nuno1959

leave it to Basschat to get almost instant replies to one's plights !! thanks guys ;-) this particular amp has an air inlet in its fascia + a fan in it's rear panel & Mr. Ian Savage - don't be cheeky : i already ordered the 25U, refrigerated rack for those !! what do you think ? i wouldn't be caught dead w/ one of those dinky 1U things on the road man, i've got standards....LOL... so 2U it is then.... cheers guys

Hi Guys here i am again, pestering everyone w/ questions that probably got answered a million times - my apologies if that's the case ! but....i couldn't find much about it here so, here it goes : this monday my Hartke LH1000 bass head arrives, it's a 2U high head & although most of the time it will be at home sitting quietly on top of my cab or an adjoining table, fact is it WILL go out & have a ''good time'' every so often.. so i want to buy a rack for it, a plastic one will be enough since no one is going to be tossing it around, i will doing any moving, gently, lovingly, carefully - damn, i just realised this almost sounded like a soundtrack for a soft porn.... LOL... anyway, i'm considering getting something like a Gator or Rhino, SKB, whatever, whatever but my problem is i'm NOT too comfortable with the idea of getting a smaller 2U rack case for it - somehow a 3U or even a 4U makes more sense to me as in - extra space for air to ''wick away'' heat from it, etc ? even add a fan or two ? am i over-thinking it & a plain jane 2U rack will be just fine ? oh, by the way, i live in the algarve ( south of Portugal.. ) were temperatures in summer easily climb up to 42, 45 degrees Centigrade ( 115 Fahrenheit ?.. ) for 2, 3 weeks every summer & most of the remaining 4 summer months are steadily around the 32 to 37 degrees Centigrade mark ( 90 to 98 F ?.. ) the rest of the year being quite mild

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1371066407' post='2109479'] Says the man judging a huge swathe of people by their nationality rather than any actual qualities of individuals. [/quote] ......LMAO !!!!......people are people regardless of nationality, creed, race, whatever....we ALL do the same stuff ! ;-)

Hi Lozz196 & sorry for getting back to you so late : was away for a while on my dirt bike, no computers, no stress - BLISS ! i hear you & i'm SO VERY tempted to get it, actually sod it !! i AM getting it....LOL.... i posted the same question/request on Talkbass & since the answers were all VERY positive i'm going to go for it when i get it i'll let you know again many thanks cheers Nuno

[color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]hi guys[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]after selling my 30 year old Peavey Combo 300 i've recently bought a Warwick WCA411 Pro secondhand & a new Hartke LH1000 to have at our rehearsal room but was left with nothing to play at home[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]looking up the OLX site i spotted a Eden Nemesis RS410 combo for 450€, nice & tidy & i got curious about it - after all Eden has a quality reputation right ?[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]& i figured it would make a perfect combo to replace my Peavey at home since for rehearsing/gigging i'm kind of set now...[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]problem is that no matter how i phrased my Googling, little or nothing came up in the guise of reviews, posts, etc... about this combo - which to be honest i found disconcerting[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]so here i am to solicit your help once again oh great ones : anyone who has had or played with this combo, knows of horror stories involving it would you be so kind as to share them with me ? pretty please ?[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]is it reliable? does it cut through a mix in a band setting ? does it go loud & punchy, type of tone, etc, etc....[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]just so you have an idea of the ''void'' on this combo out there this is the ONLY thing i found in YouTube, home to most everything that exists on this planet & yet....[/font][/color] [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K7D1JI2URE"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K7D1JI2URE[/url] [color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]any help will be greatly appreciated, thanks guys[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]Nuno[/font][/color]

me ....AGAIN !! talk about NOT letting go ! ;-) just dropping a line to tell you i went ahead & did trade the LH500 for the LH1000 - for an extra 129€, you know ? what the hell, it IS hard to resist... since i'm planning on building a 15/6 fEARful in the near future & later on when budget allows a 15 fEARful sub to go with it, i thought i might as well have those 750W @ 8 ohms/1100W @ 4 ohms of the LH1000 in bridged mode + it weighs basically the same &.....yeah, it's true : i'll never grow up ;-) anyway, when the fEARful build starts i'll post some photos : i want it to be WICKED !!! again thank you so much to all who chipped in

hi again... yes guys you were right : the LH500 ROCKS, swings, skas, shuffles, ''blueses'' - it does everything & quite well i tweaked & tweaked the EQ & yesterday when playing with the guys, EVERYONE complimented the LH/Warwick combo's sound effusively since the jam's format on thursdays is along the lines of anyone can bring an instrument & join in & even though there were 7 people playing a variety of things, i didn't need to set it on more than 6 to pump out a nice, massive sound so MAYBE i should consider playing at lower volumes at home !?....LOL... when we finished around 4AM, the EQ settings i ended up with & which sounded absolutely FINE in that context were : Bass on 5, Mids on 3 & Treble on 4.5 the tweeter attenuator on the speaker was set at about 9 o'clock, my basse's EQ set flat & my Zoom B3 as usual had the compressor on & a slight pinch of chorus, set so it gives a ''drive like'' sound to the lower end & a bit of shimmer to the higher notes this way notes were punchy, warm yet detailed & chords sounded fat, almost menacing even but with a nice ring to them & each string could be heard clearly - no mud whatsoever so a big thank you to all, i sure appreciate your input helping put my mind at ease it's official : i LOOOOVE my Hartke LH500 ! ;-) cheers

Hi guys please forgive not addressing each one of you - you are so many chipping in, it's great !! yup, i definitely must play around with the LH500's EQ ! as i said earlier, i used to play with a Seymour Duncan 400 bass head coupled to a 2X15'', 4Ohm speaker cab i built, an exact replica of a friend's Ampeg 2X15'' cab.. when i plugged in my 78 Precision it sounded absolutely nuts : creamy, molten lava like with a fierce kick in the gut thrown in for good measure when needed, LOTS of headroom, all in a very primal/physical kind of way. you could lay 3000 instruments on top of it, it wasn't a very ''obvious/forward sound'' but if i stopped playing EVERYBODY would notice something WAS missing later when i sold it & quit playing - long boring story - i'll spare you.. - i kept my Peavey, ''just in case'' & when i came back to playing the bass i DID have to fiddle with it to ''kind of'' replicate the sound i had & loved - ALMOST being the operative word... the Peavey, as honest & hard working as a 30 year old combo can be, tends to always have a ''in your face'' kind of sound & it took a lot of adjusting it's reasonably flexible EQ section to make it sound pretty decent BUT.....it's still what it is !... & i have been playing the hell out of it for a few months now so...yes, i might have interiorized it's sound as a ''reference'' by now ! as for this little guy, the Hartke LH500...as soon as it got it out of the box & plugged it in ( it took like....15 secs flat !?...LOL...) it immediately sounded very much like the Seymour Duncan or at least as i remember it sounding but baffled me by apparently ''lacking'' the punch the Seymour definitely had hence my immediate reaction this could be due to a less than perfect cab/amp interaction !? even if in theory a 150 or 200W amp SHOULD suffice to make this or most any reasonably sensitive cab go loud.... i've read the EQ section in the LH's user manual & mind you i've only played through it for a day now - so i'm sure lots more must be achievable.. - i'll definitely toy with it some more & see what results i manage mind you, it's true i DO play quite LOUD at home : since all my neighbours are out at work for the day until 6 or 6.30 ..... ;-) ..... i just get something going through my hi-fi by R.A.T.M, INXS, Skunk Anansie, King Crimson, etc, etc....& yes, loud enough so it feels like the band is in the room playing with me/me with them - otherwise it doesn't ''move me'' enough to REALLY get into it, you know what i mean ? what can i say in my deffense ? i'm an animal & definitely NOT fit to live in an apartment or in polite society for that matter !....LOL.... anyway, i'm waffling....regardless of the results, i WILL post back to pass on my findings thank you so much to each & everyone who chipped in, it's MUCH appreciated & needless to say but if ever any of you is in my neck of the woods, drop me a line - at the very least we could go grab a beer, annoy the neighbours or something... cheers guys !!

Hi Adrenochrome my original reaction was that perhaps mine being the 8Ohm, 600W cab ( also bought 2nd hand over here & brought to my door.. ) it might just be too demanding on the LH500 which ''only'' pumps out 300 & some watts under an 8Ohm load - or am i simply becoming hard of hearing in my old age ?...LOL.... as i said, i have a couple weeks to fiddle with it & that's what i'll do, it does have such a great tone cheers

hi Conan yes, you might be right : up to 5 it's like hardly anything happens at all volume wise !? i only found it odd since my only reference as far as bass heads was a Seymour Duncan 400 amp head i had a LONG time ago & man, with the volume set on 5 one could hardly stand next to it - it would literally make the windows ''bulge out'' if you know what i mean since Session has a 14 day return/no questions asked & a 66 day exchange policies for anything costing above 40€ ( free carriage back to them for the 14 day return !? how cool is THAT ?.. ) i'll definitely play around with the LH500 volume & EQ settings because i DO LIKE it's tone & maybe it's the way i've set the EQ - i've read it works in a pretty unconventional way i'll start off by taking it to our weekly jam session tonight & see how it sounds there - sometimes just playing alone at home things sound different whatever i do, i'll post back - many thanks for your input Nuno

[color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]Hi guys[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]got my [/font][/color][color=#FF0000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,][b]Hartke[/b][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,] LH500 today, bought it from Session.de for a great price - 269€ shipped to Portugal !![/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]hooked it up to my Warwick WCA411Pro, 8 Ohm cab & compared to my Peavey Combo300, YES i love it's kind of sound, YES it IS powerful/loud enough, YES i like the ''too simple'' approach of this amp to EQ & general lack of bells & whistles BUT.....somehow i feel it lacks that GRIP ( control ?.. ) on this cab & while it IS louder than the Peavey, it seems as if the Peavey ''hits harder'' - does this make any sense ?[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]it's like there isn't much of ...what would the exact word be ? punch ? headroom ? a combination of both ?[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]do you know what i mean ? i mean, playing along my Hi-Fi in my living room ( as loud as if playing w/a band mind you.. ) i have the LH500 volume set at 7 out of a possible 10 !?[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]since i have 30 days to send it back/full refund OR 66 days to exchange it for something else & since the [/font][/color][color=#FF0000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,][b]LH1000[/b][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,] is still within my budget, do you guys think i'd get that headroom/control effect from the [/font][/color][color=#FF0000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,][b]LH1000[/b][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,] in bridged mode w/ my cab ?[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]any help will be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance for your suggestions[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]cheers from the Algarve[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]Nuno[/font][/color]

[color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]Hi guys[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]just bought a Delano MC5FE/J pickup to install on my bass - does anyone know how to connect it in series please ?[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]preferably explained as if i'm 6 years old[/font][/color][color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,] please ! [/font][/color][color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,];-)[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,] many thanks[/font][/color]

ohhh....... you're BAD !!!!! ;-) giving in is SO SWEET !...LOL...

[color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,] Hi guys i'm back.....with a vengeance !!! ;-) FINALLY ! my Peavey Combo is sorted - a friend gave me the contact of this guy near where i live, he does mainly repair work on mixers, power amps/ PA maintenance & such so i sent him an email, we made an appointment & today i took just the Peavey's amp section leaving the cab at home.... got to his place, he had already sourced a schematic for it & started immediately working on it - right there in front of me !? after checking & re-checking, measuring & re-measuring FINALLY he found what was causing havoc : one contact of a teeny weeny zener diode was badly oxidised so it ''de-soldered'' itself loose-ish & developed an intermittent contact with the board & a badly regulated current ( 23V instead of 15 i think he told me.. ) check the photo here : [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/13706825@N03/8577468167/in/photostream/lightbox/"]http://www.flickr.com/photos/1370682...ream/lightbox/[/url] - the faulty ''wire'' is the one facing down, towards those condensers when i asked him how much i owed him, he turned & charged me 50€ for 3 hours labour, 2 extra 4A fuses & a cleaning spray - how cool is that ? as i was leaving, since he's worked w/ all sorts of Peavey gear over the years & knows most inside out, he guaranteed me my combo is ready for another 20 or 30 years !!...LOL... plop, plop, fizz, fizz.....aahhhhh.....instant relief !! yes , life is good again ;-) only one big problem now : since i had psyched myself up that the repair would be terribly expensive, i kindda decided to get this simple yet very sexy little Hartke LH500 head & build a couple of 12/6 fEARful cabs to go with it ! so let me ask you : what am i supposed to do now with this ''acute case of unreleased GAS'' ?? talk about coitus interruptus, jeez !!...... anyway i want to take the opportunity to thank all for your input/suggestions - it 's been VERY appreciated !! cheers guys !...[/font][/color]

Hi 3below if the repair job is too big or complicated ( measuring component values, etc...) i'm a bit stuck because where i live the electronic repair guys i know of are useless : the kind that gets stuff going just enough so.....you go back soon after to repair something else he MIGHT have screwed up, you know what i'm saying ? being totally ignorant on the subject one CAN'T state this much less prove it BUT when this happens to too many people !?... don't get me wrong i DO like the Peavey, a LOT actually : when i'm out jamming with my friends despite the guitar players run a Marshall 100W tube head & the other a 100W Valvestate pushed LOUD + the drummer is banging it away with some serious OOOMPH, i've never been found lacking, having trouble hearing myself or making myself be heard - quite on the contrary !! it IS a LOUD puppy w/ surprisingly decent tone & flexibility !...LOL... & that's one more reason why i've never gotten around selling it & other, theoretically better ''BRAND'' amps/cabs HAVE come & gone during the years ! ;-)

Hi guys 1st of all : thanks for your patience & input ! ;-) i have contacted the Peavey Service Centre in Lisbon & a couple of online suppliers for these caps or equivalent ... at this point either changing them works ( + maybe re-do all the soldering on this board, that would be easy for me.. ) or i'll just get a nice second hand, newer amp if fixing it becomes a big thing !? i've found an Ampeg B2R for 350€ right near me in VERY good nick which i might get for say...280€, 290€ ?.. & an Ashdown ABM500 Evo III from a fellow Forum member here for £330 + postage to Portugal ( postage costs MIGHT be a killer though..) if i went down this route & since this combo has a bulletproof 15'' BW speaker, i could modify it into a nice compact cab ( easy, peasy..) then later maybe get a 2X10'' ? & PRESTO : instant El Cheapo Mongrel bass rig w/ a decent sound/power for little $$ to be honest i'd rather fix the old boy, i've had from new, other bass rigs have come & gone but despite not being exceptional, since it was my first REAL BASS AMP, i always kept it - i just might have a soft spot for it after all ! ;-) + it looks like crap & kicks bass butt & i like that sort of thing !!...LOL... regardless, i'll certainly keep you posted on the developments - again MANY thanks to you all for your kind assistance ;-) cheers

OK, i FINALLY got it going - damn Flickr today was in reverse & just WOULDN'T budge, no matter what ! here are the photos i took of the insides of the beast + the video of the rattling sound : there shouldn't be any sound like this right ? [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/13706825@N03/8546590875/in/photostream/lightbox/"]http://www.flickr.co...tream/lightbox/[/url] - to view all the pics, click on ''Older'' at the top centre of the window after viewing the video.. other than that sound every thing seems in order as far as solder joints, spigots broken or as far as any other visible physical damages of parts are concerned, what do you think ? if these big blue capacitors are not supposed to make this sound, then they are to be replaced - are these components i can get from most any electronics supplier ( as long as they are of the same ''standard''.. ) or should i get originals from Peavey themselves ? or could i even upgrade them ? thanks for taking your time with this , it really helps ! ;-)

ok, i took the amp section out of the combo & took some photos which i think are good enough to identify the components ! as i was taking the PCB out i noticed a very slight but discernible rattling sound coming from inside the large blue cylindrical things which i suppose ARE capacitors - the sound reminds me as when you shake a blown lightbulb kind of thing, slightly ''glassy'' as we speak, i'm uploading them to Flickr & i will get back to you as soon as it's done, OK ? i shot a short video too.... thanks

this amp has a ''Pre Gain'' pot & a ''Post Gain'' pot & regardless how you set them : yes absolutely !

Hi BassSwede & welcome to this forum ! beginner, intermediate, advanced, who cares ? as long as you're loving it.... one day every bass player all over the world will pluck a note simultaneously & the planet WILL rock like it never did before, then as we walk past, people will comment : ''oh, he's a bass player, you know !?...'' LOL have fun ;-)

Hi sexy666 liked those wicked sounds, keep them coming !! welcome to the forum & hope you enjoy yourself ! ;-)

OOOPS !!....sorry guys, my bad : i don't know what i did there w/ the 1st link i posted but thank goodness it had nothing to do with red buttons & ICBM's......LOL... Bert, i think this now IS the correct link : https://soundcloud.com/nuno1959-1/cracks-pops - but do lower the volume, it does sound toxic ! 3below - thanks for your input ! i think if you click on this new link it WILL get you there ( i also DON'T use fb.. ) now, the amp is in reality 30 years old & NEVER got any thing replaced/repaired, etc...so most definitely considering how hard it has worked most it's life, it might be time to do so.. when i brought it back to action i did open it & thoroughly sprayed it, rotate all pots to get rid of any gunk/oxydation, etc...didn't use Servisol but another a local electronic components shop owner recommended me - he's a nice guy, has ENDLESS patience for my ignorant questions & comes across as very knowledgeable about his thing so...i'm sure the spray was appropriate for the job now, if soldering for me is peanuts - i wouldn't be much of a silversmith if i couldn't pull THAT off.. - the problem is that although familiar with such words as capacitors, diodes, etc...& knowing VAGUELY each one's role, when i open the amp & look at it i feel as we say in my country : " like an ox looking at a palace" - CLUELESS !! what is what, you know ? but what if i posted a series of nice, sharp high res photos of the insides of the beast ? would you be so kind as to point out which components to go for ? THAT would be something on another forum i subscribe to, someone also suggested : ''...30 years old, it could be arcing in the power supply caps..." keep those suggestions coming cause it might not be the best amp in the world but i kind of have a soft spot for it , cheers !!

hi guys MANY thanks for the warm welcome KiOgon - glad you enjoyed reading it ! yes, down here it's DEFINITELY milder but hey, 2 years ago i was working a bit further north than you, up in Perth, for a full year & just my luck it was like...the coldest winter in the last gazillion years or something ? i froze my b***s to last me for 3 lifetimes !! Gjones - am glad you liked the music & i must say i LOVED Edinburgh being so close to Perth, had a ball there - just followed my friends wherever they took me, little wonder i don't remember a thing !! Perth is a lovely place but WAYYY too quiet man... BassTractor - if you enjoyed reading it, then it was my pleasure writing it X 2 ! The Greek - don't ever write the word "sorry" next to "Muttley" man !! it just doesn't add up !...LOL... he was a hero of mine growing up, definitely a role model !! ;-) discreet - many thanks man, most appreciated ! now if you'll excuse me i must go to my settings cause i didn't get notified people answered ! :-b must have to tick some box...DAMN, so many things to do & so little time to do them, ain't life grand when we're having fun ? right before i came here to answer i was going through all the adds here & if my Peavey's repair is beyond doable, i already have a couple of worthy replacements lined up, more about it later..... cheers guys

hi guys just thought i'd drop by to introduce myself : my name is Nuno, i'm a 53 years old silversmith/artist/designer from Portugal & some 20 years ago i decided to stop playing bass after the band i was in split - record company pulled the rug, long boring story, i'll spare you... playing in this band was a lot of fun & we lived for playing live every chance we had - what we lacked in chops we made up in energy & enthusiasm during live performances : EVERYBODY danced !! ;-) we were a six piece band & we mixed traditional portuguese folk instrument sounds ( accordeon & cavaquinho - a ''cousin''of the ukelele ?..) with a straightforward rock curious ? have a listen but PLEASE disregard the CD cover, we had absolutely no say in the matter : [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYQJZReY1pM[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8E4iPgfmQI[/media] anyway after we split, disgusted, i sold my bass & gave my rig away to a friend so it could be used & enjoyed instead of dying a slow agonising ''death by dust & oxidation'' : a sweet 1978 Fender Precision, a Seymour Duncan 4000 amp + a 2X15'' cab he still has it & it still sounds AWESOME, in a molten lava, warm & velvety smooth kind of way.... lately since i'm going through some sort of mid-life crisis ( thank goodness.. ) which among other things led me to buy a wicked enduro bike to ride as hard/as often as i possibly can &....you guessed it : a VERY cheap & merry Cort Action 4A & a Zoom B3 effects unit to start playing again, to be joined next week by a Cort GB35 just to have a go at a 5er WITHOUT breaking the bank... **** a little side note : when i tried the Cort 4A, i couldn't believe how good the fit & finish of it is, specially considering it's basically given away !! i mean, ''back in the day'' basses of that price & more, would literally shred your hands while playing or AT LEAST would feel like planks. glad to see things HAVE evolved !!**** so i dusted my old Peavey Combo300 inside & out & i'm back nagging people as much as i can ;-) luckily i live outside town ( Albufeira in the Algarve..) & all my neighbours are out all day at work so i can jack it up all i want, the only limiting factor being when the furniture starts moving around & re-arranging itself, a sure sign to back off a notch...LOL... this has been going on for a few months now & surprisingly, i even managed to get my half-assed chops back AND improved in a jiffy : thanks to so many talented players who graciously post their tutorials on YouTube !! meanwhile when out riding my dirt bike on the hills behind my house, i met a few fellow riders, we got talking & it turns out some of them get together to jam near my place ! they invited me to drop by & join in. needless to say i did & we're having a ball : twice a week we meet around 8 o'clock & jam until 2.30 or 3 AM....loud, viciously, WICKED !! of course a little drama was missing this otherwise VERY rosy picture - the salt & pepper of life, right ?.. - & i posted about it right here if you'd care to have a look : [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/201957-help-peavey-combo300-loud-cracks-pops/"]http://basschat.co.u...ud-cracks-pops/[/url] yup, the Peavey is giving up or so it seems, please take a look see if you've ever come across it's symptoms - or maybe it's just time to get something else ? we'll see ! anyway it feels great to be back, thanks a lot for reading cheers to all Nuno