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What a lovely pair ! (I seem to remember that having a different meaning when I was younger) T

is that a korean ?

PM'd you T

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='813961' date='Apr 21 2010, 05:15 PM']I'm likely to be selling my Yamaha BEX, hollowbody (also has piezo for 'that' sound) so keep your eyes on the for sale section. Not quite a £1k bass but tbh for a couple hundred it'd give a few expensive basses a run for their money! [/quote] There's something quite appealing about that in a vintage way. very nice. T

[quote name='molan' post='810751' date='Apr 18 2010, 09:16 PM']Shall I just ask for availability for any Sunday in June?[/quote] Sounds like a good place to start. In an ideal world we won't be snookered by availability. Then again, in that ideal world we would be using the wembley stage the London bass bash. Perhaps that's one we could plan for the 2012 London bash, seeing as how the world is coming to lunch at our place that year. T

That should come with a GAS warning T

That stage could be helpful for a masterclass amongst other things Look forward to hearing from you on this one Molan T

It's now time for the final call for nominees for the London Bass bash venue, a little later than originally planned I admit. In the absence of anyone raising strenuous objections, I'll close nominations for the venue on Saturday 24th April. At this stage, can anyone that nominates a venue please confirm that the venue is available and give some ideas around the likely the expected circumstances of the day,which will help with the estimation of finance and support. On the weekend of 24th April, I'll post a voting board for the duration of one week, the standard format so far. [u][/u]Raffle[u][/u] Is there general support for a raffle ? If so, can people give some indication of bringing something. Doesn't even have to be too specific if you don't want it to be. The important thing is that you bring something for the raffle on the day if you say you are going to do so. [u][/u]Masterclass[u][/u] Nominations / suggestions / volunteers welcome. It's time to make this happen folks. Look forward to meeting you all T

Or is it a sign that the sale price of second hand guitar stuff in general has dive bombed ? T

[quote name='Grand Wazoo' post='807770' date='Apr 15 2010, 10:38 PM'][/quote] bloody hell !!!

are there any close up piccys of fanned frets about ?

Must admit I wonder about this what's it all about Alfie ? T

Dance with me by Orleans A happy, melodic, vocal pleasure fest. Reminds me of why I love music so. T

A very short scale Vox bass, from the 60's I guess. Got my hands on it in 1970/1. WEM 40watt head and WEM single 18" speaker in a huge cab. The WEM head went back to the shop it came from in 1975 / 6, buzzing like hell. THe cab went on to a friend's band around the same time. Still have that VOX bass. Quick little neck on it too. I learned Jack Bruce's lines to Cream's Crossroads on it. T

[quote name='bassman2790' post='802892' date='Apr 11 2010, 06:55 PM']Do you mean try powering the 410 with the combos, bypassing their internal speakers?[/quote] Yes that's it. output from the combo amps into the peavey cab instead of the internal combo speakers. A place to begin methodical exploration of the sound issues ? Would perhaps offer some insights into the contributions of the the heads and the speaker cabs to the overall situation ? T

Is it possible to run a line out from the Trace and then the Laney into the Peavey cab for comparisons ? T

My word Gareth, you do sell some gear ! I met Gareth in ol' London town to take a 3u rack case off his hands. He was even good enough to meet me in his lunch hour and spent a little while chatting too. Top man. I'd buy something from Gareth again. Looking at the amount of stuff he's sold in the last year, that could possibly happen ! cheers Gareth T

Nice one Bilbo thank you, excellent stuff T

pics please

The Pits list: Mustang Bl%!*y Sally Sultans of Swing Brown eyed Girl Hi Ho silver lining Oh, and Rocking all over the world Brick in the wall Urrrr...... Even the thought of it... godawful T

OK. Can I ask a few things ? I know there are a lot of questions here, please excuse a beginner trying to get a grip on this... The post by jacklondon initially describes how the current flow is influenced by input signal signal voltage, the amplitude of that voltage is influenced by the frequency supplied by the electrical signal generator, in our case the pick up ( +/- active ccts). The next part of jack's post goes on to describe the differences between amplifier classes as a function of how the valve(s) treat(s) the current and the steps taken to cope with the effects of current i.e. Class A = one valve (simply) and constant or 360 degree run time. Class B cuts the current cycle at the valve, so it has to be regenerated another way. Still one valve (simply). Class AB uses two valves to reclaim the 360 degree cycle (theoretically, with ? efficiency) Then copied from alien's post: "Most of these only have valves in the preamp, which more or less by definition runs as class A. When amp manufacturers call their amps class A, class D etc. they're referring to the power amp stage." I'm fine with the first bit, as that concurs with jack's explaination or valves in the pre - amp stage, but the second sentance throws me, as it seems fundamentally at odds with jack's explaination of the classes being described in terms of how the pre- amp operates. Q. Can anyone shed any light here please ? Not sure what lazily running the p-p class AB bit means though jack. Q. What's an H class ? Copied agaIn from alien later: "class ab2 amps have a less linear response than class ab1". I understand that Linear gain is uniform progressive while Logarithmic gain follows a curve when charted. Q. Can anyone explain what this means in real terms to the ear ? Q. If someone like trace etc develop pre-amps with greater numbers of valves, is this a way of promoting greater efficiency in the current modulation stages of the pre-amp? Once again, my real thanks to everyone that has taken the time to post on this thread. I've really learned something today. CHeers T

Anyone know which type the Ampeg B2RE is ? this is one interesting topic. Really appreciate the informed info. put together like this, it's gold. Cheers T