite his attempt at defrauding the insurance company, they would honour the payment out for a Mark Hoppus bass. Bet the guy thought he was quids in when he had a seemingly wet behind the ears when it comes to basses claims handler. Just goes to show eh? You never know who's eyes things end up under.

You'd be stupid to falsify the value. You never know who is on basschat that works for HMRC.

Thought as much. I was always confused how Cornford amps seemed to get vendors to stick to firm prices as dictated by the manufacturers - aka price fixing. Also illegal at the time it was happening.

Pool noodles!

Absolutely - in an attempt to keep distributors in each company buoyant. And of course, supply prices between different zones aren't necessarily the same.

I can see why they wouldn't though. Small, dinky, cheap is appealing. And given the pandemic, the sales of big rigs are probably screwed for a while. The Elf may shift due to people having money burning a hole in their pocket and being stuck at home.

Yup - but people will soon catch on when they try to buy them. It's true though - to the casual glance, the price differences look massive. Maybe the UK retailers will start advertising price plus VAT to address that?

Indeed - it could be the backplate that has been changed...

Ive never understood how they can legally enforce that... but yup.

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Got any pics? Driver? Interested in seeing the cab too!

Try again - https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06635477 Section 9 confirms the link to De in the Accounts for a small company made up to 31 December 2019 documentation.

Yes, I hear that £350 million extra for the NHS is going down well.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55752541 And more disappointment for those that didn't think there would be any impact...

Ampeg always had a bit of a head start I was always disappointed with the form factor of the Reidmar. Not really dinky enough. Great sounding amp though.

Updated with Klang and 3d imaging.

The BAM200 is quite a bit (a lot) cheaper than the Elf too. Maybe the TE name justifies that.... or not?

I guess - for me, it'll be a practice amp or coffee shop amp... and for that, it's quite cool and cute I guess.

Tell them to go buy it from Thomann UK then... and then to come back to you when they get to the checkout phase.