Bigwan

[quote name='Andyjr1515' timestamp='1485607098' post='3225255'] The other thing that I've had to 'fit' are the replacement tuners. Even though I would be surprised if the originals aren't Wilkinsons, the base plates on the Wilkinson replacements are bigger, requiring grinding away of the preceding ones to avoid overlap! From that I can only assume that the peg spacings on the HB are subtly different to Fender and Squier. Worth noting if any of you are thinking of upgrading a HB yourselves! Still, they look OK - almost like they were designed to do this : [/quote] Bugger, bugger, bugger... Wish I'd known this last week. HB 50's P, Wilkinson tuners and bridge incoming... I may get a file at the ready!

Ashdown Lomenzo Hyperdrive (my standard response to this sort of thread) or EBS Sheehan Deluxe would be good ones to investigate.

No. Nothing comes to mind...

Another vote for ACG here. Alan's work is extraordinary for the price, you get regular updates and he sticks to his projected completion date. I bought one of Alan's cheaper "graft" series basses (now discontinued) from a local guy (Black Coffee of this parish) to check out his work, and while it was visually bland, the construction was top notch. That convinced me to go for a custom build which I've been very pleased with. I've had a custom Shuker built before but I fell into the old trap... I THOUGHT I knew what I wanted, but by the time the bass was complete, my wants, and more importantly, my NEEDS had changed considerably. Jon's work is also excellent, but his communications and projected completion dates are woeful.

Nobody conservatively rates class D in my experience (I can hear the worm can being opened!). The Orange Terror is the only one I've played that felt it was anywhere close. Haven't played any of the newer generation stuff though (700/800/900 watt offerings).

[quote name='eude' timestamp='1484909210' post='3219560'] I know the older MarkBass LittleMark's had a switch mode power supply right, but they wheren't class D? I'm really not very clued up on all this, but I think they were class A/B, and certainly sounded a lot nicer than their newer class D ones... Cheers, Ewan [/quote] You're right about the Class A/B and switch mode supply on the little mark, but I think it was still a fixed voltage. If I recall correctly you had to change internal jumper settings to change the supply voltage between USA and Europe supply ranges.

[quote name='eude' timestamp='1484845555' post='3219054'] I'm extremely interested in the Origin amp. I get the impression that although this might be rated low by modern class D standards, I know that Mark at Ashdown isn't the biggest fan of class D stuff, so I'd guess the power section here might be something different, either that or an extremely conservatively rated (i.e. honest) class D effort. If this isn't too pricey, and assuming my thoughts on the power section are true, I'll be pre-ordering one of these! Eude [/quote] I dunno. Reading through some of the literature on other sites "[font=Roboto, serif][size=5]The Origin comes complete with auto protect voltage for global touring musicians" [/size][/font]screams class D to me. I don't ever recall seeing a non-class D amp with that feature. It also looks a little small for a toroidal tranny the size you'd need for an "old school" 300 watts.

[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1484871992' post='3219391'] Gotta say that seriously is incredibly small. [/quote] Said the actress to the bishop...

[quote name='Merton' timestamp='1484834505' post='3218906'] The Origin amp looks ace but is missing one thing (IMO) which makes the headphone socket really useful - an aux input. [/quote] Yup. Why would you EVER have one without the other...

https://www.gak.co.uk/blog/ashdown-20th-anniversary/ Some interesting stuff. The ltd ed ctm30 looks nice, but I bet it'll be eye wateringly expensive. Interested to see more on the Origin amp...

Saw that this morning. Have to say I'm a little disappointed. I hoped they'd go with a more vintage style. A proper vintage spec P on a budget would have been much more appealing...

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1484684162' post='3217535'] You can tell the case is plywood.... [/quote] And?

Beautiful!

[quote name='pierreganseman' timestamp='1484385052' post='3215055'] just received my Jake 54 style P Butterscotch ;-) sounds better than my Fender JV , oups .... hah [/quote] Pics or it didn't happen!

Never seen a CV in Silver before. Looks rather fetching!

As I see it going from B7K to Clean to VMT needs 2 footswitch presses with Doug's implementation. With Your idea Kev you'd need 3 wouldn't you (one to go to clean, one to change between B7K and VMT settings and a third to engage the dirt). Personally I also think it's pointless as you're highly unlikely to want to use the B7K and VMT circuits with the same settings...

Just sold Mike a little box of electronic trickery. He was a star to deal with. Good comms and let me know as soon as he had it in his hands. Great to deal with!

[quote name='DiMarco' timestamp='1484131313' post='3212852'] Its marketing. [/quote] Yes and no. It's intelligent compared to other footswitches as it uses a standard guitar cable to send specific signals for the microcontroller in the amp to interpret. Not sure what makes it SUPER intelligent though...

[quote name='markstuk' timestamp='1484061426' post='3212316'] You do have the best crisps though :-) [/quote] This cannot be denied...

How come this sort of thing can't happen closer to me?!!!

No xlr out and only a single page of settings (4 parameters) per effect it would seem, and that's just from a cursory glance. DEFINITELY Not an upgrade in my book. Not saying it won't be good though! Edit: only 5 amp models... Guitar version is £140ish

Beyma looks pretty good too.

I've had a quick go with winISD just now. Not entirely sure I'm using it correctly. I've put in the TS parameters for the BP1525, the Deltalite 12 and the deltalite 10 and modelled the 15 sealed next the 12 sealed and vented and the 10 vented. The 12 vented gives a similar drop off to the sealed 15, but without the boost in the 120Hz region. But looking at the SPL chart it would seem the 12 would be a better bet... Would that sound about right? I'll try the Beyma SM212 now

[quote name='Phil Starr' timestamp='1483952317' post='3211279'] I'd assumed Bigwan got the idea from the Eminence site. You can see what the bass response would be from the Eminence modelling. There are certainly cabs out there with this sort of response you might like it, you might not. Celestion will send you the TS parameters for their speakers usually if you email them, use the ask Dr Decibel service on their site. If it's something they only ever made for Ashdown you may need to go to Ashdown for the info though. I'd think about whether to look at other speakers at a similar price though, it's at the top end of what you could squeeze into a box that size and it might be that another 10 or a 12 would give you more sensitivity without the loss of bass. The Eminence Deltalite 12 is a similar price for example and would match your cab well. [/quote] That's a good call Phil. I should really have asked what the best replacement driver would be for the given volume of cab I suppose, but I just had that driver in my head at the time! That Deltalite 12 does look pretty good.