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Hi All, I've got two Ampegs - A B2RE solid state and an old SVP PRO preamp. I'd like to use the SVP as my main pre (for obvious reasons) and use the B2RE as a slave amp. I'm currently going from a preamp OUT (1/4" socket) on the SVP to the poweramp IN (1/4") on the back of the B2RE, I know this shouldn't be rocket science, but the pre is really noisy when connected like this. When I use it at home or studios (it's my main recording kit) it's practically noiseless. I'd like it to be noiseless live too, but so far that luxury has escaped me. It's been retubed with quality tubes, and had new power supply caps and a new mains transformer fitted (both from authorised Ampeg suppliers), and the fact that it's quiet when it's just being used as a pre leads me to believe that the problem isn't wit the SVP. Any thoughts? Does it make a difference twisting the two wires that go from the AC inlet socket to the On/Off switch together to act as a 'choke' (of sorts)? is this even safe? [b]edit:[/b] I should add that everything is coming from the same 13A ring - heads, pedalboard supplies etc..

I absolutely love my MXR, it's got a switchable distortion circuit, so for me it scores over the Tech 21.

[quote name='Vibrating G String' post='764686' date='Mar 5 2010, 04:52 AM']Right at 4:40 [/quote] Yeah, but to be fair, the rest of it kicks ass!

Joy Division's 'Disorder' at 1'07". a real honker. Also all of 'you shook me' from Led Zep 1. Slide guitar hopelessly out of tune throughout.

Nice. Sounds like there's few tracking problems withe synth bass on that track. Nice and analogue and better for it though.

Olympic white Jazz bass with a tort scratchplate and block inlays. Mmmmmmm. [attachment=79397:68FenderJazzBassOW.jpg]

I tried one the last time I was shopping for a bass, and found the switches really noisy - audible thumps through the amp whenever I changed the selection, so I didn't buy it. Awesome range of sounds though, and a lovely neck profile made it a dream to play, I just feared for the safety of my speakers.

Did some dep work with a fairly locl soul / funk band. Great set and great musicians (Disco Inferno, Carwash etc...) and all serious fairly pro guys. We played some function or other for some bloke who was a millionaire or something. What a complete twat. The single most obnoxious piece of work I've ever met in my life, he kept making little comments about how much money he had and what the bash had cost him etc... Nobody got stabbed, but he really wound me up.

[quote name='reggaemaster' post='1224601' date='May 8 2011, 10:24 PM']I just listened to some sound clips and i am kind of set on the M80 now :-/ I just really like the distortion, mainly due to the dry/distorted blend knob. Sorry and good luck with your sale![/quote] I absolutely love mine, as do plenty of others on here. I've just built a pedal board with a looper switch, and have placed the M80 outside of the loop, so that it's always on, no matter whatever else is going on - it's become such a big part of my sound.

Geddy Lee. In an entirely non-sexual way. Shame on you all...

crikey! It would need to come with neil peart for that price.

[quote name='jakesbass' post='1223229' date='May 7 2011, 02:20 PM']Which he inherited from Frank Zappa no doubt as Franks compositions are littered with Lydian devices.[/quote] Oh yeah, Zappa too. Vai may be a [i]leeeetle[/i] more accessible though...

Sorry, but that's really a bit vulgar. The only people that should entertain plying a double-necked anything are Spinal Tap and Siamese twins.

I've always run pedals in line between the bass and the amp, and have never had any issues. I run a rack compressor on my FX loop, but only because it's in the same case as the amp head, and that's the tidiest way of doing it. Everything else sits on the floor and goes straight into the inut socket on the front of the amp. Sounds good.

Lydian = Steve Vai, it's one of his preferred modes to solo with. Don't know if this helps or not.

[quote name='Hector' post='1222560' date='May 6 2011, 08:31 PM']Hey man. I'd recommend listening to some Dhafer Youssef: [/quote] That sir, is superb. Simply stunning.

...and yet someone has bid? I blame the parents.

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='1219970' date='May 4 2011, 03:34 PM']Flat, flat, flat. Although you will feel like a leper at bass bashes, when you're surrounded by people solo'ing on zingy rounds....[/quote] Do we need a 'flat bash'?