Roland Rock

[quote name='cybertect' timestamp='1379975632' post='2219135'] What's the betting we'll be waiting about nine months for the Zygote to be delivered? [/quote] :-D

Peshay: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2mWhCAIhPE

Theere are so many different styles of Drum and Bass. Here are a few favourites of mine, all a bit jazzy: Diablo, especially the bassline from 4:47 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKDBFZ5-WGI James Hardway: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62aK0xasRy

"Big Inner" by Matthew E White". I can't remember how long it is since I've been so overwhelmed by an album - it's beautiful. The overriding feel for me is Deep South gospel and soul, but other descriptions reference country and psychedelica too. The vocals are soft and comforting, the arrangements are quirky and imaginative, the production sublime. Every one of the seven magnificent songs has a really good 'second movement' or extended outro. Could just be me though; I made a copy for Mrs RR and she said she got bored :-D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n8YgcBw09c&feature=plpp http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE657ED0F1BBCC627

We did a little community festival in Nottingham called Stuff of Life. I'm really glad that the sun shone, because a lot of people put a lot of effort into organising it, and it was a huge success. We got a lot of really nice comments from the other bands, crowd and soundguy. Lots of fun.

I know what you mean, it looks a bit out of proportion and wonky, but doing a google image search, surprisingly it seems to be about the norm!

I'm really looking forward to playing with it. One of the tracks we are recording is quite dub reggae, and I want a really fundamental-no-harmonics tone. Also, hopefully I can add a few self-oscillating wails and whistles too!

I'm making an amp casing for my valve amp to compliment the '69er, and Alex very kindly sent me a sizeable offcut of the silver grille. Very nice chap. Hopefully this thread won't start a wave of people requesting free stuff from Alex :-D

Daft Punk by a country mile :-(

Next gig is at the Hop Pole Inn, Bromsgrove on Friday 27th September. http://www.hop-pole.com/index.asp?page_ID=2 Our second time at this nice pub whose landlord is a real live music enthusiast. We'll be the only band there, doing two 40 minute sets of original material, with laid back roots reggae with occasional dub, ska and dancehall flavours.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1379241723' post='2210107'] {Not so) Super secret gig at Mr Venom's house to celebrate the launch of our new single [url=http://www.dickvenom.com/merchandise.html]Invasion Of The SpiderQueen[/url]. We squeezed into the front room: [IMG]http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n249/BigRedX/Dick%20Venom%20Live/1001267_10151596597111339_1619030816_n_zps06fe18c8.jpg[/IMG] the usual contents of which had been moved outside under a temporary gazebo attached to the front of the house, and invited a whole load of fans via Facebook. Mr Venom also went around his street warning/inviting the other residents. It turned out that one of the other houses was also having a party that night and they all turned up to watch us play, so we had about 25 people crammed into the room with us (including a large number of very attractive young ladies who were most definitely getting into the spirit of things) and many more peering in from the kitchen and outside. It turned out to be a most successful evening. The police didn't show up to to make us stop after 2 songs. The audience composed of both people who knew all the songs and those who'd never seen us play before all loved it. We sold a copies of our new single (and couple of our first one too) and then proceeded to get even more drunk. At some point later today I'll have to go back and pack up all the equipment and help Mr Venom make his house habitable once more. But not yet... [/quote] I was chatting to a friend today who mentioned that she was at a living room gig at Sherwood Rise last week! It took the briefest of descriptions to figure out that it was you. She really enjoyed it. BTW, do you really need two cabs in a living room :-D

Thanks folks. Happy Jack, we have very similar rigs, although I reckon if we popped the hoods the wiring on yours would be a lot tidier than mine :-D Looking at the pics, I've decided that it would benefit from some sort of logo or emblem in the centre of the grille. Looking for something suitably retro right now :-)

I stapled the silver cloth and piping onto the frame. Fitting it was a lot more difficult than I had expected, as it was a very tight fit, and forcing it in messed with the piping's positioning. I now have a new understanding about why Alex charges more for the silver cloth grille option! Anyway. Here it is. The holes have been filled and touched up with paint: Overall, I'm pretty pleased, although it's far from perfect. In terms of access, the valves can removed via the back without removing the casing. If you want access to the guts, you have to remove the bottom corner protectors, then undo three screws on each side, and the top comes away from the base. It's then easy to unscrew the chassis from the base. Not the easiest way, but not difficult either. Hopefully it won't need to happen too often! I'll try and get some nice pics of the amp on the '69er soon.

Right - remember when I said I drilled the washers out to the correct size? Well, I discovered that the hole for the input jack was OK for a straight jack, but not a right angled one. I needed a bigger hole, but don't have a 14mm drill bit. I popped over to a nearby unit to engineer Arthur (who retires next week) who very kindly did the job for me: It's spot on now, for both right angled and straight jacks:

When I saw the OP, I got the feeling that it was the equivalent of walking into an NRA meeting to extol the virtues of the air rifle :-D BTW, that's only a comment on the situation, rather than my view on 'tool v toy'

It's coming together now. I've put some chrome corner covers, the handle and rubber feet on. I've made a small ply frame for the front panel. This will be covered in some silver cloth grille soon, with piping around it, just like on the '69er.

OK - on to the control panel part. I got some 3mm white acrylic sheet from EBay: I originally thought I'd use some thin ply and paint it, but by the time I had bought primer and p[aint, and finished it to a good standard, I'd have spent too much time and money on it. With the acrylic there is a perfect finish already, and it's cheaper than a can of paint and primer! No brainer. Cut the panel to shape and drill holes for the controls: Right, time to decorate the panel. I want it to look simple and clean, but also a bit retro. Some classic amps separate the different sections of the controls into boxes, which I like. Easily taken care of with a Sharpie and a ruler. The boxes are as follows: 1: Input Jack and Gain 2: Bass, Treble and Middle (odd order) 3: Master, Standby and Power switches, power LED. With regards to markers around the knobs, I don't really need any, but thought that markers at 'nowt', '12 O'Clock' and 'full pelt' would add a bit of visual interest. These are just 5mm black nylon washers superglued onto the acrylic. There is a theme of black circles materialising, what with the dial markers, and the round black knobs. I got hold of some nice black countersunk anodised aluminium washers, drilled the centres to the correct diameter, and plonked them onto the input, switch and LED holes. So here's the panel as it stands:

When did MM switch from SWR to EBS?

Am I the only one who really liked the HAZ Labs one? Never tried an original III but definitely preferred it to the QTron

[quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1379506388' post='2213429'] .....I vividly remember my first £30,000 order in the UK. Asked them whether I could order even though I had no money yet, and might not even get a loan. Answer: "No worries, mate. We do that all the time. " [/quote] Are they still in business?

Thanks :-)

If I were to idly GAS over a five string two pickup version, what model should I be looking for?

I'm not making stuff up - I (as well as, it seems, WoT and MM20) read from your initial post that you got it fixed under warranty, and responded accordingly. Now that you've been clear that you paid for the fix, your frustration makes a lot more sense.

[quote name='Prime_BASS' timestamp='1379445706' post='2212875'] How or why they would refuse to fix it I don't know. Seems a but silly that. [/quote] They could easily have said that it's not fixable under warranty, as the damage was your fault. The fix was effectively a freebie, so you can't really complain about how long it took.