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[quote name='seashell' timestamp='1344529668' post='1766093'] Big thanks to all the mods old and new. If I step out of line I'm looking forward to a firm spanking from icastle... [/quote] There's not a lot I can say to that without taking myself round the back and giving myself a firm spanking...

[quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1344525235' post='1765967'] Close... Anyway, after all this fuss about moderator changes, I checked this morning and nothing has changed. Was it supposed to grow? [/quote] Really? Just mine then...

Not an easy answer to this one I'm afraid. However, the amp itself looks to be 2U high, so that's your first measurement. Now the fun bit starts. The easiest way to find appropriate ears is to measure the width of the amp and find something the same size that you can buy ears for (although you will almost certainly need to drill new holes to mount the amp to the ears). If you don't have any luck with that then measure the width of the amp in mm. Subtract that number from from 482. Divide that result by 2 and you'll get the front length of the ears you need. So that's height (2U) and front length. The depth can be anything you want within reason - obviously you want the depth to at least cover the side mounting holes on the amp. HTH

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1344462196' post='1765083'] You can't insult me now your a Moderator (WTF?? by the way?? ). It's the law. [/quote] I got special dispensation... [quote] icastle is allowed to insult discreet at every possible opportunity because he's a very naughty member [/quote] So nerrrrrrr....

[quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1344444216' post='1764649'] Well, there was some discussion about whether you were a peni... ahem! [/quote] ...less eccentric?

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1344448593' post='1764769'] He's a big boy now - he's quite able to take care of himself. [/quote] Damn right I am. I almost cooked Smash tonight... ok, so it was inedible... but at least it's starting to look the right colour...

[quote name='jezzaboy' timestamp='1344450550' post='1764826'] That though has put me right off me sasauge supper that has. [/quote] You have cocktail sausages for supper?

I think the pots are an unlikely culprit - they either work or they don't, there isn't a halfway point where they can suddenly become more resistive. The 'what' part is easy - take the little plate off the back of the bass and look at the pot - there will be a value stamped on it. It's usually something like nnnK and a latter (A or . The 'where' is a little more difficult because there are a number of different designs available from different places. Any chance of posting a pic?

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1344422125' post='1764131'] They were notorious in their day. Would turn up to gigs on the pretence of 'We're here to clear up after the punters have gone' and the next thing you know they'd be away with your best instrument in one paw and half your back line on a trolley legging it back to the common. Thieving hairy bastads. [/quote] I always thought 'dep' was short for 'deposit the best kit in my shopping trolley'...

[quote name='SpaceChick' timestamp='1344427349' post='1764255'] You be nice to iCastle!!! There is nowt wrong with being a Wombles fan Discreet [/quote] Absolutely And anyone who doesn't want to be nice to me needs to take a ticket, join the queue and wait for your number to be called...

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1344424178' post='1764186'] Where's iCastle? He's a tragic Wombles fan. [/quote] The Titanic was tragic. I prefer 'interestingly quirky'...

[quote name='debwilliams' timestamp='1344423654' post='1764172'] Who were they when they weren't Wombles? [/quote] They were Steeleye Span.

[quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1344442651' post='1764613'] Some of you may be wondering how six mods could match the giants who previously walked amongst us. The answer is: taking inspiration from Transformers, we retain the ability to transform into one giant moderator, possessing awesome firepower. [/quote] They told me that I was going to be the 'primary coupling interface between robomod's legs and torso'. I agreed before I realised they meant a*se...

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1344419442' post='1764078'] I wonder how it will pan out, looking forward to it. I also hope that some of these new mods retain the right to a personality, I enjoy reading much of what they have to say, and their styles, I would hate to see them hobbled by their new-found authority [/quote] Won't affect me at all, now get on your knees foul serf... I've found that all the BC mods have always advocated and practiced a light touch and that's certainly something that I don't want to see change. On a personal note, I've been a numpty for too many years to change.

Another Elixir user. A bit more expensive than regular brands but I get a lot of use out of them before I have to replace them.

Whatever you do you'll never keep everyone happy and the number one priority has to be making sure you're OK. Fail at that and you'll be left holding nothing. It really depends on how organised you can be with your time, but have you considered getting an exercise bike that you can just jump on when you feel the need to exercise but can't afford the time? A friend of mine has a sort of frame thing that holds her bikes rear wheel off the floor (it sits on some sort of adjustable roller thing) so she can exercise any time day or night when her diary gets overloaded. No adaption of the bike needed, she just drops it into the frame and flicks a couple of clip things. Her reason for exercising is the same as yours. HTH

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1344296737' post='1762557'] Cheaper to make at least. [/quote] You old cynic you...

32 years worth. I just worked it out and it looks absolutely ludicrous...

[quote name='JPJ' timestamp='1344295804' post='1762546'] Nope, 2 valves in the front end, class D solid state power amp [/quote] Ah. I'm no mega expert on this, but it's something to do with the impedance of the speaker being used as part of a filtering circuit on the rear end of the amp. There's a set of manufacturer notes [url="http://www.wolfsonmicro.com/documents/uploads/misc/en/WAN0200_1.pdf"]here[/url] regarding speaker selection that gives a full set of technical reasons pointing at why your amp has an impedance switch.

[quote name='JPJ' timestamp='1344294712' post='1762531'] But most tranny amps are capable of carrying 4 or 8 ohm loads (some even 2 ohm) without needing a switch, so why does Orange have the switch? [/quote] I thought the Terrorbass was a valve amp?

I don't think that's what the switch was intended for. It's more of a by product of having to have the correct set of output transformer windings 'engaged' to match a given speaker impedance. If it wasn't there then your cab options would be impacted and you'd be on first name terms with your local amp tech.

When I first depped with my covers band it was a rigid exercise in getting every note in the right place. I didn't mind that too much as I'm quite a structured and self disciplined sort of chap and it's somthing I'm used to. They'd practice the same song for hours and hours and the boredom would produce even more mistakes. The band 'leader' would get irate and more mistakes would appear. Totally pointless exercise that I'd have walked away from if it wasn't for the money (yep, I'm a musical prostitute but you just KNOW I'm gonna satisfy you... ). They rarely gigged and were always having to get deps in. Eventually, one gig was all deps! We just clicked musically and personality wise. Essential 'hooks' remained but everything else became our interpretation of what the cover should sound like, and I have to say, some of the covers were far better crafted than the originals. Six years down the line, the parent band has long since disappeared, the 'dep band' are still going strong. We probably work harder than we used to, but it's still fun because we get to stretch ourselves as musicians. Egos are left at the door and the removal of that rigid set of constraints has allowed musical growth and gain a nice little following. However, it's not music that I particularly like and it doesn't 'stretch' me as much as I feel I need, so I have another band, play in a duo, play in a trio, continue depping for other bands, help run a plug n play and get some studio work with various artists every couple of months. Perhaps that degree of 'saturation' helps keep me out of the 'rut'...

[quote name='jaydentaku' timestamp='1344289131' post='1762420'] I mean, if I was watching Herbie Hancock perform a piece and half way through he wolloped the keyboard with his forehead, I would assume he was having a fit. [/quote] I'd assume he was copying Jerry Lee Lewis but couldn't get his leg up high enough...

[quote name='bassman7755' timestamp='1344206437' post='1761364'] One of my band mates recently commented that it was nice to have a "proper bassist" again since the guy I replaced was a guitarist-who-also-played-bass who allegedly played "too many notes" at times[/quote] I depped for and eventually replaced a, reportedly, attractive young lady. I was told that it was nice to have a proper bassist... even if my arse wasn't as good as hers...

[quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1344235613' post='1761453'] What, no sex? [/quote] That's not a dream, that's reality...