Quilly

18 minutes ago, Ed_S said:

 

TB Raxx pre and Classic 60 power. Hardly ever use it, but sounds alright when I do.

That’s cool , what does it use ?

7 minutes ago, Bunion said:

How do those Schroeder cabs sound, not sure why but always been interested in trying them out 

Very clean , transparent cabs . Very sensitive also, so you can get a Big Bang out of a small head . That amp is just 30w but it’s hella loud through that cab. The one in the picture is a bit of a Frankenstein cab, one of the drivers blew and I replaced it with a commoner garden thromann brand 15” woofer, still plenty of top end from the existing full range driver and plenty of heft. 700w into 4ohm

1 minute ago, Bunion said:

Not sure If 120 watts is a low power head. In regards to a lot of the usual suspects used nowadays and many older valve heads (300-400 watts)

I guess it is 😄

 

I was going to propose an upper limit of 100w but I’ll let this one slide …because it’s such a cool amp 😂

Proudly plagiarising the thread from talkbass to this side of the pond….

6 hours ago, Rich said:

Yup. At a pub in Melksham once, we had a complaint from a customer who said we were too loud. This was 5 minutes after we arrived and we were still bringing our kit in from the cars at that point. We pointed this out and he said we "looked loud". But then again, it was Melksham. They still think electricity is the work of satan there.

It’s the look of an amp or electric guitar. You could be blasting them with an accordion on a tannoy but that’s fine 🤷‍♂️

Trying to sell gear on local buy and sell sites. 

- Is the item still available ? (then radio silence when you say yes)

- Can I swap my crappy item for yours ?

- Gan I give you half the money you're looking for?

- Will you drive across the country to hand deliver the item even though your ad clearly states 'pick up only' ? 

- Turning up at your doorstep trying to haggle even though price was agreed 

When you finish the gig and are looking forwards to a few bevvies and the bar closes

30 minutes ago, Linus27 said:

Other band members who set up and leave you no room to set up where as they have enough room to not only swing a cat but to swing an entire zoo. It's like c'mon guy's, look at the stage and space yourself out so its equally balanced.

I kinda stopped using pedal boards for this reason. 

 I'm no virtuoso or anything but a pet peeve for me is being made play really simple songs with like 2 - 3 note progressions and no dynamics in the song. 

Its easy to say - Just Quit, but I get that getting a band together takes some work and there's always going to be some pain associated with the pleasure of playing live gigs. I guess the moment you dread rehearsal or playing gigs with these folks then its probably time to call it a day.   

On 10/05/2022 at 18:38, uk_lefty said:

1. "Just jam along, it's 12 bar blues!" Then a mess of a solo emerges and goes on for ten full minutes.

2. People who probably don't want to be in a band, they just want to show off expensive gear they can't play properly. If you're forming a band and someone says "let's talk about what gear we've got" and they list out tons of stuff down to their primary school recorder I think it's a huge red flag. My answer is "the right gear to cover most gig situations" and that should be sufficient

3. Being incredible at one song on the list but not bothering to learn most of the rest.

4. Being Mr 3 in this list and lecturing everyone else on how this band won't go anywhere unless we rehearse twice a week.

5. Venue staff telling you you're too loud when you're not.

6. Venues not giving you sensible drinks for free and generally treating the band as a huge inconvenience

7. Venues that are obviously for swearing at football on TV, and not for live music, hiring bands 

8. Venues with hardly any plug sockets.

9. Drummers who can't keep time 

10. Singers who can't banter with the audience 

11. Long lists

 

 

 

 

 

WRT # 5, all a venue manager needs to see is an electric guitar/bass guitar and  - 'you're too loud' 

4 minutes ago, Lowend soldier said:

Absolutely right. Thats another tick for non class d.

But of course we can tell the differences. This is getting ridiculous. Virtually every maker or seller of both these types of amps clearly state in their own youtube sale vid,s for their non class d heads, That it has an oomph over their own class d heads even.

Thats ashdown, mesa, fender,aguilar ect. They all have a video where at some time they point out "this is not class d so has real old school oomph". For ease of reference, Just go and listen to the first and main selling point in every vid for the boss katana. Yep the 160 watts of a/b power is much more powerful than 160watts of class d. Every add 🤔😂

 these guys saying "Cant tell the difference lol".

Put the 6 or 7 heads i,ve owned through my cabs, blindfolded and i,d name each head by name, such the colouring of each of them too obtain their loud volumes. Why do so many people sell their class d stuff and go back to the older stuff, if its not different ??? 

 

This was accepted along time ago in the high end audio world and most guys upgrade their modern transformers with much beefier power supply,s. Many buy huge external blocks.  The difference in how the sounds delivered is very noticeable. 

Class d amps are very usable and are so,by millions of bass players. But i just cant understand why a faction of class d users refuse too aknowledge the reason why people hump around a huge rig and pay 2-3k for a real ampeg, mesa,aguilar ect. 

What do they think all the extra components do in these huge heads 😂😂😂. Its ridiculous.

 

In general I agree but the new Trace Elliott Elf 200W class D micro head really bucks that trend. It seems louder than 250-350W class D heads I've owned in the past and it has a real aggressive character also. Similar to those old Trace workhorses in days of yore (I've had a couple). I think they're definitely getting better at making good class D amps.     

On 25/06/2022 at 21:37, Supernaut said:

I guarantee nobody could tell in a blind test the difference between class A/B and class D. 
 

This ridiculous rumour has been doing the rounds forever on the Internet due to 'a company' being concerned that class D would take over and leave them in the dust. 

Probably not but if you take an A/B amp like an Ashdown or Trace and a similarly priced class D amp. If something goes wrong with the AB amp you're more likely to be able to get it repaired. I has a couple of class D amps go bad and they just weren't worth the hassle fixing.   

Just now, Quilly said:

I had an old 215 Schroeder cab in the practice place , one of the 15”drivers was a basic Thomann brand woofer nothing fancy, brought the elf in the gig bag due to laziness. So much volume from this thing ! . I dunno how they do it with a 200w class D amp. On paper it should be a very mediocre piece of kit and it sounds terrific . Heaps of headspace left. 

I had an old 215 Schroeder cab in the practice place , one of the 15”drivers was a basic Thomann brand woofer nothing fancy, brought the elf in the gig bag due to laziness. So much volume from this thing ! . I dunno how they do it with a 200w class D amp. On paper it should be a very mediocre piece of kit and it sounds terrific . Heaps of headspace left. 

9 hours ago, tegs07 said:

Congratulations if you buy this. It’s one of the biggest bargains on here …

I'm Jealous  

12 hours ago, BassAdder27 said:

Small gigs !! 30w might be ok on an acoustic set but seriously!!

 

Its a studio / home amp surely and yes very pricey ! 

well I wouldn’t pay that much for one, I got one of the old ones second hand for €250 from a Dutch version of gumtree . I replaced all the valves and boom it sounded fantastic. As for volume I’ve played one outdoor jazz gig and one indoor gig with guitarists using small amps and it was able to hold its own, though you need a good sensitive cab , I use a 4ohm barefaced two10.

2 hours ago, spyder said:

Look at the price.....

I didn’t want to say it but my god .

Hi all, just noticed that Ashdown have updated my favorite small all tube amp, this time with some smart features like cabinet simulation software for studio use. Anyone out there took the plunge on it ?     

I picked up a Trace Elliott Elf a few weeks ago and while I still prefer the sound from my valve head and hybrid AB class amp, there's a huge amount to be said for the convenience of the amp and the sound is still pretty good from this amp. 

On 08/06/2022 at 10:54, Bill Fitzmaurice said:

It's all Biden's fault.  😫

 

 

Oh, right, you're in the UK. It's all Johnson's fault. 🙄

Still though , I don't think the UK government are exactly making life easy for British manufacturers what with all their shenanigans

I can’t understand this obsession with sustain with some folks and neck throughs . Like how long are you going to let a note ring out in a typical song, realistically 

On 22/05/2022 at 00:04, scalpy said:

Aside from the overhang issues, enjoyed borrowing a hi watt to pair with my db112s. Near as dammit mint 1972/3 100w for guitar, but was excellent as a bass amp. 

Gorgeous amp

10 hours ago, Barking Spiders said:

Musical instruments that should be taken to the local recycling yard and chucked into skips are Hammond organs, flutes, tenor saxophones, harpsichords as well as previously mentioned accordians.

I've heard no music where the flute hasn't sounded sh**e, especially if it's played by hippies standing on one leg

Tenor saxes sound like elephants f@rt1ng in a train tunnel

Harpsichords only belong in the 18th century and should only be played by chaste young women in Jane Austen stories

Hammond organs have no place in a just world. Any song featuring one automatically qualifies as one of the worst songs ever made

I like saxophones but the 1980s killed the instrument. 

31 minutes ago, jezzaboy said:

I couldn`t give a toss who Carly Simon is singing about in the song "Your so vain."

 

 

Warren Beatty apparently 😂