Marvin

Thank you @Phil Starr. I think the Deltabass will be ok. I've got a gig on Friday almost immediately after work, and I'm working a long day tomorrow. I'll probably send a signal from my pedal board to the desk and use my cab and the deltabass for front of house. Thank you again. A lot of companies are trying this on lately. I had it when I bought a dehumidifier that was as loud as a Lightening Jet. "You have to send a video to demonstrate the problem". No, I'll send it back. You give me my money back.

Some relief. I've picked up a Peavey Deltabass head off of our guitarist... and we have bass noises. So relieved my cab is OK as I was beginning to wonder. And, I really quite like it. It's got quite a nice tone, from just a short play. Unfortunately, it's a bit underpowered and could do with a service probably. But as a stop gap it'll do the job. Phew.

Got home from work. Set it up again. Nothing in either passive or active input, the needle doesn't move at all and no sound. Tried with the mute in and out, nothing. Tried connecting through the fx return. Nothing. Also tried bridging the fx loop, still nothing. The cab must be working because when you push the mute button in, you get a pop. Also the first dew notches of the master volume you get a crackle. I'm am very angry at this. It's faulty, the packaging was abysmal, it was described as an EVO II its not it's an EVO I, and it said it had the carry bag which it hasn't. And I have to provide evidence of the fault.

I've bought from G4M before with no problems. This is not at all impressive.

I can't see a headphone switch on the back. Now I have to send a video to prove its not working. Also a picture of how it was shipped.

Got the Ashdown. All I'm getting is a faint crackle from the cabinet. The level meter isn't registering any input signal at all. There is a bit of a pop when you depress any of the switches and the volume knob crackles. Otherwise no output at all. The packaging is atrocious. It was just put in a cardboard box with no transit packaging. Gear4Music will be getting a phone call.

Sonic Cathedral is pretty much devoted to Shoegaze. Nathaniel Cramp runs it. He's been a shoegaze fan since college. He's one of oldest mates, known him since primary school. His Dad was my GP... sewed my top lip back on when I got bitten by a dog 😁... I digress.

The fuse is directly under the power supply connection... so I would assume between the PSU and the amp (I'm not very electronics literate though).

No, we haven't tried someone else holding the mic. It'll be the next step, as the desk is new, the mic is new as was the cable at the last practice.

I have changed the internal fuse... quite a firework. A cracking noise, a spark that shot out of the fan and it tripped the house consumer unit.

Thank you. I've been very tempted by the Markbass Little Mark IV, as I fancied a change to be honest. After a random search though, I've managed to source a 2nd hand Ashdown RM EVO 500 ii, from one of the big online music retailers. It's due to be delivered on Tuesday, fingers crossed. The Peavey MiniMax is a good amp, but I think a change is in order. I had an Ashdown ABM600 chrome faced head once. It sounded really good, unfortunately it had a fault whereby it would hiss as the note decayed. The RM isn't an ABM but I think it'll fit in with what I'm playing now. What has struck me whilst searching, is how the level of choice and availability has dropped. Again, thank you.

The internal fuse looks blown. I've ordered some new ones, but I'm not hopeful that's the source of the problem. I think the fuse blew because there's a deeper problem.

My Peavey MiniMax head no longer works. I need a new amp, from an online retailer, to get it by midweek. Unfortunately, 2nd hand isn't an option. I've got a Fender Rumble 210 cab, just for reference. Just thought I'd ask for opinions on the following. Good, bad, core sound sort of thing. These are the heads that seem available at within my budget. TC Electronic BQ500 Peavey MiniMax Mkii 600 Laney Digibeth 500H Orange Little Bass Thing 500 Markbass Little Mark IV. Thank you in advance.

Well, the fan is incredibly quiet now. Heard a tiny click after I turned the amp on, and then no power. It's now a large paperweight.

The Aria please, thank you 😊

Our singer is saying that she's getting an electrical sensation when holding the microphone. Someone suggested that the phantom power might be on on the mixer. However, I can't remember seeing the phantom power light on on the mixer and the guitarist said he checked it was off. The sensation is all the time. She's tried a different mic, changed the cable, stood a a rubber floor mat, not stood on the mat. Still the same. The phantom power seemed the obvious culprit but apparently not (unless there's a fault in the desk). Any ideas? Ta.

I currently have a Sire V7 Jazz and a Squier VM Precision. When I first started I had a horrid cheap bit of chipboard with strings attached. I always wanted a Warwick Corvette $$ when I started. Still do really. Either that or a Red Aria thru neck SB, I still would definitely have one of those. My tastes haven't really changed, but neither have my finances that would enable me to purchase my tastes 🤔🙂

My mates and I wanted to start a band when we were at college. I was left with the choice of bass or drums. I had nowhere to put a drum kit, so bass it was. Bass was the first instrument I'd ever picked up and to this day I cannot play guitar. That's not, I can play a bit but not good enough to play in a band, I literally cannot play and have never played guitar. So bass it was and still is. I did have a long break from my early 20s to my mid 30s where I didn't play at all. I'm glad I got back into it.

810 cabs used on their side. NO! Single cut bodies

It wasn't a band as such as there was no singer and it never got out of the practice room. The guitarist especially was really unpleasant. We auditioned a singer to do originals. Great voice. After she left at the end of the audition the guitarist and drummer slagged her off for being "clueless" in the attempt she made. I pointed out she wasn't a mind reader as they'd not given any guidance as to what they wanted. A few weeks later I was told that the project was on hold as the guitarist had too many family commitments. The dopey pair forgot about social media though. I found out I'd been replaced a few days later on Facebook. I contacted the guitarist and had my longest swear rant at him. Another band, the singer told us she was leaving after our first gig as she was moving away. We had possibly 2 more gigs before she left which she would do. Next gig, a set list is produced and it's minimal. I said I was concerned there wasn't enough material on it. Was told we'd pad it out with tuning up and talking. I said I thought that was cr@p. All hell broke loose, and ended with me telling them to sod off and I wasn't doing the gig.

As anyone who owns one of these amps knows, they sound great, have all the gubbins you need on them, are loud BUT so is the fan. It's a bit like having your own aircon unit soundwise. When you're playing it's not an issue, I wouldn't sell it just because of the fan noier but, we'll you know.🙂 Has anyone sourced a quiter replacement fan? From what I've researched it's tricky if not impossible.

Compressors. I've had rack mount and pedal. The rack mount looked pretty because the lights went up and down, which is also 😎 cool. Pre-amp pedal. Although they were bought more as DI boxes as well. Otherwise I just feel I should have bought a different amp.

We had a gig in a tiny tiny pub. I'd gigged there before. It's a pain unloading as the pub is in a really narrow street, not much wider than a car itself and the set up area is compact 🙂. Despite me warning the rest of the pub's quirky location and size, or lack of, they were still a little gobsmacked when they saw the reality 🤣🤣 We had a fun gig, lovely pub, lovely crowd (I say crowd in its loosest term considering aforementioned size), we played well and will get asked back. Result.

Sadness and shock. Although frail I don't think anyone would have thought that Ozzy was going to pass away so soon after the Back to the Beginning concert. He was part of a band that changed music and will always be amongst a small group of musicians who are legends.

It's worrying that no one wants to buy a profitable solvent business.