Davy

You need a T2AL, you'll find them in your local Maplins.

I would change your fuse, I've been through about 6 of them in the last 2 months. Buy some spares too, they might come in handy at a gig!

All fixed now! I tried replacing the fuse at the venue but it went straight back off but I had hunch that it might have been the electrics at the venue. Bought some new fuses from Maplins today, tried it tonight and has been working fine!! If anyone is having problems with their Superfly please check out the fuse before you send it off, it might just be that! It could even be the venue's electrics setting it off, as in my case. Don't be so negative about the amp, it's the best sounding amp I've owned and for £150 new its still a bargain, even if the fuses do go from time to time! PS. I removed the outer casing tonight as suggested by some other members and I'm really happy with the look and the huge reduction in weight. I'm told this will help prevent overheating but I've never had a problem with that! Will report back if I have any more problems. Fingers crossed........ BUMP

I can't complain too much as I've had it for nearly a year (better check the receipt before the warranty runs out!) and it only cost me £150 new. At that price I could just write it off and move onto something else. I had a MAG300 previously and the Superfly sounds 10 times as good so I might be disappointed when I change back unless I spend a lot more money. I'm actually thinking about buying a wedge style combo and going through the bands PA for more power but that's a discsussion for another thread...........

My Ashdown Superfly died on me last night just before my first set. I tried replacing the fuse where the power cord comes into the amp (which was the reason why it died the first time) but when I switched it back on with the new fuse it came on briefly and then went off again. I'm really sad that it's broken as it's a great (if a little unpowered) sounding amp. Any ideas?????? Once it's fixed it'll probably have to go as I've never had amps die on me in 20 years of playing but i'll be sad to say goodbye. On the plus side, the sound engineer put me through a DI box and back through the monitors and the band sounded great (at least on stage - can't speak for out front). Next time I play that venue I'm only going to take my headless bass in it's gig bag with a guitar lead. Hell, I might even get the bus and have a drink for a change!!

I agree about B2's fetching silly money (if you are buying). I'd been thinking about getting one but there were non around in my area (Newcastle) to try out so I bought a Riverside Guitars copy off Ebay for £75. The strings were old and the action was awful but it still sounded pretty good. Now that I've changed the strings and fiddled a bit with the action it sounds even better. I like the way it feels, i.e. very light which is great for me as I'm the singer too. It also takes regular single ball ended strings so that's a bonus! I might move onto a B2a now that I've been playing the Riverside for a while but I'm expecting to pay well over £200 for a 4 string so I needed to be sure I could live with it first, suggest you do the same if you're still looking for one.

Thanks for the link, I'll give some of the patches a try. I've just been messing around with the B2 this very evening. I've had my pedal for a couple of years now but I've never really tried to program it before. I like the idea of the pedal but I've found that when I run the preset effects through my amp they are either too thin or they are way too bassy. Has anyone else had this problem or is it just me? Maybe I should program the unit while through my amp rather than listening directly through a pair of headphones??

[quote name='Mickeyboro' post='772645' date='Mar 12 2010, 12:12 PM']Don't mod your Precision - no need to mess with a classic. And do you play Message In A Bottle in the recorded key? I'm having trouble getting up to the high notes! Good luck Mick[/quote] I'd prefer to leave the Precision alone so I've got my fingers crossed it'll sound good through the amp. Yes I can manage message in a bottle in the original key but I tried to do the same with So Lonely once and it was way too high!

There shouldn't be too many but I'll give it the once over when I'm finished! PS I am the proud owner of a Precision now so looking forward to hearing what it sounds like through the amp tomorrow night. May be in touch about the bridge pickup mod. if the sound isn't quite what I was after but I have a feeling it might be......

New Years Days by U2. Didn't take long to pick up but I'm also the singer and I have a really hard time remembering the lyrics for any new songs that we do!

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Thanks for that, a great project and interesting to see that a standard pickup configuration can be changed by infilling the body and re-routing the new pickup holes, never thought about that. Perhaps I can tinker with a Yamaha RBX170 after all. Anyone know of any other cheap basses that have the truss rod access at the body end?

Thanks for the info. I've seen a string retainer and bridge combo on Ebay from the states for $52.00 (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200436150663&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT) but I'll need to check the dimensions of the retainer to see if it would fit a Yamaha RBX170 neck. The body wood sounds cheap enough though and if I was going to build a body myself, I might decide to create a slightly different style.......

Hi, I'm thinking of building a headless bass, possibly styled on a Hohner B2B (bolt on neck) but with a musicman style pickup. I'm not flush with cash at the minute due to being out of work for the last 11 months so I was hoping to try and build something using parts from other guitars, with some cutting required on the body section. The main question is would I be able to take a regular headed neck, chop the head and fit a headless string retainer? I heard that if I was going to do this then I would need to look for a neck with the truss rod open at the body end. I've noticied that the Yamaha RBX170 has a truss rod access at the body end. Does anyone think the Yamaha would be a decent bass to try this with, bearing in mind they can be picked up fairly cheaply or would it be better to try and source a piece of wood and custom build a body, maybe using the modified Yamaha neck. Or would it be just as well to custom build the whole thing from scratch to a budget. Has anyone ever attempted this before and if so, do you have any advice?

Thanks for the technical explanation, that's what i was planning on doing. I wonder if any other basschat members have done something similar and did they find a big difference in volume from the superfly?

The cab actually has two inputs on the back, one jack and one speakon. I guess i could keep the original rear panel and do all the mods inside the cab. I agree about the power and size issues. I bought mine because it was cheap and had good features. I bought mine from sounds live but i actually paid for the 1000 watt version and it was only after some checking that i realised they'd given me a 500 watt version. They offered me a full refund but they didn't have any more 1000 watt versions so i took a partial refund and kept it. If i decide against rewiring the cab i'll probably sell it and go for 2 smaller 4ohm cabs. I'll definately hang onto the superfly though as i'm really happy with it and i've only had a blown fuse so far.