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    True, but back in the day you didn't have to cut your own headstock...
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    Doesn't quite have the same impact, though. I'm going to say 'dung' from now on. Dung!
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    Loving the washed-out Fiesta Red look.
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    I hope you're not being a complete icehole again.
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    Not mad at all. Strings are so important it makes sense to try as many different types as possible. Took me years to settle on my favourites yet I'll still break out and try something new occasionally.
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    Is low end gear too cheap? Having experienced the 'beginner' basses of the 60s and 70s, I say 'NO'.
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    The band got badly ripped off by all accounts, with a huge amount of cash going 'overseas'. Of course if you're in your twenties, taking a lot of acid, meeting nubile young women and generally living the life of a rock star on tour, the money side of it would most likely seem irrelevant, or at least unimportant.
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    Er... not quite true, I tried it again just now and it worked with the TE for about five minutes, then NO SOUND again. I replaced it with another lead, and all was well. So it would seem there IS a fault with the lead, but it's an intermittent fault. Just for clarity, folks!
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    I'll see what Dave says about it, he may want to have a look at it. If he does and finds there's nothing wrong with it, I'll be DOUBLE stumped!! Also if there's nothing wrong with it I'll come back here and say so! Either way, OBBM leads are still the best!!
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    I've sorted it... the short FX lead ist kaput. It was obviously failing intermittently, and by sheer chance it didn't ever fail when I was using it with my Interface/Daw, thus making me think it was the TE that was at fault. But now it's failed completely, which made it easy to isolate. So there you go, I jumped to the conclusion that an OBBM lead can never fail (I've never had one fail before, ever) and that's what stopped me from finding out the true nature of the fault. Stupid and illogical, as you predicted! What am I, a frigging Vulcan??
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    Good call re the stereo jack hyphothesis, but it's a short mono jack to jack lead I had made up by OBBM especially for FX. I've had it for ages and used it with many different FX through many different amps. All my leads are OBBM. I've no doubt you're right that it's probably something stupid and it is very illogical, but I'm still stumped! I'll have another go at it this afternoon. Thanks for the replies.
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    I like La Bellas too and found the TI's way too floopy. They were also too floppy. If you can put up with the floopy floppiness, they sound great. But I couldn't.
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    It IS weird.I have the TE in one room and an audio interface > DAW > monitors in another - and I've tried the same FX and the same leads and the same bass(es) with both. FX won't work with the TE. They work fine with the audio interface/DAW. It's not the basses, not the FX and not the leads. So it must be something to do with the TE, but what?? The TE works perfectly with a bass plugged directly into it. I'm completely stumped.
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    Loving my TE Combo, but I want to use it with an effect or two. I tried plugging my BDI-21 into the input, but NO SOUND. So I tried it in the FX Loop, but again, NO SOUND. It works OK through another system, so I don't think it's the BDI. I also tried an Orange Burst overdrive pedal and got exactly the same problem. The Burst also works OK through another system. I've checked the obvious things such as leads, making sure my bass is turned up, etc etc... both units have brand new batteries. Any ideas?
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    I'd go with Lozz's suggestion. A G&L is still a Leo design, remember. It may be a different animal, but it's the same species.
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    Yeah... it does that.
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    Get it fixed! It's one hell of an amp, if a little weighty...
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    Thats the first thing I do as well, even if it's a second hand bass.
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    Quite. I rate RB45s highly and they can be got for around £12...
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    Then me! So it's 14" wide and 16kg?? Ooh, yeah... 120 valve watts is very, very LOUD.
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    In my opinion also. Lots of threads here about the qualities of various pickups, preamps, bridges, 'tonewoods', amps, cabs, on and on it goes. But many perceived issues can be addressed simply by fitting the right, or at least different, strings. This often gets overlooked. Which is a shame, as given the huge difference they make, the required investment is minimal, especially when compared with pickups, bridges, etc...
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    That album also featured cut-ups of recordings of fairground music, steam calliopes etc. And other ground-breaking tape effects.
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