Happy Jack

Hmmmm ... I love my PlatPro but I use it strictly for DB. I wouldn't use it for electric bass, and certainly not to front-end an OTB500. Doesn't mean it won't do a job for you, just hadn't occurred to me to try! The very limited EQ on the OTB has frequently been a topic on Basschat and there's no denying it. IMHO the whole point of the OTB is precisely that it [u][b]IS[/b][/u] a one-trick pony - you either like it or you don't. There are loads of amps and pedals that will allow you to shape the contours and boost the Hi-Mids etc, and if that's what you like to do then you should buy another amp. If you want a classic, old-school, blues-rock sound (P-bass through a f***-off valve rig) but at a fraction of the price and a tiny fraction of the weight, then the OTB ticks the box. It's plug & play, and you can stop wasting your time twiddling knobs.

That place is an absolute temple to wood.

I always thought it was "balls to your partner" ...

Hi Jim, welcome aboard. I'm firmly in the OTB500 camp - it's a perfect match for most of the stuff you've listed, and there's plenty of them now knocking about on the 2nd-hand market. Up until a couple of years ago, these amps were shipped with horribly hi-gain valves (plus a dodgy DI-Out). In rsponse, I wrote this: http://basschat.co.uk/topic/134869-re-valving-an-orange-bass-terror/ My own OTB now sounds warmer & creamier, and has far more versatility in the balance between Gain & Volume. Later examples of the OTB come with (allegedly) better valves and (again, allegedly) a far more useable DI-Out. If you have a "tamed" OTB then it should also respond well to a Sansamp or a Catalinbread SFT - but this is drifting off into matters of personal taste. The vanilla OTB sound is absolutely bang on the money for blues-rock.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmmzbVM5BMw#t=110 I think the question that needs asking here is: What the hell had George been smoking? He is simultaneously as out of it as any musician I've ever seen performing on TV, BUT ALSO as tight to the music as any musician I've ever seen performing on TV. And those uber-cool backing singers in hats ... oh wow!

Sounds more to me like the output you're getting is direct from the pre-amp, and it's your power section that has failed. Obviously you shouldn't try to use a pre-amp as a power amp, but it will still produce enough output to make some sort of noise, especially with sensitive cabs. Do you have access to another power amp that you could try as an experiment? Your band's PA power amp would do.

I don't think Fender use Dremel Multis or blowtorches either ...

I'm trying to picture you in a pink blouse with red polka dots ... it's a struggle.

... and I'm drinking a very fine single malt (Mortlach) - purely as a muscle relaxant you understand - and it occurs to me that it's ages since I posted this, the single piece of YouTube I would most like to have played bass on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKprKZHYfl0

[quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' timestamp='1396548207' post='2415004'] My point exactly. I pointed to the various members of staff the nearest thing to what I wanted. Even if Rolf Harris drew it for them, they would not understand [/quote] Ray, please tell me that you didn't ask: "Can you tell what it is yet?"

Breath akimbo? [size=5][i][b]Breath akimbo???[/b][/i][/size]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1396541911' post='2414910'] That's not Maplins, that's women. *Runs away* [/quote]

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1396541107' post='2414893'] Why does a simple question have to turn into someone explaining their life story to me? [/quote] Taking that big leather couch with you everywhere you go is probably a bad idea.

The Flight Of The Double Bass? http://www.virtualsheetmusic.com/score/BumbleeBass.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1o9KKdstFQ

I thought the OP wanted a pedal to delay the onset of GAS ...

This video has been removed by the user. That went well ...

Hmmm .. like all good April Fools it has an underlying logic that ain't so daft.

Do remember to replace the Trace-Elliott 4x10 and the 50lb valve amp while you're at it ...

I think that constipation is the thief of time.

I'm surprised so many are taking this seriously. It's clearly a wind-up, guys.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Battle-Rope-Battling-Rope-Boot-Camp-Rope/201059812942?_trksid=p3984.c100018.m2045&_trkparms=aid%3D333008%26algo%3DRIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140116134642%26meid%3D5807206625096147150%26pid%3D100018%26prg%3D20140116134642%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D291105229922

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1396008089' post='2408912'] Yes. Did a gig last year after a bit of a break and was mortified to find it had been recorded and was up on YouTube the next day. I'm fairly sure we didn't give any permission for that one. Very annoying as the audio and video quality were extremely poor. Plus I looked like a pensioner having a stroke while wearing gardening trousers at a chimps tea-party, but I can't really blame anyone else but myself and the band for that (I hadn't had my afternoon nap so was a bit grumpy). [/quote] Link?

Yup. There on the Friday.