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Yep i do that too.

Its quite annoying when you take a break and some people leave. I've often thought it would be better to play right thru. On another note i've never heard of a Reverend Triad bass. Any chance you could post a wee pic or two. Dave

When i first joined the band and one of the early gigs i had it in my head that it was drop tune to D# and played the full song like that and absolutely no-one noticed, not even the band. Dave

Dont change what works.

That was our first after a 3 week break. My daily practicing at home must have slipped by the wayside. Enjoyed the Jean Genie there. Bass sounds nice. Dave

Had a bad mistake last week doing Into the Valley by Skids. Bass E string detuned to D for it. Bass starts and after a couple of bars the guitar joins in for another 2 bars. That was fine until i went to the next line a bar early causing the guitarist to get lost and the drummer couldn't come in with his cues. At one point myself and guitarist were on different bars, he stopped and i just kept playing the intro riff until they came back in. That's the worst start i've had in many years. Some of the audience who had been drinking a fair bit said to me at the end of the night that they thought i was having a wee bass solo 😂 Happy days but it's live music and sometimes things go a little astray 😀 Dave

yep that sounds like what we experienced as the bass amp (an ampeg 810 cab) was facing forward and adjacent to drummers snare so his mic was slightly behind the front edge of the bass cab. Was def a weird one. I'll let him know about that off-axis issue. Cheers Dave

Was one of the mics picking up your bass causing the long drone you mention. ? One time in a well known Glasgow rehearsal studio the drummers mic was picking up the bass on certain notes. We narrowed it down to his own personal mic (shure 58/59) that he bought on ebay and he reckoned it was a dodgy copy as his other mics didn't do this. Our drummer owns our PA and almost all the mics of varying types. The studio has a good quality well looked after PA system. Dave Dave

I was hoping they might do a 4 string version but dont see anything there. Dave

My twin neck Shergold in late 70's had a 4 & 8 string necks. They didn't make an 8 string and we agreed to convert their 6 string neck to an 8. Fantastic basses. Will have a look at the Enfields. Not heard of them before. Happy days Dave

Is that an old Shergold bass you have there. Nice

Under the circumstances one mistook on the night is pretty impressive. I've been playing same songs in 2 different bands one Punk covers and the other 70's Glam Rock covers and i still make the occasional mistake. When i do it annoys the heck out of me and i polish up on that particular song for the next gig. I do tend to run thru parts or all of the sets every day even if its just one set. Dave

It always amazes me how some of you guys can dep at the last minute. Huge respect, i couldn't do that without some practice at home beforehand. Best i've managed was 2-3 weeks before a gig altho the songs were all new to me. Dave

Emergency Exit punk gig last night. (freebie) Was a weird one. It was to honour a friend of the band who passed away during covid and the family asked if we would play as she was a big fan of the band. This was before i joined. Large fancy hotel gig with all the women wearing party frocks / dresses. That was a sign that we were not an ideal band for this kind of gig. 1st set was quiet with hardly anyone dancing but we were getting plenty of clapping, whistles and cheering after every song. (maybe not enough drink involved yet). 2nd set saw a big change with some songs filling the floor and then all of a sudden we were back to 5 or 6 dancers. By the end of the set we had quite a few back on the floor for most songs and we got an encore but it was hard work at the start. Using my trusty Sandberg Marlowe and my Mesa Mpulse and Subway 210/115 cabs. Hopefully we wont be asked to do that again. Dave

100% agree. ELO Experience one of the best bands i've ever seen. If you get a chance go and see them. The girls on cello are brilliant, bopping away and singing along all night. The full band is superb Dave

I could hear you in Biggar, i thought it was a long train passing. Dave

Dont remind me of the TT800. 😂 For a few years it was my dream amp and may yet come into my hands when things settle down but at the moment the WB-100 has a tone to die for and i cant fault it in that respect. Dave

Seriously you will not be disappointed by these amps Jay. The tone is so sweet. I tried the R-400 yesterday and its very close to the WB-100. So so nice. Warmth and clarity. Seriously great kit and very lightweight too. Trust me it will be well worth the wait for you. Dave

@Clarky has been on PM with me since we started looking at HB amps and we've been thru everything we could think off. I have to repeat that Leszek has been exceptional throughout and i couldn't ask for better support from a manufacturer so please keep that in mind. I believe something has happened on its trip from Poland to UK. Throughout this the amp sounds so so sweet, it has a clarity and warm depth of tone without the muddiness i've heard on other all valve amps. I mean this is "THE TONE" it really doesn't get any better than what you hear from this amp. Its as if i've combined a modern EBS pre-amp with a qood quality all valve power amp. Everything flat its absolutely gorgeous. Mine is a one of incident and we will get it sorted and for those interested in a HB amp i would strongly recommend you go for it. You will not be disappointed with the build quality and most of all the tone. Sublime. Dave

There is a demo from 4 yrs ago using the original WB-100.

You are now adding an opinion to the issue and i would suggest its best to just stop now as i have done.

I wrote on the forum to see if anyone could offer advice on what it might be. If it was a simple fix and to see if anyone else has experienced similar and how they dealt with it. My apologies if it upsets Leszek, that wasn't really my intention. I'll refrain from posting further. Dave

I've sent Leszek a few vid clips of what i'm hearing. He has a plan but i need to wait to see if its workable. To be fair he has offered a replacement or a full refund. You cant get much fairer than that. Leszek has been very helpful and understanding about it. I cant fault him with how he is dealing with the issue. Dave

Sorry guys but i'm just not convinced the amp is ok. No matter what i set the amp at i'm not getting that same overdriven valve sound you hear on the official HB vid from 4yrs ago. The guy in the VID had his master at around 11 o'clock and gain full up and was getting a similar overdriven sound as you were getting on your sound clip @Clarky . I've tried the amp at full volume and bringing the gain up but it is far too loud in the house. I can only get to 50% on master and bringing the gain up the amp doesnt distort it just goes into that farting noise once i get above the crunch mark or i hit the drive button. If i hit the drive button all it does it increase the volume slightly but no distortion no matter where the gain is set. ? So i'm not convinced all is ok with this amp. Leszek suggested i was playing too hard so i replicated the settings from the official vid clip from 4yrs ago and used my P bass same as in the clip and i get that farting sound. I just dont get that normal smooth overdriven sound from this amp at all. I've just messaged Leszek again about what i've been trying. I'm going over the various vid reviews to see what settings have been used. Dave

I brought the gain back to 12 o'clock and a little bit lower and i could still hear it when i played hard. UPDATE :- Leszek got back to me today and with the settings i have on the amp he said the pre is being overloaded. You cant run these amps at low master volumes when at home. He suggested running the master at 100% and adjust Gain to suit. I did that and it works perfectly altho very very loud even with gain just off the bottom. I then dropped master to 50% and brought Gain up to the "crunch" marked point on the gain and still sounded ok. I then hit the drive button on and i could hear the valves working harder. I tried playing quite hard even at those high volumes of 50% and no farting distortion now. Leszek suggested i always run with master at full and adjust Gain for my working volume. So it looks like the pre-amp was overloaded because the master was so low. I've not had an all valve amp for about 40 yrs when i had Marshalls. I've had valve pre-amp ones where i addjusted the gain to get that slight distortion and adjusted my master for working volume. All valve amps appear to be a different way of working. Leszek said these amps are not really for home use. I have a punk gig on Sat night and will really put it thru its paces. One thing i would say is that the tone is almost like a modern sounding amp with the depth of an all valve amp. I've never come across that kind of tone before in an all valve amp. So so nice. I'm now back to being happy again.