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[quote name='steve-soar' post='571196' date='Aug 16 2009, 11:21 PM']Ouch, what's that on his knuckle?[/quote] its a growth ;<

[quote name='0175westwood29' post='571191' date='Aug 16 2009, 11:20 PM']the oranges are wicked, can't comment on the 200b but i owned a 140b for a bit and it sounded awesome when cranked no need for distortion at all! i can only imagine the 200b is the same but louder? also im using a TE v4 at the mo, while my peg in for repair and that sounds really nice to thru my 610hlf. and i know someone with a fender bassman 100 which sounds killer! andy[/quote] the one you had will be in a completely different league to the new ones, the old matamp ones are completely different amps

[quote name='joegarcia' post='569801' date='Aug 15 2009, 11:28 AM']Went to visit Geoff and Aiden at the factory last week and had a blast. My guitarist fell in love and so did I, want to get two GT200's and two custom bass 4x12's when I have some cash.[/quote] get them to make you some 6X12s more is more

[quote name='umcoo' post='570676' date='Aug 16 2009, 02:53 PM']Also, I thought Sound Citys were well know for clean sounds. I've got a Pork Loin and a Big Muff to dirty things up, but I want a slightly gritty sound just from an amp, and the pedals to add some more drive.[/quote] matamps are known for clean sounds to but do nice distortion when cranked. if you want full on amp distortion at every gig i'd look for something around 50 - 100watts max as apposed to 200 watts as thats gonna be epic loud when cranked just keep an eye out for something with el34s, no valve rectifier and big transformers.

[quote name='matt_citizenbass' post='570734' date='Aug 16 2009, 03:56 PM']the other day i recieved 2 Peavey Mark 3 heads in the post. i've been very happy with them, they're plenty loud and just the right sound for me. however today i was just playing along, not loud at all but suddenly one of the amps starting feeding back making almost oscillation noises. it then cut out and all i could hear was sizzling coming from the amp. what could it be? i hope its not too serious i'm just rather angry as i sold my soundcity because i wanted something that wasn't so delicate, something that was a complete workhorse and after only two days this bugger has decided to call it a day! Matt[/quote] soundcity to delicate? those things are tanks! with a SS amp of that age you still gonna have the same amount of problems as you'd get with a valve amp of the same age minus valves, only problem being SS amps are harder to work on if anything does go wrong

[quote name='Monz' post='567439' date='Aug 12 2009, 10:55 PM']I don't know if this will be of any interest to anyone but as some of you know I have commissioned Matamp to build me a GT200 (with extra bits) and an 8 x 10 sealed cab and now a 2 x 12 sealed cab. I have been involved right from the off because I wanted the new gear to be able to emulate the sound of my Simms-Watts as well as do lots of other tones/sounds. So today I have spent most of the afternoon finalising the spec of the amp and cabs... Amp: GT200 Line Out with level (for send to desk) Black reptile tolex Black hardware (corners) Black faceplate with illuminated Green Matamp Logo non-ported 8 x 10: Black Reptile tolex Black corners Black steel protective grilles 8 off 300W 10" Celestion neo drivers non ported 2 x 12: Black basketweave tolex Picture framed front with silver fender cloth Dimensions and "feel" of cab to match Simms-Watts PA100 2 off 12" 300W Celestion ferite drivers vertically stacked Pictures and progress reports to follow and as I will be helping to make the cabs probably pics of me glued to the eyeballs and bits of tolex stuck everywhere[/quote] ;o

[quote name='WarPig' post='568505' date='Aug 13 2009, 11:06 PM']Can you ressurect PCB's? I lost my patience, i was 3 components away from finishing it.[/quote] it depends what you've done to it? have you ruined all the tracks?

i love vintage italian effects they seem to have a nice charm about them, my guess is that it will likely be very similar to a coloursound supastain pedal. If you could open it up and get some good pictures, that'd be very useful!

[quote name='WarPig' post='563381' date='Aug 8 2009, 11:20 AM']My DS-1 has arrived from the states, including a mod kit. Heres the original TB thread: [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=461804&highlight="]http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.p...&highlight=[/url] Im going to have a play with it as stock, then i might get abit done before work. Also my AMZ MOSFET booster has arrived: But thats for another day.[/quote] ey up send us the ds-1 and i'll get it back to life again if you want! i've got an urge to play around with one.

[quote name='umcoo' post='564011' date='Aug 9 2009, 10:00 AM']When I had a DHA VT-1 EQ Drive thingy, I also tried the Muff'n at a music shop, and it seemed to lack a lot of the power and overall tone that the DHA had. Hard to explain, but I knew straight away when I turned the Muff'n on, the DHA was a lot better. Just my two penneth.[/quote] The DHA isn't valve clipping though its diodes ;<

the bass micro synth does all those and more

[quote name='Monz' post='559827' date='Aug 3 2009, 11:47 PM']Matamp GT200... job done ...although the 1K is 300 short and it wont go down to 2ohms[/quote] +1 on this, its a beautiful hi fi amp! sounds like your not really after a valve amp though from your list

its more about it providing a buffered high impedence signal so theres less signal loss on long cables and the signal is less likely to pick up noise. the active eq is a useful side feature

you can make a really good passive one for extremely cheap depending on the quality of transformer you want to use! [url="http://www.whirlwindusa.com/i1/dischem.jpg"]http://www.whirlwindusa.com/i1/dischem.jpg[/url] - that is essentially all you need alot more simple than it seems

[quote name='OldGit' post='556524' date='Jul 30 2009, 08:10 PM']Ask DHA for a DFA pedal [/quote] a bit of DFA really brings your out in the mix

haha sounds great have you not considered doing it yourself? you should just have one big knob labelled suck

[quote name='CliveT' post='552475' date='Jul 27 2009, 11:36 AM']and me Dunlop have put a demo on Youtube now: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGT9IVvR8sM"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGT9IVvR8sM[/url][/quote] nice tash haha, not a fan of mid cut on my distortion though

[quote name='Monz' post='548080' date='Jul 22 2009, 08:03 PM']Before you commit to Orange just go to Huddersfield and try a Matamp 8x10... I have and I was blown away by it, mind you I was using the GT200 to drive it [/quote] bet that simm watts sounds beautiful for the 4X10 you have to ;p

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='544477' date='Jul 19 2009, 04:02 AM']I think duplicating the Mammoth is an issue in itself, rather than just buying one, but profiting from duplicating it is wrong to me. I'm surprised people are doing stuff like this. Maybe I'm naive. Al - knowing you from elsewhere I'm surprised that you'd be doing this.[/quote] zvex didn't design the pedal themselves, also its a fuzz face clone thats been modded for bass anyway

[quote name='silddx' post='541419' date='Jul 15 2009, 04:34 PM']The guy who owns it is my oldest mate and is a leccy engineer. He reckons a failing valve is making another run hot. He also thinks some of the components like caps and resistors may need replacing as it's a bit noisy. He knows a fair bit about valves and related electronics but doesn't want to tackle this himself. So, can anyone recommend someone good nearish London who could fix it? He also wants to know how much it might be worth to gauge how much to spend getting it fixed. Thanks as always, Nigel[/quote] hi if one side isn't getting the right bias and the other sides running hotter i'd recomend you take it to a tech asap, because in my experience that can get very costly if you let it keep on running like that

[quote name='henry norton' post='536245' date='Jul 9 2009, 10:23 AM']Here's a link to a guy in Nottingham making 1000 watt valve amps. [url="http://www.chambonino.com/construct/const9.html"]1000w valve amp[/url] He's using just 4 813 transmitter valves as opposed to the 20 or so 6L6s you'd need if you were to use 'ordinary' valves. I'm surprised we haven't seen more manufacturers going down this road. The only downside seems to be the rather frightening 2500 volts on the anodes but having said that, 400 volts will kill you just as dead....[/quote] i've seen this beast the pictures don't do it justice, you should see the new one hes just made with 20 807s its even more of a beast!

the dude in incubus uses a pretty complex rig to get his sound i think the bass only plays a small role in his sound