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[quote name='ashevans09' post='507337' date='Jun 7 2009, 01:43 AM']I was just floating around the John Henry's website a little while ago and something struck me. Practically every used cab they were selling said "speaker missing". How the hell do you just lose a speaker? I know they rent stuff out but come on, what kind of strange, debauched antics must these cabs have witnessed in order to pull that off?[/quote] In a word. Canibalisation. Robbing one piece to mend another. Their prices are a bit steep too.

Excellent. Looks just like a Cutlass. A sort of Statlass.

Has anyone done this? Who is the best courrier? Any problems?

Just spent an interesting couple of hours with Nick. He brought over his UL212 for me to try with the Orange and his Shuttle to try with the NV610. Orange with UL212. Lovely. Shuttle with the NV610. Hmmm. Very nice but would be difficult to get NV610 up the stairs to his flat. Tried Epi UL902 with UL212. Very Nice. Tried Epi UL902 with UL212 and UL310. Also very nice. In fact very, very nice and fuller than 2 x UL310 Concluded I only really need 1 xUL310. Traded my second UL310 for Nick's UL212. Nick is now back with a UL310 from whence he came a few weeks ago. As always a pleasure to do business with him.

[quote name='MacDaddy' post='503635' date='Jun 2 2009, 11:43 AM']you are early if anything! The only posts are by the guy who created the site, so early days. Looks USA based, but I will probably keep an eye on it.[/quote] If you go to the store you will see that the owner/first poster also writes tuition/transcription books so it's probably a marketing exercise for him to sell his wares.

[quote name='lee4' post='503226' date='Jun 1 2009, 07:40 PM']It's in the right place,but I'm concerned that the UHU will give way.[/quote] Take it to Joe White in Farnborough.

[quote name='joshua' post='501166' date='May 29 2009, 06:42 PM']hi, Im just wondering if the cable length has any effect on power? Basically, I have a head, then a VERY long speakon cable connecting a cab, then a much shorter speakon cable connecting another cab to the previous cab. Am I losing a lot of wattage by having a long speakon cable? And am I doing any damage by having two very different lengths? Cheers for the insight[/quote] You won't do any damage, you'll just not get the best out of your rig. By using a long cable of insufficient capacity you will be losing both power and low end tone. You need cable with a minimum cross section of 2.5-sq.mm., ideally 4-sq.mm for the best results. Cheap PA/Disco cables generally tend to be 1.5-sq.mm. or 2.5 if you are lucky.

[quote name='Kongo' post='494456' date='May 21 2009, 04:51 PM']Oh hell! The new Trace Elliot 12 band heads are like that too! I don't quite understand it so much... [/quote] There's nothing unusual about that really. It's no different to using a rack-mount valve pre-amp (Ampeg,Alembic, etc.) and a rack-mount solid-state power amp (QSC, Yamaha, etc).

Fender did produce Ps with jazz necks from the Fullerton factory in the 70s. I have a '78P to exactly that spec. I keep considering selling it but I would guess it's out of your budget.

[quote name='john_the_bass' post='493960' date='May 21 2009, 09:27 AM']Oh flippin heck, it took me ages to learn all that I suppose it would make sense to be a hybrid as to knock out 500w would take what, 10 KT88s? That would be one very large and probably very heavy amp![/quote] Sorry to spoil your day but life's like that. Just when you get you head around something the goalposts move.

[quote name='john_the_bass' post='493942' date='May 21 2009, 08:47 AM']I believe (having learned on this forum) that it doesn't matter, so long as you connect the right impedance cabinets to the right output - I'm assuming the amp will have 4, 8 and 16 ohm outputs - you should in theory get max power with any of those but you must connect the right impedance to the matching output. I am prepared to be corrected [/quote] Just to confuse you John, the Bass Terror is a hybrid. Although it has a valve pre-amp, the output stage is solid state and so should be regarded as such for output power and speaker impedance. I've searched and been unable to find a proper specification for it anywhere.

[quote name='jakesbass' post='488280' date='May 14 2009, 09:39 PM']Dimbo question here for you lot that are wire headed nerkoids. The switch on my Alembic pre amp is so far into the back of my 19" rack that it's a real pain to reach it. (the amp is only about 6 inches deep) It is a valve pre and I've always assumed that the switch inside would cut the power supply in some way that is acceptable to the electronics (I assume cos knowledge on this is not in my possesion) is switching off at the mains (whilst leaving the on/off switch in the on position) a bad idea as per my assumption or does that method of cutting the power supply effectively do the same as the on/off switch? I would be most grateful to hear some informed opinion on this. Cheers Jake[/quote] Doing what you want to do should have zero detrimental effect. I had an Alembic F1X in a rack which was plugged into a rear mounted power strip. The rear on/off was left on permanently and came on whenever I plugged the power strip in. It's not like a valve power amp that has separate switches for the heaters and the HT, there is just the one switch which does everything. They are proven good old fashioned technology.