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I've a 58 Beta which, to my ears, is streets ahead of the SM58. Less low mud, more sparkle and clarity.

I've also got a 25 quid Behringer mic which also sounds better to me than a SM58 and seems less prone to feedback, although I doubt it'll be as reliable in the long term.

Google "Fender tone stack". The Hartke LH amps have a scooped eq with all knobs set the same. Flat is someting like bass=3, mid=9, treble=3.
At first glance it doesn't seem very versatile, but the controls are somewhat interactive (eg to boost the mids, back of the bass & treble and crank the volume) and changing one knob can make quite a difference to what the others do.

Don't know if that helps...but I do find the "lack" of EQ controls quite liberating - it's almost impossible to get a bad sound, and consequently spend less time fiddling and more time just playing.

I find my Lh500 to be a very nice sounding amp, if you like a very clean, warm tubey sound . It is VERY clean though - You'd need a pedal if you want even the slightest hint of dirt or grind, IME,

And it goes stupid loud

Looking at ads in the new Classified section...I can see the ads just fine on my iPhone, but can see no way of contacting the seller - it doesn't even show me who the seller is.

Am I missing something ?

Search for an existing thread in the feedback forum. If there isn't one, start one.

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Maybe I could get the RS212 rewired to 4 ohms?
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Nope.

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...in our band I own and supply the PA. It allows me to ensure 1) it's made up of good gear that works together 2) its kept in good nick 3) it works! 4) it saves any problems on who "owns" what or is "responsible" should anybody leave or an item blows up and needs replacing. The only thing I expect the singers to provide is ther own good quality mic.

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Yup - after all manner of "issues" in the past, this is now how I do it. Singer/s provide their own mic, although I do have a couple of my own - everything else is mine.

If the guitarists were in any way involved, it'd either not work, or some leads would be missing or...

Also means I can comfortably use it with my other band, and do the sound for other bands, parties etc without worrying about breaking "our" PA.

Works for me.

Yup - mine does that too.

Great little amps, those. Love mine. What cab/s are you using with it ?

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I've been looking at getting a couple of these too, mainly just for livening things up a bit at small pub gigs where a proper light setup isn't practical.

Anybody used 'em ? Any good, or would I be better off spending a bit more ?

This is the about the
coolest looking guitar I've ever seen!

Alas...my GAS budget is at least 2 grand short at the mo'.

The fuse sled in the back of the amp should be fitted with a 2.5A fuse for UK use. As long as the mains lead is fused at 3A or more, you should be OK.

Dammit !

I can drive for 20 minutes and be in Essex, but you're best part of a 4 hour round trip for me

GLWTS

Whereabouts in Essex are you ?

+1 for the Hartke stuff. I've a HA2500, and it's a great little amp, and really loud for what it is too. Used it almost exclusively for loads of pubs gigs for a couple of years, and it always got the job done. Still got it as my backup amp.
ISTR seeing one for sale here recently...

There's a HA3500 in the For Sale section - stick something like that with an 8Ohm cab (the usual suspects - Peavey, Ashdown, Hartke, Trace etc pop up regularly around the 100-150 quid mark) and you're good to go. If you need even more volume you can add another cab later.

Is that the Tanglewood one? I've a passive P/J Tanglewater Classic J, and it's a cracking bass for the money IMO.

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...the construction of much of the hardware means you'll probably break it trying to dismantle it.

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I've a Behringer BLE100 Limiter/Enhancer that feels like it's going to break every time I open it up to change the battery. But despite my ham-fisted efforts it's still in one piece, and it works very much better than its price and apparent fragility would suggest.

Just back from dropping this off to Alan, so it's now definitely sold.

A rehearsal room that we use has a Behringer head of some sort. Not sure which one, but I've found it sounds OK whenever I've used it. Not great, but OK.

Personally, I'd go for something like [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/184889-hartke-ha2500-gator-6u-flightcase-korg-dtr1-xl-series-115-cab/"]this[/url] instead.

Yup - still available. Drop me a PM, and we can sort out the details.

Additional trade options added.

Incorrectly? No. Different? Definitely

Seen lots of bands do their own stuff "incorrectly" live, too.

Well, the other party's gone quiet on me, so this is available again.

The strap that I use most is the one that came with a Westone Thunder that I bought 2nd hand in the early eighties.

(and the Thunder is still going strong too...)

+1 for the Arcam.

Bought mine new in the early 80's, and it's still going strong. I recall comparing several at the time, and went for the Arcam in preference to the NAD 3020 (and the Mission Cyrus, which I thought made everything sound a bit like a disco...)

Ditto - if it's anywhere near me I'd have it.

^this. If it sounds good, it is good. If it doesn't, change stuff until it does sound good...there's no right or wrong.

An approach that might (or might not...!) work for you, is to start with everything flat, then turn things up one at a time until you discover what aspects of your sound you don't like.

Hours of fun