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Dude, that looks friggin awesome! I feel like some proud surrogate grandparent seeing as it's all on my old pedalboard/case - you've done me proud

Good idea - the HK is just too much of a bargain to pass up on.

I say both! six ten [i]and[/i] six bi/b'/ba ten. A brummie can't say 'by' properly

I'd just like to point out that manufacturing standards vary in China just as much as they do in the UK, there are plenty knocking out poor quality tat but also plenty more whose standards and QC stand up to most international scrutiny. (Of course, I don't know where Ashdown sit on that scale )

I've been hear before! Stick with the practise rooms or get a band member who works in a factory - the lock-up gets very expensive very quickly unless you are sharing.

Ah, just found my original thread - [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=4664&hl=bergantino"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...p;hl=bergantino[/url] It appears I'd over-egged it. It was only £871 The size/weight in comparison to the Ampeg is worth the extra cash nevermind the alleged sound improvement (I've never compared them so don't want to make the claim personally!).

Mine ended up around the £940 mark. Just think of it in terms of £100 odd more than an Ampeg 810 new...... well, makes me feel better anyway!

Amp GAS - just remember that your amp is a glorified stage monitor. Effects GAS - Do you really need it for a song/songs? Bass GAS - Is that really needed or are you starting a collection? Love the FART analogy btw - first time I've heard that!

I was going to suggest ACME cabs - Alex describes them very well.

[quote name='Alien' post='57239' date='Sep 7 2007, 11:20 PM']If I'm reading this right, you're not truly bi-amping, you're just taking the high frequency output into the guitar amp. The Peavey combo is still running full range. If you take a patch lead from the low frequency output into the power amp input, then the Peaveys power amp will only be handling lows. My setup used to be similar to this, just a bit more complicated: Bass - Peavey Firebass - HF out - Korg AX300 (stereo outs) - Behringer EP1500 - pair of 2x10 cabs [color="#FFFFFF"]Bass - Peavey Firebass[/color] - LF out - Firebass Power amp in - 1x15 cab Loads of big fat clean bottom end, with all the FX in stereo on the highs. Totally unnecessary and way OTT, but lots of fun nonetheless Andy[/quote] So he can basically take any amp he likes the sound of, take a feed from the pre-amp section and run it into a HPF before going into the guitar amp then. Sounds fairly straightforward as long as the pre-amp has the necessary outputs.

Yeah but, they're ugly!

Never mind circuit boards and point to point. What about the fact that it weighs only 20kg? What does that tell you about the transformers used? Sorry but I think that the old adage applies here of "it it's sounds too good to be true, then it proabably isn't"

[quote name='Sean' post='54943' date='Sep 3 2007, 08:37 PM']Congrats on your 30th Anniversary. You do realise that it's your Pearl Wedding Anniversary. I suppose there'll be a very special gift there then! [/quote] Sean. Dude. You have just given me the best reason yet to get myself married and moreover, to stay married for that 30th anniversary

Change the valves in an Ampeg - should get rid of a bit of noise. If that's the sound you like then nothing will replicate it (sansamp will but without so much flexibility IMO). Don't GK do a pre? That's probably very ballsy but then half the GK tone is in their power section so that could be a waste.

That thread pretty much sorts it! Wasn't thinking of the search facility when I posted that... Think I'll go with [url="http://www.hotcovers.co.uk"]http://www.hotcovers.co.uk[/url] they look nicest at the best price - that's really about as much thought as I want to put into this as they'll just be glorified dust covers.

I wanted to sort out some covers for my Ampeg V4 and Bergantino cab. Ampeg should be pretty standard guitar head size but does anyone have recommendations for companies making decent tough covers?

My V4 is ungodly loud - tone will be very different though. Very simple preamp (good range of tones mind you) so any of the 'grit' or 'warmth' or whatever will come from the valves - there is no drive control! If you're anywhere near Brum - bring that SVT3 up and we can compare (ooh er).

I sold mine to a forumite for £200 posted. Personally I don't think it's worth much more than that - you could buy a few wacky pedals for that!

I'll try and get some samples done at some point too as it's been a while since I've used a proper rig regularly (been DI only for the last 4 years) I'm hesitant to do a comprehensive review!

[quote name='duneytunes' post='52791' date='Aug 30 2007, 02:00 PM'][font="Arial"][b][color="#0000FF"]Ampeg SVT-2 Pro into a PR-410HLF cab. Like it but a little underpowered for me. Sometimes think I should get another SVT-2 head and link them together![/color][/b][/font][/quote] Dude, I'm going to presume that there's a typo there - if an SVT 2 head is 'underpowered' for you then I suggest you take it to a tech pronto!

[quote name='paul, the' post='52965' date='Aug 30 2007, 07:43 PM']A -salesman- told me that to get a valve/SS comparison you times the valve by 3.3 to get its SS equivalent. I wasn't buying any valve gear at the time though. Can anyone back that up/argue?[/quote] Far, far too many variables to even use that as a rule of thumb.

Depends if you want loud/clean or can live with a little power amp valve saturation (not distorted as such, just a little edge to it and slightly compressed sounding). If you want super loud [i]and[/i] super clean then forget about it, otherwise they're as loud, if not louder, than anything I've owned before. I don't want to make too many direct comparisons with amps I've had in the past as they've all been used with different cabs, but I'll try and rationalise my impressions with similar speaker configs: Mesa/Boogie D-180 through Glockenklang Quattro. Louder, but this is proabably the cab more than . Various pre-amps into (Sansamp PSA-1, Yamaha PB1, BDDI pedalboard direct) Matrix STR1500 1500w power amp bridged into Glockenklang Quattro. Would compete but not be as clean. Seriously. Peavey T-max through SWR Bigfoot 2x12 and Peavey 210txf (getting 500w out of the head). Louder. It's probably best to simply ignore the power rating on any valve amp and just give it a blast. I'd say it was more than enough for your average arena show (goes down to 2 ohms so you could use two 810s). Offer still stands for a test run here in Brum.

Nope. I've got the Pride & Prejudice album that was Zakk Wylde's first album after Ozzy - amazing stuff and cracking bass playing by James Lomenzo.