Bigwan

Hell no...

I will own one of these some day. The Excess is SO good, I can only imagine what this is like...

AFTER! I'm a total tart...

This one made my credit card sweat...

€49.50 +VAT for Parallax. Bargain!

Joyo Orange Juice has been a fav of mine. And the American Sound, although I've modified mine into more of an SVT/Tech21 VT-bass type which also sounds good. Chord OC-50 is a decent octaver with a synth/drive option which is nice.

That's nuts! I'd only ever use a quarter of it but still!

I've felt the same about a number of basses I've played including most Sei and Fodera basses I've tried. Different strokes for different folks!

And maybe when you grow up to be a big boy Danny, you will!

I've had custom basses from both. While Jon will build you pretty much anything you desire, Alan has a more fixed menu of options - which is in no way a criticism. Personally I found dealing with Alan a much more pleasurable experience. He got my build 100% correct... And on time... Neither of which I can say about my Shuker. Still an outstanding bass but Alan's work is another level. IMHO, YMMV, etc.

Don't see that as an issue myself. Don't spend ANY time up around the dusty end...

D-roc 5's (including the Rob van der Loo Hellboy Ltd. Ed.) in stock at bassdirect now... Credit card is getting nervous...

Dingwall D-roc standard 5... That's as pointy as I'd ever get I think...

Yup, I’d go octave down into b:assmaster into filter and away you go! Great fun messing with these sorts of combinations. You’d probably be better off with a gated fuzz (mastotron or similar), but that shouldn’t stop you getting going.

That's why I qualified my initial statement with IMHO, and YMMV... But having been on the "MUST HAVE WAL" merry-go-round and satiated that thirst to the tune of £550 (what I paid for my Wal), I wouldn't pay the going rate nowdays... But I'd happily pay the going rate for an ACG...

That's true... It's better!

That's fair enough, I'll say no more about ACG other than Alan's filter preamp and multi-coil pickups were designed based on the WAL setup, and an Über spec ACG would be about half the price of a new WAL with MANY more options available... And a third of the build time (possibly less!)... OK I'll stop now...

Nicked this from that other site... Embassy with ultralites - looks ok to me, but each to his own...

If you're looking a WAL to say you've owned a WAL that's grand, but do yourself a favour and try an ACG as a possible alternative. I've owned a WAL (1983 Custom 4) and have found the 2 custom level ACGs I've owned to be head and shoulders above it in every respect. IMHO, YMMV, etc.

Loved Stuart Zender's playing when I first heard him. Still do!

Djentpre with undistorted bottom end... Wonder where that idea came from... Looks good but I think the HX Stomp is safe here in the meantime.

You should have tried flicking the Lee Sklar patented DFA switch and ask if that was better?

You may find that the size of the pot shafts fairly similar, regardless of the size of the current knobs.

Gee thanks... Now I want that Epiphone... Great pics indeed! I bought me HX Stomp from Peach and they were great to deal with.

If your DI is getting a good signal then you've already ruled out the input jack being the issue. If I recall correctly there is one triode section (each valve has 2 triodes) after the effects loop on the Terror Bass (have the schematics here somewhere). Have you tried playing straight into the effects return and therefore bypassing the preamp? If so, try now swapping the 2 valves just to make sure the post effects loop triode hasn't gone bad. EDIT: Found schematics. Yes, DI and Effects loop are between the 3rd and 4th Triodes in the circuit, as is the volume control (volume is post DI and effects loop). It's still quite possible that this isn't a power amp problem. Try playing straight into the effects return, then swapping the valves around and repeating. EDIT2: Sorry - just noticed you've tried changing valves... Change of it being a valve greatly reduced then. Could still be a component failure somewhere around that 4th triode, but looking increasingly like the power amp. Contact orange. They MAY still have spares for it... Otherwise it's a valve preamp...