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[quote name='Buzz' post='312665' date='Oct 23 2008, 12:52 AM']f***s sake, quick! BRING IN THE KITTENS![/quote] awwwwh....looki da kitteh.

[quote name='Mrs Tinman' post='312204' date='Oct 22 2008, 03:42 PM']....over £800 for a guitar [/quote] cyclotrons aren't cheap to run you know

neon neon at koko in london. should be a cracker

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='311028' date='Oct 21 2008, 09:14 AM']I have 5 basses worth about £700 all together and this is my 'car' [/quote] yeah...i doubt my motley collection of basses is worth more than a tube train !!!

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='311429' date='Oct 21 2008, 04:49 PM']Best left to a collector who doesn't actually have to play the things! Rich.[/quote] isn't that whole point of denmark street ?

[quote name='johnnylager' post='309219' date='Oct 18 2008, 01:27 PM']EBS. But I would say that, I've just sold a SansAmp to buy one.[/quote] and a damn good choice. the ebs pisses on the the sansamp from a not inconsiderable height.

if you want a flexible pedal preamp i'd say go for the ebs. i'm finding myself using mine more and more for home practise - just running it into my power amp, and this is instead of an ampeg valve preamp !!

[quote name='OldGit' post='308171' date='Oct 16 2008, 09:20 PM']B[b]w[/b]ian[/quote] aha...someone of the same vintage as me !

[quote name='uptonmark' post='308091' date='Oct 16 2008, 07:23 PM']weekend world = nantucket sleighride by mountain done the google thing [/quote] i just did the remember thing anyone remember the programme ? brian walden used to really grill the guests.

[quote name='colinmk' post='307452' date='Oct 15 2008, 10:48 PM']Hi guys, I have (hopefully) just aquired an SVP-Pro blackface too. From what I'm hearing above it seems like a good idea to think about upgrading the valves. I will have a listen to it first when it arrives and if all seem fine then I may just stick with the stock but I'm always trying to find the best tone possible. Anyway if I do decide to upgrade then the above mentioned from Watford valves sounds good but I will be wanting a real driving gritty tone if possible from it when I need it. Will this be achievable with most 12au7s like the Phillips? Or should I look for something that has been known for this type of sound? Cheers.[/quote] is the 12au7 the 'drive' valve ? interesting...

i can only add that red onion are fab

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='307194' date='Oct 15 2008, 04:19 PM']When I emailed my vendor saying 'I wasn't impressed with the packaging', he replied 'Why not? What was wrong with it?'. Even when I explained he just didn't get it.[/quote] that's rough. as it happens the pedal i bought arrived with one of the knobs bent. as the vendor hadn't mentioned this in his description he couldn't argue really - he'd either tried to palm off a damaged pedal or packed it so badly it had taken a major bash.

[quote name='johnnylager' post='307191' date='Oct 15 2008, 04:16 PM']Razzle.[/quote] ack..no need to buy it, just put in an inter-library loan at your local library.

i've never found a bass magazine that's worth the cover price... thank god for forums !

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='307126' date='Oct 15 2008, 02:44 PM']Not as scary as your story but I once received an effects pedal not in its cardboard box but in a Tesco Bag with the handles knotted and and a sticky label with my name address and stamps on it.[/quote] oooch - i though my boss pedal stuffed into a tired old envelope with an A5 piece of squashed bubblewrap in with it was bad. as it happens i chased the vendor up and got £20 back off him...

if you can't get the mod sorted and/or get sick of it, sell it to meeeeee!

oooh. luvley... can i ask where you got it from ?

well, i managed to rehabilitate the old one...a good session with switch cleaner and some mild abrasive and it's back wrking :@)

[quote name='dood' post='304594' date='Oct 11 2008, 09:52 PM']The Sovteks are defintely the stock choice, but not 100% sure about the Groove Tube. I know they use the Groove Tubes valve in the Billy Sheehan BSB preamp though.[/quote] it's going into my dha purist

[quote name='dood' post='304566' date='Oct 11 2008, 08:51 PM']What did you buy in the end? I have upgraded both a black face SVP-Pro and a grey hammerite face Ampeg SVP-Pro with valves from Watford Valves and the difference was almost shocking to hear that such poo stock valves are shipped in th epreamps. Sorry Ampeg, just my experience. Both times I order HARMA Diamond STR drive tested selected ECC83/12ax7's and a personal fave, the Jan-Phillips ECC82/12AU7 (cant remember the model number I am afraid, but Derek Rocco also suggests using them). You will be very happy with the results.[/quote] yep...i took derek's advice as well (the phillips is a 5814a btw) the valves it came with were sovtek 12ax7's and a single groove tube 12au7...not sure if they were the stock ones or not. it's a massive difference in tone. i also can't get over how much louder the pre is as well. hat's of to watford valves. huzzah !