Merton

Status Retroactive J -> Trace Dual Compressor -> Trace V-Type 1x15" combo Perfect every time!

[quote name='Geddys nose' post='68985' date='Oct 3 2007, 11:17 AM']LoL! I would think its something to do with RoHS but is it the same in the US?[/quote] It's where you sell the product which counts, not where it's built, and since most of the world is now taking up the RoHS directive it makes sense to make everything compliant. Plus it would be a bloody nightmare having a production line with a mix of RoHS and non-RoHs compliant builds... Some US states even have slightly more stringent requirements, as does China. [quote name='Crazykiwi' post='69163' date='Oct 3 2007, 05:15 PM']Blimey, that sucks. Which materials in the amp are supposed to be hazardous?[/quote] Good question, would be interesting to know! I know from my experience that it really depends on a lot of things; I suspect there's either one random component they buy which they can't replace with a suitable compliant component or they can't use the correct solder or something...

[quote name='Rich' post='67534' date='Sep 29 2007, 11:19 PM']It certainly was, and he's [Mo Foster] another geezer well worth checking out fretlessly. His solo album 'Bel Assis' is superb. (As is his book '17 Watts?', it's a scream.)[/quote] Yes indeedy. Thoroughly bloody nice bloke too. He was genuinley interested in my views on fretless playing when I met him 2 or 3 years ago, and I'd only had a fretless for about 6 months.

[quote name='TimmyC' post='66569' date='Sep 27 2007, 06:54 PM']Easiest way to get rid of it - eBay People will pay you to take away your junk![/quote] Aye, I'm thinking about a starting bid of 99p to see where we get. No hurry tho, I may leave it until I've moved in and can actually get to them (they're stuck at the back of my storage room at the mo.....)

This is shaping up really nicely, will be very interested to hear this baby!

[quote name='BigRedX' post='66288' date='Sep 27 2007, 09:37 AM']No pics... no amp... I'm sure bits on a bench would be pic worthy. Think of it as the equivalent of the raw wood shots at the beginning of a bass build.[/quote] +1

[quote name='alexclaber' post='65919' date='Sep 26 2007, 03:23 PM']Pickguards can hide a multitude of sins! Alex[/quote] Aye, my Vester's bridge PU is in a mahoosive rectangular hole, not at all J-PU-shaped. That's partly why I insisted on my Status Retroactive being scratchplate-less, coz I'd like to have done that to my Vester ages ago....

[quote name='Steve_K' post='65661' date='Sep 26 2007, 01:27 AM']Well that's me right off my dinner! [/quote]

This sounds awesome. Can't wait for this to unfold!

Some nice playing on here, I'm not posting links of anything I've done coz I always get the final mix back and hate everything I've done, mostly coz it's awful (in my opinion). Hopefully the new EP will fix that coz I've calmed down a lot of lines. But you'll have to wait for that coz we're nowhere near having it finished!! Actually, with my old band InSoFar, I am happy with the basslines in "The Fall" and "Drowning". But you can't find em easily online, sigh.

[quote name='neilb' post='65341' date='Sep 25 2007, 02:15 PM']You DARE post a picture of your old poof.[/quote] I will, i will

[quote name='alexclaber' post='65336' date='Sep 25 2007, 02:13 PM']How many strings do you need to play your basslines? Can you not do without one of them until the song finishes? Alex[/quote] +1, that's what I do. Then fix it PDQ and get on with it. Well, I say that's what I do, I haven't had reason to do it for years... As much as anything else, it's good for your fretboard knowledge and theory

[quote name='outsider70' post='64829' date='Sep 24 2007, 04:10 PM']I'm on the lookout to buy above amp used. Having heard mixed reports on reliability, particulaly from China, I am keen to pick up a UK made version. Can anyone tell me what year they ceased production in UK? Or any easy way of distinguishing between them? I currently use a Gallien Krueger combo + ext cab but it's breaking my back to lift the bugger, hence the move to seperate amp/cabs. However so far the GK has never missed a beat, and given I do about 150 gigs a year without backup, reliability is paramount. Cheers Tony[/quote] Why not get a GK head and cab and save the worry of Ashdown reliability? I think the early Chinese-made Ashdown units suffered a lot from poor QC and potentially poor component selection - if the subby was given free reign to purchase anything they liked then the quality of components would go downhill incredibly fast for cost reasons. Same happened to Trace when Gibson purchasing took over ("Why should I buy this £3 capacitor when I can get one for £0.50?"). So component quality drops and as will always happen on a new facility manufacturing a new product, unless proper pre-production runs occur (like a few hunderd or a few thousand units depending on overall volume), then there will be teething troubles. Not sure if they're all ironed out yet, but they really should have been and MG @ Ashdown says in interviews he thinks they have been. Hopefully that means their subby factory now meets stricter (i.e. Ashdown UK) QA regs and purchasing principles, so hopefully a Chinese made amp should now be OK....

What with my imminent flat purchase my uncle has very kindly offered me his old 3pc suite, so my old sofa and chair with matching poofe thing (no......) are free for anyone to collect from Redhill in Surrey! They're green, very comfortable but not necessarily the best condition or the nicest things to look at (I always had a throw over them), so probably would suit a student type needing some furniture. Anyone who can collect them is welcome to them! I'll try to find some pics somewhere. EDIT: Withdrawn sadly due to an almighty cock up

+6 for Hercules (er, coz I have 6... Well, one stand and 5 wall hangers!)

I haven't put one up for a while, here's one from me last summer: [attachment=2366:duran_duran.JPG]

No. The quality of woods affects the stabilty and tone, the quality of the hardware also plays a part, and most of all teh qualit yof the workmanship on the frets will have a massive effect. I've played a gorgeous Wal with the lowest action ever with zero buzz, yet my cheap J copy could never be as low even if I threw hundreds of pounds at it. Conversely, I've just had my Groove 5 set up and is now an equal to that Wal, but that was a far better built bass in the first place....