Telebass

Ahem, no, no one else saw that... Can't unsee it now, though!

Ignore me, I'm waffling... EL84s are small B9A base tubes as opposed to 6L6 being much physically larger octal base tubes. Bigger is louder in this instance...

Have just joined the TE family at the teeny-weeny end. Very inpressed so far!

Not forgetting @KiOgon and @obbm for looms and cables - every wirey bit bar the mains lead and pickups is theirs!

Hard to take in just how tiny a rig this is! And it sounds so nice, and will get nicer yet as it breaks in a bit. Astounding!

Just waiting for the delivery slot time for my One 10! Kid at Christmas...

Well, he's the only audiologist/ENT consultant I've heard of who's saying that. It's the exact reverse of everything I've ever been taught about it (as a punter, that is).

Sounds like new band time to me. Also extremely suspicious that it was the guitarist's father that said this. BIG alarm signal to me, that... Depending on rig, bass is almost always louder at the back. Ye cannae change the laws of physics, Captain...

Indeed, KT88s are big in high-end valve hifi, and I doubt 6550s would cut it in that scenario.

They are not equivalent. You might well be able to plug them straight in and bias them up to work well, but they are not the same tube at all.

New Cab Cover Day! So now I have a new head (Elf) and a Roqsolid dust cover for a Barefaced One10, but no One10 yet. Frustrating...😕

Yup, datsa ma noo rig...

Yup, had some before, really good. A quick big up for Obbm's cables, too. The best.

Update: 95% back to normal, then...due to the deltoid being where all my arm power comes from now, and it all flowing over the top of the acromion (outer end of shoulder blade), 2cm slice of the bloody thing has snapped off. Hmmm... So, I have my Trace Elf, waiting on delivery of the BF One10, and I'm STILL in a farking sling. It's been a bloomin' long year so far, I can tell 'ee...☹️ Edit: have spent some time and money buying new bits from @Kiogon and @Obbm of this parish. It eases the pain a bit...

Now back to just one, my trusty bitsa Precision, which started life as a 2003 MIM. Only bits left original are the body, bridge and knobs. About to get a Kiogon transplant. That's all, folks!

Hi Ruben, and welcome! A friend of mine from here in Devon now lives and plays (a lot!) in Austin, a certain multi-istrumentalist called Katie Marie, aka Funkeegirl. She loves the place, and has done really well there.

Colin bought an IEM transmitter. Easy, all-good transaction!

That's a *fat* cable... Edit: I'm assuming you wanted pictures of the cable, not the burned out dryer???

For almost everything I did until 1987, I used valves. 15W Selmer TnB combo, 50W Selmer TnB combo. Then Vox AC50 into Roost 1x15 folded horn. Then a solid state 120W head into the same cab. Then nothing at all until 2003!

Normal service resumed... Sounds good! Didn't appear to like the Smoothhound much, bit poppy and crackly. Perfect on cable. Cracking little amp! @obbm's cable is a work of art, and looks capable of carrying the National Grid. The cable is well over 1cm in diameter, and the jack is enourmous! Well done, that man! Edit: cable resistance 4.5 ohms per kilometre? That means the2x 0.75m conductors in this cable have about, well, no resistance. Wow.

No, oddly I'd just checked it for recalls...

Well, proceedings interrupted by a tumble dryer fire...so unlikley to test it today...OBBMs cable arrived in the middle of all the mayhem! 🤓

This is a well-known problem with BBOT style bridges. The screws or threads aren't worn (new bass!), just a bit loose. Nail varnish or weak threadlock is the answer.