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    From what I gather this effectively is an OC2W
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    £119 at Andertons
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    Selling my lovely Marshall SC20H to raise funds for my home studio. I'm the first owner and it's only been used in the house. I bought it in June 2019. It's in excellent condition aside from a scratch on one of the corner protectors. Full specs are here: https://marshall.com/marshall-amps/products/amps/studio/sc20h Basically it's a 20W (switchable to 5W) JCM800. It sounds amazing alone, and even better when the proper 800 thing is done - with a great drive in the front end. But the low input is surprisingly nice for clean tones with a strat. Collection only from Northants. £525 ono seems to be the going rate for a used one. __________________________________________________________________ Also selling a Jet City 2x12 cab - "JCA24S+" model. (Snappy title!) STOCK PHOTO I'll get a proper pic later. It's a stereo / mono 2x12 that also has an XLR output on it with a speaker sim for recording. I've never used that feature. The cones are "Jet City Custom Eminence" - I have no further information. It's only been used in the house and it's in near perfect condition. It works very well with the Marshall. Collection only from Northants. £120 ono. If anyone wants them both a deal can be done.
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    Won't be long by the looks of things...
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    Can't see a bass demo yet, but hopefully not long.
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    My word! I appear to be having a tingling moment! Im going to need a 3rd 5 string, aren’t I?
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    @therealting well? Ive discovered some costs cutting. The J pickup is a right noisy bastard when recording. Might have to get it shielded properly. Or swap the J for a stacked one.
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    I've tried it at home with a G70 and a G75. They are among the lowest latency units available at 1.5ms each. Most wireless units have a fair bit more than that, but ultimately most latency is not really any different than standing a couple of metres further from the amp. If there is a modelling unit as well (Helix etc) then the ADA process in those units also increases latency a little. My main concern is that using 2 units means 2 separate freqs in use and a bigger chance of interference. Overall though, I didn't see the point. Bass to board - yup. But board to amp as well? It worked with my 2 units but it was more faff, more batteries, more charging, more risk of something going wrong than a simple cable.
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    It's just a shame that Chappers has destroyed his cred over the last 6 months. All over the web if you want to read about it.
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    Mostly agreed. But so many venues still have shocking PA systems, and bands never spend enough money on them either. Probably because joint purchases end up causing fights. My old band had a different approach. We all bought distinct parts of the PA. I bought the powered desk, another bought the subs etc etc. Everyone stored and transported their own bit, and if anyone left the band they took their bit with them. Took a bit of effort to balance the spending close enough but it meant zero arguments - well, about that limited issue anyway! It does surprise me that people will spend £3000 or more on a bass and then get upset about buying the thing that will allow the punters to hear it properly. I am in 2 minds about selling my Marshall valve amp though. It's basically obsolete for pub gigs. Way too loud when it's cranked to sounding as it should, and even if it isn't really too loud it's still very directional and spills into the mics. But it does sound amazing and I love using it. I just don't get that chance very often.
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    I did have a good look at that, but it seems almost unavoidable to get a Cloudlifter or similar to get the levels up.
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    The Rode is looking like a good option then. My drums tracks should start arriving on Friday - I don't play at all and I really cannot be arsed to learn to program them either. So I've got a session dude playing them. Going to record all the instruments for all tunes first - hopefully 2 tunes per month - then do the vocals. That will give me plenty of time to get the throat working again like it did 20 years ago.
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    I use them all the time. But most of the time I also blend them with a clean tone to keep the lows. I often use compression on the lows as well as overdrive effects automatically have compression and the decay of the clean and dirty note will be very different. I try to balance that with the compression. More modern FX units have the ability to blend clean in whenever you like. And the good old Boss LS-2 is an excellent tool for blending clean with stompboxes.
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    I'm going to be recording some vocals at home as my old band is recording all the tunes we wrote over 10 years or so. I have a couple of mics, but they are my live mics rather than recording / studio. I've got a budget of maybe £500 to include a preamp if necessary. Any recommendations?
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    Wish I had the money!
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    If you did split how much would the 800D cost?
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    I might want a 4 string as well...😂
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    The silent operation bit is what caught my eye.
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    Is the amp good?
  21. fretmeister
    Dumb question - are they fan cooled or passive?
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    Eich T900 - that will do 600W at 8ohms - 1.7kg Phil Jones BP800 - 400W at 8 ohms (not that you'd really notice the difference between that and 500W) Darkglass MT900 v2 - 2.9kg Darkglass Alpha Omega 900 - 2.9kg Mark Bass Little Marcus 1000 Seriously - there's dozens of choices now. Do you have a weight limit in mind? Or a sound? The above list is tiny but they all sound very different.
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    That's a shame! I thought it would be that easy. Maybe I'll just buy one of those Phil Jones D400 heads to use as an amp and power amp as needed. No fan on them at all.
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    I've got one of mine tuned a tone low for a couple of songs I'm recording and even with the 32 scale it sounds very nice. I did wonder how well it would work with a low A but it seems perfect. I might even leave it in that tuning now that I've set it up that way.
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    Should be built where below a certain setting on the volume knob they just stay off completely.
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