BassBunny

Intermittent faults are the worst in the world to diagnose and what you have said about it running for 2 hours using Speakon, it might not be cut and dried. Try the effects loop trick first and then test again with the Speakon. The effects sockets are renowned for oxidising causing all sort of weird faults. The costs from Real are £35 to diagnose the problem, which you get back if you go ahead. £69 fixed labour, £18 courier fee to send it back + parts + VAT. I am pretty sure they don't repair to component level. I was quoted £150 for a main amp board for an SA450 which would have made it an uneconomical repair, so I didn't bother.

I guess you may have answered your own question in that the possible answer is a faulty speakon socket on the amp or a faulty cable, which I' m not sure that's likely. The other thing to try is shoving a jack plug in and out of the effects loop jack sockets. A squirt of switch cleaner on the jack plug could help. Sending to Real Electronics will likely cost to £200+. I can give you the full charges if you want them. A decent amp tech should be able to change the speakon, if that does turn out to be the problem. If you can leave it on using the jack output for the equivalent of a gig should confirm one way or another.

Awesome job. I got involved with someone trying to set up something very similar. Proper Soul/ Funk/Disco band. He was going to include a "Salsa" spot to with dance teachers to do a bit of tuition for them that got targeted. Did a load of rehearsals but it seemed to just fizzle out. Really glad someone has managed to make it work as I always thought there was a market for it. Good luck going forward.

Looks like Thomann have sorted themselves out. Prices now include VAT and Courier prices. https://www.thomann.de/blog/en/an-update-for-our-valued-uk-customers/

There's been quite a lot of chat recently about Courier prices and particularly insurance costs. I recently sent a couple of packages that I wanted insuring and baulked at the couriers prices. Had a hunt around and came up with a dedicated courier insurer, Secursus. The cost for £250 insurance was only £4ish. If there is a problem with items going missing, not that I have had one, they take over and sort it out with the courier. You book the courier first and enter the reference when sorting the insurance. https://www.secursus.com/en-gb/?gclid=CjwKCAjwn6GGBhADEiwAruUcKiUhTq2SehKWvrQQnTvIS2tWn0C7JsuuQxGBayo0YL7mjAoq5JFyyhoCTNMQAvD_BwE

MB don't market spares. They send you to Real electronics who will diagnose the fault and then swap the offending PCB. They don't seem to work at component level and their charges are pretty hefty.

Pretty sure it should be a neo driver, mine certainly was. Sounds like it could have been swapped. Don't MB normally use Faital, Sica or B&C speakers? Well one of the Italian companies.

Dremel for me as well.

Disappointed with Andertons or Mesa Boogie?

Calling @KiOgon who has done this or similar a number of times and sure he can help.

You do realise that mentioning it to Mark Gooday would result in a, " yeah, we can do that".......at a price. 🙂

Something like this you mean? https://ashdownmusic.com/collections/b-stock/products/abm-apm-1000-evo-ii-power-amp-b-stock

That is a surprise as I thought David Nordschow had been lured back.

Yep, same in our area. I guess they either laid the staff off at lockdown or the furlough money wasn't enough and they've found jobs elsewhere. Apparently it's quite bad in London as a lot of staff are traditionally from other countries and many went home at lockdown and can't get back.

Here's a posting from Facebook which looks like this pub has really studied the rules. "Well the countdown is on.. Not long now!! *****UPDATE TO OUR USUAL ADMISSION ON LIVE EVENTS*** The new covid secure guidelines on events (including free entry) stipulate all events have to be ticketed for admission. As you know this is unheard of at the Bank Top Tavern but if we want to kick off and carry on giving you the FREE quality live music in our own tradition... rules is rules unfortunately. ALL events are still FREE of charge but a ticket MUST be produced on entry. These are available via Eventbrite. Just click on the get ticket link in the particular event you are interested on our Facebook events page. All events for the first few weeks are all seated and reduced capacity so please arrive early if you want a good seat. If you are already in the BTT before our event kick off at 9pm and are staying for the live band you must have a ticket by 8.00pm or will be asked to leave **NO EXCEPTIONS** (We have free wifi to get yourselves one) Please wear a mask on entry and every time your bum leaves a seat. Please scan the QR code on entry or you must sign in manually. NO TICKET NO ENTRY We are so sorry again that there are all these rules to follow and we really wish there wasn't, but there is nothing we can do if we want to bring the music back. Please be kind and bear with us as we are just finding our crazy way through all of this and its all new for us. With all that out of the way, we would just like to say how excited we are to be back and to see you all, all of our friends, some we have met and some we have yet to meet... Its all gonna be fab again 🙂 xx See you on the 19th of May The staff and management of The BTT

Yep, that seems to be the view of most of our regular pub gigs. They just can't see that they will generate enough income from reduced capacity to put bands on yet.

So looking to get a quote for shipping a smallish package, 34cm x 28cm x 13cm, 4.5Kg and quoted €312.82. Think I'll pass.

And the other other thread. https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/448716-bargain-tc-electronics-rh750-k410-cab-new/

Virtually new Ashdown Retroglide 800. https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/441480-ashdown-retroglide-800-reduced-to-£250/

What he said.:-)

This.

You can use a 250w can, just don't overdrive it. It's unlikely you would be in a situation where you are driving the amp to max. Just trust your ears. Regarding connecting your amp to cabs. There are 2 speaker out jacks on the back of your amp? A cable from each output to each cab. Nothing else needed.