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I had a first generation SVT4 (1998) and to be honest I was continually disappointed with it. If it didn't have the Ampeg logo on the front I'd have changed it much quicker. It was alright, but never had the authority that I felt it should, particularly given the huge wattage it parades so strongly. Once I'd sold the SVT4 (and keep in mind I had it for 10 years so I gave it a good shot) I've had an SVP-Pro (so the preamp section) and separate generic poweramp and was faaaaaar more impressed with the tone it put out there. Crucially the SVP had a drive control whereas the SVT4 only had the basic gain level. It's just far more ballsy and can be pushed harder. (This isn't meant as a plug, but aforementioned SVP and poweramp are in the for sale section at the moment, sadly) EDIT: I was using a 410HLF too, and using Musicman and Warwick at the time.

[quote name='mrtcat' timestamp='1336072948' post='1640594'] I guess it depends on your cab choice. Efficiency is key when you lower the amp power. [/quote] Totally. I noticed that the SL cabs that perhaps are designed to partner the Tonehammer heads (rather than the older GS and DB cabs) are significantly more efficicient. I tried both the 350 and the 500 at the lefty bass bash last month, courtesy of Phil at Bassgear. It was my first time with Aguilar gear and I was seriously seriously impressed. I'm very closed to selling off my current kit and getting an Aguilar rig. For my money the 500 was worth the squirt as it has the drive control. Also I'm dropping from a 1kw rig so having the extra 150w of headroom consoles me. Phil had them partnered with the SL cabs by the way - they are amazing... rich and deep but a one fingered lift. Edit: just checked the specs and the 350 has the drive control too, sorry. But I also checked the speaker sensitivity... GS and DB cabs are 95db and the SL's are 99.9db. Also the frequency response is wider... 37Hz-16Khz vs 42Hz-16Khz on the GS and DBs.

Anyone else want to put their hat in to the ring? Cheers

I've used MattSnowball many times, both for bass gear and PA bits, and can wholeheartedly endorse them. Phil is great to deal with (nice surprise to find you on here Phil!) In fact if you look closely at my avatar pic you'll see an Ampeg 1x18 that I hired to beef up my 4x10HLF and SVT4 rig a couple of years back. Nick

At least they're on the main stage this time. I forgot to add that the marquee was a hot. Stupid hot. No possibility of getting out to go to the bar. Security were throwing water over the crowd. Ahhhh happy days....

Thanks for all the responses so far. I've forwarded them over to the groom who is a happy chappy. Keep 'em coming.

Morning, A work colleague of mine is getting married in Preston on 8th September and is looking for a function band. Its a bit far for us to travel (from London) so I told him I'd have a word around BC and see if anyone wants to put their hat in the ring. If you could PM me with details of your band including style of music and any web links that would be much appreciated. Thanks all CB

I was there!!!! Reading '95 was my first festival and it was awesome. I spent the whole weekend in the moshpit - White Zombie were the best. Anyways, yeah I went to see the Foo Fighters. To this day I've never seen such a crowd. I was expecting a lot of interest but from about 2hrs beforehand there was a general shift away from the main stage to the marquee. Perhaps because (if I recall rightly) they were on at the same time as Bjork! I managed to get in the marquee (the crowd went back for miles outside) and was about 25m out wide stage left. My enduring memory was of a guy (guys?) climbing right to the top of the central pillars of the marquee. The whole gig was mental though. I wasn't aware of a recording - not that I ever looked. If its available somewhere and you have a link then please PM me. Would be great to hear it in a more chilled setting.

24 tracks. A 2.5hr long gig. 6 vocal mics 2 ambient tracks. Never mixed anything before Should have it done by tomorrow....

Its working!!!! It took a while to sort the settings but it seems that I needed the ASIO driver and there was no problem with the sampling rate after all. Thanks very much for your help with this - its really appreciated.

Thanks guys. I really appreciate your help. Spiderjazz - I had presumed that I needed to set everything in Reaper to 48KHz/24 bit because the AIFF files I'm dealing with were produced with those specs... is that not the case?