skidder652003

Guys, last night i had an almighty f**kup happen. It was my own stupid fault and after all the years gigging i should have known better. we were mid gig and i had stupidly put a full pint of shandy on a table directly over my pedalboad. You can guess the rest. Basically my whole board took a direct hit, you couldn't have placed it in a more perfect position. The upshot is that my phaser and tuner are ok but my markbass compressore and Dave Hall VT-2 EQ (both valve) aren't responding. They work in bypass mode but the compresorre is intermitent and making some odd noises and the VT-2 doesn't do anything in blue (mono valve) mode or red (duo valve mode). These were bloomin' expensive pedals and Im gutted! Do you think opening them up and spraying with contact cleaner might help, or am I resigned to them to be lost forever or a horribly expensive repair? (god knows where). Has anyone else had something similar happen and if so any tips would be greatly appreciated. Im so angry with myself, the only positive is having taken delivery of an ampeg SVT classic I probably won't need the pedals soon but I was hoping to sell them to pay towards the new amp

66lbs!

im up ferrit!

check out the other items for sale, dodgy watches, shades and baseball bats, theres a real pimp thang going down!!

had a 115 and 410 for years. Got rid of the 15 and never looked back, 2 x 410 will sound huge!

looking at that lot, I think "that" sound is going to stay firmly in your head only!

Its not what you put in...........

signed, does this relate to the Bristol venue?

[quote name='mep' timestamp='1401360720' post='2462775'] Lemonrock [/quote] this. www.lemonrock.com but it's £30 a year but good for finding venues to play also. We use it and its paid for itself dozens of time over every year.

So...had a go at rehearsal tonight, I won't say any more until I've gigged it but a couple of early thoughts. Firstly, it's unbelievably powerful, I didn't go above 3 on gain and 2 on master (compared with halfway on gain and master on my 700W solid state SWR) I ran it through my pedalboard which apart from a Boss TU3 tuner is a Dave Hall Amp VT2-EQ tube pre-amp pedal and a Tube Markbass Compressore, so there's a lot of tubes going around! It's hard to describe the difference with a solid state amp but my initial impression is a thickness or a richness that isn't present in the SWR, and an almost effortless output that didn't feel like it broke a sweat. As I said it's hard to describe but it felt like it was saying " come and have a go if you think you're hard enough", I felt a bit intimidated!

ha not vaseline, knackered phone camera, will try it out at tonights rehersal, will let you know what I think!

A compressor will do just what you need, evens the volume out, prevents spikes.

[url="http://s621.photobucket.com/user/skidder652003/media/IMG_20140528_132309_zps2472e400.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s621.photobucket.com/user/skidder652003/media/IMG_20140528_132246_zps4bde1a61.jpg.html"][/url] It's Here! Managed to sweet Talk Mrs Skidders with promises of untold gig riches from the new sweet tone and a somewhat exagerated value placed upon the possible imminent sale of a used SWR..happy days!

Im thinking of "I bought it as an investment" angle....

yep, hotter than a hot thing on a tin roof on the surface of the sun. What a kn*b.

THELMMMMMMMMMAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!

[quote name='KingBollock' timestamp='1401040461' post='2459430'] Sort of reminds me of a design I have had in my head for a couple of years. The plan is to take an existing cab and clad it with rough looking boards and add vertical bars in place of a grill, to make the whole thing look like an old animal crate. [/quote] keep it in your head...please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If neolithic man made cabs... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hand-Made-Guitar-Amp-Cab-For-Bass-Electric-Unique-/161304312648?pt=UK_Sound_Vision_Valves_Vacuum_Tubes&hash=item258e7c7b48