V2factoryman

Thanks for the suggestion. True the T900 doesn't have the bass boost, I'd have to upgrade to a 1000 for that. They're just under £1,200 new or thereabouts.🤪 I know nothing about EBS other than watching a couple of Eich head reviews which mention them. I'll have a look.

Thanks, my backup amp is the Puma 900! It doesn't have the bass boost though?

Hi, I'm a long term member here but been inactive for a few years as basically I've been happy with my rig and basses and not had any GAS! My go to head is a Tecamp Puma 1000 which I use with two Barefaced 1x12 cabs. The head played up a few years ago and would just cut out. I ended up sending it back to Tecamp but even they couldn't sort it out. I eventually got it repaired by a tec in the North East (I live North West) and it's been fine since.....until last week when it did the same thing. Everything remains lit etc, just the signal disappears (or in this case didn't even appear when the amp was switched on). So I think I've got to the time where I have to think about replacing it. There's nothing worse than your amp failing half way through a song, it's just so unprofessional. The only thing is I have no idea what to get to replace it? I don't use any pedals, my style is finger and I play a Precision and a Ric. Classic sounds depending on the songs....mainly covers, but I do write and record with an originals band, but that tends to be DI'd. What are you using.....I know sound/tone is a personal thing, I particularly liked the bass boost on the Tecamp as you could get solid bottom end without being mega loud. We usually play with just back line, it doesn't usually go through a p.a. (pub/club gigs etc). Grateful for any suggestions, thank you.

Hi, I wondered if anyone has experience of these basses and can tell me where they sit in terms of tone and playability compared with a Precision (which I have) and a Jazz (which I had). They seem to be discontinued and hard to get hold of, and an original would be out of my budget. I just fancy one to be honest, I play in a 60s band amongst other things? Thanks in advance for any feedback.

It must have been one of those urban myths. I can't find anything to support the theory, thanks for clearing that up for me!

Brilliant clip! Wasn't this band put together by Paul Morley to prove that hit music could be "manufactured"? Opened the floodgates.

I got the latch from the States. It cost about £14 and the same again in postage and only took about a week. Now I can't figure how to remove the inlay which protects the bass in its case to access the screws which hold the handle in place! I've emailed SKB and they say you just have to prise it out, it's held with a bit of glue! I'll let you know how I get on!

Hey Pineweasel, I had a look and I would say that the exact part I need is listed. It's a handle attached to a locking latch, I just need to make sure it's the same dimensions and figure out how to remove it and install the new one. Thanks very much!

Hey Pineweasel, I had a look and I would say that the exact part I need is listed. It's a handle attached to a locking latch, I just need to make sure it's the same dimensions and figure out how to remove it and install the new one. Thanks very much!

My 2010 Fender American Standard Precision came in one of those moulded plastic (I'm sure it's a much posher description really) hard cases. Last week part of the housing which one end of the carry handle slots into snapped off, so I now can't carry it using said handle. Does anybody know if Fender do spares for their cases or is it a case of bodge, or buy a replacement? All I can find on the Fender site is basses. Thanks.

Well you learn something every day! Thank you Bill for this insight, I hadn't appreciated the difference between the straight outputs and the bridged mode. I will rearrange the configuration accordingly. Best regards, Andy.

Honestly, just when I think I've got my head round this impedance thing something gets said which makes me doubt myself. I've just put a head in for investigation/repair at a leading tech shop in the UK, I won't say which. When it came back from repair I tried it and it failed again. They took it back again and put it on test and can't find anything wrong. They've had it on load test for a week and it's fine. But that's beside the (this) point. Because the tech himself couldn't find a fault, he thought it may be the way I'm deploying my amp which is making it cut out. So he asked how my set up worked. So I explained it's a head with two channels, each of 8 ohms/500 watts, or a third bridged channel at 4 ohms/1,000 watts. I use the bridged option with two 8 ohm cabinets daisy chained. That's 4 ohms, right? He thinks it's 16 ohms? Am I right or have I just embarrassed myself again?

Thanks. I've since played it through my stage amp (up to now I'd been playing it through a PJB Briefcase) with a Barefaced cab and it is absolutely.....well.....thunderous! Got a small gig tonight so will see how it sits in the mix. Once I get new strings on it as well the tone will change again. Might not make any changes in a hurry!

Hi, I recently acquired an Epiphone Thunderbird IV Pro for quite reasonable money and would like to see if I can get a better tone from it. Better of course is very subjective. Let me give you a brief history. I had a Gibson TBird years ago and found it had quite a muddy tone. I was used to Fenders and Rickenbackers. Recently I got GAS for another one but was put off by the price. I read that the Epiphone Pro IVs were very good so I thought I'd take a chance and just buy it, it wasn't local so I didn't have chance to play it. It's now arrived, but the strings are very tired so it's not fair to judge it just yet, I've ordered a set of Elixirs which I have on all my other basses. So my basic thinking is I'd like to look into upgrading the pups. I did think about upgrading the other hardware to the old fashioned chrome tuners and a chrome bridge, but I thought I'd wait until the latest Epi TBird is available first. If they've sorted the pups it will be awesome. Does anybody have any experience of swapping their pups on an Epi and what did you use? Thanks in advance for any info. Andy.

I called them, it sold three days ago! Drat!

Thanks. The one I got was the new design with through neck and I never got to "wear" it as the neck had been so badly damaged in transit I daren't even try to tune it! The strap nut was by the heel of the neck, the same as the one in the link. I've seen photos of the new Vintage Pro and that has the nut in the same place. I've heard some demos of the VP and for me it sounds a bit "overdriven" (unless it's the rig), so I'm hoping the Classic IV is a bit more refined. I had a Gibson Thunderbird years ago and it was really "thuddy" (think I just invented that word lol), poor sustain, and terrible neck dive. Looked really cool though! I've heard these Epi's are just as good as the new Gibsons.

Hmmm, just returned one to gear4music as it arrived with a damaged neck! Just waiting on refund. I note that this one has the strap button behind the neck, whereas I have seen other photos of new models with the strap button on the top wing of the body? Does anybody know why/which is preferable? Bradford isn't too far away from me.