LukeFRC

so preamp in bass - to preamp on floor - to preamp in front end of your amp.... that's a lot of preamps.

depends on the gear - and when it comes to EQ the tone stack.

you'd look a right fanny playing one

remember - next time you write a wee article and get comments on it - don't feed the trolls!

I was thinking of building a jack or two too, I didn't think the 15 was that much better than the 12 and would have probably tried to build the lite version. What a lot of users, and Bill himself, said is that they do need Eq to work well - and my preamp doesn't really have enough bands to do that.

[quote name='keeponehandloose' timestamp='1390919312' post='2351278'] Is his surname Rickenbacker? [/quote] I was wondering that - if the same copyright laws in the US that causes Rickenbacker to go after wee Tommy who was given his old uncles hondo means that Prince has to defend his stuff in this way. I also wonder after his bust up with his label how much of his back catalogue he actually owns? I've no idea at all but maybe he's not as loaded as he was, income isn't as high and he's needing to try and keep his pension fund? great artist, great back catalogue - you have to fight through a whole load of guff though to find the gems.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1390858596' post='2350640'] That's what the blue thing is. The original Bulgin socket was too worn to be of use. I could have replaced it with another Bulgin, but I'll be gigging this amp so it had to be something reliable. I nearly got a Speakon fitted as well, but settled for new jack sockets. The old ones were well worn. [/quote] and judging by your profile pic you split the input into 3 preamp ins?

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1390857683' post='2350612'] What, you mean the powerCON socket? [/quote] if that's what the blue thing is!

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1390853940' post='2350492'] I agree. [/quote]hmmm am i right in thinking there's an odd-part-out in that photo?

it will be written on the end of the neck if that helps. Late in the production though

[quote name='JPJ' timestamp='1390843836' post='2350236'] That's the innards of my SWR SM1500 [/quote] ooh I can join in.... inside (well half the inside of an ashdown APM 1000 power amp - can you guess what I'm replacing in there?

[quote name='dincz' timestamp='1390843007' post='2350213'] Compare and contrast - Behringer EPQ900 (class H, 900 pretend watts). To be fair to Behringer, this is a perfectly adequate amp if you're looking for around 300 watts: [url="http://s1070.photobucket.com/user/dincz/media/P1010228.jpg.html"][/url] [/quote] to be fair though the powersoft is probably 10 times the price.

[quote name='lefrash' timestamp='1390843549' post='2350226'] I'm convinced there would be a market for a tiny class D 'power amp' that we would plug our preamp pedal of choice into. Literally an amp to power the sound, not to colour it.... . just a box with a volume knob. [/quote]SWR tried that. Demeter do it.

[quote name='JPJ' timestamp='1390843226' post='2350217'] I'm with WoT - give me big iron every time [url="http://smg.photobucket.com/user/JPJ/media/IMG_0785_zps2d111b8e.jpg.html"][/url] [/quote] so what is it? we cannae tell from the pictures.

[quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' timestamp='1390832913' post='2350002'] The power supply. The main deficiency of most Class D amps is that they lack sufficient capacitive storage capacity. Manufacturers in their zeal to make the amp as small as possible don't put in enough capacitors to do the job. If you look under the hood of a really well made Class D you'll find half the chassis filled with storage capacitors. [/quote] as show by the inside of one of those powersofts....

I can get a wide verity of sounds with my right hand that I loose if I lower my action. I like the custom Strings the boys at Alpher got made - they are fairly low tension but chunky round core gauge which means you can have both the higher action and fly around the fretboard if that's your thing.

[quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' timestamp='1390687199' post='2348397'] There are two issues here. One is Class D amps. There is nothing about Class D that's inherently any better or worse than any other class. How well or how poorly the manufacturer makes it is the question, and where that's concerned you can make a really good or a really bad amp of any class. The worst amp I ever had was all valve A/B. The other issue is DSP. You're seeing a lot of Class D amps using it, because that's what accounts for the majority of new amp designs. If DSP had been available when SET ruled the roost they'd have been in those as well. Here also implementation is the issue. Some are very good, some not so much. You can pretty much tell which came out of the minds of engineers who also happen to be bassplayers, and which from those who'd be more at home doing video games. [/quote] Good distinctions Bill. (though no idea what SET is ) I agree there's nowt wrong inherently with class D, you rarely hear the "they lack punch" point of view when it comes to PA amps (mind you I haven't looked for that long) You've hit it though with the DSP more than the added features - there's very little discussion explanation as to what they are aiming for and some things... well you can hear the compression - which is fine if that's what you want. Just lack of discussion. The most surprising thing I found was when I took the top off my old Tecamp puma 1000 and found they hadn't used any DSP in it.

[quote name='Funky Dunky' timestamp='1390665861' post='2348112'] I'm in Beith sadly, about 18 miles from Glasgow. Thanks for the offer though, I appreciate it. I'm a novive bassist so I'm a bit out of me depth. [/quote] almost played a festival in Lochwinnoch that our singer was involved in organising.