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    I’m gravitating towards the first one. Amp twiddling gets on my wick!
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    You know you wanna!
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    Budget option - Alesis PercPad (about £70 new) - 4 velocity sensitive pads, can be extended with kick and hi-hat triggers/switches. MIDI out but no USB. Alesis ControlPad - 8 velocity sensitive pads, can be extended with kick and hi-hat triggers/switches. About £100 used form eBay, but tend to be bashed up with stick marks! MIDI and USB outs. I went for a Cubeat (I paid £40 used off eBay) - 6 velocity sensitive pads plus kick and hi-hat switches (not velocity sensitive). Looks like a toy but is in fact a class-compliant device. USB only. Unfortunately there is an issue with note lengths that requires a work-around when recording to a DAW.
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    I'm 6ft tall but a little over 18 and 23. Well ok, nearly 50% more than 18+23...
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    I recently took a 2x12 transistor guitar combo from around 1978 in trade. Plans to restore it to full working order and retire on the proceed were scotched when I found there was no power amp board inside! Hence I am parting it out. 1. Eminence 12in 8ohm 'square magnet' speaker 1978 vintage In good working order - no holes or tears in the cone, which moves freely on the suspension. I have had it working, hooked up to an amp playing some recorded music. Code 677841 means: 67 - manufactured by Eminence 78 - in 1978 41 - 41st week i.e. October I haven't been able to get any specific information from the other code, but given there were two in a 75W amp, I expect it would handle at least 35-40W. I have cleaned off a load of dust and cobwebs. There is some surface rust on the basket, which you should be able to see in the photos. This is 'No.2' as No.1 has already been sold. £45 delivered UK mainland. 2. Stancor mains transformer Primary is 240V or 120V - connect purple wire to blue wire for 240V operation. Secondary is approx 27-0-27 VAC, which will give about 37-0-37 VDC when rectified. Tested and working. £25 delivered UK mainland. 3. Aluminium/alloy heatsink 185mm x 100mm x 22mm plus removable mounting bar. There are a couple of marks / extra holes from drilling out the rivets. £10 delivered UK mainland.
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    Struggling to find a direct replacement online - the cap might not be ceramic after all. I have contacted EBS to see if they can tell me what I need. The other possibility is a stray bit of something conductive bypassing the cap.
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    The popping pedal issue turned out to be a 330mV DC offset at the input, which was also causing crackling when I turned the volume pot on the bass. The offset has now disappeared, but I measured exactly the same voltage across the input capacitor. This suggests to me that the cap has an intermittent short - a quick google confirmed that this is the usual failure mode for multi layer ceramic caps. Although it is surface mount it is a decent size, so not too difficult (or costly) for me to replace.
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    Nice score! I’ve had flats (Chromes) on a Mustang and they were fine, no sign of possible breaks where they came through the body. Make sure there is enough length before the taper to accommodate the extra couple of cm required to pass through the body.
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    Conventional Class AB tranny amp afaik.
  14. JapanAxe
    Class D?
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    Cheers! Just spent another hour or so playing with this, and I'm loving the sounds I'm getting. I've only identified two minor negatives: The fan is quite loud in a quiet room. Once I start playing I don't notice it though, and I can't see it being a problem live. If I use a true bypass tuner (Korg Pitchblack, TC Polytune) into the front end there is quite a click when I engage it. I put this down to the rather high input impedance of 2Mohm. I put the tuner in the FX loop set to 100% wet - problem solved. Can't wait to play this with my band!
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    It has been pointed out to me that there is a second (silver fronted ) PSA-1 near the bottom of the right-hand rack. So Real World have two of these - that should tell you something!
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    ...of the bass itself.
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    I set it to give me as much treble as I’m going to need with the bass’s tone control up full, then back it off to about 50% on the bass. From there I can adjust on the bass as needed - it gives the passive control a lot of range!
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    Nope.
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    Mrs Axe has gone to her sister's for a couple of days, so out came the toys. I played along with some of the Bowie tracks that I cover in my tribute band. I ended up knocking back the Drive a bit and adding a little more treble. I dare say it will all change again when I'm playing with the band.
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    I’m hoping so!
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    Hopefully I will have a band rehearsal soon - 80s cover project - Duran Duran, Simple Minds, Gary Numan, Human League etc.
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    Efficient 4ohm cab? Yep, BF Super Twin
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    I'll be using this amp with a BF Super Twin. Early indications are that this will be plenty loud enough!
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    Yes I do like the flub-free bass response! This has properly scratched my itch for a capable 'big iron' amp. Photos are now gone from the original ad so I'll take some myself when I have a minute or two.
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