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[quote name='obbm' timestamp='1423683156' post='2687965'] Pre-amp valves are fine on their sides but the power valves seem to need to be vertically oriented otherwise the electrons get confused. IIRC the AC30 had them upside down [/quote] Yeah! Brian May used to have dead straight hair until he started playing AC30's!!

I owned a Warwick preamp once that was made up of a valve preamp followed by a small valve power amplifier whose output went to DI as well as the connections to feed a normal power amp. The idea being that you'd get the tone and feel of a real valve amplifier in a rack but choose your solid state power section to drive your speakers. Great idea but in reality it wasn't as articulate as I'd hoped.

[quote name='solo4652' timestamp='1423681830' post='2687935'] "...and the height of the power bottles pretty much dictate things" Do they[i] have [/i]to stand upright? [/quote] No. I was also wondering about the use of different shaped transformers too, such as toroidal types.

[quote name='tayste_2000' timestamp='1422229977' post='2670226'] I'd suggest reading pt-1 of the blog, but basically jamup and an interface I like the line 6 sonic port [/quote] That's pretty much the way it goes yup! Can't believe it has become so easy to be truly mobile in our bass rigs! It'll just keep getting better too for sure.

I have to admit, I purposely left out some of my own thoughts - but I did wonder what results could be achieved by losing at least one transformer (mains) to power the valve amplifier using an SMPS instead. The other transformer would obviously still be a sticking point given it's role in valve amplification.

The second I saw the picture I thought something wasn't right about it - but the owner says lower down. It's not an official Sheehan model. The attitude was offered in non-signature models (including a 5 string) and this standard version has been 'upgraded' it seems. Actually, still a very nice bass without the Sheehan mods.

Ok, so this is a crazy question to begin with, so let me flesh it out a bit. I have in my possession a vintage Marshall Super Bass 100W valve amplifier. It has been recently serviced and had a few part upgrades to improve it's response and tone. I have to say, it sounds amazing! It is however a big beast of an amplifier as you all will know. So it got me to thinking. I *know* that the output and power transformers are big and bulky. I know that the valves need room for a bit of fresh air. But has anyone actually tackled making a 100W all valve bass amplifier smaller and lighter? Rack mountable in a 2u box at least! I'm not talking about hybrids here. Everyone is doing that these days!

Seriously, if it's that sound you have in mind and your budget is tight - trawl the marketplace here for Hydrives - less hassle in the long run and the results will be much better

You're probably gonna need to make sure your walls are well braced

There's a little competition here to win one http://www.licklibrary.com/newsletters/gi_issue_31_2/index.htm

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Thank you Planer! I've just added issue 31 and I'm off to record issue 32 in the next week or so!

[quote name='Scott S' timestamp='1422999353' post='2679474'] Cheers, dood, thanks for the heads up and the review, mate! [/quote] It's a pleasure

Ive reviewed the four string. It's really nice and the Aguilar pickups sound superb. You'll need to scroll through my posts here to find the magazine issue in which I covered the bass: http://basschat.co.uk/topic/248043-doods-100-online-video-reviews/page__pid__2645016#entry2645016

Just bought a TC Pedal from Grant. Great communication, very well packed item and keen to ensure a happy exchange. Good man! Thank you!

knocking £100 off new prices (or more) will no doubt have an effect on the second hand market too. Great for the buyer!

[quote name='dood' timestamp='1420927284' post='2655262'] Shame the pictures are round the wrong way, but here's a bass I'd like to track down! It was a 69ish (Ash?) P bass body that had been (as far as I can tell) stripped and refinished. The neck wasn't original and I suspect it was a US RI neck. The neck was dated 1982. It was an unusual P bass that had a pickup with Allen Key shaped poles, suggesting that it could have been a dimarzio. The neck IIRC was heavily figured and possibly bird's eye. Topping off the spec was a set of reverse Kluson keys, headstock strap button and black pickguard. The artwork was a window sticker, thus came straight off without residue and the thumb rest was also removed before sale but would have left two screw holes behind. I think a guy from Bury St Edmunds bought it from me, but this was well over 15 years ago!!! I'm off to find some clearer pictures, but I have to say, this was one awesome sounding bass! [/quote] Nyargh! My pictures have disappeared- I'll remedy that later. The only thing I'm wondering about is that I've not found many examples of birds eye precision necks. Mine had a rosewood board.

My other wishes for the B1P would be that the dirty channel could be switched in and out remotely. My effects unit has the ability to switch amplifier channels etc as part of a patch. Being able to control the pedal whilst it lives in a rack would be amazing. I might have to look in to that Suncoast! I've never been a fan of having pedals down by my feet - especially for gigging on the road!

Yeah, 'ello! Well everyone else has been in so it's my turn! - I've had a real love hate relationship with my drive sounds and I'm still not 100% happy, but I do have a sound I'd be happy to throw out live. Like the guys, I've had different kit to mess around with. I've not owned a Pearce, but I've had the EBS Billy Sheehan Sig Drive, I have an Ampeg BSP that I still may sell and I now have the Suncoast B1P. In my journey I have also had an MXR M80, the obligatory BDDI and even a Boss Metal Zone looped up with a graphic equaliser, which worked quite well! All the good stuff above rings true for me too and I would maybe prefer to sweep those mids as well but I am happy with having a clean channel that dirt gets added to - I'm wanting to keep the kit as small as possible so the trade off of not having a full second channel does mean the B1P box is a bit smaller. Primarily I went with the B1P to shift some pounds from my rack using the BSP and it's tour ready metal carcass! I have to say though I've not gained much!! My B1P lives on a rack tray with a TC Nova Dynamics noise gate/compressor a power supply and a Cab Sim that I'll come to in a bit. So, really weight wise I've shed very little. Effects come from a TC GM2 so that lives in the rack too. Two things I found a little difficulty with the B1P. The BSP drive is a very smooth distortion and there's tons of it - but it does need EQ to make it sing. BSP plus EQ rack..annoying! I was kinda hoping that the B1P had the same amount of distortion sustain out of the box - so I'm having to push the input a bit by winding up the output of my Nova Dynamics. No bother there really as I run that as a parallel compression leaving my 'loud stuff' intact. The other thing that was immediately a problem with my set up is that I have a very clear full range speaker system behind me and the B1P to mind isn't designed to work well with tweeters. Much the same effect as plugging a guitar distortion pedal straight in to a flat PA. Not pretty! So to get round this I had two options. Either turn off my tweeter and sacrifice it for all my sounds or EQ the sh*te out of my signal output for just the distortion sound. There's a whole thread by me about it too! So I took a punt and bought one of those Fender rebadged Mooer Micro DI pedals. I run that after the B1P or in it's effects loop, I've not settled on which yet. I have to say, for the money it's brilliant! It allows me to push the tops on the B1P without tearing my ears off - and plugged in to my recording interface i get a much smoother bass signal that I can then treat with VSTs to add cabinet 'air'. The Micro DI is just an EQ, there's no fancy stuff in the box if you see what I mean. I've got some other things to try in coming weeks, but I'm starting to get used to the B1P now. A nice piece of kit. One thing I wish I could go back and try though is the Sheehan drive and Micro DI. Maybe that's what it needed and I should have kept mine!