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Bigwan

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  1. Bigwan

    DIY Effects

    Yup, can confirm the Antique sounds awesome. Used it into my B3 last night with the B3 set up to replicate the EQ on the M900 I just sold. Bit of high pass filtering from the Fishman preamp model and we're set for the IEM experiment!
  2. Bigwan

    DIY Effects

    Definitely impressed with the quality of the schalltechnik kits. Instructions wouldn't be top notch though, and are open to interpretation in places. The Guma Antique printed enclosure is beautiful!
  3. By "other things" I'm assuming you mean dairy...
  4. Does the power supply come with cables?
  5. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1299568136763811&id=190083454378957
  6. Bigwan

    DIY Effects

    Eventually finished my Guma Antique this morning (a naughty half hour in the lab at work). Original intention was to build this and a Guma Drive into the same box, but with time seemingly always against me I folded and ordered the individual printed enclosures from Julian (kit supplier) instead... along with his Pumpernickel compressor kit... and printed enclosure. No way I was attempting that drilling job!
  7. Yup. Had hearing loss for about 20 years (self inflicted) but my tinnitus only kicked in after a nasty sinus infection 18 months ago. Only advice the NHS have given me is "don't listen to it". Handy... On my bad days it does get me a bit down, especially recently when an inner ear infection rendered me effectively deaf in my left ear. Thankfully it doesn't stop me sleeping - my 2 kids do that instead! I've been using earplugs for a few years now and am in the process of getting an in-ear monitor setup up and running. A bit like closing the gate after the horse has bolted, but I'm determined to keep what hearing I still have and will always have a set of earplugs on my keyring.
  8. TB users report there were last minute production issues.
  9. From the other site it would seem it'll be July before it's available... BUT... Apparently it's based on the EBS Micro Bass II (with added compressor). That might peak some interest!
  10. Spotted someone posting this on that other site. Looks interesting... https://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_custom_line_bass_di_expander.htm
  11. [quote name='Al Krow' timestamp='1493849940' post='3291358'] Yup there have been a couple of M900s appearing in the FS section recently, which is a little surprising given the rave reviews they seem to have had and so soon after release? Perhaps not quite the amp head folk were expecting? [/quote] I wouldn't jump too quickly to that conclusion. Mine was one of them. The head was everything I expected, and quite a bit more. I've been pretty critical of Darkglass pedals in the past (and have had folks claim that if I didn't like them I wasn't using them right... Ahem...). But alas my ears are shagged. My hearing drops like a stone above 3khz, I have constant tinnitus ("Screech!" at about 7.7khz) and 2 weeks after buying the amp I got a nasty inner ear infection and further (hopefully temporary) hearing loss in my left ear. That's made me re-evaluate a few things. So in-ears it is. I may have a Darkglass Vintage Ultra in my immediate future, although it not having the tone control in the drive section might be an issue for me given my previous experience. I'm hoping Doug revises the Ultra series with the tone control added. I can live without all the switches. That control is the master stroke on the M900. Such an awesome amp... For similar reasons I'll probably be parting with my recently reacquired Two10 as well at some point. I'll keep the Ashdowns for the punters and bandmates who can't tell the difference...
  12. Mine is a '77 P bass - a Yamaha Pulser 400. And brilliant it is too!
  13. Haven't quite got the package right have they...
  14. If they posted I'd be having that for the parts. Anybody seen what original T40 hardware sells for?
  15. Bigwan

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    Haven't done it myself, but asked Alex at Barefaced the same question a few years back and he thought it would work really well. In the end I decided I wouldn't be looking for much other than the "emulated" tone, so went with something closer to that with a Two10 and Orange Terror!
  16. Darkglass don't do digital.
  17. Northern Ireland
  18. [quote name='bobbass4k' timestamp='1493296724' post='3287234'] Finally put something back together after having everything in bits for ages - [/quote] It's probably been asked before but... what is it all?
  19. One and only bump this is getting. Will consider an outright sale at this point with a little saving over a brand new unit, otherwise it's staying here.
  20. [quote name='Osiris' timestamp='1493223051' post='3286698'] Sorry, Bigwan, I beat you to it! [/quote] Thought so! Enjoy! I already have one, but they're good enough that you could live with 2! Useless piece of info - it was my prompting that got Lee at Fuzzdog to redo the PCB for the boutique version!
  21. If this isn't gone I'll take it!
  22. [quote name='Passinwind' timestamp='1493142810' post='3286032'] There's an old Talkbass thread on a couple of my 6SL7/6SN7 builds: [url="https://www.talkbass.com/threads/a-diy-tube-preamp-line-driver-by-passinwind.345415/#post-4388452"]https://www.talkbass...5/#post-4388452[/url] Some of the pics have gone missing in the thread due to the TB software changeover after I posted them but I can probably scare them up if anyone is interested. JGR is a good friend of mine and it's well worth gleaning what you can from his posts over there too. I opted for an active bass and mid format, closer to the Jule Monique's approach than the Ampeg thing. [/quote] I don't know much about Monique. Do you know what topology Jule uses for the midrange control? Similarly I'm clueless about his sensitivity control. I'd assumed it was just a simple gain, but reading between the lines there seems to be something else going on there. What topology did you use for your midrange control? Is it similar to this: http://www.angelfire.com/electronic/funwithtubes/images/Amp-Tone-7-A-A.gif I can't see any pics from early in that thread unfortunately, although I've read it at some point in the dim and distant!
  23. [quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1493110614' post='3285605'] My build will essentially be a B15 preamp, followed by the midrange stage and an AC cathode follower on the output. [/quote] Pretty much what I'd arrived at and tried to model in LTSpice. My midrange was more like a steve bench eq section though. When I tried more than one midrange control LTSpice didn't like it, but it was probably user error!
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