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  1. JapanAxe
    +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.
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    [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!
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    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...
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    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.
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    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.
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    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!
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    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!)
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    Lewk, can you clarify what is still up for sale? Cheers!
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    Hello? Anybody there!?
  10. JapanAxe
    [size=7]B[/size][size=6]U[/size][size=5]M[/size]P
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    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.
  12. JapanAxe
    Pick or fingers or both? What cab(s)? PA used or not? Monitors?
  13. JapanAxe
    It's a 15-inch diameter speaker. Boxed-up dimensions are 41cm x 41cm x 20cm, weight 6.5kg.
  14. JapanAxe
    Thanks Owen! Wondering now whether I should try 500k pots myself...
  15. JapanAxe
    This speaker needs a home in a nice friendly cabinet
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    [size=5]Compressed[/size] [b][size=1]BUMP[/size][/b]
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    So - still available then!
  18. JapanAxe
    Whereabouts in the country are you situated Derek?
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    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'
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    [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...
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    [quote name='StephenFerguson' timestamp='1350838140' post='1844067'] Stienberger: Sounds like a synth(ish) and makes you look like a twat. So yeah, attack! defend! or mediate [/quote] I really wanted to like Steinberger but when I played a real one it was not a nice experience. It would have been even more painful to pay the asking price!
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    Banners are frequently a pain when it comes to finding somewhere to secure them - many happy hours balanced on top of speaker cabs and drum stools...
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    This happened to the guitarist in a band I was playing with at the Guildhall in Cheltenham. The system picks up room sound from one or more mics, and feeds it o an induction loop running around the room. Single-coil pickups then pick this up, it comes out of the amp, is picked up by the mics - bingo, feedback. My HB-equipped bass was unaffected. The racket stopped when the induction loop was switched off. Hearing aids have a setting marked 'T' that picks up the induction loop. It would be polite to enquire whether there are people in the venue relying on the system, and who might want it on (at least between sets!)
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    I bought this pedal to use with my guitar rig. I liked it a lot, but ended up buying and keeping the much more expensive Custom Comp. The pedal has had a little home use, and that's it. It comes complete with the box, a stick-on foam rubber bass, and one of those rubber doodads that you put over a control knob so that you can operate it with your toe. While it has been in my possession I couldn't resist the temptation to have a look at the circuit board, and I have provided a gut-shot for your delectation. You will see that the board is populated with quality full-sized components, not the surface-mount rubbish you see in a lot of pedals these days. The circuit is Revision F. In the process of removing the base-plate (which you have to do to get to the battery anyway) a couple of tiny flakes of red paint have come away from next to the screw-holes. Otherwise all is in tip-top shape. I have included an alkaline battery so you can use it straight away, or the pedal will work from any standard Boss-type (centre negative) 9 volt adaptor. I am looking for [color=#0000cd][size=5][b]£55 delivered (UK)[/b][/size][/color]. These pedals go for at least £73 new on eBay and online retailers. [attachment=121737:DynaComp.jpg][attachment=121736:DynaComp_guts.jpg]
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    Aha! I did find one report of a failure similar to what I experienced, only it was in the early days of the RH450 (same power stage as the Classic 450 I presume), reported on [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f15/my-tc-electronic-rh450-amplifier-died-any-users-had-problems-565716/"]TalkBass[/url]. If mine is only the second reported incident out of all the units TC have shipped, that can't be bad!
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