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That's great. Thanks for the info - I'll wait until I see one in a shop or something and give it a go. I've actually got two of the old ones, although one I'm trying to get fixed at the moment. But if the XO isn't a good replacement, I don't think I'll be selling either soon - need one as a backup! I have noticed a difference between my two though, mainly in the trigger slider and rate slider, although I imagine some of that could be down to the internal pots that could be adjusted. Awesome pedal though IMO - one of the best (Except for the bypass - I use a separate bypass box to cut it out) Rich

I had a quick search, but couldn't find anybody talking about this, but has anybody AB'd the big box Bass Microsynth and the new XO version? I used the big box one all the time for various things, but it would save a hefty amount of space on my board to have the XO version (I could probably fit a whole other pedal on there!). Just curious if anybody's noticed any differences in how it sounds/reacts? Is it the very same circuit, just layed out more efficiently, or have they changed some stuff? Cheers Rich

[quote name='1976fenderhead' post='486534' date='May 13 2009, 12:31 AM']I don't know where you live, but this guy in Denmark Street (London) fixed my MXR Stereo Chorus, he was really good and cheap. PM sent with his number.[/quote] Could you let me know his details as well? I have a bass microsynth that needs the input/output wiring fixing.

[quote name='katri' post='432801' date='Mar 12 2009, 07:50 PM']No way that's a steal. Wanna sell it [/quote] Heh! Nope. Too good

I have an Ezekiel too - sparkly blue one, and it's awesome. I bought it to replace a rat that got a bit too muddy for my liking, and it does that perfectly plus more. I must have bought it in a quiet period though, because it was £100 on ebay in 2006 - boxed and everything. Rich

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='401222' date='Feb 5 2009, 04:36 PM']That sounds like a knackered BMS to me. When the filter's not sweeping, the tone of the filter is set by the stop freq. slider, not the start freq. You only ever hear the sound of the start freq. slider when the filter begins to sweep, so if that's all your hearing (never the stop freq. tone) it sounds like something is seriously wrong with it.[/quote] No - I would say that the trim pot on the underside of the unit needs adjusting. Sounds exactly like you are not getting a strong enough signal into the pedal to trigger the filter. Or just bring your trigger slider back right back down to to a lower setting (where did you have that set?)

[quote name='joegarcia' post='392363' date='Jan 27 2009, 02:21 AM']Nice but presumably he isn't going to be using it when they're over here. Still have to sort my ATP ticket, really have to get it sorted.[/quote] Doubt it, not much point lugging all that across the atlantic. He should get a Rusty Box, and slot into the Ampeg they'd undoubtedly have set up. Rich

[quote name='katri' post='391321' date='Jan 25 2009, 10:57 PM']Who's set up is the picture of??[/quote] It's David Sims' (From the Jesus Lizard) who have just reformed for ATP this year, and that's a photo from one of their rehearsals. It's not his original setup though.

Good eyes murphy. No prizes I'm afraid, just the warm satisfaction of knowing you got it first!

Can anybody tell me what the red pedal is in this photo? The non-Rat one.

[quote name='alexclaber' post='365869' date='Dec 29 2008, 11:19 PM']Full power at 4 ohms will put 225W into each 8 ohm cab, thus 225W into the 15" and 56.25W into each 10". But it's all pretty irrelevant as you only hit full power on the loudest peaks and in that case it's the excursion limited power handling that matters, which unfortunately no-one specifies. Alex[/quote] Thanks for all the info, everybody. Out of interest, while I have been using the 4x10 on its own I usually have the master volume at max, and then up the gain until it's the right volume - that way I'm using the all of the power of the amp without overdriving too much. With my passive jazz's the clipping light usually comes on every so often (or when I turn on the bass synth) at 12 oclock, which is about right I think. I imagine I'll keep that gain setting now and be able to bring the master volume back down when I have both cabs running. The gigs I play vary, from carling academy/festival size right down to 100 people pub backrooms - but my amp's always battling it out with a 100w orange 4x12 and 100w marshall 4x12 so the extra headroom onstage is going to be a real benefit even if the PA's looking after FOH. I will swap around the 15 and 10's though when I play.

[quote name='chris_b' post='365537' date='Dec 29 2008, 03:46 PM']I had this stack and it sounded great. You will have no problems with it. I switched to mesa boogie 2x10 and 1x15 cabs and again the world didn't stop! You are putting half of the 450 watts into each cab, but I doubt you'll be running at full volume so you shouldn't get a problem with the 15. Good choice.[/quote] Cheers Chris, Here it is, in all its glory. The covers are going to go back on though. Rich

Yeah - I thought that. But If I'm using both cabs together there's no way I'll be running on full whack, so shouldn't ever excercise that last 25w. And I wouldn't ever use the 15 on its own just because the wattages wouldn't match closely enough. Sound wise though, it sounds awesome to me - not far off a full 8x10 but with decent portability. Got a rehearsal tomorrow night so I'll have to see how it goes. Rich [quote name='Musky' post='365532' date='Dec 29 2008, 03:34 PM']It's not a problem if you like the sound - it's just that there have been several threads about the 'unpredictable' results of mixing speakers without a crossover. So it's something of an in joke around these parts. That email from Ampeg is slightly misleading though. Although the total power handling of the stack is 700w, the 450w the SVT3 knocks out will be split equally between the two cabs ie 225w each. So that's 25w above the thermal power handling to the 15". In practice that's unlikely to be a problem though.[/quote]

[quote name='johnnylager' post='365515' date='Dec 29 2008, 03:15 PM']Run lads, he's mixing drivers...[/quote] Is this a problem? Here's what Ampeg Support said when about my choice of second cabinet: [font="Courier New"][size=1] Hi Rich, The SVT 15E would be an excellent choice to add to this rig. Right now you're only putting out about 375 watts into that 8 ohm 410HE. Adding the 15 will bring your impedance down to 4 ohms and give you the full 450 watts out of the 3 PRO. You'll be getting about 450 watts into a 4 ohm load that is basically 500 + 200 watts. You should be fine! Hope this helps!!!! Feel free to hit me back here anytime! Best Regards, Dino Monoxelos. Global Ampeg Product Specialist. LOUD Technologies Inc. [email protected] [email protected] www.ampeg.com [/size][/font]

Hi, Up until recently I have been using an Ampeg SVT-3 (275w into 8ohms or 450w into 4 ohms) into a SVT410HE (8ohm) 500w cab, which sounded ace, but I wanted to use the full power of the amp so decided to buy a SVT15 (8ohm 200w) to go with it. So I've just recieved a second hand one from gcohen (Thanks Graeme) and plugged it in, which sounds incredible, just what I wanted. Now, something that took me by surprise, was when i put my head infront of each cab, the 1x15 'sounds' louder than the 4x10. I think I was expecting the 4x10 to create more of the sound as it has more speakers and probably moves more air (maybe). Has anybody else had a similar experience with a similar set up? Is this what I should expect? Rich