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Steve Spector

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    Barefaced Compact SOLD

    in Amps and Cabs For Sale

    Posted · Edited by Steve Spector

    As new, never been out of the house. Light as a feather! I don't have an 8 ohm head anymore (or I won't once my Aguilar goes!)
    I'm after £350, can ship, probably be £40 or so.
    Haven't got a pic at the moment, but there's not much to see as it looks just like the one on the Barefaced website!
    Steve

    SOLD - Fender USA Deluxe Jazz V for sale

    in Basses For Sale

    Posted · Edited by Steve Spector

    NOW SOLD

    I have an American Fender Deluxe Jazz V that I never play - it's a crime! I just don't do anything needing a low B, so I'd like to trade it. Only bought it a few months back so it's virtually as new, 2011 model, lovely black with hard case etc.

    Still not using this ata all so decided to put it back up.

    I was thinking of a trade but now looking to sell.

    Cheers,

    Steve

    Strymon

    in Effects

    Posted

    Just got a Strymon Blue Sky reverb and an Orbit flanger. Both are terrific, really clear and lots of settings - sound amazing especially on the Ric.
    Tried the Orbit vs a TC Stereo Chorus Flanger which I also thought was excellent but nowehere near as nice as the Orbit. Also tried the TC Hall of Fame, but to me at least not even close to the Blue Sky. It was a very easy decision to make (except for the price!)
    Worth noting that while the Strymon website says all pedals except the OB-1 come with a PSU in America, the Orbit didn't in the UK, though the Blue Sky did. Why? I have no idea.
    Steve

    Pickguardian

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    [quote name='GBass' post='1310250' date='Jul 20 2011, 12:09 PM']They must dislike EBMM?? :)[/quote]


    Then again who does?! :) Only kidding of course!

    Do you mean they don't make pickguards etc. for them?

    Steve

    Pickguardian

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    Just a thumbs up to the guys at Pickguardian. For anyonme considering one I can recommend the service and fit and finish. I think the white pick guard on the Rickenbacker 4003 mapleglo looks a bit cheap and (personal taste of course) think this tortoise one looks much better.
    Got it sent from the US, came in about 2 weeks.
    Steve

    Ashdown BTA400

    in Amps and Cabs

    Posted

    I bought one of these a little while ago after ditching an Aguilar DB751 and Ampeg SVT VR, so obviously I preferred the BTA. Thought I'd share a few observations here and on TB as there's very little info on them anywhere I can see.

    It probably looks as good as any amp out there!
    It's probably as heavy as any amp out there!

    It runs a fair bit quiter than the Ampeg, but not as quiet as the Aguilar.

    Operationally I think it's excellent. The dials are large and really smooth, the knobs are strong and precise. The VU meter is nice for setting your input level. Also nice to have a tuner permanently plugged in.

    Tone-wise I'm still working on it (with my limited experience). By comparison the Ampeg had a clarity and punch to it that was very distinctive but probably not me. The Aggie I find clear and punchy but in just a bit of a sterile way. Hoping to get a Bergantino NV610 to see how that goes with it - very well I'd hope?

    The Ampeg had a buzz that would just not go away and that just made me feel it was going to be unreliable (rightly or wrongly the thought was just there), the switches and overall feel was also a little cheap.

    I felt the Aggie felt a bit cheap too - small rubber knobs and dials.

    On the whole, I think it's been a good choice, though I do wonder if the DB751 would have been more sensible - it seemed like it would be very reliable and loud as heel, plus a fraction of the weight of the tube heads. ONly time will tell I suppose.

    Hope this helps someone, or at least means that a result comes up when someone searches for info on the BTA heads!

    Steve

    Ashdown LB212

    in Amps and Cabs

    Posted

    [quote name='Steve Spector' post='1118399' date='Feb 6 2011, 10:51 PM']Old thread, but just picked one of these up, and to my surprise it says it's 300W not 400, what's going on there then?
    Steve[/quote]

    Anyone know anything about this? Ashdown seems to be a bit of a minority topic.
    Steve

    Aguilar DB212 (Chocolate Thunder)

    in Amps & Cabs

    Posted

    [quote name='warwickhunt' post='1099842' date='Jan 23 2011, 05:21 PM']Not unless your amp went to 2 ohms which very few do (Peavey amps often do but not many others)! However if you had a pair of DB2x12s and you needed more volume you'd be bleeding from every orifice starting at the ears. In all seriousness if you needed more than a pair of DB212s then the PA should be handling the volume side of it FOH and they should be plenty enough for on-stage monitoring.[/quote]

    I'm sure you're right, just sort of thinking hypothetically as much as anything. It'd be either an Aggie DB751 or an Ampeg SVT VR, both of which do go to 2 ohms.
    So again, if I daisy-chain the 2 212s into 1 amp output and the 412 into the amp output it'd work and be 2 ohms, yes?
    Steve

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