BassmanPaul

On 23/01/2024 at 10:39, Chienmortbb said:

Electronic Engineer by profession.

Just as a bit of levity in a somewhat contentious thread;

Does this mean you are a Robot??  LOL

Y'know Bill the way you help out other players with your sage advice is appreciated. Thanks man!!

Beware!! A Zombie has arisen!!

LOL

Then they're not getting power. 

You're not looking for the normal glow of the heaters but a faint blue glow within the output tubes themselves. It indicates that current is flowing normally. Do you get any hum out of the speakers?

There is nothing like the feeling when you take an old relic and give it a new life. Way to go Bro!

I have never had the pleasure of using a Barefaced product.  I do use a pair of Acme Sound B2 three way 2x10 cabinets which I stack on their ends for vertical 4x10.  I would never try to gig with just one though I'm sure one would do fine. The vertical arrangement brings my sound up closer to my ears and improves dispersion in the room. I also feel that there is safety in numbers and not having to push the cabs.

Barefaced use more modern drivers so I imagine that a 2x10 would handle most gigs you might play.  I'd still stand it on its ends so that the drivers a vertically aligned for the above reasons.

I am a trained lead singer as well as a bass player. When I attended a jam I would sing a couple of blues songs as well as play.

A fond memory I have is on one trip back 'ome to Liverpool, the youngest of the brothers had arranged with the band at the local for me to sit in with them. I'm sitting there  sipping my pint when I heard my name called from the stage. I went up and the bass played handed me his bass. I was feeling somewhat bemused but I sang a couple of SRV tunes and every one loved what I did! it was a magic moment for me as none of our brothers had actually heard me play before.

Nothing made is more important than the health of a treasured pet. I hope your girl recovers swiftly and with no issues. We miss all of the many dogs we've owned. Usually we've had two at a time. The last pair were a Shepard/Husky cross called Bailey and a Chihuahua named Tia.  We brought Tia home in a basket covered with towels to keep the tiny puppy warm. Bailey always liked to check every bag we ever brought home. Her tail would wag and her nose would disappear into each new item.

We put the basket down and told Bailey that this one was for her. She knew something alive was under the towels and she ever so gently moved the towels until she found Tia. The look of joy on her face was a picture. She took that little dog as her own and cared for her and taught her the rules of the house as Tia grew up. 

When I picked a chicken carcass at the sink there was a dog sitting each side of me with their 'can I eat that?' expressions and their two tails wagging. As I pulled a bit of leash I offered it to them. Bailey would just sit there and eat it. Tia would rise up with one leg against mine as she got her titbit. Instantly after she plonked herself down into the sitting position again. We call this "Two tails wagging" a very fond memory.

Hello @Longwheelbass are you there??

I'm trying to help you here! 

I would eMail Phil and see what he suggests. It could be simply a bad power switch or some protection kicking in.

For interest how is the speaker connected to the amp?

Ampeg B15N is one of the best studio bass amps ever made.

I have yet to go to an open jam that didn't have a bass amp. Mind you I have lived in the Toronto area for the last forty years. Perhaps the UK is ahead of we yokels.

Far better than buying an EvoII head and not liking the results tha knows.

A 410 is not much smaller that a pair of stacked 15s. If you need less stage volume just use one 15. 

@Longwheelbass Do you hear a hum from the speakers?

In the very early Seventies The band I joined had bought a whole whack of Orange equipment. I played my bass through said amp and an orange 4x12. Handled it just fine though I was just using a four string Precision. How the set up would handle a five or six string bass I can't say. 

First question: Does it work with headphones?

mute switch is in the play position?

8 hours ago, Dan Dare said:

 

Spot on. It's why I take nothing for a headache (nothing acts faster than Anadin, after all)

Tylenol works, we swear by it.

Just for interest, when the amp is in operation do you see a faint blue glow inside the output tubes?

No argument here!!  Just move on. There's an old saying: 'None so queer as folk'.

The other side of the coin is that he may have had to deal with many similar calls from other potential buyers and was fed up with the whole sale.

That said, he should have been willing to supply the serial number of the unit he is selling.

Speak for yourself Joe!! LOL

I assume, being an Electrician, that you have a Digital Multimeter.

In case you are without:

bassman_135_sch.pdf

Simple cap discharger. Never short the caps to discharge them. Get a 10KΩ 2W resistor and two lengths of insulated wire. Solder a length of wire ti each end of the resistor and cover the whole shebang with heat shrink to insulate it. Connect an insulated Croc clip to each end and you have a cap discharger. Connect across the cap and it will quickly and safely discharge through the resistor. QED

Edit: I changed the resistor power rating because a 2W resistor has more robust leads so making a stronger assembly.