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[quote name='Jacqueslemac' timestamp='1351507688' post='1851812'] I've covered over 100,000 miles in my Berlingo and it's holding up pretty well. [/quote] Mine popped its head gasket at 139,000 miles, though I realised later that the problem had started quite a bit earlier.

More encouragement - thanks guys! +100 to GuitarGuitar - I had the new unit within a week of the old one dying. TC have been very nice too.

If the black wire is ground then it seems to be on the right tag. You could try moving the white wire to the other small tag. This would be so much easier if I was there with a multimeter! You can get those long barrel sockets from WD but even then you need to work out which connection is what!

Sounds like you may have soldered to the wrong contacts. Can you post a picture of the contacts on the jack socket?

+1 for the Citroen Berlingo aka Peugeot Partner. I now get guitar or bass rig plus drum kit plus Bose L1 PA in back of E-class Merc estate, drummer in front passenger seat. Comfortable and practical, if not exactly cheap.

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1351439471' post='1851191'] Don't like what I've come across..desks, for example are poor, but you would surprised what other kit uses the same sort of innards. IMO..........cheap tat but if you can get it repaired cheaply then it may do the job for you over a period of time. [/quote] That's the problem - Behringer is the Timex of amps! I have a few of their outboard devices and an analog delay pedal and they're great value and work well. But I have always been underwhelmed by their 'go louder' kit because it is painfully obvious that serious corners have been cut. A guy I know is on his third mixer amp, the other two having expired in relatively short order!

Just had a look at the manual [url="http://line6.com/data/6/0a06434d106fc4f74a3fc1ce65/application/pdf/POD%20Farm%202.5%20Basic%20User%20Guide%20-%20English%20(%20Rev%20C%20).pdf"]here[/url]. Seems to be a bit more going on here, in that the software itself governs whether the interface works as standalone or a plug-in. Reached the boundaries of my known universe now...

Try this: In Finder, go to Applications > Utilities > Audio MIDI Setup, select the Audio window. If you can see the device there, left click on it to highlight it, then right click on it and select 'Use this device for sound input', same again for sound output if you need to.

Thanks guys, lots of food for thought there! One of my guitar-playing mates uprated the EMG set in his Schecter to 18V and found a huge improvement in sound quality, so I guess that's the way to go if you want active EMGs.

I was idly scanning the bass guitars for sale and came across a Jazz fitted with EMGs. I would rather have my liver poked with skewers than have EMGs on an electric guitar, but I have no experience of how they work out on a bass. Who loves them enough to use them? Who hates them? What do you find their pros and cons to be? Now... GO!

Replacement unit received today and I am one very happy bunny. Spent a few minutes experimenting with the controls and found 'my' sound. The phatness lies on the Low Mid control, not the Bass control. Full review to follow in the review pages once I've gigged it. (My mistake sticking a review in the wrong forum - d'oh!)

You might have [b]too much[/b] bass going on, either from the amp settings or through the voicing of the amp and cabs. If so your low notes will blast out and the mids (which make up the [u]body[/u] of most of the note on the bass) will be left behind. On my previous (Ashdown ABM) rig I had to turn the bass [i]down[/i] to stop it overpowering the rest.

Pick or fingers or both? What cab(s)? PA used or not? Monitors?

I wouldn't want anyone to get the idea that I'd followed 'a certain Mr King' from Ashdown to TC - just a coincidence, honest! Still, I expect he gave TC the 'thumbs up'

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1350850256' post='1844321'] Have to say..this would worry me.... I know you can't legislate for certains things failing...but all the same, the only experience of the last 20 years I've had with things going wrong has been the result of external forces..ie, amp dropped under power. Why on earth a component should fail otherwise is not something I've come across .. Poor qc, design or bad luck ..?? A one off is one thing.... any sort of pattern is not really good enough and something you remember in brand terms... [/quote] Well it [i]does[/i] worry me. Is there a screwy batch? I once bought a brand new CD player - it skipped like a kangaroo on speed. Got it replaced like-for-like - same thing. Ended up shelling out extra for the next model up. What worries me more is if the replacement goes [color=#ff0000][b]BANG[/b][/color] 18 months down the line. On a gig...