Dan Dare

I'd bet that's an IcePower module in a box. Quite a few offer them. Output numbers look a bit suspect. It doesn't work out that way in practice (doubling of output every time the impedance halves).

Oh Gawd. There are a load of these vid's on YouTube of cute (and sometimes scantily clad) young women playing along to tracks. The comments are full of drivel from the lustful and stupid about how wonderful they are, etc, etc. Look closely and you'll notice you often cannot see the jack on the instrument in many of them, which suggests it ain't even plugged in and that they are miming. All very contrived.

In similar vein, I was playing in an irish trad' band at a wedding. People will often book a band to play some trad' early in the evening, before a disco or function band takes over to play music for dancing for the rest of the night. A bloke came up to me and demanded that we "play some rock n' roll for the youngsters". I explained that, whilst he and I, being the wrong side of 60, may have listened to rock n' roll in our youth, "the youngsters" these days want something very different. He was very offended and made a big fuss because I'd suggested that he was old. In the end, I had to tell him to go and look in the mirror...

Power amps go for very little secondhand. Always worth a look on evilBay etc before buying new. Brand, provided you stick with decent name stuff, doesn't really matter. They tend to be much of a muchness as far as quality, output, etc is concerned. Everyone uses pretty well the same circuit.

"Real bargain for the festival season". Great for banging in tent pegs...

Who plays in the upper register? Guitar players, that's who...

I got a similar reply from him when I posted a wanted listing. Asked him (not via the dodgy looking email address he gave, but via BC messaging) how old the item was, where it was, etc and whaddya know, radio silence.

Exactly, although I back off my bridge pu more than a smidge as I've replaced the log pots with linear ones, which makes fine adjustment easier.

Watch out for the prices some folk think they can charge. They were one of the so-called "lawsuit" brands and some seem to think they are worth silly money because of it. They're still copies, albeit quite decent ones

On my Jazz, I find if you turn it all the way up and back it off a smidge, you get that J bass sound.

Indeed. Very American - massive self justification, anything rather than simply admit one is wrong or has made a mistake. I played in a band with s similar fellow from across the pond once. He was a nightmare; he actually told me on one occasion "I NEVER make mistakes". Needless to say, I didn't hang around for long. His wife, who was/is a good musician (she played keys and sang), used to carry him - nodding cues at him, counting him in for breaks, etc, etc. Sometimes, he didn't even tune his guitar before we started playing. If you reminded him, he'd act all insulted.

Agreed. If they're working, you should be able to flog vintage Greenbacks separately to guitar players for decent money and give the cab a Christian burial. Have a look at the prices Celestion charge for the re-issued GBs (Watford valves stock them).

Agreed. The US of A thinks metric is a commie European plot to de-stabilise the world...

Oh dear. Instead of saying "Silly me. My bad. Sorry folks", he has to "go back into therapy to find out what is happening", etc, etc. Jeff, you were a @rse. We all do it on occasions (some of us more than others). Try not to in future. All the talk about "therapy" is just a way of avoiding owning up - "I need to find out what's happening, it wasn't my fault, some unseen hand is controlling me, blah, blah". Give it a rest.

I still use an old Creek. No DAB, but that's mostly rubbish as far as sound quality goes.

Doing whatever I like Going fishing Drinking beer Playing music Er, that's it

From the wording of the ad', you can tell the seller doesn't have a clue about gear. Hilarious.

I wouldn't bother with a pre-amp pedal. Put the money towards a decent head, which will have a good pre on board. As far as recommednations is concerned, you need to go and audition a few to see what works for you. One man's meat and all that.

G&L Tributes use G&L USA made pickups, so they're pretty decent already. I'd look at a new instrument that does what you want out of the box, as others say. Before you do, are you certain the instrument is the problem? Is your rig behaving itself? It's relatively unusual for instruments to develop unwanted noises (I'm assuming the preamp battery - if it has one - is OK, etc). Also check leads and so on. They are the most common cause of noise.

I'd suggest you are not driving the existing 4x10 sufficiently. Buying a better cab will not change anything if you are still using an inadequate head (I would imagine a Behringer amp taken from a combo will not have much power). Upgrade the amp and continue to borrow the Hartke for now would be my advice.

Flat keys, mainly. For the brass players. As you were.

I used to play fiddle in an Irish trad' band. We were forever being asked for Duelling Banjos. We didn't have a banjo player. When I pointed this out, we would be told "Well, play it anyway". I once told a bloke we didn't know it. "You must", he replied. "it goes dunga dung dung dung dung dung dung dung".

Can anyone point me in the direction of subsafes? When I google it, I get no relevant info. Like Dood, I'm paranoid about drinks on my subs. If one tips over, the cooling fan will suck the spillage into the amp and it's expensive repair time. Thanks folks.

Older Peavey cabs are great, albeit heavy. A couple of neo 10" drivers would lighten it nicely.