goingdownslow

Can't stand fans, it's like standing in a cold draught, gives me a stiff neck.

It looks like the pcb around the 1+ connection on CN2 has been scraped away to isolate it and the capacitor then added. Maybe they have made speakon 2 as an output to a tweeter or some other HF unit...

I let the two Les Pauls go in 1980 when I packed in playing which lasted ten years, big regrets. [attachment=172061:My Gibsons.jpg]

I quit in 1964 right after my first go on a ciggy and coughing my lungs up. I couldn't see the point in it. Still can't.

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"Goin' Down Slow" by Free is not your standard 12 bar either.

I opened the Laney pa amp we use at a local jam night to find why it had gone dead half way through the night and found this... [attachment=169899:Laney 2.jpg] Cracks have appeared in the output transistors allowing the smoke to escape. I think I could fill the cracks with some hot glue but am wondering if I was to get some smoke from a smoke machine and refill them would it be ok. Has anybody tried this.

Some leave a greasy/oily film on equipment.

It's not a real shock unless your skeleton was exposed.

[quote name='Jonesy64' timestamp='1402843098' post='2477163'] Getting on great with mine....had its 5th gig last night. I have pretty much settled on the bass around 2-3 o'clock, mids and treble at noon, the mids selector on the second click, [/quote] Having the mids on noon doesn't cut or boost anything so it doesn't matter what the selector is on.

I use Pledge Cedar Oil, 99p from Home Bargains, on my Bubinga Thumb Basses. Leaves no build up and a silky smooth finish.

I find people to be biased towards their own opinions.

Only watched a couple of minutes but it looked like she was using all five of them.

I have not been back inside mine since I first adjusted it. While it is sounding ok I'll leave well enough alone, but if I had reason to adjust it again I will also go down the route you have gone and change the trimpot.

[quote name='leroydiamond' timestamp='1399716012' post='2446884'] Afraid I have got to stick with the syringing. Along with ear wax, I get a lot of dead skin down the old ear canal due to psoriasis in the ear. [/quote] As I suffer from excema and have itchy ears I wonder if this is also my problem.

I have always had problems with my ears since a kid. Eardrops soften the wax but it never seems to come out and having a history of holes and perforations I can't have them syringed, the water runs down my throat. I have it removed by [url="http://www.theearcarecentre.co.uk/What-is-Microsuction-.html"]microsuction[/url]. It is the worst thing I have had done, I would sooner have a root canal filling. It doesn't hurt, it is just so uncomfortable, like having a Dyson in your ear. I find it hard to sit still and not grimace. It starts off silent and as the wax is being removed the sound is awful and getting louder. My last time a couple of months back took two sessions on one ear as it was that compacted. The world is a much noisier place afterwards.

No bass clef on the one I had. The Les Pauls are two basses I now regret selling. [attachment=162224:My Gibsons.jpg]

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/160399-do-it-myself-gramma-pad/"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/160399-do-it-myself-gramma-pad/[/url] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/159688-first-gig-last-night-with-my-auralex-gramma-pad/"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/159688-first-gig-last-night-with-my-auralex-gramma-pad/[/url]

I have tried an SG Bass a few times and can not get on with the long heel at the neck joint. Why Gibson changed from their original neck pocket design I don't know. Epiphone still use it.

If these are the specs for the [url="http://www.dawsons.co.uk/ashdown-mag-210t-deep-cabinet-250w?gclid=COeF0NT7-L0CFUoCwwodXpsAZg"]Ashdown 2x10T[/url] it being 4Ω cab, I assume it has two 8Ω speakers in parallel. So if one of the speakers is 8Ω the only off the shelf way of getting 6Ω is adding a 16Ω speaker to the existing wiring. Ok it is really 5.3333333Ω but that is 6Ω to the average joe who does this type of install. Edit: ignore this as they also do an 8Ω 210T cab.

[quote name='dincz' timestamp='1398281502' post='2432512'] A 6 ohm 2x10? How does that work? [/quote] [quote name='mikebass84' timestamp='1398281741' post='2432519'] No idea. The guy who fixed the cab ssaid it's now 6ohm B-) [/quote] Hmm.... an 8 and 16 in parallel? Sounds a good fix.....

Nice one. Hope you enjoy the amp as much as I do mine.

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1397948064' post='2429005'] Did you set the bias yourself using a 10kHz signal and an oscilloscope, or did a tech do it for you? [/quote] [quote] I take it those are the voltages across the eight big chunky 0.47ohm 5W resistors that sit in the middle of the heatsink?[/quote] Yes. I set it myself giving the pot slightest turn and checking the mV each time with a mutimeter. At one stage I had 40mV, so shows how sensitive the pot is. My 3Pro had a sizzle from new, could only hear it at low volume, I thought it was part of the sound till I read the posts on [url="http://www.talkbass.com/threads/svt3pro-bias-setting.437406/"]HERE[/url]. I hesitated for a while before doing it as I wasn't sure if I was going down the right track as it being a new (USA) amp I didn't think it would be the bias, then I thought no harm in checking the voltages. I was surprised but chuffed at what readings I found, knowing then that this was the cause. Armed with a small screwdriver and being wary of what I had read about the pot being sensitive I took my time. Did it with amp cold with no signal and no load on. I stopped when I got the average reading as posted above as I thought it being close enough, set the amp on my cab plugged in bass and the amp was clean as a whistle, and with what I thought was more punch on gigs. Reading up the SVT Bias threads on TB gave me the confidence to have a go. It is also possible that a batch had been set wrong at the factory as it hard to think that it drifted that far out. Good luck with whatever you do. Edited to say, whatever others have posted, I turned the pot clockwise to increase the voltage.

Regarding the bias, it is worthwile measuring the voltage across the resistors just to rule it out. Costs nothing. I checked mine and found... Initial readings, (mV) 1.6 - 3.0 3.7 - 2.8 3.6 - 2.4 3.2 - 3.2 average 3.025 - 2.85 and after adjustment... 14.9 - 26.1 30.4 - 23.5 27.3 - 20.1 22.5 - 23.4 average 23.775 - 23.275 It sounded ok before but was like a different amp after adjustment.