timmyo

I have been given a broken Marshall B150 - apparently it's just the speaker that's blown. If I want to replace it inexpensively where should I be looking?

Just a small transaction but he got my cables to me in the 1st class post next day - much appreciated, thanks, Tim

[quote name='The Funk' post='287550' date='Sep 19 2008, 06:25 PM']For out and out practice amps, I like the little Warwick combos.[/quote] Not seen one of those. It's a bit of a problem round here - no really big shop to try lots of stuff. For example those 2 were the only Line6 and Roland amps they had. another shop in town has a couple of Hartke amps and a Fender or 2, and that's the lot really for smaller stuff. I'll check out the Warwicks online - ta

OK I found a shop locally that has the Line6 Lowdown 110 Studio and the Roland Bass Cube 30 - both very nice - wouldn't have a problem owning either, although I doubt I'd use the FX on the Roland. The shop was a bit pricey mind (£220 for the Line6, £200 for the Roland) so I'll buy elsewhere or s/h - but because I felt a tidge guilty for using them as a demo service I bought some strings lol Tim

[quote name='Balcro' post='286012' date='Sep 17 2008, 04:11 PM']Hi Tim, I've been through this same process with jamming & rehearsals in mind. As you're migrating from a guitar, technically you're probably way ahead of me, but I looked at it this way: - what I need is a headphone socket for near silent home practice, an aux-in/CD input socket for playing along to tracks/mp3's. If the amp didn't have those simple facilities then I crossed it off the list.[/quote] This is probably a sensible approach for me, tempting though the occasional "better" s/h item might look. A few others have caught my eye from nosing around : Roland Bass Cube 30 Line6 Lowdown Studio 110 Looks like the N8 is discontinued so hard to actually find. The N10, new, costs about double what I said above. @ andyonbass : did I buy a Yamaha bass from you about a year ago ? If so I'm afraid I promptly sold it as I joined a band and got busy on guitar

Hmm. Yeah something I class as 'big' now may well not be a properly viable long-termer anyway I suppose. I'm a little wary of tiny practice things though - the Stagg 20w one I tried was just naff - varying degrees of "FLOMP FLOMP FLOMP" - although that's probably the curse of the tiny cheap bass amp!

You know how it is, there's what you [b]need [/b]and what you start looking at 'cos it's shiny . . . All I really [b]need [/b]is a practice amp - something that'll make a noise and which is a bit more engaging to use than headphones from the PC amp sim. Where my head keeps taking me is to look at stuff that'd stand up in a small rehearsal as I would like to play with others as soon as my ability allows (I'm an adult migrating from/supplementing guitar). So I go round in circles from teeny tiny things that are easy to pay for and own, through to the occasional apparent secondhand bargain that's more powerful. So help me organise my thoughts by 'talking' aloud and getting your responses: I could grab a Peavey Microbass - have heard good things about them I have seen an Eden N8 for £70 - have read good things about them I have seen an Eden Nemesis N15S for £200 (getting bigger - unecessary ?) Oddly there are 3 Fender rumbles (2 60s and a 100) for sale locally ranging from £60-£100 Occasionally see bigger/louder/better stuff at 200-300+ : possibly walk before run going on here I've got analysis paralysis and the each evening end up on the headphones again and kick myself for not just sorting it out ta for any pointers, Tim

The relatively inexpensive (£160) Fender P Lyte I just bought has a non-working treble control (it's active P/J with vol, blend, bass, treble controls). I've looked inside the cavity and there's nothing obviously disconnected and a (very) gentle wiggle of connections doesn't result in anything. I'm just wondering if it's really worth paying someone to look at it, or if a comparable replacement might be as cost effective - obviously not top of the range stuff, but anything more modest ? Suggestions / ideas welcome, ta Tim