dave_bass5

I used to like the small Planet Waves micro headstock tuner. Very discreet and gave me something got look at during Mustang sally (i used to try and make it spell out words) but i kept loosing them as they would fall off in the gig bag and either get crushed when the bass went back in, or just fall out of the bag. I went through 5 before giving up. IIR @Dood bolted his to the headstock by attaching it to the base of a tuning peg. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Planet-Waves-PW-CT-12-Micro-Headstock/dp/B005FKF1PY

Ok, try and unwind a bit. It's not good for your health.

What's has looks got to do with anything? Do ugly tuners work less well lol.

I doubt it as the pre amp is designed to be clean or dirty, so this would depend a lot on how the master is set.

Wonder if its a glitch. Both threads are identical.

Deja vu lol.

This is what GK suggest as well.

Looks and sounds great.

I felt the same going from a MAG300 to a ABM 300. The ABM seemed quieter. Probably a difference in EQ and voicing, but where as i could happily gig with the MAG, i was struggling with the ABM (in to the same cab). Never used the Deep or Sub features.

Ive got Two TC Electronics ones and find they work perfectly for my basses, even my 5 strings. Ive had Snarks and D'Addario and all have been fine.

If you use it in a parallel path the output has its polarity reversed. You can reverse it back but you shouldn’t have to. Line 6 are aware of it.

Oh, that’s a point, anyone know if the B7K bug has been fixed?

I think it’s a good compromise. The look the LT but with a screen like the floor, and for those not needing all that silly parallel stuff it’s considerably cheaper than the LT and Floor.

Just brought an amp off Pete. Couldn't have gone smoother. Very easy transaction, fast delivery and very well packaged. Cheers mate.

Pre order by the looks of it.

Yep. No valves in the heads.

What puts me off the Original heads is they seem needlessly tall. Having seen the 300watt version i can see id have issues getting it in to my gig bag. Its small, but takes up more room than it should IMO.

I read a mention about a rack comp on TB (IIR), but that's all it was, but I know he has also used/endorsed a Pigtronix Philosophers Tone Comp, and MXR comp. My money is on the Pigtronix.

Stupid question (maybe), but what is the Billy Sheehan comp? Is it the EBS BS overdrive?

Ive not been a fan of Ashdown since getting a ABM head years ago. Loved my EB and MAG combos before it though. Tried/used a few ABM's since and never liked them. I just form the ABM' to sound too round and lacking in power compared to similar rated heads. Even in to my Schroeder 1212L it lacked the volume and punch my MB Little mark II put out. Today i was blown away with a mates new Original HD-1. We compared it with my Fender Rumble and his new MB Little Mark Valve, and even at living room legal this gave us a kick in the chest. This was first in to the amps cab (its a combo), and then direct in to my Berg CN212. What also struck us was how loud this little head is, especially in to my 212. He normally runs the combo with an external 1x12 at 4 on the master. We couldn't get it over two in to my cab. Cabs aside, this head was a real eye opener. There is a 500watt version out soon, and if my return to GK doesnt work out ill be going back to Ashdown.

And Jaco never needed a web forum.......

Have you tried using the Send to send the signal to the PA? Although ive never done it I believe you can set the Send/Return to Line or instrument independent of the main out.

Dont time wrong, i don’t mind the hair rock stuff, its just that the guitar performance in the video posted was very poor (IMO).

They need a guitarist who can play songs and not loads of random notes in the hope they work. what a poor performance on the guitar part (and no, i have no idea who he is, nor care).

If i was spending this sort of money to get this sort of tone, id never want bypass it 😉 Ive never used the bypass switch in any of my outboard pre amps. I guess its like any preamp built in to an amp, its just on all the time.