Chienmortbb
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I have to say that JC was probably my biggest inspiration to play bass ( and of course I loved Grace Slick). Listen to the bass on the live version of Somebody To Love from the Bless It's Pointed Little Head album*. Now back to the bass, ignore the colours, if you can, what makes this a great bass? I know the Tone circuit is unique but Gibson/Epiphone are not renowned for their bass pups. Tell me what I am missing. * Oh wow I just listened to it again.
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Ashdown's figures. I measured it and it is (wiything a coule of mm: H x W x D (mm) 73 x 255 x 205 measured. -
Yes it will it is just that if you connect a 4 ohm cab you cannot use the other speaker output.
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Yes the price includes postage.
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Includes Postage. This is a great little amp. I have used it on a few gigs and lots of rehearsals. It is light 2.23Kg and quite petite. It is a good amp for small/medium gigs and at this power a step up from the Lord of the Rings amps (Elf, Gnome and BAM). Its a simple amp with no useless features. However it does have some useful features like a front panel aux level control that save you diving for your phone/ipod when you need to change the volume. The gain just turns up the volume for the first part of the travel then gradually brings in a nice amount of overdrive that really thickens up the sound. The tone stack is passive and pays homage to the old FMV passive tone stacks, think of the Fender Bassman tone stack. The Ashdown logo on the front lights up in a lovely blue but it does not show up on photos. You can just see the real blue reflected on the knobs in the pictures. Incidentally I changed the cream knobs for light grey ones. The speaker sockets are the combo Speakon/jack sockets. I am selling as I have too many amps and one has to go. Comes in original box and postage is included. Any questions, please ask. Specification Power Output 600 Watts* Power Requirement 115 - 230V Speaker Outputs 2 x Jack Sockets Frequency Response -3dB at 17Hz - 30Khz High Input Impedance 3.9m Ohms, input range 150mV - 20mV p-p Low Input Impedance 10K Ohms, input range 300mV - 40V p-p Line Input Impedance 10K Ohms, Level 0dBu nominal Tuner Output Impedance 22K Ohms, Level 0dBu nominal DI Output 600 Ohms balanced, level -20dBu nominal Impedance Minimum 4 Ohm EQ Bass +/-15dB @ 100Hz Lo Mid +/-15dB @ 220Hz Middle +/-15dB @ 660Hz Hi Mid +/-15dB @ 1.6kHz Treble +/-15dB @ 7kHz shelving Deep + Effects Send Impedance 22k Ohm, level 0dBu nominal Effects Return Impedance 22K Ohm, level 0dBu nominal Distortion less than 0.5% THD Signal to Noise Better than 80dB (EQ Flat) H x W x D (mm) 73 x 255 x 200 measured Weight (kg) 2.3Kg * This is peak. RMS is approx 420W 4 ohms 210W att in 8ohms
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Often not given the cerdit she deserves. Many of us learnt lots of Carole's bass lines way before we knew about Jaco. Happy Birthday Carole.
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Headphones capable of handling low octave frequencies
Chienmortbb replied to cLepto-bass's topic in Accessories and Misc
My wife had some (probably still in the wardrobe) I must dig them out ad have a listen. You never know it could be me that is wrong. As I always say, there is no point in having a mind if you are not prepared to change it. -
Headphones capable of handling low octave frequencies
Chienmortbb replied to cLepto-bass's topic in Accessories and Misc
The ba Just because the bass is boosted on the beats headphones and I like my 'phones to be flat. -
What is the tension like on te Cobalt flats? I love flats but but find tge tension on some too much for my aging fingers,
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Headphones capable of handling low octave frequencies
Chienmortbb replied to cLepto-bass's topic in Accessories and Misc
I tend to stay away from Bose as teheir products are designed to "sound good" rather than accurate. A;os avoid Baets like the plague. -
Issue after fitting Retrovibe Stinger
Chienmortbb replied to Steve Browning's topic in Repairs and Technical
This is a copy of the original MM active circuit. Uncle Fluffy on TB has laid out a PCB and built several. -
I accidently wired my PJ with both pups in parallel(J pup was a humbucker). It sounded like a Telecaster (guitar not bass).
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If anyone needs a lead with a silent plug on I can make one up for a small fee.
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Some years ago, when I started going to open mic, the guys suggested I got an acoustic bass. I tried loads from inexpensive Ibanez to Taylor and Martins. None of them were worth playing without an amp. So |I bought a semi-acoustic. I played it for quite a few weeks but realised that I prefered playing my usual bass. Acoustic basses looked great on Unplugged but suck acoustically. Maybe we should call them hollow bodied.
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The gain pot in the feedback path can work but you really need a fully active volume control which (from memory) needs two opamps. A full explanation can be seen here. The acive volume control was designed by Peter Baxandall who also designed the bass/tredle circuits use almost everywhere.
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Do the do it in Black and Green?😉
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I like the chicken head knobs on the Minimax (Mk1) the nice thinks about them aid there is no doubt as to where they are set. The new Minimax MkII is £400+ Just to continue the sill pipe references, I hope it does not chuff too much.
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Thank you. They are no frills just using the best available products. -
In my experience UPS have always been high on proice and low on service. On another matter, the good old Royal Mail only chages £8 for customs clearance. Hands up those who are glad they voted leave (hands down you in NI)
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That is the only sensible way to do it.
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Very True.To be honest the ASX range is very long in the tooth and is largely superseded by the AS range. To me the ideal module for the diyer is the 700AS1 from ICEPower 350W 8ohm, 700W 4 ohm and all the functions needed to make a modern amp easier to build. I believe that this amp is used in many of the "800 watt" amps of the last 3-4 amps. ICEPower seem to have controlled distribution of this model better than the lower power ASX modules. I suspect @agedhorse knows this module well but it is unfair to ask him about it.
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@nilebodgers does have a point. No one would suggest that the few distributors of ICEPower products do not have a have a right to mark up a reasonable amount but for example Profusion's one off price o £190.39 excluding VAT (sales tax) and shipping ends up close to £250 ($340 approx) for a single piece of 125ASX2. Without the knowledge you have shared with us, you can understand why people buy ONCE from EBAY.
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I have been lucky, I bought an 125ASX2 from someone in the UK from a half completed project. It has been running for 3-4 years and is fine. I also bought three 50ASX2s and those were also from a UK seller. The only problem with this was my hamfistedness when I blew the fuses in the aux supplies of one of the 50ASX2s. It is the 50ASX2 that "reminded" me of the high DC voltages.
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I should add that I respect @agedhorse's knowledge here. I used to think that they were all probably fake but was persuaded otherwise. However I suspect that there are few people on the planet that have more experience/knowledge with class D modules that @agedhorse so if he says those sourced from the Far East are fake, I trust him.
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The scooped mids are caused by a numbet of things many of which are mentioned above. The way pickups are wired often on passive basses means that adjusting the volume also chnages the freequenccy response much like EQ or tone knobs do. In addition (and subtraction) there is a comb filtering effect that will boost some frequencies and cut others. As this is a feature of both the response of the pickups and the postion of them, there is little that can be done to mitigate the effect e3xcept find two pickup version of a Westone Rail. The comb will happen whether the bass is active or passive and irrespective of whether each pickup is buffered independantly.
