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Just emailed the guy at Bear Straps to see if he can make me one I saw in a picture that Noel Gallagher was using. Hopefully he'll get back to me saying he can. It may even be one of his straps as he's advertised as using them. http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/Zpwik_hloSR/Isle+Of+Wight+Festival+Day+4/HlU4tkeApEH/Noel+Gallagher

[quote name='Prime_BASS' timestamp='1354220396' post='1883875'] Sure you can? Will it make a difference? No idea, you'd gain about 20 centimetres in height, and if that makes the difference of the drivers being closer to your ear then by all means do it. You cn always try it first? you won't break anything anyway by doing it. I always stack my 2x10 vertically as it's a massive height difference. The ampegs I have now are made to stand vertically with feet on the actual bottoms. I was using Markbass TRV210p's and they are designed to stand horizontally, but the plastic corners act as feet so I could of stacked them however I pleased and they still stood up right ok. [/quote] I just wasn't sure if the positioning of the port may affect the way the cab sounded/performed

Hi guys I recently traded my Orange OBC 410, and now have the Orange OBC 115 and 210. I've read plenty of threads where people suggest stacking cabs on their side is much better as the stack will be physically higher and closer to your ear. The Orange OBC 115 and 210 are the same dimension cab, each with a port to the side. Would it still be OK to stack the cabs vertically so that the port of each cab is at the bottom and the rig is higher. Just wondered if this would affect the cab in any way. Also the cabs have wooden skids on the bottom. Here's a link to a picture for reference: http://www.orangeamps.com/products/bass-guitar-speaker-enclosures/obc-series/obc-210-speaker-cab/ Hope this makes sense. Thanks in advance

Tim is a top bloke to deal with. We traded Orange cabs recently, he was always updating me and very friendly to speak with (via text). I would highly recommend Tim to anyone looking to buy/sell/trade with him. Thanks again Tim

[quote name='Highfox' timestamp='1352836593' post='1868219'] I've done it! Picked up a 2012 4003 in Midnight blue this afternoon:) I had the luxury of trying out 4 different 4003 Ricks... 3 new 2012's and a 2005, they all felt and sounded pretty good to me (I'd of gone with any of them) which I wasn't really expecting after reading a lot of reviews where people say you need to try a lot to find a good one. Maybe the 2012's are all decent or I got lucky. Got home and strapped on a used set of Labella flats and it sounds and plays the biz. Tomorrow I get to try it out with the band and have high hopes it will fit in nicely. One draw-back was getting a rather worrying text message later in the day from the Wife, asking if I had gone mad spending that much on a bass! I promised her I'd move one of the collection on and that seemed to smooth things out a bit. I'll try get some pics up within the next couple of days. Happy days indeed. [/quote] Nice one Highfox, glad it worked out for you. I remember lusting after a Ric for ages before I got mine. Been using my P bass lately, but you've just inspired me to use my Ric for our gig on Saturday night.

How about getting one of the Orange SP 2x12 cabs to go with the head. Could always even add a second one in the future.

These custom shop ones are a decent price: [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fender-Custom-Shop-60s-Precision-Bass-Pickups-Covers-/160913358021?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item25772efcc5"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fender-Custom-Shop-60s-Precision-Bass-Pickups-Covers-/160913358021?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item25772efcc5[/url]

This guy seems to like them: http://youtu.be/f3MNkfi_gp4

I would seriously look at some used Hartke stuff. They're really great amps and very loud, and usually quite reasonably priced. If you could pick up a second hand Hartke 4.5XL cab with a Hartke HA3500 or LH500 head, that would be a great rig. www.Thomann.de have a couple of options a good prices at the minute: [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/hartke_2500_bass_head_bundle_3.htm"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/hartke_2500_bass_head_bundle_3.htm[/url] Or if you can save a little extra: [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/hartke_2500_bass_head_bundle.htm"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/hartke_2500_bass_head_bundle.htm[/url] Or search Hartke in the for sale section on this forum, something like this could be an option: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/187524-hartke-lh500-bass-amp-and-yamaha-410-cab-l340/page__p__1858863__hl__hartke__fromsearch__1#entry1858863"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/187524-hartke-lh500-bass-amp-and-yamaha-410-cab-l340/page__p__1858863__hl__hartke__fromsearch__1#entry1858863[/url]

Hi Guys Thought I'd report back with some good news. I contacted Orange and they had my OTB collected via Courier last Monday. I then emailed they guy this Monday for an update and he replied stating my OTB was ready for collection and should be with me the next day. To my delight a Courier delivered my OTB yesterday as the guy promised. I used the head last night and it was back to it's former glory. I've gotta say I was really impressed with the customer service I received from Orange. I didn't have to haggle with them once, just a few emails and my OTB was collected, fixed and delivered back to me in 8 days without even a mention of any money changing hands. Can't argue with that. But still not sure what the actual problem was, still, all's well that ends well

Orange had my amp collected by a courier, so hopefully they can fix it this week. I'll report back with what the problem was. I'm also crossing my fingers they'll fix it for free!!! We'll wait and see

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1350416561' post='1838632'] That is one of more of the capacitors blowing its guts out. If you open it up you'll find one or more exploded, probably find a roll of mangled cardboard type stuff in there. Its happened to other ones, they either got a bad batch of caps, or cheaped out too far on them. Edit: See here: http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f15/orange-terror-bass-500-exploded-917680/ [/quote] Is this fairly easy for an amp tech to repair? Any idea how much it would cost? Thanks

[quote name='Huge Hands' timestamp='1350306128' post='1837013'] I note you said this is the second amp you've had problems with - were they similar issues? I'm wondering if it's not your cab or bass that is causing the problems with the amps? [/quote] No they're different sorts of issues and different cabs for each head.

Hi all I'm not having much luck with my amps at the minute. Had some issues with my Hartke LH1000 last week, but I think I've managed to sort that now. Now my OTB 500 has gone. I haven't used the head in a while and usually keep it at my office in it's padded bag. I brought it home on Saturday and hooked it up to a cab. I switched it on to standby and initially the light didn't come on. The light then came on after about 5 seconds and then it started to make a weird frazzle noise, like a frying pan and then this thick white smoke started to come out of the back. It had a really strong burning smell too. I quickly switched off the power and unplugged it. I got this head in a trade earlier this year so I don't have any warranty. Does this sound like something that could be fixed. Should I take it directly to Orange as they're not that far from me, or should I look at a local amp repair guy? Thanks in advance

Gigged the amp last night and it wad absolutely fine. That's a studio practice and a gig now where there hasn't been any issues, I'm convinced it was a power/electrics issue in that last pub. Anyway, I'm gonna stick a new valve in it just for peace of mind, but fingers crossed I may now be sorted. Thanks for all the advice guys