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I'm actually on my second one. My first one was about 4 years old when it got hit by a falling lighting bar. When the insurance company paid out I didn't even bother looking to see what else was available, I just ordered a replacement SR505 straight away. IMO, Ibanez could have added £150 to the price ticket and nobody would have questioned it.

Just under 8lb (or about 3.5kg).

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1412494112' post='2569228'] The reason I don't do them is because around here they're not really open. They are very clicking and mostly hosted by a band and if your not a guitarist or harp player and most of all not a friend of the band, you don't play. [/quote] I think that might be one of those 'UK\US differences' things. I play at 3 of these on a regular basis and usually do another couple per month on an adhoc basis. I've not come across any that are run by a band and if there is a clique it's global and you're made part of it within minutes. Instrument wise, just about anything goes. As for recompense, I've had a lot of work from various singer songwriters I've met at these places and it builds your reputation, which is never a bad thing.

Never... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzKRcA8hCns

I'm not a huge fan of Country music, but here's a snippet from a set at a local plug and play a couple of years back. Neither myself or the fiddler had ever heard the tune before - all we knew was 'it's in G'. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgC5J-oK6ww

[quote name='seashell' timestamp='1412456713' post='2569114'] It's a whole new experience just playing off the cuff with guys you've only just met. Quite scary, but it can only improve you as a player, I think. [/quote] Absolutely. Playing at home alone or rehearsing with a band is safe and pretty untaxing. Playing an unrehearsed (or unknown) tune with musicians you've only just met, in front of an audience of other musicians - that's when you really start learning.

[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1412426451' post='2568836'] The Guitar Workshop is your local shop? Do you live in Ibstock? There seems to be a fair bass presence there, with several frequent ebay sellers of basses there. [/quote] I live in the next village - Ibstock is the nearest place for petrol and food. The Guitar Workshop was the first shop I ever went into when I moved up here about 8 years ago.

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1412269677' post='2567385'] Interesting brand diversification - 546 Motorsport accessories! [/quote] Dunc hosted items for another local business while they were getting their site developed (http://www.clintonenterprises.com/), looks like it's not been tidied up yet. The Guitar Workshop is my local shop - nice bunch of guys.

I was chatting with Ped earlier, but he's too shy to mention it.

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1411982498' post='2564454'] He couldn't really play it but simply having one was enough and he was immediately offered the gig. Somewhat amusingly not only can he not really play keys but he can't really sing either - he's now their lead singer [/quote] Has he considered a career in politics?

This is before the beat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvJ2ATxefsg This is after the beat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKl3Q8kjfb8 I couldn't find a tune where it varies from one to the other, but I've heard it done.

[quote name='martthebass' timestamp='1412016502' post='2564947'] This why I love Basschat! Now Ian, I've just got this small problem trying to encourage nuclear fusion at room temperature..... [/quote] I think you're going to need a bigger soldering iron...

[quote name='Marvin' timestamp='1412009781' post='2564828'] I LOVE graphic equalisers...so much so I bought a separate one, and it's got lots of lovely lights on it and it looks reet perty [/quote] It might be reet perty, but set it up wrong and it'll squeal like a pig boy...

I still use an HA3000 (I hate graphic equalisers ) as a backup. It's a battered old workhorse that's done thousands of gigs, but it works just fine for me.

Excellent.

[quote name='rmorris' timestamp='1411943078' post='2564257'] Are we sure the red component is a capacitor ? I thought it might be a MOV Varistor for Overvoltage protection ? [/quote] Could be but as the object of the exercise is to get both cabs working the same and this item has been added by someone other than the manufacturer it makes little difference.

[quote name='goingdownslow' timestamp='1411903752' post='2563670'] It looks like the pcb around the 1+ connection on CN2 has ben scraped away to isolate it and the capacitor then added. Maybe they have made speakon 2 as an output to a tweeter or some other HF unit... [/quote] Looking at the pic again you're dead right. That'd explain why disconnecting the leg of the cap would cut the sound out totally. Gary: remove that red capacitor and replace it with a piece of wire, shuffle the crimp connectors about to match your working cab and you should end up with two cabs the same.

Having a working cab as a template makes this a service engineer dream come true. As the non-working cab has been blatantly fiddled with: 1) Check that the wiring is the same on both cabs and correct it if not. 2) Remove the added on parts and make both PCBs look identical - including the terminals that the wires are connected to. If that doesn't fix the problem then you're looking at a component fault (suspect the blue capacitor) or a broken track or bad joint on the PCB - easily fixed.

Kay were making (and presumably selling) these back in the 80's...

That sounds suspiciously like a cunning plan.

Ah. You know that saying 'a picture is worth a thousand words'? The first picture shows a PCB that has been played with by someone. The soldering on CN2 isn't great, the capacitor near the R1 label has had the hotglue scraped away and that capacitor strapped onto the back of CN2 doesn't look like it was originally there. I'd be inclined to desolder one leg of that red capacitor and see what happens.

[quote name='chrismuzz' timestamp='1411392376' post='2559012'] I definitely feel like I've made the right decision [/quote] When I said things would only escalate, I didn't think it'd happen quite so quickly. Definitely the right decision on your part.

[quote name='chrismuzz' timestamp='1411346882' post='2558669'] Bloody hell. I know you shoot straight from the hip but that did come as a shock! [/quote] It may seem that way sometimes, but I do think it through first. The way I see it, your girlfriend needs and deserves your support, the other girl will expect the same from her partner. If you stay on then you're placing yourself smack damn in the middle of a row, and for what? You don't want to play the material any more and have something far more interesting coming up in the distance. The sooner you start that journey, the sooner you'll get to where you want to be. [quote name='chrismuzz' timestamp='1411346882' post='2558669'] I want to honour the gigs because I enjoy playing, and I stick to my word, but I can't condone this behaviour. [/quote] You can't change that behaviour though and, as it has obviously escalated, it's going to get progressively worse until you walk away from it. Bear in mind that your association with your girlfriend will place you in the firing line for abuse even if your girlfriend doesn't go to any of the remaining gigs. Why put yourself and your girlfriend through that? [quote name='chrismuzz' timestamp='1411346882' post='2558669'] Aside from the events of today, The two girls that follow the band around always create hostility towards any other women who try to dance or enjoy themselves and will eventually destroy the reputation of the band. [/quote] Once people start behaving like that it's a fatal virus to any performance. If they're good at it, you'll have an ever diminishing audience, repeat bookings become scarcer as a result and the fun factor for the remaining audience is curtailed.

[quote name='chrismuzz' timestamp='1411345269' post='2558663'] Its at the point now where I am considering going back on my promise to see out the next three months... [/quote] Don't stick yourself in the middle of it. Draw a line under it now and walk away.

Reflow the solder joints to make totally sure they're good. If that doesn't fix it then it's going to be a replacement socket. HTH