ClusterOne

Hello, If you have to de-solder any of these (radial) capacitors I would whole heartedly recommend you to get a de-soldering pump.. Nothing worse then doing such a job without one - heating up the solder & wiggling the capacitor left - right to get it out & hoping that the copper track on PCB doesn’t get wrecked.. If these were axial (legs on each end) then it wouldn’t be so much of a hassle as you could simply pull the leg out one at the time.. Bridge rectifier - if you have a look at the diagram and try to understand the path of AC through these diodes then it makes sense where this sort of ,,100 HZ,, comes from - almost 30 years since college, those were wonderful times, loved this stuff…

This stack looks monstrous - that being said I wonder if this is being played in your soundproofed basement or you are lucky enough to: - have deaf neighbours or - live in detached house away from society. 😁

Lol, not an expert on flight cases at all.. £100 for it - not interested even with the freebiee.. For £50 , especially if it comes with free amp - why not.. 😁

Hi folks, TE AH300 On eBay, in York, currently for £49.99 , flight case included but that is auction with 1 bid as of now.. Rather ambiguous description as it says ,,working order when last used.,, 🤦‍♂️😁 So anyone looking for a cheap flight case with bass amp included? 11 hours 15 min to the end of auction..

Hi, Apologies for spamming 🙂 This may be not too far from Bristol: TE Twin Valve combo or a bit further to the South: TE AH300 head No idea if that comes from Peavey era though..

Could it be a case where the job was outsourced to someone who quite frankly wasn’t competent enough?

This should have never left the workshop. End of the story. If i was ever thinking of getting myself custom built I would 1000 % make sure to get the luthier name from you to ensure to avoid him like a plague and would politely spread the word to warn others. Hope you get it resolved somehow to your satisfaction.

@dagrev .. i'll keep an eye on eBay thingy but my capabilities do not even match 1% of what i've got right at the moment in terms of gear That tiny Warwick goes off onto eBay today, GK 400RB head was part of that combo just under the desk (an awesome/killer amp to be honest), i likely sell that Rootmaster 500 Evo so i can get ABM if i see one round the corner for good money & so i can make use of that stash of about 20 ECC 83/12AX7 and some ECC803..

@spyder If I understand you correctly it is the circuit that is responsible for (or determines)how the given valve sounds- that makes perfect sense but essentially the valve attributes to it too as otherwise the circuit would sound the same with any valve? Thinking of it - Being it the easiest thing (valve) to swap in order to get the better/different sound out of amp - that’s not that bad ,,economy,, as if one would be swapping amps to get the better sound out of one valve.. 😁 Should stop following this post as now i am about to start thinking of getting myself ABM or any amp with valve in it to see for myself (i only have hifi valve amp and never the time to listen to the music and stash of many ECC83 or 12AX7)- not good for my wallet.. Btw - anyone with opinion on Brimar valves?

Hello, Funny enough, looks like i am not the only one somehow feeling that the old gear is ,,the thing,,.. I have accumulated few bass heads lately since i moved away from,,headphone,, silent practice (Zoom B1 Four) to fully fledged bass heads & cabs.. In the order i got these: Warwick Gnome iPro v2 Trace Elliot GP7SM 150W Ashdown RM 500 EVO and latest acquisition GK 400RB III 15” combo. I can for sure say that Trace Elliot is great sounding (to me) and what surprises me (bear in mind i am forever newbie and not really experienced in amps as such) it can push low end very nice and clean without being pushed hard on overall volume. Simply said at low volume it can by loud in terms of low end without breaking sweat or I don’t know how to explain it.. Found out by using ,,shape,, button and generally mucking about with graphic eq etc. Sounds fab for measly £55 i paid for it though had to drive for 2 hours each way.. Ashdown sounds good too. The GK 400RB III - for that brief time i played with it yesterday evening i can say this combo (15” speaker) is just from another planet… Everything that i said about Trace Elliot applies here, the sound is obviously different so i am not going to say it’s better the Trace as this is highly personal opinion to everyone. The cherry on the top is the cooling fan - it doesn’t spin if there is no need for it.. So dead quiet, actually I need to find out how to push the amp to see if it kicks in at all.. Heavy as hell though 😁 Warwick amazing at it’s size but absolutely no match to TE never mind GK in terms of impression you get from how it sounds. Fantastic thing though given it’s A5 in size and just over an inch thick, very quiet fan. Moral story: If i was pushed to keep one or two it would be definitely: 1:GK 2:TE 3:Ash 4:Warwick There is something in the old iron, it’s just the feeling that you can open it up and actually see what is wrong with it rather than shrugging the shoulders and bin it.. If it is old & heavy it must be good.. 👍 😁

Hi, Just spotted this on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/167HdLzW7L/? Surely, for £150 it’s like for free i guess..

Hi, Dagrev’s amp had a nasty buzz, didn’t sound hissing to me. Have you got a spare valve? I don’t have any bass amps with valve pre amp but i do have valve hifi amp and I remember buying Electroharmonix ECCs 83 for a phono pre amp only to find out they were noisy like a ,ehm, f*ck.. (compared to others..) Got another pair of ECC 83 = hissing gone.