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[quote name='warwickhunt' post='369802' date='Jan 4 2009, 11:42 AM']Not come across those before. Google wasn't massively helpful at establishing a point of sale for 1/4 jack connectors, where do you normally get them?[/quote] I tend to use Neutrik (because they are a well known brand) and get them from the Neutrik dealer from whom I used to buy miles of cable and thousands of connectors for building TV and radio studios and outside broadcast units. Amphenol have been supplying connectors to equipment manufacturers for donkey's years. They make a very compact and reasonable priced right-angle jack which I have been considering supplying. I bought some right-angle stereo plugs to evaluate and they seem very robust. You can get them from [url="http://uk.farnell.com/amphenol/acpm-rb/plug-6-35mm-jack-90deg-2pole/dp/1349048"]Farnell[/url]. Switchcraft are very good but more expensive than Neutrik.

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='369791' date='Jan 4 2009, 11:23 AM']IMHO Switchcraft are as good as Neutrik and I'd be happy with either of those.[/quote] Also Amphenol are very good.

[quote name='benwhiteuk' post='366586' date='Dec 30 2008, 08:41 PM']Looks good. There's also this that's rack mountable with a similar power output but at a slightly lower cost - [url="http://www.chemical-records.co.uk/sc/servlet/Info?ref=gbase&Track=DIMENSION3"]http://www.chemical-records.co.uk/sc/servl...rack=DIMENSION3[/url][/quote] Interesting find but judging by the weight I would not think it is Class D digital.

Whilst searching for info on Class D power amps I came across the Vestax VDA 1000. 2-channels, 500-watt each into 4-ohms, etc, or bridgeable at 100-watts into 8-ohms all for £249. Down side is that it's not rack.mountable. Details [url="http://www.vestax.com/v/products/active/vda1000.html"]at Vestax[/url] Available [url="http://www.htfr.com/more-info/MR244814"]here[/url] I know you can get an Ashdown LG1000 for £40 more including a pre-amp whch I suppose makes the LG even better value.

[quote name='bremen' post='359459' date='Dec 20 2008, 11:28 AM']Balanced cable is usually screened with foil or braid and has a twisted pair of inner cables. The idea is that any interference picked up on one wire is picked up equally on the other. The balanced input stage on the preamp rejects any noise that's common to both cores. Stereo cable ideally has a separate screen round each wire, so the two signals are kept separate. You can of course use a TRS jack for either.[/quote] Perfect explanation. If you use a balanced cable for stereo you will induce left/right crosstalk and the signal will be permanently and irrevocably impaired.

[quote name='jake_tenfloors' post='358930' date='Dec 19 2008, 04:20 PM']off topic/ If you use a stereo jack cable with and EBS head and active bass you can take the battery out [/quote] Neat idea but do you mean a stereo cable or a balanced cable? They are different. Also it must be dependant on how the bass is wired. If the bass uses the ring of the jack to connect the negative of the battery to ground, removing the battery would leave no connection to the positive side of the pre-amp. Do you have to fit something in place of the battery? Better still have you got a circuit diagram?

[quote name='crez5150' post='357810' date='Dec 18 2008, 12:32 PM']Ah I see..... your right in that respect but depending how it's connected. Normally +1 and ground are connected and +2 is your hot as it were. What I should have stated a bit clearer was generally two core is speaker cable and three core instrument/signal/balanced cable[/quote] Sorry to disagree but the majority of instrument cable is co-axial. Genuine instrument cable in has a lower capacitance than screened pair. Screened pair is more suited for balanced circuits such as mic and line level connections. Even then there are many different specs of screened pair.

[quote name='crez5150' post='357797' date='Dec 18 2008, 12:24 PM']I don't understand your point?[/quote] Your description is of a jack to jack balanced audio cable, not an instrument cable. Most active instruments use the ring connection in the socket to ground the battery negative and activate the pre-amp. A ring/tip/sleeve jack won't do that. It has to be a mono jack.

If you can, unscrew the cover of the jack plug, inspect end of the cable. If there are two separate insulated conductors (red, black, blue, blown) then it's a speaker cable. If the cable has a single centre conductor surrounded by a woven copper mesh then its an instrument cable.

[quote name='dave_bass5' post='357543' date='Dec 18 2008, 08:47 AM']ok. Im just confused as to what the difference is other than the finish. The DD neck is the same as the DJ neck IIR. In fact if its the Skyline DD neck wont the headstock be red?[/quote] When I was thinking about turning my DD fretless I checked whether I could get a JO neck for it. The profiles of the JO and DD necks are the same. The DJ neck is different.

Very nice combination. The DD neck is a great choice.

O.M.G. I haven't seen that for years. I had a copy of the earlier version and taught myself from that. Bass Tutors and lessons in 1961? You have to be kidding. It was very much a teach-yourself cuulture.

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='353599' date='Dec 13 2008, 02:45 PM']Yeah I can drop one down to you some time. It would need to be fairly soonish as I'm moving out of London on the 23rd. In fact, tomorrow would probably be best?[/quote] pm sent.

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='353562' date='Dec 13 2008, 02:03 PM']No, unfortunately I only have one for the Pro501 guitar preamp. If anyone is likely to have put one togther it will be Traceynorton on the Plexi forum. I've sent him pictures of my Pro4000 in the nude already but he's in California so there's little hope of him actually getting his hands on one for the forseeable. I could take mine to Barry at Torres and pay him to work one out I guess. Barry reckons I'm looking at up to £2k for a custom one off 400w rack mountable head based on the Burman though. The thing is though that both my Burman Pro4000's sound different. The later model has more gain but my amp tech in Chiswick says he can't see any differences between the values of the various components being used. I may well just put it on the back shelf unless I discover an amp that has been severely battered during its life and can be cannibalised[/quote] If you are prepared to drop it down to me I'd be quite happy to trace it out and draw it up. It might make a good pre-amp for my SC200.

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='353369' date='Dec 13 2008, 09:37 AM']This was a guitar amp? I've been approaching a couple of amp makers to see if they could replicate the preamp from my Burman and expand the power amp section to take the power up to 400w. I tried my fave Burman head again this week and with the Celinders and Stingray I fell in love with it all over again. :wub: It leaves the Trace V8 dead in the water for sweetness and midrange warmth. The Trace sounds more raw and boomy by comparison, but as we all know the response of amps and cabs changes with volume.[/quote] Do you have a copy of the Burman 4000 pre-amp schematic?

[quote name='acidbass' post='353055' date='Dec 12 2008, 07:52 PM']And I wasn't aware that Dave Reeves was producing a new Bass head until now....[/quote] Difficult considering he died in 1981. A friend of mine uses a Harry Joyce Custom 100-watt head. Engineering perfection.

She's About A Mover - Sir Douglas Quintet, also recorded by Steve Earle Seven Nights to Rock - Moon Mullican, but also recorded by Nick Lowe and frequently performed live by Bruce Springsteen.

[quote name='chris_b' post='349423' date='Dec 9 2008, 09:49 AM']Remote control? I'm in a house band for a jam night and you wouldn't believe what some people try to do to the gear!! I've often wished for this myself. I think this is a great idea.[/quote] I've had exactly the same thought for this very reason. My idea is a wireless controlled attenuator (gain of 1 or less) which plugs into the amp Effects Loop. I can then stand out front and as the player turns up the volume, I can just wind it down.

[quote name='Gazm' post='345972' date='Dec 4 2008, 11:02 PM']I won a subsription in the BC raffle but have never had a copy :-([/quote] They were told at least twice about this. If Adrian reads this maybe he can sort it.

I also seem to get 2 copies. The first to pm me their address can have the latest issue. - GONE

Suddenly jumped to over £400.