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I'm revisiting my DJ4 and I would be interested to know: Do you run passive or active with a J-Retro ? Which strings do you find best and what gauge?

Bon Voyage Steve

Interesting thread Al. Once upon a time I felt the same but I got over it. I've shared Jam stages with players who are infinitely better than me and some who are a lot worse. It used to worry me but not any more. It gets the adrenalin flowing and really makes you think on your feet which is no bad thing. It makes you watch, listen and follow. At the end of the day I am what I am and I do what I do. What you see is what you get. There are thousands and thousands of people out there who can't do what you or I do, and further thousands who think "I wish I could play bass" but never had the motivation to get on with it. You can and you do, and very well by all accounts. [/ramble]

[quote name='DanFold' post='472683' date='Apr 26 2009, 02:17 PM'].. i will just get a second AD200B and run em both into my cabs (get one of them splitter boxes you can plug heads into)[/quote] Sounds interesting. Got any more information?

[quote name='DanFold' post='472437' date='Apr 25 2009, 11:24 PM']Can i plug into these at the same time? I use guitar pedals for my distortion, they have a mix knob on them to keep most of the signal, but i still don't get as much of the bass signal through as i'd like, so... I was going to get a Y splitter box or an AB Y box, to go straight into my amp AND go through the distortion pedals then into my amp. Will this work or am i just dreaming of cheap and cheerful ways to solve my problems? Cheers. Dan.[/quote] Why not just try it. You won't damage anything. I plug my bass into the active input and a tuner into the passive input. It works so I assume that the two inputs remain conected in parallel but at different sensitivities.

At the risk of repeating myself: Currently: and Previously:

This was what I used 4 years ago. A 13-Amp strip bolted to a 1U blank panel. Then I bought an excellent 1U power strip from Introdelta. As the result of experience I'm a great believer in using 13-Amp sockets. They are more flexible than IEC. You can plug wall-warts straight in. You can plug other equipment striaght in. 13A is the UK standard. Almost all equipment comes with a 13A power cord, however IECs are great for 19-inch racks in fixed installations.

Trace Elliot did a 4x12 to go with the V series amps. Bergantino have just introduced the NV412. Sound City did a 4x12 but not for 500-watts.

[quote name='OldGit' post='461353' date='Apr 13 2009, 05:37 PM']ha ha yeah and I'm 110110[/quote] Ooops. I must have transposed the numbers as I typed them.

[quote name='bassace' post='461334' date='Apr 13 2009, 05:09 PM']Bloody cheek! Actually I'm 68 and look a bit like my avatar which was painted by a nice lady artist a year ago. If it scares too many people I could change it.[/quote] Sorry but I was brought up to always tell the truth. BTW I'm 36.

I used to be the oldest until bassace joined.

[quote name='alexclaber' post='460697' date='Apr 12 2009, 06:58 PM']Solidstate amps can run any load down to their rated minimum (actually they can usually go quite a bit lower than that without any problems) - there isn't an ohm setting. Valve amps have output [i]transistors [/i]with different taps[/quote] transformers dear boy, transformers.

[quote name='Beedster' post='460234' date='Apr 11 2009, 11:54 PM']Any opinions on the difference betwen the two models?[/quote] Not sure about differences between Skyline and USA but there are differences between the first and second versions. The original DD was effectively a Bob Glaub P with an anodised scratch plate and had a standard P width neck whereas the later Candy Apple Red version had a jazz neck same as the JO but with painted headstock. ( a superb neck I would add). There have been some futher changes in the last year or so as lakland have started using their own pick-ups rather than the Lindy Fralins.

Although not publicised, last year Lakland did a limited run (25?) of natural finish Skyline DJ4s with black block inlays just like the one they did for Adam Clayton. Very tasty. A BCer has one. They come up for sale occasionally.

[quote name='casapete' post='454600' date='Apr 5 2009, 12:25 PM']Anyone else noticed this,or is it me just being an old fart?[/quote] Yes I had noticed it No you are not. I was thinking of posting about this problem this very afternoon. We have this very same problem. It's not only bass parts that suffe. If the tempo is too fast then the vocalist can't actually get all the words out. Unfortunately I don't know what the answer is because he does it with his other bands as well. I like the idea of a click-in-the-ear but would he wear it?

Well i can report back that it was a good evening. Countless people told us how much they enjoyed it. The young ladies were singing and dancing. The Landlord liked it and wants us back. We need to work on a couple of numbers but all-in-all it went very well. Chris_b dropped in to say hello, while we were setting up, on his way to a gig outside Guildford. Nice to meet you Chris. Next gig is 15th May at the White Hart in Tongham near Aldershot.

Congrats. What's the band called?

Don't be so daft. I'm 63 and still rocking. Even toured for a year at 59.

The original Stingray 5 had Alnico magnets and no phantom coil. They changed to ceramic magnets and added the phantom coil in 1992, probably at the time they were developing the Sterling. The early pre-amps are different from the later due to the way they handle the coil switching in order to equalise the gain between settings and reduce noise. Physically the Sterling and later SR5 pre-amps are different and have some different value components.

What everybody else said. Good luck.

Thanks Ewan et al. Eude's cables were in fact Klotz LaGrange cable terminated in the smaller Amphenol jacks. If anyone wants Klotz cable then please just ask. It'll be about 50% more than the equivalent length of VanDamme.