mrdirtyrob

I have a Terror Bass 500 horror story I'm afraid, bought one 2-3 years ago, fairly soon after they first came out. Worked great during that whole time until... Set up in practice room as normal, the moment I switched it on there was a loud bang, and half of the lights went out*. Turns out the FET had had enough and shorted, literally blowing up the fuse on the power input and taking a lot of the internal components with it. Currently in the process of getting it fixed but it's requiring a lot of time and a lot of new parts. The guy fixing it for me has a hatred of class D power sections for this reason- manufacturers use the FETs they would in an all-valve amp but they are subjected to far, far higher electrical frequencies than they can handle. A look at the Orange forums show many had the same problem, some of them the very first time they used the amp. It's possible this only affected older models though. If I can get it fixed I'll still use my TB as I absolutely love the sound and portability, but I'll never quite trust it again. *to clarify, I mean half of the lights in the [i]entire building - [/i]it tripped the circuit breaker for the whole practice space, which means it was sucking an insane amount of current.

Hello! There realy are a disproportionate number of Scottish folk on here...

[quote name='Mr Fudge' post='483351' date='May 8 2009, 10:17 PM']I just checked out your myspace and really enjoyed it. Nice one![/quote] Thanks very much!

Hello! Amazing how many Scottish people there are on here, maybe we should start a devolution process and have our own little bit of the forum...

[quote name='maxrossell' post='481036' date='May 6 2009, 02:37 PM']Make it yourself out of some of your own furniture! I'm kidding.[/quote] Don't tempt me! My pedalboard is made out of shelves and I once made a speaker cabinet out of all sorts of crap, somebody needs to stop me before I have a flat with no furniture but filled with poorly made music equipment.

The kind of gigs my band plays we have no choice but to be quick- but since it's just one guitar, bass and drums with no vocal mics at all it only takes maybe 8 minutes or something, including 3 for drums and 3 for playing through a tune. Guitar takes about 5 seconds since he's a one-channel wonder with no effects but a whammy pedal, and I only use 4 sounds - clean, dirty, fuzz and slap (which I use tastefully, I promise! ) and they're already dialled in. Sound guys seem to appreciate the simplicity!

[quote name='bozzbass' post='481016' date='May 6 2009, 02:15 PM']I've often thought the Rockbasses were a better buy just because the woods they use (alder, maple) are more sustainable than the rare exotic hardwoods used on the expensive Warwicks. It might just be me that worries about these things though [/quote] It's not just you dude- I've set myself a challenge of my next bass having the smallest carbon footprint possible and being made of the most sustainable wood possible. Which will mean no expensive hardwoods but also no cheap asian manufacturing. hmmmmm.

Hello! I quite like the look of those Ashdown Little Giants, It'd be good to hear your opinion.

[quote name='Zoe_BillySheehan' post='476476' date='Apr 30 2009, 10:48 PM']hello simon! Welcome to basschat, I'll check out your band when im not on basschat on my phone lol. Z X[/quote] Hello!

I'm actually selling one of [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=47685"]these[/url] as well because I never seem to use it.

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Hello! Always good to see another Edinbugger on here!