KennysFord

Hey to all in BC land, There has a couple of threads over the the last month about some very nice people going the extra mile to help other members of the forum. I'd like to share this story with you all as I think it sums this place up and to a degree the vast majority of it's members, I'd like to think so anyway. It's a bit of a long story but hopefully worth the read so please bear with me. So.... A couple of months back I bought a Markbass TTE500 off these pages and unfortunately it arrived with some damage to the underside of the amp. Basically two of the feet were pushed slightly into the base of the amp. No big deal I thought so I took the sides of the amp off and pushed the dents out, half an hour later, job done.....or so I thought. I hadn't realised that the chassis is made of cheese and I had stripped the bolts, Bugger.....two 4mm nuts later amp good as new and happy days. Although the amp worked fine I was a little concerned about the compressor so I contacted Gareth (Walbassist ) for some advise as he has the TTE500. I explained my concerns and he recommended I re-valve the head as It might have been dropped in transit....that would explain the feet ! He sent me some links to a shop where he's had good service, sure enough two days later the head was re-valved and working fine. At this point I couldn't decide whether I disliked the voicing of the amp or if something was still amiss so I sent another message to Gareth asking if I could send the head down to him then he could A/B it against his to double check. He readily agreed nice man that he is and it was duly dispatched for a thorough run through. All I was hoping he'd do was just give it a quick blast to make sure and then I'd get it collected and couriered back up here. Unbeknown to me Gareth had done so much more than I'd asked. A couple of days later I got a pm from Gareth explaining that he'd recorded samples of the amp with various combinations of valves, old, new, vintage you name it then done the same with his amp to compare. As most of you have seen his videos he does a great job. Wow, I was staggered to say the least, right of his own bat without me asking for it !! Turns out the Amp is fine, just not my thing. There's a bit more to this tale at this juncture...I'm not explaining this next part for any sympathy so please don't think that. What Gareth did next, basically a simple thing I guess meant so much at such a sh*t time that I'll always be grateful to him, ..... please read on.... During this time, about 3 weeks ago in fact our family suffered and terrible bereavement that knocked us all for six. We lost a grandchild, 6 hours old and we were all pretty devastated as you can imagine. My stepson and his partner couldn't bear to leave the baby's side at the hospital so my Mrs went to her sons house for the week to take care of the other Grand kids. I intimated to Gareth what was going on and I might struggle to get the collection arranged that week. No problem he said, "I'll arrange for the amp to be collected and delivered back to you. I'll pay for it this end and you can Paypal me the money back when you get round to it" Just this little extra thing, well big thing actually really moved me to the point of tears ! For someone who I've never met to do all of the above and then send the thing back to me as well at the end of it all is just amazing and I just wanted to share with you all that I can't stress enough how very truly grateful I am to Gareth for what he did for me. There's the extra mile and then there's the "extra mile" Gareth, dude, is there is such a thing as Karma then your I sincerely hope your cup overflow ! From the bottom of my heart, Thankyou.

Hey Folks, I'm wondering if you guys can offer some opinions / thoughts on the EdenWT550. I play in a Wedding / Function band and a Blues outfit as well. I've had a few recent purchases that have not worked out for me at all so would like to learn from others' experiences on this head. There's not much on Youtube and a few post on TB of them packing up or breaking down etc. Any thoughts chaps ?

Just on the off chance like http://basschat.co.uk/topic/86560-warwick-2002-limited-edition-fna-jazzman/page__p__850431__hl__jazzman__fromsearch__1#entry850431 I'm on the lookout for a Warwick FNA Jazzman and after being right royally pissed about on ebay over the last couple of days, deal done, seller shafts me etc etc I've got the bit between my teeth so to speak. Cheers.

What a fun two days I've had. I've just negotiated a deal on a Warwick FNA Jazzman that was on eBay. Starting bid was £550 and as I've been looking for one for a while I put a bid. the seller contacted me to say that "Ooops,I meant to put a £650 reserve on it" so I'm going to cancel your bid. I offered him a price and we then negotiated up to£600 cash explaining all the while that if he got his £650 reserve he would get less than £600 after the fee's etc. Deal done and agreed, I even managed to sort out collection from Aberdeen, not an easy task from Preston Lancs. The last one on here went for £500 ! He's now backed out of the deal to try and get a higher price for it. To say I'm gutted is an understatement, bloody annoyed about the whole episode as well to be honest. If he relists be warned that this chap might not be true to his word. Sour Grapes, me.....Well yeah pretty much.

Hi folks, I'm doing the sound for our band tomorrow and a need little help please. We normally use a desk with built in effects but tomorrow we have to use a different analogue desk and rack effects. I've had a play with it today and figured it out to a point. I've taken both outs from the desk into the effects unit then out to the amp. I've managed to find a decent reverb for vocals but what has just struck me is that we're sending the keys thru the desk as well and we don't want reverb on them. Something in the back of my mind tells me that I can use aux 2 (the desk only has 2 aux's) for effects but I can't figure it out as the effects unit has two inputs and aux's are just jack out. Anyone a bit more clued up out there who can help me out. It would be very much appreciated. Thanks in advance, Pete.

Superb Lapolpora, Brings back some memories of great times during that period.

I'm pretty sure that's the nicest Ibanez I've ever seen. As above, it's stunning.

Aaah but you're missing the point here, The relic'd one comes with a bespoke fag burn, you don't see that much attention to detail these days ya know.

Gotta be one of the coolest dogs too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyUZh_Cbw6Q&list=PL2DB79619A5F2B51F&index=2&feature=plcp

Good find Si, I might just have to get one. I've just bought Nick Carey's "A.S.S." cab. It goes nicely with the Spunkster, I just need a K***Z to complete the trio.

Pm'd ya buddy.

Hi Folks, Just a heads up really. I've often struggled to find a decent amp tech around these parts and I think I've come up trumps. He's in Preston, close to the M-way junction in Fulwood,Preston. My SVT3pro was suffering form low volume distortion, a common problem with the biasing on the mosfets on that amp apparently. Took it over to the chap and got it back in two days and the charge was £20 to sort it. The head sounds great now, I'm well chuffed with it. He services/repairs all types of valve/SS amps, PA gear etc.His name name is David Pye and I'd be happy to pass on his details via PM. Cheers.

Hi Folks, I have an old 2 pedal Trace Elliot footswitch for the pre shape and graphic on the Trace. Will I be able to use it with my Ampeg SVT3pro for the Graphic and Mute functions ?? It has what looks like a stereo 1/4" jack, Tip/Ring/Ring. Thanks in advance.

Go to the "advanced" search on ebay and type his user name in the ebay members bit. I found him that way.

My 44-02 "Maple board" has too much treble for me. I usually have to back it down to about 1/4 with the amps set flat. I use Nickels to try and tame it even further. Maybe some zingy SS rounds is the way to go.