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Heya guys, It's back! Police dropped it back at mine last night. Now here's hoping they catch the crook that sold it! (Police have got plentiful evidence so hopefully something happens soon!) Apologies for the VERY low res photo! Thanks all Josh

UDPATE: We've found it!!!!!! Just waiting on the police to give us the all-ok and then I can go pick it back up! Thanks to everyone in the community. Josh x

Hi guys, Woke up to an absolute hurry of messages this morning. Someone's inboxed me saying they've bought it. Looks like I might get it back! Then the police can do the rest. Will keep you all updated. Thanks Josh

So my car was broken into. I left an Ampeg SVT-CL in there like an idiot, thinking no one could get into my car, or carry the thing. They stole the head, but not the flightcase. It’s very distinctive as it has an Allusinlove sticker on, which will leave residue if taken off, certain wearing to the tolex on the right side, and missing the bass knob. It was stolen in Leeds, and was stolen some time in the past week. If anyone has any information please let me know. Image attached. If anyone knows anything, please let me know. Thanks Josh

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1404148883' post='2489790'] Great you`ve got it all sorted Josh, and those VTs are great aren`t they? [/quote] TOO RIGHT

Right guys, I'm back! Basically, I sent it to a bass tech dude, and the problem was my input: as I had low output pickups (on my jazz), it meant that having my input at half way was really not gonna cut through. The amp itself was displaying the full 600w too. So, before I got a tech 21 Sansamp VT Bass, I had to keep the input on full and only then did I really get the rumble that was needed. Obviously, my claim about it not sounding big enough when both input/output were on full was clearly not true, it did sound big, but not clear: that was because I had my EQ on stupid settings, making it sound terrible and peaking my cabinet. Now I have a preamp pedal, however, everything is hunky dory. As the VT bass acts as a limiter too, it means that my drive isn't peaking everywhere, which was one problem at higher volumes. So now everything works just fine: i sound massive, and I still have spare headroom. I just wish that my cab wasn't so bloody heavy! Moral of the story: get a preamp if you have an Ashdown MAG (and low output pickups). Josh

Also, like my friend said, 600w at 8ohms from 4ohms should still be killer

[quote name='SubsonicSimpleton' timestamp='1402601201' post='2475283'] @OP before you consider buying different gear, how about posting a picture/detailed description of how you normally set the EQ and whether you use the deep setting and subharmonic generator on your amp. You may not need to buy anything at all. [/quote] Here's my setup. I have the subharmonic thing on just that bit, and use the GE7 as a boost for my fuzz. I kept it on at the gig the other night to just allow a bit of extra cut through. I have tried shifting leads and bypassing my pedals to go straight into the amp and have had no luck. However, I found another forum of similar issues with the MAG, and everything right now is pointing towards a blown preamp fuse, meaning that it's causing the overall volume to lurch massively. I took the bass boost off at the gig. Another thing to bare in mind is if I bypass the EQ, the amp is REALLY quiet, like no where near loud enough for a gig, and that's even if I turn the input and output on full (in which it's peaking too much to be of any use). So yeah, my best bet is to go the local guitar shop and get them to open this baby up, something tells me this could be a very quick replacement. Josh

[quote name='0175westwood29' timestamp='1402590989' post='2475128'] id be tempted to try the route of eq first, i have never been wanting for volume when using a trace 1153 a few years back with a markbass head which only put out 300w at 8 ohm. also if its a i cant hear myself volume problem then i would def try eq as alot of things could be in your freq range especially with two guitar doing a mid scoop sound, try as has been suggested above i think try cutting the bass and boosting mids (mids are your friend) also there is the possibly sad truth that you just dnt like the sound the mag puts out, so maybe a dif head or a preamp pedal into the poweramp section, ie something like a sansamp or dunlop m-80 could be a cheaper solution to a new rig andy [/quote] Andy, Yeah, the guy I bought the Ashdown off keeps saying that I should check out Sansamp bass drivers or whatever. It just really doesn't feel loud enough, like EQ aside, its really not jumping out there, there's none of that bass boom. It's weird. I need to try it through another cab really to get an idea. Josh

Hi everyone, Thanks for the quick response. Gonna go through all your stuff one at a time... I also forgot to add that I'm kinda on a budget. So, budget and practicality are the biggest things right now. [b] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/user/30238-camdenrob/"]CamdenRob[/url][/b] The Neo 212 looks great, but again its 8ohms, so I'm worried about losing out of steam. Maybe it is the low wattage of my cab that's a problem... Also, 400ish quid is expensive, I'm really tight on dollar so apologies. [b] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/user/446-bill-fitzmaurice/"]Bill Fitzmaurice[/url][/b] 'invest in a better speaker' +1, starting to believe that that's my best bet. [b] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/user/9809-thurbs/"]Thurbs[/url][/b] A sensative cab seems very ideal. Yeah, I'm thinking this is definitely something that need fixing (out with the cab). Weird thing is though that I remember (when I went to buy the amp), the dude that was selling actually put a 200w Peavey through and it was immediately more defined and louder... that confused me a bit, so could someone try and explain that? [b] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/user/10505-badboy1984/"]badboy1984[/url][/b] I turned off the low bass eq when I played last night and it stopped a lot of the peaking. Still had a problem. And what you're saying is exactly what I was saying above: 200w is louder. Funny... [b] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/user/6454-jtuk/"]JTUK[/url][/b] Yeah, the amp was definitely not clean last night, very muddy. Feeling the amp just can't push itself enough because of the limitations of the cab. ------------------- So yeah, I am very new to all this fiasco-ness with bass amps and stuff, keep your answers coming, this is all good stuff.

Right, so here we go... I currently have this setup: - Ashdown Mag 600 - Trace Elliot 1518t @ 8 ohms Basically, what I figured out yesterday after my gig is that I simply do not have nearly enough volume, with constant clipping and basically an unclear sound. And yes, I'm running a 600w amp. What I have figured out though is that it's because of that independence shizzle, meaning that I'm not pushing out even nearly enough power that I'm capable of. I am still slightly confused that it's soooo quiet and can't keep up with two guitars and drums at small venue, but I still believe it has everything to do with this. So basically I'm stuck between two posts. Do I: a) sell it all and get a combo sell the head and get a head with a 8ohm output c) sell the cab and get one with a 4ohm input d) get another cab at 8ohms (I'm not really wanting to do this for practical reasons) If anybodies ever had a similar exeperience, or has some good advice, that'd be absolutely wonderful. Josh