NoirBass

Some good info here: http://ozbassforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=8705&start=15

Just received a Boss VF-1 from ebay. I was seduced by the more weird own wonderful effects it had on it. Played with it for about an hour, great fun. Decided to update the firmware. Whole thing has blank screened, nada, nothing, bugger! Really gutted, went from having more effects than I can ever dream of to a total waste of money in 5 minutes. Now waiting for Roland support to get back to me with the cost of a repair. Some you win some you lose I guess.

Bought 'Bass Culture; The John Entwhistle Bass Collection' book from Luke, easy transaction and arrived in no time. Currently dribbling over the amazing collection of the late, great Ox. Don't hesitate to deal with him, as his previous feedback says.

Just to conclude this thread, The new Celestions arrived this morning. I ended up getting them from here: http://www.lean-business.co.uk/eshop/ as they were about £60 inc delivery. I've installed them, and hey presto a fantastic sounding cab! Really chuffed this has worked, as I was starting to think it might be the crossover. If anyone else has this problem these are the drivers to go for. Thanks again to Balcro for his very sensible suggestion. I'm of to go and play it. Noir

So, I have been chatting to the Celestion guy today (who, to my surprise has been very helpful. a big thanks to him!) and here is his response: [i] It sounds like it could be an amplifier problem so it might be worth trying your speakers with another amp or trying your amp with other speakers to confirm if it is ok or not. If you find it is the speakers the BL10-200S 16ohm would be good replacement with a bit more bottom end.[/i] [i]Regards[/i] [i]The Doc[/i] I've tested the amp and its fine with other cabs and I've tried the speaker with a different amp and still get the distortion. eBay seems the cheapest for the speakers they're about £40 each. A bit more than the Thomann ones. They are a bit more powerful (200W) and are what Celestion recommend - who am I to argue? Hope this helps someone else out too. Noir

I've just found this: http://ozbassforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=8705&start=15 it suggests the internal volume is approximately 60 litres. I'm well up for other speaker suggestions if you can help. Noir

Thanks Balcro, I have emailed Celestion and I'll post the results for future reference. The cab is a 2103x, so with the two 5" speakers the full power handling will be 300W, which I am entirely happy with (I only have 500Watts @ 4 Ohms to power it). The cab has two front ports and is the standard Trace size. Might be worth a punt on the Thomann speakers as they are so cheap. Noir

I have a Trace cab with two C1016 100W 16Ohm speakers in it. They are farting badly, even at low volumes. I can't see any obvious tears or holes in the cones and think I might just replace them if I can do it reasonably cheaply. Having done a quick Google search I can find no Trace (excuse the pun) of them. I have found these as a potential replacement: [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/celestion_bl10_100_16_ohms.htm"]http://www.thomann.d...100_16_ohms.htm[/url] Does anyone know if they would do the job, or of any others that might be a goer. As usual, thanks in advance for you responses.

Purchased his Sansamp RBI. Having received it next day delivery, I opened it up to find a mint condition unit with all the original packaging, warranty card etc. Highly recommended seller. Thanks again Gary.

Much obliged people. I shall drop Asdown an email and post the results.

I have recently picked up one of these: http://www.ashdownmusic.com/bass/detail.asp?ID=4 I am really struggling to find any accurate specs if running with 8 ohm cabs. As far as I understand it, its two separate power amps running at 500W each into 4 ohms, what is the wattage if I'm running an 8 ohm cab out of each power amp? 250W? If anyone has any info I'd be most grateful.

Bought a MM V scratch plate from Shonks. Easy purchase, arrived promptly. Top man.

I went the home build for my first pedal board but inside one of these: http://www.esr.co.uk/sound-light/flightcasedesks.htm my guitar player still uses it now, several years later.

Sold him my beloved Aguilar DB750. Took a little bit of persuasion for me to ship it to Germany, but we soon agreed a deal. May I say what a pleasure it was to deal with him. Promt payment and regular communications made it a breeze. Don't hesitate to deal with him. Thanks again Arne, and look after her for me. Noir