Bigwan

What about stacking a little dirt in front of it?

While I'm in no way a fan of the Darkglass sound, I think your thread title is a little unfair on Darkglass as it suggests you're disappointed with the product because it does what it was designed to do, rather than what you wanted it to do. Entirely your own fault on this one I'm afraid. Even a cursory glance at the controls would have told you how it worked. You're a generation ahead of what you're looking for I think - Doug has been hinting digital control and analogue signal paths on his social media accounts so an ultra with presets could be a real thing in the future... although I shudder to think how much that would cost... On the bright side they sell like hotcakes second hand and you won't be left stuck with it!

They're an odd crowd and no mistake. They can produce the best equipment imaginable, IMO (CTM, ABM, sig series pedals for example), but there seems to be a total lack of a common sense filter... which means they also come out with, at best some mad design decisions (Dr. Green pedals), and at worst some total dross, as their website will attest (Meters Cubed bluetooth speakers, B-Social). If you don't have a competitive advantage, don't compete!

[url="https://youtu.be/hAl0s__J6sY"]https://youtu.be/hAl0s__J6sY[/url] Sounds bloody awful

The Reidmar is a solid state amp. No solid state amp needs a dummy load. That's just a concern for valve amps. Can't answer the 2nd question I'm afraid...

Yeah limelight have been on my radar, but they're not exactly vintage spec - modern neck profile, nut width and fretboard radius being the most obvious. Maybe that wouldn't matter so much, but I wouldn't know without playing one.

I suspect I know the answer to this (that being "who knows"!) but I'll ask it anyway... Does anybody know why Fender have never released a 60s version of their Roadworn P bass? Best bass I've ever played is a friend's 64 precision. I'm never likely to own one myself (although I came close to buying a refinished '66 a few years ago) and, judging by the 60s Roadworn Jazz I used to own, a Roadworn 60s P, if such a thing existed, would be as close as I'd be likely to get! I know Fender do the USA 60s Reissue models but...

[s]I'd maybe approach this a little differently if none of the cleaning works. Try pulling each preamp valve in turn, starting with the first one (they're usually numbered V1 - V?) and switching the amp on to check if it stops the problem. This won't do the amp any harm, but should isolate the issue to a certain section of the circuit. Don't blindly swap valves either - note that you're swapping like for like. Their are 3 different flavours of preamp valve in there for a reason...[/s] Just reading that last comment again - if your volume control makes no difference it probably isn't in the preamp...

I've been putting together a shortlist of amps to use with my Two10. Be very interested to hear what anyone can add about the Reidmar with the 10" cabs. It's not an amp I would usually consider as the EBS sound wouldn't be for me typically. The Markbass stuff seems to match well, whereas I've heard people say the vintage-esque tone of the Aguilar Tonehammer amps is too much of the same thing with the Retro leanings of the Barefaced cab. I may end up back with the Orange Terror Bass as it's the closest I've found to my favoured Ashdown ABM tone... If only Ashdown could do a decent small format/lunchbox amp. Closest they've managed IMHO is the Little Bastard which is hardly the same thing!

[quote name='LewisK1975' timestamp='1479722387' post='3178645'] Here's the latest version of mine. Set up to run a Yamaha Attitude using both outputs from the Bass, feeding 2 inputs on the Mixer. [attachment=232420:pedalboard.jpg] Chain is: Woofer (neck) pickup > Micro POG > Spectracomp > Bass Driver > mixer input. P Pickup > EBS Billy Sheehan Deluxe > Rolls Crossover > Spectracomp > Para Driver > mixer input. ABY switch is in the drive loop of the EBS to switch the drive channel off / on. No amp on stage for me these days, I use in-ears (Ultimate Ears UE900s). [/quote] Very Sheehan-esque! Love it!

Valves need to be warm to operate. Each valve has a heating element inside. Nothing to worry about. You should feel how warm a good old plexi gets after a few hours! Would be more worried about the power amp getting hot.

Wouldn't that sort of grill interfere with the flow of air from the ports? You maybe don't want to hear that!

I'd seen on that other bass related talking site where someone had used the X2N-7 in the bridge with good results. Probably worth considering!

NICE!

Ooooh, ooooh, what'd you go for Mike?

The Attitude II would be more likely than the III for me, and they seem to be around the £750 (achievable) to £1k (a step too far). I think visually I'd rather add a neck pickup to a precision, but adding £160+ quid of pickups to a Roadworn and you'd be into lower Attitude territory... I've never played an Attitude, or a Roadworn P for that matter but I have played a Classic 50's P which has the same neck dimensions minus the "softening" and liked it a lot. Oh decisions, decisions... If I can locate some Will Power pickups I might just put them in my Yamaha Pulser and be done with it!