Raelscage

Best and funniest thread I've read in ages guys. Totally refreshing to hear such honesty instead of the usual 'expert comments' from the many 'done it all, know it all, can play it all' boring tosspots that infest musician's forums worldwide. When you've finally rehearsed enough to inflict yourselves on the general public, do please advertise your first gig. It would be well worth the trip up from the South East to see and hear you play. You've obviously got real talent, even if it is for comedy and not music. [color=#FF0000]' I am playing all the right notes...... just not necessarily in the right order! '[/color] - Eric Morecambe

Hi Musophilr, I would be very interested in hearing more about your 'prog-ject'. We clearly have similar musical interests, though I'd have to add Yes, Genesis, ELP, England, Tull, IQ a few others to the list. I'm a bass player who loves prog rock and would really enjoy playing the good stuff. I live in Suffolk so drop me a line please. Best regards, Raelscage.

Houtoe, This one sounds familiar. As with so many other amps, the Metro, albeit a very nicely designed amp, suffers from mains hum / noise due to a minor lead dress issue. It's a while since I worked on one of these amps but as I recall, the signal lead serving the line out socket on the rear panel passes fairly close to the torroidal power transformer. The noise is caused by induction. If Steve has made some component changes it's likely that he's had to temporarily release the circuit board and has accidentallly disturbed this cable and it's now a bit closer to the transformer than before. It's easily done because the layout is far from ideal in this part of the amp so it's no reflection on Steve's engineering prowess. It's more of a small design error. Equally, it's no big deal to put right. Ten minutes or so to fix it once the offending cable has been identified. Nevertheless I would strongly advise against trying to sort it out yourself. Drop it back to Steve and ask him to have a look. The Metro will usually run very quietly by attending to this minor issue. I hope this is of some help to you.