andydye

I'm currently looking to get an orange ad200b all valve beast and when I tried it in the shop with their orange obc115 400w 1x15 bass cab it sounded awesome, it has an eminence kappa speaker in it (I believe) and I'm wondering whether a TKS cab (and which one) would be able to kick the same amount of huge richness and fat bottom end while retaining the surprisingly balanced sound and sparkly top end (and be a lump lighter)? I was very pleasantly surprised at how sensitive the orange cab was and at how good the slap sound was through it! Proper chuffin heavy though!!

[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1388515687' post='2322999'] How easy is it to fit a power scaling switch to an AD200B? Is it just a simple switch to remove a couple of power tubes from the circuit? [/quote] I've no idea how it works matey, I'd be taking it to Martin at MJW and letting him sort it for me? There's a link to the powerscaling folks on the MJW amps website...

[quote name='krysh' timestamp='1388495323' post='2322619'] ah, now I see. been through this too and I've arrived! happy new [s]gear[/s] year! [/quote] Sonic nirvana comes in many shapes and sounds but usually with plenty of volume Happy New Year to you too matey

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1388275034' post='2320422'] not tempted by garath's Trace V6? [/quote] no mate, I reckon it'd be even more 'too much'! I'd be having powerscaling fitted to the AD200b so I could render the volume knob useable! [quote name='0175westwood29' timestamp='1388276066' post='2320432'] You wnt regret getting the orange awesome amps [/quote] That's what I'm hoping matey, cheers [quote name='krysh' timestamp='1388276896' post='2320437'] seriously, andy! if you really want to improve something, please take a decent teacher. gear won't help your wishes, you already have some of the best gear you can get... [/quote] Thanks matey and I know what you're getting at, my approach to gear has always been 'horses for courses', I've had all manner of different setups (suited to whatever project I was working on at the time) over the years and for the last few years I've been tailoring my gear to the playing scenarios I've found myself in and that's been active 5 strings through full sounding but crystal clear amps & cabs (hence the ACG, LMIII and EAD cab) which is perfect for playing in the function band and can make most noises rather nicely. I'm now embarking on a new originals project though and what best suits the sound needed now is a very simple setup of a p-bass through an all valve head, no bells or whistles required just fat and rich sounding fullness! I've also never had an all valve head so there's a double attraction there It's not that my main rig is bad or inadequate (and I intend to keep it!) I can however shuffle my other gear around to enable me to have an all valve rig that will sound (and look) perfect for this new project.

What about a valve preamp / di like the dha vt-1 eq bass drive, not tried it with guitar but there's plenty of valve tone and grit available?

[quote name='loushort' timestamp='1388349367' post='2321139'] I'm sure that's long gone now [/quote] I fear you are correct matey...

Orange ad200b and obc115 for me please santa

[quote name='loushort' timestamp='1388332425' post='2320826'] Nothing bass guitar wise cab wise a Genz NX2 212T cab [/quote] Just like the one nottswarwick is selling?

DHA vt-1, don't faff with emulation, get the real thing!

I call it a C chord with E as the bass note

[quote name='Absolute Beginner' timestamp='1388083194' post='2318405'] Thanks. Don't quite understand your reply though.....?! I've never got the whole smile face thing ! [/quote] bare, we'll all be nekkid together...some pedantry goin on there methinks We shall however bear with you matey and hopefully someone will answer your question soon

Looking superb! More pics pls