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[quote name='N64Lover' post='1052104' date='Dec 8 2010, 08:54 PM']Is anyone on here capable of fixing my EHX Q-Tron pedal? I took it to bits a while ago to rehouse it, and have since lost the gut shots I took as a reference and the will to complete this project. I am am looking for someone that could put it back together, mod it for true bypass and possibly rehouse it in a small enclosure. If anyone can help that would be great.[/quote] Where are you based mate?

[quote name='paul_5' post='1052145' date='Dec 8 2010, 09:33 PM']Are you sure about the true bypass mod? That's a 24 volt pedal and has arguably a very high quality buffer in there. If I kept only one 'buffer' stage on my current board then it would be this one.[/quote] Thats interesting to hear. I found mine to really suck the tone when not on, didn't like it, so I bypass modded mine. I also added a level control to tame some of the volume spikes & swapped out the red LED for green one, wired up to indicate when the effect is actually on. Reminds me, I've got to get a matching EHX knob for the new control.

Daft Punk - 'Derezzed'

[quote name='Spoombung' post='1049788' date='Dec 6 2010, 08:10 PM']Still my main amp: [/quote] I'm happy to say, [i]that[/i] amp is on some great music in my collection!

[quote name='Delberthot' post='1020328' date='Nov 11 2010, 04:11 PM']had a Trace 4x12" from the Valve series and it was a beast of a cab both in terms of weight and sound - 45kg which some on here think is far too heavy [/quote] I use one, love it. Though I do sometimes wonder why!

[quote name='BassBod' post='1047287' date='Dec 4 2010, 01:32 PM']Wouldn't it be interesting to do a comparison - something like a Shergold Marathon or early Wal, paired with an HH combo or Sound City 50 Plus...and a late 70s P or J with an Acoustic or Polytone? I've got a feeling the Brit gear would stack up pretty well. At the time most players spent a fortune getting the US gear, but I wonder if we've all changed over the last two or three decades? When's the Bristol bass bash I wonder?[/quote] That would be interesting Duncan.... Think it depends on sort of tone someone's after really. H/H amps are never going to be 'hi-fi' quality! I'm gonna give this combo a go at the next small pub gig. For R&B,pub rock etc... reckon it & P-Bass with flats may do the job. Will certainly be less hassle than carting the V-Type rig about! For other gigs, I probably wouldn't use it. Though I'm tempted to put the spare 15" Kappalite I've got knocking around in it, just to see how it sounds.

[quote name='scalpy' post='1047191' date='Dec 4 2010, 11:09 AM']My first cab was a HH with 2 15s. Make no mistake, it was dreadful. Weighed a ton, just wooly rumble. I put different speakers(Celestions) in it with only minimal improvement. The only thing it was good for was turning at my Halls of Residence for the first time and watching the look of horror on my new neighbours faces! It finally died at a gig in Nottingham and I remember chucking it in the skip at the dump and driving off seeing it sticking out of the top in my rear view mirror. Good riddance. Came across plenty of pubs and village halls with HH amps as well at the time. Rubbish. Don't let time fool you- they're terrible.[/quote] TBH never had any real experience of their cabs. However, I did like the V-S Bassamp head I had many years ago, & the little combo (above) I just picked up, whilst not being in the same ballpark as anything like MB,GK etc, does sound OK to my ears, certainly not 'rubbish'. It's loud enough for pub gigs, fairly flexible EQ, quite punchy & clean sounding. Not sure if that constitutes it being 'terrible'(?)

Just bagged a H/H Studio 60B 'Bass Baby' for £30. Surprisingly loud for its size & very punchy. Buit in compressor, parametric EQ & bi-amp outs too! Like the look of it, quite 80's retro IMO. Its a tad noisy, so I'm gonna give it a look over this weekend, but I'm happy with it.

'Feathers' by Weatherall

[quote name='tino' post='1041364' date='Nov 29 2010, 04:54 PM']Anyone for a 70's Maya telecaster bass...in very nice condition??? [/quote] Is it 34" scale & at a sensible price?

[quote name='Musky' post='1039681' date='Nov 28 2010, 10:23 AM']..... Considering JH has made a big thing about having trademarked ALL of Rickenbacker's key design elements, I was even more surprised to find that in the US that's only expanded to cover the headstock and body designs, the Rickenbacker logo, as well as the horseshoe and toaster pickups[/quote] Tell me about it! I had to remove a listing on ebay for a 330 copy three times, even after just showing a close-up photo of it's toaster pickup! The third time had no photos at all, but JH also strongly objected to the use of 'copy of... Weller, Townsend, McGuinn & Lennon' in the title description! He even sent me a cease & desist message, calling me a counterfeiter & describing my actions as 'sneaky' & 'cynical'. I like that Shaftesbury though,been after one of those for a while - not sure about the price(?). Anybody else on here going after it?

Celso (setekh), Bought a MIJ Squier off me. Good coms & quick payer - no messing about. Thoroughly recommended. Thanks Nick

I've got CTS pots on most of my basses. Think I know what you mean, in that they're as not as 'slick' as a lot of stock pots initially(?) Don't mind this myself, but they do move more freely with time & use.

Best compliment I've ever had, was a couple of years ago, after a gig at some place in Swindon, actually from someone on here, that I reminded him of Tony Levin (?!) After which checking out Tony Levin, concluded that the comparison was probably more to do with the fact I have a slaphead, & was sporting a moustache at the time.

Since they revamped a short while ago, it has gone down the sh*tt*r. Not easy to find specific reviews. The HC forum has quite a few threads from users saying pretty much the same.

As above, would recommend Bitsbox for as much as you can get from them. Maplin's a last resort for me - bad service, overpriced & very little product knowledge. Regarding, the 3PDT footswitch - Ebay's the best for those, & knobs IMO.

3Leaf Audio Groove Regulator - 3 Adrenalinn II - 1 Aguilar Agro - 1 Aguilar Octamizer - 1 Akai Unibass - 1 AMT Slap Bass -1 Ashdown Chorus - 1 Ashdown Drive Plus - 2 Asdown dual band compressor - 2 Ashdown sub octave plus - 1 Barge Concepts VFB-2 - 1 [b]Behringer BDI21 - 1[/b] Behringer chorus - 1 [b]Boomstick Bottom Feeder - 1[/b] Boss CE-2 - 2 Boss CEB3 - 1 Boss DD-20 - 2 Boss DS-1 - 1 Boss LS-2 - 5 Boss OC-2 - 8 Boss ODB-3 - 3 Boss SD-1 - 1 Boss SL-20 -1 Boss SYB 3 - 2 [b]Boss TU2 - 7[/b] Boss TU-12H - 1 Boss chorus ensemble CE-5 - 2 Bugbrand Bugcrusher - 1 [b]Catalinbread SFT (clone) - 1[/b] Chunk Systems Octavius Squeezer - 1 [b]Danelectro French Toast - 1[/b] Devi Ever Hyperion - 1 Devi Ever Cherry Pop - 1 Devi Ever SodaMeiser - 1 Digitech Bad Monkey - 1 Digitech Whammy - 2 Dunlop Bass Cry Baby - 3 DHA VT2 - 3 [b]EBS Octabass - 2[/b] [b]EBS Multicomp - 3[/b] EHX Memory Man with Hazarai - 1 EBS Unichorus - 1 EHX Bass Metaphors - 1 EHX Bass Micro Synth - 4 EHX Big Muff Pi (Black Russian) - 2 EHX Octave Multiplexer - 1 EHX POG2 - 1 EHX Small Stone Nano - 2 [b]EHX Small Stone (Black Russian) - 1[/b] [b]EHX Qtron - 1[/b] EHX Qtron+ - 3 Ernie Ball VP-Jr - 1 Fishman Platinum Pro EQ -1 Guyatone MD-3 delay - 1 Guyatone PS-3 Phase Shifter - 1 HBE Psilocybe -1 Ibanez PD7 Phat-Hed Bass Overdrive - 1 Ibanez SB 7 - 1 Ibanez WD7 Weeping Demon - 1 Korg DT-10 - 1 Korg Pitchblack - 2 Line 6 M9 - 2 Line 6 Bass Pod XT Live - 1 Line 6 DL4 - 1 [b]Maestro Brassmaster (clone) -1 [/b] MarkBass Super Synth - 1 [b]Marshall Guv'nor (MK1) - 1[/b] Marshall Jackhammer - 1 Maxon CP9+ - 1 Mojo Hand Cream Pie - 1 Moog MF-101 - 3 Moog MF-102 - 1 Moog MF-105b - 1 Moog MF-107 - 2 Moog MP-201 - 1 Mr Zinky Master Blaster - 1 MXR Blowtorch - 3 MXR M-80 DI+ - 5 ProCo Tubro Rat - 2 Radial Bassbone - 1 Rocktron Cyborg Reverb - 1 Sansamp Bddi - 5 SFX Micro Fuzz - 1 SFX S&M - 1 Subdecay Noise Box - 1 TC Electronics PolyTune - 2 TC Electronics Nova Modulator - 1 Tech 21 VT Bass - 2 Tech 21 VT Bass Deluxe - 3 Toadworks Mr Squishy - 1 Way huge swollen pickle - 1 [b]Z.Vex Woolly Mammoth - 3[/b] Z.Vex Mastotron - 1

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='1013859' date='Nov 5 2010, 11:20 PM']I thought we were trying to find the most popular pedals? I could add a dozen more to my list (and for God's sake keep Tayste2000 away from this!) but where's the point? For example, Max makes really great pedals but [sfx] is never going to outsell Boss or EHX, so I haven't listed any of the three [sfx] pedals that live on my board.[/quote] Some good points there.... Is this a poll on most popular brand or the type of pedal? For example, a lot of people have clones of a fair few on that list i.e. Woolly Mammoth etc...Would that be a separate entry or be included in the count for the Zvex original?

I like it. Very good.

Also post-Beatles, I like the stuff he's done with Youth as 'The Fireman'.

[quote name='sk8' post='1012867' date='Nov 5 2010, 05:39 AM']Son of a Saint Westhill Club, Westfield, Midsomer Norton[/quote] Good luck, hope it all goes well.

Friend of mine's got me into Holy f***. So that's on the menu at the moment. Really liking their stuff, quite varied....

I reckon certain envelope filters might get you in the ball park, but you're probably better off, putting the question over to the effects section for a more definitive answer. Cheers