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I wonder why so many manufacturers imagine using a taxi is an experience exclusive to NYC

Love the avatar :brow:

Does your version have the half power switch on the back? I can turn off two tubes or lower all four. Cheers ped

Mesa also did an all tube 200w 'Bass Buster' wedge shaped 2x10 combo, there is one @ The Gallery I think. Might as well smash your back up first though!!

I have a Trace V4 which also has 4 KT88s in the power stage (the pre-amp is a bit different though) and part of the reason I love it is because it doesn't break up or sound gritty. I think the character of the amplifier is creamy and rich rather than spicy and raw. I think therefore the best option would be a pedal of some sort (though I have no idea what, I don't really do that sound). I tried a different valve or two in the second gain stage of my trace (which is switchable) out of interest and didn't find much difference. Cheers ped

Cool, would be nice to meet you. Looking forward to this one, lets hope its not as hot and muggy as it has been today! ped

Gotta be a Trace V4 ;0) I will shut up and move the post like a good admin now ped

Bona better bring his Fodera with Vbass in it or I am going to do some heckling

Can't wait!! I will be there in some official capacity apparently and really looking forward to the show. I only came for about an hour last time (Miss ped in tow) but planning on staying until the bitter end this year! Will be great to meet you (after narrowly missing you in Scholars in Aberytwyth) and several other new faces. Look out for more info and a banner to the website here soon, basschat is supporting the event in a big way! Cheers ped

Very good mate but [i]Any[/i] internet musicians forum?? ;0)

Hehe the pink scarf kind of ruins the otherwise fairly muscular appearance!

[quote name='Jase' post='248960' date='Jul 27 2008, 03:47 PM']I thought this would be a good place to put my own recent good fortune.......I now have an endorsement with Hartke [/quote] Hey Jase, that's cool... Did you ring Larry on his 'cellphone'? I have to do that at some point. Will you be taking delivery of the new 'Hydrive' speakers? Would be very interested to hear about them. Always loved Hartke gear. Cheers ped

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Depends on your bass and playing style. Not just to be annoyingly vague, but it really does! You need to have the 'door' or decay set just right so that it allows the trailing end of the note to pass through but starts to shut when the hiss overtakes the bass sound for volume. To me, 20% is about right (I use it on my Musicman Vbass patch but the thresh is at 37% - but then I play very lightly) To be honest if you use it sparingly it should not be noticeable at all in the mix when listened to solo - and it will be very hard to detect in the context of a mix or live song. Just be careful that the threshold isn't too high and the decay too low otherwise you will hear a distorting of the decaying note as the door slams shut and cuts it short - again, an interesting effect for driving synths and so on. If you are getting lots of hiss without the gate switched on you might want to see if the problem can be solved before it hits the pod. I get no hiss in the studio or live but do use the gate at home because of very light hum produced from my TV and so on which is picked up especially on the fretless which is usually played with the bridge single coil on full! Hope this helps ped

Think you are right Dave - the copper strip was a precursor to the actual wire which was later drilled through the body to emerge under the bridge. I checked that on my P but it still wasn't grounding properly! Those copper strips always looked very fragile to me... has anyone ripped it off by accident?! Cheers ped

I have one for sale which is a thinner design so it doesn't take up valuable playing area around the pickup. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=23050"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=23050[/url] I really like the feel of them under my hand, somehow they feel 'right' on a jazz shaped bass. I don't play jazzes any more though so hence the sale. On a P bass I had a while back I used the cover as a grounding for the bass, to stop that clicking every time you touch something metal - I ran a piece of tin foil to the cover from the volume pot under the scratchplate and it worked really well!! Cheers ped

Ah ok... well the easiest way to think about the noise gate is like a door that opens and closes to let certain things through. Thresh is the volume the signal has to be for the door to open, and decay is how quickly the door shuts afterwards. For example, set with a very high thresh and zero decay the bass will only sound when it is very loud, when the signal starts to drop the door will slam closed and there will be no sustain. It can be very useful to set this for driving synths. To be honest I don't like noise gates on a clean signal because I think they make any noise more noticeable but if you set it JUST RIGHT you can literally do away with any hiss. Cheers ped

Hi mate, Not sure what you mean on this one... help! ped

To be honest they aren't that bad to carry - not awkwardly shaped and surprisingly light (bet the 2x10 is heavier). I have a delicate post-op back and could still manage lifting it with someone else fairly easily. Couldn't do it myself of course, and if I did I would only end up carrying someone else's things. Due to my complete reliance and love of IEMs I have been tempted to move mine on a few times but I honestly don't think I will find such incredible tone anywhere else, so in two minds about it. It certainly is lovely to have as a benchmark of superb amplification, and I certainly wouldn't sell mine for much less than the one currently on eBay. Cheers ped

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Go here: [url="http://www.ishibashi.co.jp/u_box/"]http://www.ishibashi.co.jp/u_box/[/url] And click 'for overseas customers' in the bit on the left. There is a sticky about importing basses here: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=139"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=139[/url] Cheers ped