pete.young

Thats how I got started, aged about 11. My father came home with a cello strung in 4ths and I took to it quite well. After about a year, it was replaced with a chamber bass, which I believe is half size? Ray Cooper from Oysterband played a cello tuned in 5ths and put down some great basslines with the help of an octave pedal and various other electronic trickery.

Brave Heart, never mind Open Heart! I salute you for having a go. Best wishes for a great outcome.

Dynamic pricing?

I have a set of custom moulded ones which came from Specsavers. They take an impression and then either send it off to one of their partners to make the plugs, or you can send the impressions to your vendor of choice. The advantae of this is there are Specsavers hearing shops in most high streets so you don' t have to travel far to get the impressions done.

Go to the post and click the 3 dots on the top right hand side. Select 'Report' and pick a suitable reason.

I bought a pedal from Aidan. He despatched it very promptly and it arrived on time and immaculately packaged, with the original box wrapped in bubble wrap, fitted into a custom-made cardboard box and the whole lot sealed in a jiffy bag.

For bass I agree, but it's very useful to beef up an acoustic guitar in conjunction with the range control set to about 11 oclock, so you can thumb-pick bass lines on the bottom two strings. Thanks for a great review, very informative.

Check out Ben's work with the Full English, which was led by Fay Hield, also on the Duets album, and featured various folk music superstars. I saw them play at a festival once, they were superb.

By "amp", I meant that I don't have any information for the EA Doubler. I did find the data sheet for the 250ASX2 module, but the block diagram on there doesn't appear to show a mute switch. Which block diagram are you looking at? I think the SMPS part of the module is working, since there is DC power going to the pre-amp boards and I get a signal from the Effects Send output. Thanks for the help you've given me. I think this will be going to an amp tech, assuming that I can find one with the skills, experience and inclination to work on it. Most of the guys I know round here are old-school valve amp types. I'd just like to gather as much information as possible to pass on.

I don't have a schematic for the amp, but the data sheet for the power module does identify the inputs. Is it reasonable to assume that, provided I have a voltage on the connector that carries the input to the board, that everything upstream of the power amp is working as it should?

My Euphonic Audio iAmp Doubler died silently at rehearsal a couple of days ago. Lights carried on working but there was no sound. The amp wasn't particularly stressed at the time, running at about 10 o'Clock on the Master. I'm pretty sure that it's the power module that has failed. If I take a line from the effects send into the effects return of another amp, it works fine and I can hear a difference in sound with the mute switch engaged (total silence or a slight hissing when not muted). The power module is an ICEpower 250ASX2. I'm assuming that there are no serviceable/replaceable parts in this module, and that replacement is the best option. It appears that it's a straightforward case of disconnecting the old module, removing the screws and swapping the new one in. Does anyone know if any additional configuration is required? There don't appear to be any jumpers on the board. There is a slight complication: there is what looks like a thermal sensor attached to the power amp heat sink, which connects to the fan control circuit. I'm assuming I can either re-use this sensor or replace it. Can anyone suggest a suitable adhesive for this application? It's also an option to just wire the fan so it runs all the time, but I don't think I've ever heard it running in normal operation.

I have a couple of K&K sound systems pickups on bobuzouki and mandolin, which were supplied with K&K's own tape. That works really well.

Or just buy a Gnome/Elf and use that with the Monza.

I hope it's a great evening @bass_dinger . I well remember the time that Steve Lawson graced a SE bass bass with his presence, he's a phenomenal talent and a very nice chap. It's good to see that he's out and about again.