andy67

as above - but if you do not know what you are doing with valves - dont touch it! these things are lethal in the hands of amatures!

[quote name='guyl' post='128130' date='Jan 26 2008, 03:40 AM']Can only speak personally .... Tone and power were awesome, but had reliability probs from day one.[/quote] concur 100% not as much power as the 750w would suggest but easily the most articulate amp I have ever heard! the issue with mine related to the power supply - it would just drop volume without warning, sent it back for repair, no-one could find an issue! if you were looking at the amp face straight on and tapped it on the top at the right hand corner you could hear the volume changing - obviously a board issue! If its from Sound Control think twice about it - it may be my one just shipped! andy

they were indeed...wanted £700 for it! I offered them a straight swap for my american pbass but...they wanted a couple hundred on top??

[quote name='Phyrexian' post='127732' date='Jan 25 2008, 01:45 PM']Hey guys, I quit my band in july 2007. I haven't played bass since then. I still have the V8, but I'm thinking about selling it. I'm considering trades for a V4 too (same cosmetics as my the V8, not the carpeted one), feel free to drop your offers at my door... I need to know if these 'newest' V4's have a half-power mode as well (like the V8)? Bart[/quote] price for the V4 please! andy

[quote name='tauzero' post='127730' date='Jan 25 2008, 01:43 PM']Doesn't it look rather silly dressed in your underpants? I suppose it would stop anyone from asking to borrow it, though.[/quote] nah they dont have skid marks just keeps its butt warm...

[quote name='Doc B' post='127600' date='Jan 25 2008, 10:24 AM']I think you'll find that 'pure Baltic' and 'pishin doon' is the correct patois in Glasgow's East End. It's pishin doon and pure Baltic man in Blantir anaw.[/quote] forgettin maself!

god my spelling is getting worse! Glasgow and gale!! - 'blowing a gail' my thoughts must be somewhere else this morning...... I work in the Eastend of Glasgow - close to Celtic Park. yep I do take it for walks and as I'm a 70's/80's rocker I take it for a walk in my underpants!

I'm watching one at the mo! its sitting at £400 - but its priced moved real quick on the opening day and that concerns me a bit (shill bidding?)

Morning folks, not very good weather for taking the bass outside today! it is freezing here in Galsgow, blowing a gail and I could swear Noahs ARK has just passed my window! I'll just leave the bass in doors today.....

this is really tough, my heart tells me to sell one of my b410hlf and put it towards an ampeg...but i dont have a lot of spare cash!! arghhhhh.......

I have just had a talking to in regards to ohms, load and series, I am now a fud!

hey..hey.. I have two ampeg b410hlf's....but cannot use them as an 810 because they are both 4ohm (making it a 2ohm load) my amps do max 4ohm! I have bought leads and boxes allowing for series connection but it does not appear to work well.

I know, i know.... cheers for the morning laugh folks! found this: [url="http://www.soundslive.co.uk/product~name~Marshall-MBC810~ID~7642.asp"]http://www.soundslive.co.uk/product~name~M...810~ID~7642.asp[/url] any input would be cool ta andy

morning folks.. thanks for all the input, some very interesting reading... had a look around for a Marshall 8x10 but could not gather enough info in order to get an overall picture but will seek further..... I have played through an ashdown mag 810 deep which was ok standing next to it but walk around ten feet away and you lose it!! The newer abm 810 has had a lot of cool reviews and they are UK made - spoke with ashdown they have a limited number in stock - but have never tried it! All fingers appear to be pointing at the ampeg 810 as all reviews say this is the 810 to own!? however as I am turning 41 will my back hold out? am I still fit enough to lug it about? am I gigging enough? it may just be a little crisis I am going through but I seem to really fancy one! bugger..... cheers andy

trace elliot v4 and/or ampeg svt 3pro.

My next purchse this year will be an 8x10! kinda want an ampeg but the abm 8x10 looks, reads and sounds amazing and...its only £600 delivered! anybody got any experience with these or input on this? cheers andy

had a crown xs500 recently and returned it! the fault was me though!! it is a lot of power amp for the money...the problem I had was my svt 3pro pre stage, it did not like the crown at all the signal from it was far too low! judging by ampegs cicuit diagram the pre amp stage appears to bypass the tubes in the pre/drive section causing the signal to drop?? anyways be careful with the ampeg pre amps! some folk on here have been a little disappointed by the svt svp-bsp! rumour6 has a crown xs500 and a focusrite desk style vocal/instrument preamp and is delighted with the sound - true hifi he says....all problems solved for £300 - not bad!

Bon Scott (RIP) on a bootleg AC/DC recording was too pissed to sing the verse in high voltage...the band kept playing for about three minutes before he was able to begin and even then he was all over the place....god bless him!

[quote name='Bassassin' post='120953' date='Jan 15 2008, 04:59 PM']But it is. 70s importer brand name, I've seen these before, not sure if it's a UK brand. Remember Rob Green's basses were originally called "Strata" until Fender got arsey - whoever used Status originally (early 70s by the look of the bass) would have been quite within their rights to do the same! J.[/quote] i did originally think this...but the decal looks slapped on!

[quote name='mxm' post='121178' date='Jan 15 2008, 11:04 PM']....this is just a thought, so don't bite my head off. spend your £200 wisely, buy something that is gonna be more valuable on ebay....!!!??? Then save up or invest and buy a used SVT 2/CL head and do the 2 4x10s justice !!! ....I'll go back in my box ! [/quote] you are 100% in my groove! yep seen that yesterday...I assume it mexican? but will give them a call to see if it can be stock transferred! bids now sitting at £150...some anonymous bidder upped the stakes...hmm..looks like his id is andy67!! maybe its time for a complete rethink on all gear...trade the svt 3pro etc...

[quote name='mxm' post='121155' date='Jan 15 2008, 10:19 PM']I'd like to stick up for the Crown !!!! I've used an XS500 as a power amp behind a number of pre-amps (ampeg, line6, behringer etc) through a variety of cabs (mark bass, eden, marshall) and have absolutely no issues with it whatsoever, it's a pretty transparent amp so the real colour comes from the pre and the bass. That said, I've not used it through 2 cabs at once - but imho for the power it supplies and price you can get it for it's a winner ![/quote] yep! thats why I bought it for its transparency...however it did not like my 2 b410hlf cabs at all! I used the pre amp out section of my ampeg svt 3pro effectively making it an svp bsp, it just did not work, maybe I should've used a true preamp instead of the out on the svt? but hey ho I hated it instantly and returned it!! Rumour6 has the same power amp running his 2x12 ebs neo cab and a 1x15...he loves it true hifi was his words! now I really dont know what to do with the credit note?? maybe a crate bt220 combo at £249? or an ampeg ba115 combo at £269 - I dont know!