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Really early V96 examples came with a double J pickup. The routed cavity is of the wrong proportions to accommodate a pukka 'Ray pickup but might accept a Duncan NYC Soapbar or an EMG-35 series.
Passive (subtractive) tone controls are perfectly viable but not as much fun as active cut/boost systems.
EBMM's original budget brand, OLP, had a volume pot for each coil plus a treble roll-off tone control. Duh!
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Ashdown does small bass combos that can be found cheaply pre-owned. Unfortunately, there is often reason why these are being sold on.
Don't be fooled by the wattage - I have a 715SMC rated at 150w and it's louder than any 500w rated Class D modern bass head.
If you look around (facebook marketplace etc.) you can get a good one for under £100. It will be built like a tank and sound really good.
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The BLX seemed to be an exercise in using up a global surplus of MDF . It's quite remarkably heavy for such a small amp - although when you hear it, you understand the point of all that complex internal baffle construction... it's surprisingly undirectional and fills a space extremely well for such a relatively low-powered amp - a little at the expense of punch right in front of it, admittedly. Better for deep jazzy/funk/reggae-type tones than midrangy rocky/punky ones.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein