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[quote name='51m0n' post='547495' date='Jul 22 2009, 12:54 PM']no vol setting probs here....[/quote] nor here it goes up and down and i can put it where I want it.

LH500? Cracking amp for the money (even the new less cheap money!) Yes, on it's own it's slightly hissy but I've NEVER noticed at a gig. overall, the LH500 has power to spare, a basic tone to die for and you'd be hard pushed to ruin your sound with the EQ (read that as it's very musical, not that it's limited). It's essentially the same preamp as in the old Trace V-Type heads (and before that the Fender Dual Showman I believe?) though I'd say the Harke has a more agressive EQ section and as such it's more "tweakable". Well worth a look IMO. Oh, and it you want speakons, get the LH1000 and have LOADS of power to spare:)

[quote name='alexclaber' post='545391' date='Jul 20 2009, 03:37 PM']Will you stop talking to yourself! Alex[/quote] Do some work!!! Well, not now, it's after 8, but if it's 3.30pm and you're talking to yourself on here, do some work!! Updated manual when it's ready please! Oh, and I spotted a smelling pistake in the last one but can't remember where it was. Can I proof-read the new one and get a free Midget?!

Enjoy it dude, still mighty jealous (tho Nic does say I can do it next year if I have the money ) I'll give you a bell one evening to have a chat re. the proto, sorry I haven't managed it tonight but broken bones kinda needed to be attended to first!

Three crap pics from my living room:

OK, here's a very short review, as I've only had 5 minutes at lunch and 10 minutes just now of playing with this - the real test is still on Saturday - but two words: FECKING AWESOME. Mikey, honestly I don't want to rave too much but if this is your first attempt then in years to come Jon Shuker, Mike Iceni, Robbie MacIntosh and Alan Crignan (sp?) et al will have a hell of a competitor. This is all based on playing this thing acoustically. It is sooo easy to play, the notes fall under my hand beautifully and the fanned fret is just not an issue at all. The wood, albeit cheap, sings really nicely and the bass speaks nicely from the very bottom to the very top of its range. Top work buddy! As I said before, I can't wait to plug it in, but I, and everyone here, has got to remember this proto has cheap ebay pickups whereas mine will have custom wound Wizard 84s for the series/parallel switching so will sound mighty different even before the wood difference are taken into account. Exciting times

That wasn't me playing the bass, that was my colleague Phil! We don't look that similar do we?? Love it Mikey, can't wait to plug it in and gig it on Saturday. And, (hush hush), I think I quite like the fat neck. Sorry.* *let me gig it on Saturday before I give this comment 100% credence.

A sort of plus 1 for OBBM's post - my Status Retroactive has never had a trussrod tweak and I only ever tune during gigs to be safe rather than rely on the fact I *know* it hasn't moved. Fantastic necks, and IME I don't find the same tone problems which Wil was referring to.

I'm in Redhill so if you wanna pop over sometime to have a look/listen/play with the Vintage then gimme a shout

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='540463' date='Jul 14 2009, 04:52 PM']There is a very good reason why the letters SVT turn up so much on pro stages.[/quote] And a very good reason I hate to see them behind me Ahem, sorry.

[quote name='Mikey R' post='538437' date='Jul 12 2009, 12:51 PM']I also (re)discovered Master of Puppets is a fine album for sketching basses to, closely followed by Ride The Lightning.[/quote]

lojo, whereabouts do you live? I'm gigging a Vintage next Saturday in East Grinstead if you're anywhere near...

It'll even out the peaks and troughs in your playing. Might help even out between the high and low, might of course be barking up the wrong tree.

Oh Mikey you are a star! I am like a kid at Christmas waiting for this baby PM me so I can sort out the monies...

Perhaps a compressor is what you need?

Yes, a world first. Honest. All being well, the [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=21386&st=80&start=80"]singlecut fanned-fret 5 string proto[/url] will make its public debut next week at the Crow's Nest. It'll be going through the rather fine combination of a hartke LH500 and a Barefaced Vintage cab. Come along and ogle the coolest looking bass this side of Mars, and the coolest looking cabinet ever. Oh, and wear ear defenders, the Vintage is LOUD So, Sat 18th July, the Crow's Nest in East Grinstead, music from 9ish from [url="http://www.bitd.co.uk"]Back in the Day[/url]. That's my band, innit. We might even play a new song.

It's been a long time since I posted on here, but I'm very pleased and excited by my new rig, this one is a keeper: [attachment=28580:DSC01950.JPG] Yet to gig this - first gig is Sat 18th in East Grinstead for anyone who's around! Might have the 5-string multiscale prototype too

Alex is indeed on holiday - he dropped my Vintage off on his run back tot he office to tidy everything up before heading off... BottomEndian - good work on the photos and weighing! it's lighter than my old Trace 1518, which is startling! Regarding the speaker grille, I too agree that the cloth seems strong enough on its own, but I have lookied into three potential solutions should this become an issue: 1) a strip of wood across the middle of the cab to minimise the area of biggest deflection. 2) a metal or nylon grille behind the cloth 3) acoustically transparent foam, like [url="http://www.bluearan.co.uk/index.php?id=ADH019505&browsemode=category"]this[/url], hidden behind the grille. I am not about to mod the cab in any way but I've got these three in mind if I feel later down the line that I need to.