Geddys nose Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 Hi all! just got one of these -what the best way to run the channels together -ABY pedal or a lead splitter? Great new site Btw well done Ped and the gang! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 Thanks mate! I never used both channels at once on mine actually, but I think using an ABY box would be nice and tidy, although I think using a splitter cable will yield the same results. Rock on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 Any joy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbluestew Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 As the current owner of Peds old 400 + ( I thank you every night I play ) can I ask WHY you'd want to run both channels together, what do you expect to achieve. They sound so different to each other, not to mention the difference in volume. Can I also ask what valves you have in yours ?? I was thinking about replacing mine with the original boogie valves when these expire ( I DO miss the original purple haze out back, but not to the tune of a few hundred squildies to replace them prematurely) , Ped can you remind me what these current valves are ? These are great amps aren't they ?? S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 [quote name='bassbluestew' post='5302' date='May 23 2007, 07:56 PM']As the current owner of Peds old 400 +[/quote] He bought it from me and I bought it from Basszilla Lemme know if you want to sell it BTW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 Stu, the valves in it now are a matched set of Harma 5881 tubes from Watford Valves. they are biased perfectly for the 400+ and subject to a long burn in time and bench test before being sent over. i don't think they have any sets left now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbluestew Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 Cheers Ped, I KNEW you'd know. I have no intention of changing the valves btw, just really liked the purple boogie haze is all. Crazykiwi - good to hear my amp has such an esteemed pedigree. It's obviously been well looked after. I don't have any plans to sell it, but never say never, so I'll give you first dibs if I do. I have to say I HAVE had a few offers from Chaterrers / Talkers over the past months. I still have gas for a rig I played in Germany last year ( Ampeg SVT2 Pro -> Ampeg PR410HLF ). It was a killer sound on a HUGE Stage. I'd love to hear it again tho'. I'd also love to hear my 400+ with the PR410HLF cab...........mmmmmmmmm. Bloody gas..........it's a killer ! S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basszilla Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 Yeah fair play that amp is a bass monster!!! I miss it Excellent sound using that. My spector sounded good through the boogie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geddys nose Posted May 25, 2007 Author Share Posted May 25, 2007 Hi Ped well I'm about to order a A-B-Y pedal then I've got 3 channels to play with especially if I set the 2 channels quite far apart in the tone department, as for running the two channels together I've been told a few times it gives a really awesome fat tone and is the only way to run this amp so must be worth a try :lol:Stu- at the 'mo I've got Sylvania 6L6GC's and a couple of Mesa's in sounds good to me but not too happy with the mismatch of tubes(might change the Mesa's) but hey the Amp only cost me £500 and after my Roland DB900 sounds really good to my deaf ears.Theres a good review of tubes on- [url="http://www.watfordvalves.com/cgi-bin/documents/testreport_35.pdf"]http://www.watfordvalves.com/cgi-bin/docum...streport_35.pdf[/url] your Harmas are the dogs dangly's according to this! Check out this link too- [url="http://www.tubeampdoctor.com/index.php?language=en"]http://www.tubeampdoctor.com/index.php?language=en[/url] Some good prices Cheers Si Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 Hi Si, Glad you like the amp. They really are very sweet! The thing I found with the two channels is that they sounded a little bit different but not different enough to warrant a footswitch - after all they share the eq settings from the front panel so you cannot assign one to use the eq and the other not to. I read the same thing about running both at once but to be honest I loved it for its clean tube sound, overdrive is not my thing at all. Good luck with it and let us know how you get on!! ped Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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