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[quote name='charic' post='1330837' date='Aug 7 2011, 12:17 PM']Ha! Will have to msg Dood[/quote] I'll do that now...

Mike has just taken a nice shiny set of DR Strings off my hands - great comms and speedy replies - a very smooth transaction! Thanks Mike!

Speaking of Tec-Amp Joe, whilst I was perusing their website I spotted this: I'm pretty damn interested maself, as one of the big factors that will sway me in the competition of the small amps, is whether it will fit in a 1u rack slot. I think, along with the F1 and F500, this one is a winner, 900W at 4 Ohms [url="http://www.tec-amp.com/index.php?id=234"]http://www.tec-amp.com/index.php?id=234[/url]

Yup, count me in if you need help, I'd be happy to do a clinic/workshop too if time permits. Drop me a line nearer the time and I'll have a chat with my people who will talk to your people about those people; see if we can get an A lister to show up. I've a few names in mind.

You'll be happy to hear that BGM will be making available digital versions of the magazine to buy online, according to their website. I'd recommend buying issue 67, there's this guy.. Who errr, is on this forum.. And he was like, well wrote a 4 page article and it was ermmmm great! Oh, if only I could remember his name!!!!

[quote name='lollington' post='1324744' date='Aug 2 2011, 07:41 PM']I've used my LH500 for around six months now. Sounds brilliant with plenty of power. The volume knob is a little unusual; output is pretty relaxed till 1 o'clock when the power jumps up.[/quote] You could call it a side effect of the preamp's design, but again given the pluses of the amp, I'm not fussed!

[quote name='daz' post='1323795' date='Aug 2 2011, 03:51 AM']The only thing im wondering about is why they price the less powerfull HA3500 at £100 more expensive ? Is it just because of an equalizer and built in compressor ? Also i dont understand how if they both have a tube pre amp that only the HA has the ability to swap between tube and solid state.? Err maybe i should wait for a second hand 3500 to pop up (i love the ones in the solid tolex cases) [/quote] Yep, i reckon the HA amps are simply more expensive because they have a lot more under the hood. I really believe the genius behind the LH heads are their simplicity,nwhich in turn leads to a great clean and powerful tone. The preamp has few components in comparison to say, and SVP. I feel sure that the result is less noise and a clearer sound. As for why the HA heads have a solid-state mix, well the LH doesn't have a solid-state preamp section.it's not really needed as it's just a single valve on it's own and it's designed not to overdrive.

Moderator in the house! Guys, these threads can be very informative and helpful and would really like them to stay that way. I know that it can get a bit heated, by all means exercise your collective brains to benefit but please, keep off the low-blows and inflammatory comments.

[quote name='daz' post='1323277' date='Aug 1 2011, 05:12 PM']Whats the difference between the HA and the LH series ? (i am trying to buy an HA 3500, 5000 or a LH 5000 but keep missing them)Is the[/quote] Hey Daz, there's a few clues visually between the two models! ;o) The HA heads have a graphic, variable compressor (limiter) and both tube and solid state signal paths. The Tube signal path as a 'pre curve' built in and you have the ability to mix to taste. The HA heads currently come in ~200 (2500), 300 (3500) and 500W (5500) versions. There were also some old units that featured dual power amplifiers, such as the HA5000 (2x250w) and the HA7000 (2x350W). The LH i think is a genius idea. The LH500 features a 500W power amplifier and the LH1000 features two 500W amps that can be run separately (and balanced for levels) or bridged for a stonking 1000W RMS in to 4 ohms. The preamp is all valve with a passive tone stack EQ. As has been mentioned many times on the forum, the amps are designed to stay clean and punchy all the way up the volume control. I like that alot. They don't run out of steam like many amps that I have owned!! Another great plus for these heads is that each module will run down to 2 Ohms, which I believe gives you the rather daft option of being able to run 8 x 8 Ohm cabinets off one LH1000 in parallel mode. Can't say I've tried it, not that i'd need to - my 8x10 Hartke stack with the LH1000 on top is truely a beast. Dave Ellefson, Hartke endorser is very right when he says that they are incredibly loud and powerful! Whilst I am talking about the LH heads, I'd like to bring attention to the guff being spouted about the 'lack of gain control' on these amps and how you can't control the input gain. The LH heads seem to have a real nod towards old 'non-master volume' valve heads of yesteryear. There used to be a time when amps didn't have a master volume - the preamp was wired directly to the power amplifier. You'd use the gain control to attenuate the signal going in to the amplifier. When they were designed, distorting and distortion wasn't something that the manufacturers wanted and used the single volume (gain control) on the amplifier to keep the input stages from distorting. Eventually some bright spark realised that actually the sound of valves distorting was actually quite nice for their style of music and thus started cranking these single volume control amps up really loud to get them to distort. Story short, as much as it was great to have that distorting tone, the volume was a bit too much at times and thus the 'master volume' amplifier was born. The ability to drive the preamp section in to distortion and then back the master volume control down to near bedroom levels made the sales of amplifiers rocket I am sure! Ok, so - back to the LH heads - that volume control on the front is as good as the same as the gain control on any other amplifer and it's best to imagine that the master volume, if it had one is constantly locked on 10 (or actually 11 if you know how loud these heads are!) One last little test, which I feel is a real credit to the design - if you have an amp nearby and a cab with a tweeter, turn the gain to zero and then wind the master volume all the way up (no noisegates please!!). Does it get really hissy and noisey? with the LH head's gain all the way down, I'm willing to bet that with a like for like amplifier, it's dead quiet in comparison ;o)

Great amps! Have just got back from playin another gig with my LH1000. Really powerful, I had to turn down as I was a bit loud. My volume was on 2!!!!!!

[quote name='Bilbo' post='1318429' date='Jul 27 2011, 04:54 PM']I don't think its a case of plucking that e-string as hard as possible but of plucking it as hard as you are going to when you are perfroming. If you are plucking it as hard as possible when you are playing, you will lose all the finesse in your technique.[/quote] yup, definitely this! - I play with what could be considered a light touch - even my slap technique is controlled so that I don't beat my bass in to submission. Therefore I would say that I could get away with a higher gain setting than someone who was indeed 'playing the e string as hard as possible'.

[quote name='dudewheresmybass' post='1316074' date='Jul 25 2011, 06:44 PM']I spent some time with one not long after they were released The eq is very powerful, and the gate functions beautifully, however it didn't make me say wow! No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't find a sound good enough to cut through in a heavy les Paul/ Marshall mix Ymmv of course- it's worth a try after all[/quote] Yup, pretty much the same for me - IIRC it remained pretty 1 dimensional in it's character though; either more or less gain it's still had an annoying 'buzz saw' sound to the distortion that I really don't like. I lost bottom end when I kicked it in alone too. That said though, I really like MXR pedals alot and still have my M80 in the cupboard.

I like the White or the Green! That said, I kinda like the idea of a set of cabs in British Racing Green with a black grill and maybe chrome hardware. Then maybe an Aston Martin badge on the front! (Well, that or Austin Mini!!!!!!!)

[quote name='Ed_S' post='1316580' date='Jul 26 2011, 08:07 AM'].....Back to the point, however, you'd hope that with the OTB1000 being a single power stage it might have a more linear response on the master, where the bridged LH1000 has that volume 'jump' in the middle of the dial.[/quote] I think that's possibly more to do with the design of the preamp vs the power amp choice, I have to test the theory and see if the volume jump happens through the DI. To be honest, using my basses with really high output pickups, I'd be lucky to need my amp above 3! Never needed to turn my stack up any further as that was plenty! [quote name='alexclaber' post='1316797' date='Jul 26 2011, 11:18 AM']I don't think the Hartke LH and Orange Terror preamps are similar in any way - the former has a topology with tons of headroom and the latter doesn't![/quote] I haven't tried an OTB to be honest so wasn't aware that the headroom was capped, so my thoughts were that it would be the similar fender valve & passive tone stack/ alembic pre design. if it were a similar pre, then maybe (without getting too techy) say using a lower HT would allow it to compress or drive earlier, amongst other design tricks. I'd love to see a schematic out of pure interest!