Bass is the place

Thanks for this, might prove to be useful in the future if another one goes kaput.

Update; I ended up calling Aaron Armstrong and he somehow managed to repair it! So far so good.

DPD are a joke! They thought it was OK to dump a £450 computer in my recycling bin and NOT put a card through the door. They would have had a serious problem if it was bin day....idiots

Good shout, I got a reply from Aaron, the most positive response so far.

I emailed Gibson.....I got a reply! ..........‘That’s a real pity, as these pickups are no longer made for many years already. We don’t have old stock of these either, so we really cannot help you with this, sorry!” ........the words “Ashtray” and “Motorbike” spring to mind!

Thanks for your reply. I’ve sent an email to both. I’m going to try some UK pickup makers too. It appears Seymour Duncan won’t ship to the EU.

Help! The bridge pickup in my 76 Grabber G3 is dead. It turns out it can't be rewound/repaired because it is set in it's resin case (see pic below). Ive searched Ebay and Reverb and there isn't anything suitable. Do any G3 owners here have any experience replacing this pickup? I've read that the pickup (made by Bill Lawrence) is also in the Gibson S-1 guitar so im searching for one of those too....but it seems that this bridge pick up is different to the other two as it has different coloured wires?! The resistance is around 5.5k , perhaps there are some custom pickup builders here that can help? Any advice would be most welcome.

+1 for EMMA Discumbobulator

[quote name='jimmy36' timestamp='1499334576' post='3330780'] Hallo. What pedals does John Patitucci use? thanks... [/quote] Patitucci's sound comes from his fingers. The effects pedals he uses are almost irrelevant imo.

[quote name='M@23' timestamp='1498948720' post='3328237'] I've had this too, I use my 'rubbish venue amp' which is an almost 20 year old Peavey combo in These situations, it's litterally indestructible I think! Sorry to go off topic, but out of interest, how is the EBS compared to the Genz, power wise? I'm so tempted by them, but 'only' having 350w does put me off. [/quote] The EBS 350 isn't as loud as as the Streamliner, but it still packs a punch. It's definitely louder than the SWR SM400 which I used to own which was rated at 500w when run in bridged mode.

Too True!

Thanks for the comments folks, I did ask the guy who was hosting the party about the generator but I couldn't get a sensible answer out of him - he was too pissed! There is a switch on the back of the amp to change to 120v, I wonder if that would have worked?

Last night I had a gig in a one of those Teepee/ Marquee constructions with my Ska band. It was at the top of a field where the owner of the farm was having a party, the power source being a generator. No apparent problems, in fact a great scene for a bloody good do! I set up my trusty Genz Benz Streamliner 900 which runs 2x Vanderkley 12 inch cabs in series. Then powered up to find that although the amp came on (power indicator lit) I realised the protection/warm up indicator which is a blue LED wouldn't go off?! No sound! This has never happened before so the only thing that I could ascertain was my amp was knackard. Meanwhile the rest of the bands amps and PA were set up and seemingly worked ok. Fortunately it was only a 30 minute round trip to pick up my EBS HD350 which is a fabulous amp, I just can't be bothered to lug it around anymore especially to parties where you want a quick get away as well as negotiating/ dodging pissed people! Once set up, the EBS worked fine. I sing in this band also and I noticed almost right away my vocal mic was distorting at a reasonably low level, ditto the guitar and keyboard back line!? We got through the gig ok and all the punters enjoyed our set. The band collectively concluded that the power that the generator was supplying wasn't sufficient to run out amps properly. As for my Class D Genz Benz bass amp, I figured (and i'm no technician) that a digital power amp if not supplied with enough juice is either off, or on/ 0 or 1.....with no in-between state like the regular amps with normal transformers. I'd be interested if any BCers can shed any light on this? I tested the Genz Benz when I got home and its fine. So the moral of this story is; If I ever play in a marquee again I will be taking the EBS incase there is a generator. Indecently, unlike the guitar, keys and PA amps under the reduced power, there was no loss of quality with my EBS amp which was reassuring. I'd be interested to learn if anyone else has encountered this situation?