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	No more Procrastination! (An interesting small valve head story)JapanAxe replied to Bridgehouse's topic in Amps and Cabs I've just read this thread and had my PF-50T GAS re-awakened, until I came across the hum thing. From reading this link posted by @afterimage, it seems they sent a lot of units out with a noisy grid bias circuit. I am happy modding stuff, but not if I've bought it brand new. This demonstrates the difference it made:
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	Yes to all the above, I can't imagine there will be no-one interested in any of those things!
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	Happy to volunteer my Demeter VTBP-M-800D and/or Barefaced Super Twin for the Test of the Heft. Updated FOR SALE list: 1. Mesa Boogie Big Block 750 Amp, Footswitch & Rack Case, £550 o.n.o. - Silverfoxnik 02. Schecter Diamond P5, 5 String Bass & Gig Bag, £350 o.n.o. - Silverfoxnik 03. Behringer 5 Band parametric 19" Rack Unit, £25 - Silverfoxnik 04. Fender Nate Mendel Precision , £575 - obbm 05. "I’m thinking of having one of my basses for sale.", £TBA - ezbass 06. EBS Compressor, Chorus & Octave, Dr Green Bass reverb & Joyo D-Seed echo and a small Pedaltrain board & bag (Mini I think), £TBA - WalMan 07. Fretless Fender Modern Player ?, £TBA - Frank Black 08. EHX Hot Tubes Nano overdrive £39, Biyang TR8 Tremolo £25 - JapanAxe 09. 10.
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	Handbox Audio WB-100 - new 120w tube head (pics)JapanAxe replied to wateroftyne's topic in Amps and Cabs Dave, I would love the opportunity to plug this into my Super Twin at the Bash. We should probably alert the authorities first though...
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	SOLD - Jule Amps Monique DovecageJapanAxe replied to mrbassman_de's topic in Amps and Cabs For Sale 
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	Happy to make my Demeter head available for this.
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	Handbox Audio WB-100 - new 120w tube head (pics)JapanAxe replied to wateroftyne's topic in Amps and Cabs So cheap, it's almost like I wouldn't be spending any money at all!
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	Handbox Audio WB-100 - new 120w tube head (pics)JapanAxe replied to wateroftyne's topic in Amps and Cabs That seems like a bit of a bargain to me!
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	Handbox Audio WB-100 - new 120w tube head (pics)JapanAxe replied to wateroftyne's topic in Amps and Cabs GAS made me go back to the Handbox website to check how much a WB100 is. According to this page, 0 zloty, so just the delivery charges then. Or am I missing something...
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	Just realised I haven't updated this thread in 8 months! With a 3-pice pub covers band : The extra bass delivered by this cab adds some 'heft' I didn't realise I was missing! With a 4-piece country band: Bass at 12 o'clock on the Demeter was perfect for my old Compact, but too overbearing with this cab in a C&W context. I dialled the bass back to about 10.30, and found the lovely round low-mids that I so liked about the Compact. It's sorted, and it's staying. Now wondering what it would be like with with a Handbox valve head...
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	Help needed to understand Ohms with split bass cabJapanAxe replied to Fingers McGee's topic in Amps and Cabs There are still people labouring under the misapprehension that unless you run a 4x10 on top of a 1x15, you won't cover the whole frequency spectrum. It's really not necessary, but it does result in lots of cab sales!
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	That's some very tight playing there!
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	1) Cetera - Spector NS2 & Legend 4X, Dingwall NG2, Epiphone Vintage Pro Thunderbird, Yamaha BB3000, GK800RB head, Genz Benz Neox212 cab, Tech-21 Dug DP3X preamp/pedal 2) Ezbass - Maruszczyk Elwood L 4 string fretted (J pickups), Maruszczyk Elwood L 4 string fretless (MM pickup), Rickenbacker 4003s, Rob Allen MB2 fretless, Phil Jones Flightcase + PB300 3) Happy Jack - AliKat DB #004, Mike Lull 54P, all I need to play a doubling gig (that evening) on those two instruments 4) BlueJay - Eminence Upright (left-handed), loads of camera equipment 5) obbm - TBA  6) Nancy Johnson (Paul) - The Big One, rack (GED/poweramp), possibly the dUg DP3x. A bass. 7) MacDaddy - Shuker bass(es), Snapdragon Folding bass, Flattley Bass Poison Ivy. 8 ) prowla (Paul) - Maybe a Ric or two and fakers, maybe a couple of Statii, maybe J- & P-basses. Probably a Markbass amp & cab and a pedalboard with some FX. 9) Stingray5 - Old faithful Stingray5; Tune SWV4-BB bass; Eden EC180 1x15 combo. (I also have a gig that evening so may leave the Eden in the car but happy to bring it in if anyone asks). 10) TrevorR - Wal Pro II E, Wal Mk 1 Custom, Aria SB700, MarkBass LMII and Traveler 2x10, pedalboard. 11) TheGreek - Mesa M Pulse 600 head/ Powerhouse 1x15 cab and The Psilos bass built by Andyjr1515 12) JapanAxe (Graeme) - most of the stuff in my signature!
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	Handbox Audio WB-100 - new 120w tube head (pics)JapanAxe replied to wateroftyne's topic in Amps and Cabs Be prepared for a massive long queue to try the WB100!
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	Handbox Audio WB-100 - new 120w tube head (pics)JapanAxe replied to wateroftyne's topic in Amps and Cabs Ooh! I'll be going, would be overjoyed to try one in the flesh as it were.
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	Count me in on this!
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	Splendid work Mark!
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	Do the best pro-bass players mainly play 4 strings?JapanAxe replied to Al Krow's topic in General Discussion In a big band I have occasionally been presented with impossible guitar chords - closed 5-note voicings that would be a piece of cake on keys, but would require 9-inch fingers to execute on guitar!
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	Another ForScore user. I have seen people use a page-turner pedal, but £80? I just swipe with my finger...
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	The other factor in play here is a personal one for me: option anxiety! I don't like having too much choice when it comes to controls to set - 4 bands is more than enough for me! Maybe I'm just lazy...
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	Recorded audition on guitar for Steely Dan tributeJapanAxe replied to JapanAxe's topic in General Discussion Thanks I have this on CD. Cheers, will look for that. This really helped me:
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	If only it were that simple! A typical 3-band EQ has shelving treble and bass controls plus a bandpass mid control, all with very wide bandwidths (low Q factor). A well-configured 3-band control will sound very 'musical' and natural. Graphic controls work on much narrower bands (high Q factor). To approximate the action of a 3-band control, it would not be sufficient to simply boost or cut the desired centre frequencies; you would also have to apply smaller amounts of boost and cut to some of the neighbouring sliders. I don't normally have time for this on a gig! I'm not here to bash TE kit, it's just not for me.
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