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I won't name and shame yet although I got an annoyingly vague response to my email of yesterday:

[i]'It is sorted, outputs transistor blew. It should be back here soon and out to you'[/i]

I don't want to be hearing vague 'should' and 'soon' - I want a definite date, and if it [i]is[/i] actually sorted what is the delay getting it back to me?! Why is it just sitting there? and why did he not get in touch with me to tell me its all sorted?

i'm awaiting a further reply on the above, but am starting to get a bit annoyed now. So sod it, its BassDirect.


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c

Six weeks ago I bought a secondhand bass head from a shop who always gets good feedback on here. Upon delivery the amp (which although secondhand looked immaculate - original box, footswitch still in original packaging etc) didn't work. The shop arranged for it to be returned no problem and promised to get their repair guy to look at it. However, the shop was then closed for holidays for a week, then (apparently!) the repair guy was on his holidays for two weeks. I got an email last week saying they'd found the problem [i]'It was a power supply that had gone, it is being sorted now, I will let you how quickly we can get this back to you'[/i] but no word since and I am still waiting to get the head back.

My current rig is useable but the preamp sporadically makes a buzzing noise which can be noticeable on some of the quieter songs which is why I splashed out on this 'new' amp in the first place (admittedly i've wanted a change for a while). I've got some quite important gigs coming up in the next few weeks including a small tour and it looks like I'm gonna have to use a borrowed head for the time being which I don't really like doing.

I think I've been pretty patient with them on this.. six weeks does seem like a long time.. or is it just me?!

Not sure of the point in this post!! Just a minor rant I guess!!! Aaaargh!! and I've got a headache!


peace

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[quote name='mike f' post='947749' date='Sep 6 2010, 09:36 PM']Primus -John The Fisherman[/quote]


ah yes.. forgot about that one! class!

I'm currently starting to get a pedalboard together, already have a couple of things (Akai Unibass and EH Bassballs USA) but am looking for a few more so it'd be nice to have some recommendations from pedal buffs on here..

so recommendations for:

chorus pedal
delay pedal
synth pedal
loopstation type thing (though will prob go with rc20xl on this as had one before)
power brick

can't afford anything ridiculously pricey but do prefer the look/vibe of boutique pedals over bog standard boss stuff...


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yeah may be up for this, though cambridge is still a bit of a hike from here.. do it in norwich!!!

i agree that MA's playing is very good and underated - i was briefly doing a Van Halen tribute thing a while back and if you listen to a lot of his basswork properly theres more going on than initially meets the eye (or ear!) Fair Warning album in particular has some very nice bits going on in places. His backing vox too are also very good.

I seem to remember reading somewhere that Sheehan was approached to replace MA when Van Halen reformed recently but declined because of his friendship with him.


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always thought these were very nice looking basses so have a bump on me - but please... cut your toenails!!!! ew!!!!!



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hmmm still waiting on the amp and now i get this regarding the amp tech:

[i]My normal guy injured himself a few weeks ago and nearly died. I have another guy who is great but did not tell me he was going away!
Anyway, he is coming in on Thursday to pickup your amp. I am sorry for the delay but am doing my best to get it sorted. I hope you understand ;-)[/i]

of course if the repair guy has been away for two weeks he's gonna have two weeks worth of work to catch up on before he gets round to looking at my amp i'm guessing!!
bah.


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[quote name='silddx' post='933431' date='Aug 23 2010, 09:43 AM']I haven't seen any acknowledgement and addressal of the missing end of last month's RHT/WB/NM interview either.

Standards and content quality are slipping again I think.[/quote]

yeah the end of that interview being missing annoyed me as it was, i thought, one of the most interesting things in the mag for a long time.

also totally agree about the monthly column from the bass institute (or whatever) student and the 2 pages of brief interviews with the 'nobodies' are kinda pointless as they are all pretty much the same. i remember reading one a while back who (i think genuinel)y said he hadn't even got an amp because he couldn't afford one!! hardly the kind of bassist to be taking tips and advice from?

i do still prefer a 'hard copy' magazine over an internet forum though.


peace

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did four nights in a row in june which is kinda a mini tour! - was good - not done it in a long while and looking forward to doing it again in October for a slightly longer stint. 4 men in 1 travelodge room is not pretty but it beats sleeping in the vehicle and its all paid for along with food. Really nice not to have to drive myself to the gigs too!



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[quote name='Johnston' post='931395' date='Aug 20 2010, 08:27 PM']I was really thinking they were going to be great. I love both JPJ and Grohl. Instead the album was listened to once and forgotten about.[/quote]

yep..same here - in fact it didn't even get put back on the ipod after the great crash of 2010!!

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them crooked vultures, to me at least are not in the remotest bit super! - just cannot get on with josh hommes constantly droney vocals

chickenfoot.. quite good polished american rock but nothing remotely new about it.


both pretty much 'meh'



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no not Music Ground.. in fact a shop that I thought had a good reputation.

Last Friday I emailed to see what the score was and was told 'I am just waiting on my repair guy to get back to me'

I give it a week, and email again today (now over 3 weeks since initially receiving amp) and got this reply: 'My repair guy has been on holiday for the past couple of weeks I am afraid, I will check again this weekend with him.'

Didn't think to mention to me before to me that the repair guy was on holiday for two weeks?! hmmmmmm....



peace

c

hmmm just wondering peoples thoughts on this..

My current bass head has been making funny noises lately so I recently bought online a pre-owned well known brand/reasonably pricey bass head from a reputable/established dealer. Trouble is, when it arrived, it didn't work!! The shop I got it from was fine about it assuring me they had tested it etc and fair enough they arranged painlessly for it to be collected for return to them so their repair guy could have a look at it. Trouble is, that was over 3 weeks ago now and its still not been sorted out. I think now I'd like my money back so I can go and buy something else as I'm gigging regularly and need a new amp pronto (I paid on credit card) Where do I stand on this...? thoughts people..?


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D.C. Thompson seem to be well on the case with this!!.. there was a band from round here called The Bash Street Kids who started doing reasonably well back in the early nineties and they got told to change their name too.


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Yep.. Norman is very good indeed. Although maybe the sweatiest man alive one he gets onstage!!! I wonder did his solo album ever get finished/released - I know he was working on one a couple of years back....



peace


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seems like a proper bargain at that price! - i used to have one of these and the sound is amazing


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Ok so we played a regular venue tonight where we always pack the place out and do a great show. Tonight being no exception.

However as is usual at the end of the night when its time to get paid the landlord and landlady are nowhere to be found. So as usual I hang around the end of the bar to grab one of the bar staff's attention who then goes and gets landlady with the money.
After waiting around for ten minutes I give the drummer a hand with some stuff and in that time, the landlady has come down and given the money to the guitarist. Seems its 50 quid less then we normally get so I go back to see whats occured but again the landlady has disappeared so I explain to one of the girls behind the bar whats happened and she once again goes to get the landlady... who finally comes down, gives me the missing 50 quid and then starts having a right go at me for 'discussing money with the bar staff'. WTF? I dunno.. maybe she was trying to stiff us on the money and was pissed off she got pulled up on it, or maybe she had the painters in - who knows. But honestly, I'm 40 years old and haven't been told off like that for as long as I can remember... and now of course I'm thinking about what witty retorts I should've come back with but didn't think of at the time!!

I really shouldn't let this bother me but things like this always play on my mind so just venting here really and spoilt an otherwise great gig!! Grrrrrr!

peace

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yep .. got this earlier.. PRIMUS SUCK!!



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Harry Shearer isn't Homer Simpson!!

hmm.. seems increased reliability is not this amps strong point! it turned up today... went to try it out and .....dead. nothing... checked the fuse and although it looked fine i replaced it... ta da! amp worked fine! til i turned it off and on again... then .. dead again!! again the fuse looked fine but i changed it once again but this time to no avail.... one dead amp.

not best pleased - admittedly it was secondhand but its in immaculate condition, still with original box etc and came from a dealer. i've got a rehearsal tonight and important gig tomorrow and the reason i bought this is because my current rig is being slightly temperamental.

dealer is being fine about it and getting it picked up again tomorrow for his repair guy to look at, but that doesn't help my gig situation, and of course the whole point of buying the amp was to get something newer and more reliable than my current stuff. even if this gets fixed now i'll worry about it conking out in the future. who knows when it'll die again!? really quite pee-ed off :-(


bah.


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yeah could do that.. was just thinking that i won't get the full 575watts then though with an 8ohm cab on each ?....

Should have one of these arriving today!! Bit of a change for me as I normally use rack stuff but i was in need of something new and fancied a change (also I had an ABM 900 before and liked it alot!)

Quick question though - the Klystron 1000 has 2 power amps (each 575 watts @ 4 ohms) - I'm guessing its fine to just use one power stage with two 8 ohm cabs (thus making 4 ohms) and leaving the other power stage unconnected will be fine?


cheers

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