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  1. wateroftyne
    The DVD is still in progress (it's a mammoth task) but in the meantime, here's a time-lapse of the set-up and soundcheck.... http://vimeo.com/62434633
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    [quote name='hamfist' timestamp='1364727663' post='2030014'] Did you ever use any other RH's besides your own one ? I'm wondering if yours was faulty. [/quote] Nah, but quite a few other owners were of the same opinion, so it's safe to assume it was OK. Unless there was a faulty batch, of course. Plus, I think the new owner was happy enough. After I sold it, and I read about the 'true' output and the power management system, and it all made sense.
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    [quote name='Pembo' timestamp='1364727294' post='2030009'] Think i'll pack a flask and sandwiches and sit in Bassdirect all day. [/quote] I'm not sure the characteristics I disliked so much about the TC would have been apparent playing solo in a shop. I can never evaluate an amp until I've gigged it a few times in different environments. Whatever it is I look for in an amp, the TC just didn't have it. Don't let that put you off, though - plenty of people really like them.
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    I had a couple of the bigger Neo Schroeders for a few years. They are very middy, but they also had a noticeable hole in the upper-mids. Eventually the general boxiness of the tone got wearing. All IME, of course.
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    [quote name='Pembo' timestamp='1364687856' post='2029754'] A few times, not many by all means, it has felt like there was no presence/meat to the tone. [/quote] If you feel that way about the SA450, IMO give the TC a wide berth.
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    [quote name='Pembo' timestamp='1364667862' post='2029522'] what was so bad about it? [/quote] Just not to my tastes, I suppose. I had it for a year and gigged it extensively. To me, it sounds like what it is - a low-powered amp that employs clever circuitry to remove all the steel, energy and dynamics from the signal to make is 'as loud as' a 450w amp. Some people call it 'tubey', and like it - I didn't, so I sold it.
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    The RH450 was not my friend. I'd rather play giant elastic bands than use that amp again.
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    Have a word with Howard The Bass Doc. He's got a lot of good contacts for this stuff.
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    Are you not thinking of www.bassgear.co.uk, Truck?
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    [quote name='peteb' timestamp='1364495933' post='2027350'] As ever. Billy is bang on the money... [/quote] He believes we were brought to this earth billions of years ago by the leader of The Galactic Confederacy, so I'd dispute you there.
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    Marillion were a band I really tried hard to get into back in the day (all my pals were well into them around the time of Brave) but... every time the drummer plays a fill it sounds like he's playing a different song. It totally ruins it for me.
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    [quote name='The Bas[sup]s Doc' timestamp='1364409526' post='2026144'] Psst, wanna see what genuine roadworn looks like? My 1963:-[/sup] [attachment=131260:116.JPG] [/quote] ...and here's what it sounds like, through a Barefaced Compact: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCyD829YY1M Gan on, Doc!
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    Hello! Yip... I've had a torrid time trying to choose between this and the Walkabout. I've been tearing my hair out (as any of my Facebook BC pals will attest - I've had one for sale, then the other, then changed my mind...). The Aggie is far more practical (higher output, mute, post / pre DI), and kicks like a mule, but for the gigs I've got coming up the sound guys are used to my Walkabout and do great things with it. I've realised the tubes in the Walkabout are just more [i]me[/i]. It's been a pleasure A/B-ing them for the last six weeks or so, mind.
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    I'd love to be in this gang. There's some sweeeet basses in this thread. Maybe one day I will be...
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    Hi all [b]£530 shipped in the UK including a brand-new [url="http://www.magma-bags.de/produkte/digi-control-bag-L-e.php3"]highly protective Magma soft case / bag[/url], costing £90.[/b] No issues other than a few little light scratches here and there. The AG 500SC is a high-powered, lightweight head that combines an easy to use yet versatile EQ with 500 watts of power to create the perfect amp for the gigging bassist. Four bands of active EQ with bright and deep switches provide every tone from funk to rock to jazz. A flexible FX Loop and pure sounding D.I. are easily accessible on the front of this amp. Great features, tons of power and an affordable price make this amp a classic. Power output: 500 watts @ 4 ohms, 250 watts @ 8 ohms Inputs: One ¼" Input jack with Active/Passive switch Tone controls: Bright: +5dB -4kHz shelving Treble: +/- 13dB @ 4kHz shelving High Mid: +/- 14dB @ 800Hz peaking Low Mid: +/- 14dB @ 400Hz peaking Bass: +/- 18dB @ 40Hz shelving Deep: +6dB -100Hz shelving FX Loop: Series/Parallel; Send pot is Push/Pull for Line or Instrument level; Return pot is Push/Pull for Parallel or Series operation. Outputs: Two Neutrik Speakon and two ¼" speaker outputs, XLR balanced D.I. out with Pre and Post EQ switch, Tuner output. Mute: Push button withLED Size: 2 rack spaces, 17" W X 3.5" H X 10" D Weight: 17 lbs.
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    Still available.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXoxhOYBv7c
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    Apart from the recent downtime due to implementation of the charging system, and CloudFlare's current blip, BC is generally pretty stable (apart from the clientele). You know what they say about crap - sometimes it happens. And it's happening now. But soon it won't be. So stop your moaning, moaners!
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    [quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1364304584' post='2024556'] I don't buy the notion that buying British makes you some kind of nazi. Way to go in hijacking a celebration of British endeavor for your own suspect motives. [/quote] Did you use 'way to go' and 'endeavor' in an ironic kind-of way? ;-)
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    [quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1364307908' post='2024599'] Genuine question - do these things work reasonably well? I ask because I've thought about getting one but every rehearsal session I've heard by various people using a variety of devices from smartphones to camcorders have been over-recorded and severely distorted. Fine for taking audio notes of a jam session or rough song ideas, but pretty much useless for anything else. I hasten to add that I've never heard anything from these Zoom devices and I suspect they are rather better, hence my question. [/quote] They're far better. Placement is important, as is setting the gain (usually LO on my H2), but it copes very well at high volumes.
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    The Bass Doc. HE DA MAN.
  21. wateroftyne
    One of the Zooms - I use the H2 with great results... about £80 used, I think?
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    Ah, sorry. There's been a few threads about the ads and I thought this was one of the the generic ones. I can see how you took it as a dig at you.
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    [quote name='Monckyman' timestamp='1364291558' post='2024295'] Very mature. And inaccurate. Get a grip eh? [/quote] It wasn't aimed at you - sorry for not being clear. It was just a mischievous amalgamation of what the mods have been dealing with for the last few weeks.
  24. wateroftyne
    Personally, I don't mind tasteful relic'ing, but it looks wrong on basses that can't be old enough to warrant it (Sandbergs, for example).
  25. wateroftyne
    Pino's the man, like. He's a joy to listen to. Not so fussed on the 80s fretless stuff - it gives me nightmares based around white socks, flecccy trousers, slip-on shoes and pushed-up jacket sleeves. P with flats... yum.
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