Mr. Foxen

[quote name='silverfoxnik' timestamp='1320882376' post='1432862'] The cancellation issue does concern me Oli, so i'm wondering about getting that side of things right the most.. [/quote] A high pass on one amp will sort it.

Design is tweaked from Matamp, but the style is all copied, the American ones are dirty, lots of distortion from crude construction. New Matamp come from Matamp and are well engineered amps so are much cleaner and influenced by what you put in. Matamp do colours if they have the stock, but their supplier wants bigger orders and they are a small run kinda company. You can order whatever you want from them, as long as they can get the stuff to cover it (or you supply it, cloth backed for their glue).

The Orange thing you linked is wrong too. Gibson bought the Orange name and had Matamp start making Oranges again (like they did originally) but Clifford Cooper later reacquired the rights and restarted Orange as we know it today. Basically more using up NOS parts, also the made the first line of Ashdown Peacemaker amps (which I've had two of) so there are bunches of common components there also. Edit: Also funny is the American guy makes a 'White Power' amp: http://www.whiteamp.com/guitar-and-bass-tube-amps-speaker-cabs.html I wouldn't be surprised if it is on purpose, he's gone for racism in his rants before.

Basically, yes. Matamp made amps that were green in colour in the 70s (I have one). In the late 90s Dave Green joined Matamp (who had not been functioning as a company for a while) as chief engineer and they started using up old stock including the remaining 70s green basketweave and made Green amps, what with it being his name and all. Some of these were exported to a guy in America who thought it would be cool to put 6550 valve into the EL34 slots to make the 'bass amps' (which Matamp didn't make at the time), he sold these to stoners who thought the distorted sound of an amp going wrong was cool, however this meant that they blew up a lot. He then tried to blame Matamp for unreliable amps and Jeff told him what to do with himself. Then he cried all over the internet about Green amps coming in black basketweave and had to pay someone else to make amps for him to sell and badmouthed Matamp a lot with terrible spelling and grammar. You'll start recognising the bad grammar thing if you look at a bunch of those sites, its a pretty unique style. He also doesn't know basic electronics like the difference between solid state and digital, which becomes clear if you read Planetoftheamps.

Basically, US law doesn't apply outside the US.

I run Two rigs, either using line out from a Sansamp or one of my basses wired with separate outputs for the pickups. If you don't overlap frequency bands loads (liek a low one and a high one) then cancellation isn't much of an issue.

Rebadged Retrovibe, or someone else importing same model? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BASS-GUITAR-/280769402171?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item415f29153b Either way not gonna last.

Is tempting to be really loud because you can. Have seen/heard it happen with a super 12, in a no PA support gig. Pretty funny, dude was obviously fairly experienced bassist from loud sorts of bands and the concept of bass being too loud and overpowering everything else was obviously new territory.

Anyone got any tips for strings tree placement?

4 unsleeved conductors on these Dimazios makes passive wiring look complicated. Would rather it was screened really. [IMG]http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b69/Incarante/antigua/wired002.jpg[/IMG] Neck on, so know what it will look like: [IMG]http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b69/Incarante/antigua/wired003.jpg[/IMG]

"Sure, just help me carry my rigs into the front room where they'll merely upset my neighbours rather than destroy them.' Also I need an hour to sound check. Actually I have some faux-flamenco stuff that's clacky enough to make sound on an unplugged bass and the faces I pull whilst playing it distract from the actual lack of a tune.

Get this: http://basschat.co.uk/topic/151389-marshall-2001-400w-epic-doom-valve-beast/ Seriously.

One of those on the offchance so I don't have to leave a vintage amp to the tender ministrations of a courier service.

Come to Bristol, and there is one here to try. Same guy as selling the orange in ebay items. Plus you can give my amps a try.

Matamp has a London dealer, ask them if he has a GT200 in stock.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-ORANGE-ORS100-GUITAR-BASS-AMP-HEAD-MATAMP-MARSHALL-HIWATT-/300617076725?pt=UK_MusicalInstr_Amplifiers_RL&hash=item45fe2c8ff5 This is a mate's, he'll sell for £900 or consider offers not via ebay.

Buy valves and stuff, take ages to arrive, but all is good. Bit of communication fun sometimes.

In played a gig again, practically a solo gig, so this year has been pretty good compared with previous one. Also I have lots more amps this time. Stage confidence is much better, everything being much better isn't giving me much to draw upon for the Doom though. So disco project it is.

Not quit picturing what you are doing. Is the bit in the body rotating itself?

The price drop every time helps.

Preamp pedal like a VT bass will do, or one of the various sansamps and variations on the theme. I have a Sound City Slave 120 to go. serviced by our own Subthumper. Kinda made obsolete by new arrival in the meantime. Needs a little more juice than instrument level, but a hot output on a pedal will do.