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yup. I wear foam ear plugs so I’m very used to setting the sound and then putting up with the “tone” I hear through the plugs.

technically possible, but it shouldn’t be needed. Such a faff. I just won’t buy a notched amp. If I ever manage to get the money for an Evo5 I’ll ask Dave to put smooth pots in.

If it’s a dictatorship then as an employee I want paying.

it was me. And it was a big fat “NO” about eBay. Ive got the emails from them.

I've had a Mk1 and a Mk3 Should have kept the Mk1. The 3 was 12lb and was killing my back and shoulders, and that was 10 years ago when I was much younger and fitter. One day I'll make a bitsa with sensibly weighted parts.

I get that if you don't use any pedals. I have a couple and if I adjust my bass volume it affects what the pedal is doing. Not just overdrive reducing - it would ruin an envelope filter setting. Bit moot at the moment though, with kids at uni I won't be buying anything spendy for a while now. They better get rich quickly!

They said that about synths once!

Yup. Many people have been caught out by it. Claims for losses are limited to a stupidly low sum no matter how much you pay for the extra insurance for any musical instrument. For smaller items like Class D heads, pedals etc, Royal Mail Special Delivery is a much better choice with better coverage options. Or use an uninsured courier and buy a separate policy from Secursus. Although be aware they won't insure anything bought / sold via Ebay or reverb. Forums are fine though.

If it's got Relentless pickups then it has been modified. Those pickups are a very new design. Only a year or 2 old. The stock ones would have been Dimarzio Will Power models.

The new Evo 5 is notched on the input too.

Although some Mk2 had slightly different push pull set ups depending on when it was built.

The back push pull is to combine the outputs to just use 1 amp with 1 bass output The front push pull is a filter - like the little switch that was on the Mk 1. For super deep sounds. As you say - Pots 1 and 2 are Volume and Tone for the neck pickup, and the other one is the Volume for the P pickup. Billy took his tone controls off for the P when he was still playing Fenders as he got a tiny bit more output.

How often do you need the same EQ settings when moving between venues? I wouldn't have a problem with it on EQ - but on the Input and Master volume is silly. 1 notch to go from too quiet to deafening.

I had one of those too. So heavy!

Head and a Barefaced One10 for rehearsals. Head, nano pedal board and BF Super Twin for most gigs. No PA for 99% of shows. The One10 is very capable though so if it's a proper small gig or just supporting woodwind then the One10 is plenty.

Muppet - did you ever get the Input and Volume controls swapped for smooth pots?

I’ve had 3 Dual Recs. In the end I decided that although a TS pedal was best, a Les Paul with a Pearly Gates was the best non pedal option. The PG has a bit of a mid hump that works great with that amp.

@Waddo Soqable Parcel Force do NOT insure instruments against damage even if you pay for extra insurance. It’s in their terms.

Thank you - but Steve has offered to donate me one, the scholar and gentleman that he is.

Depends entirely on the individual deal. Like with Marshall amps, even those with signature models (Slash / Kerry King / Joe Satriani etc) had to buy them. Marshall don't do free stuff. But for their artists they have a worldwide support structure, local loan amps so the artist doesn't have to air freight a load of heavy amps and cabs, local tech access etc etc. All probably worth a lot more than a free £1500 amp head. And with dealers in every city on earth likely to host a good sized gig that's a monster network. In the 90s all the metal bands were swapping to Mesa Dual Recs and Mesa was supplying them for big discounts and some free items. It was a good strategy for them as until the Dual Rec they were not a metal brand at all. It made a massive difference to their customer base. Marshall didn't have to do that, but for Mesa it worked so well that the Dual Rec became the must have metal amp for a good 10 years * So it's all a mix of the needs of the company and the artist. * even though it is actually a really flubby sounding thing without a TS type pedal boosting the mids and cutting the lows.

I started with a Focusrite and it was great. He will be able to hear a di signal without launching software but it might be a bit uninspiring. There are actually tons of free VST / Amp sims out there these days. Some need to be run in a DAW or a shell, but others run without the DAW being launched. TBH though he can set up a Practice project in a DAW and just do a click or 2 to launch that when he wants to play. If the VST is already loaded on a track - boom, he's in business. Doesn't have to record while the DAW is open. Reaper is a very powerful DAW that has an infinitely renewable demo period, but is only about £60 anyway. Very easy to use and YT is full of demoes and tutorials.

You star! Very generous.

Get the regular ones. There's a lot of crap spouted about cables.

Those MM conversions are in mad decimals! Did someone really need a difference between 0.9119 and 1.024mm?

Silly question about gauges. I see on some sites that a chunky gauge should be used with amps that are about 1000W, but up there ^ 18 gauge has been suggested as ok. So what's the deal? And why do some sites use mm measurements rather than gauges? ta