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I went to a local repair guy who told me its a £30 bench fee plus vat upfront for diagnostic. Paid up to be told it would be three to four weeks before it's ready to be looked at excluding actual 'repair' time. I had a last minute gig and called to say I needed the cab, got to the shop and the place was reeking of weed (it was a Saturday, two employees, no 'jobs on the bench') no signs of any actual work being done and once I got the cab in the car the cover was also stinking of weed. I'm heading back down today for a refund. I don't care if they're stoners but a three to four week wait and £36 up front so these lads can mooch about? No ta! I usually go via a local guitar shop. Drop the stuff off on a Friday collect the following Friday, £25 bench cost. I thought I'd go local as it's literally 5 minutes drive from my place. Needless to say I'll be dropping it off the next time I have a week without gigs. I get people need paid and it's a 'specialist' service but there's taking the p*ss

I use the Apollo with the Neve and Ampeg plug ins (and a bunch more such as compressors and other channel strips that were bundled with it). It's a great unit, expensive though. I guess you could gig with it but you would need to be going direct into a (decent PA) or via a power amp. The plug ins sound are great and I use it daily to practice and record. I can run guitars, keys vox etc so it has the added flexibility but ultimately an amp for gigging would be much easier in the long run- fewer things to go wrong in the signal chain. There are other good interfaces which you could use for home practice and other devices. If you're running a desk and want the best then the Apollo is a worthy unit.

Yup I use this bad boy live. I have a back up lightweight head but since getting this I've not used it. It isn't as complicated as some think it looks. Find the frequency you want to boost or cut, adjust the 'Q' or bandwidth of that frequency; narrow for cutting or wider for boosting and adjust bass and treble to taste. Easy as that! At a recent gig I was getting a weird resonance every time I hit an F note. Quickly dialed out the troublesome frequency before the next song and problem sorted. I previously had an Eden power amp and tried a couple of pre-amps the Read Purity being one of the best. In my rehearsal room I had that bi-amped and run a 410 (for the lows) and 115( for the high) and it was massive sounding Lightweight gear is great but I do really enjoy gigging with this rig. The sound is worth the weight. dissa - I'd love to hear your thoughts on the Fender pre-amp. [attachment=238252:IMG_0590.JPG]

I totally missed your reply on this. I can't recall the attack and release times but I have read them somewhere in the past. I'm actually interested in getting a swap for my Germanium version - they were a limited edition of 100 units - for the Iron Core TX version as I think the extra colour from the transformer would be great with my tube preamp. Do you have any finished clips from the recording session you mentioned above?

Combustion does have a fast slim neck for a 5 as far as I recall. Certainly slimmer than the Lakland JO5 I had.

Yeah I know and that's why deep down I'll keep it and schlep it to every gig I can. I was gigging at the weekend and every time I hit an F note on one particular song the room vibrated.. used the parametric eq and notched out the troublesome frequency in seconds between songs, added back a little bass and problem solved. The 680 has the Jensen out, the tubes just a wee bit bigger and maybe not so pedal board friendly 😉

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I recently picked up a great dirt pedal FEA fuzz thing and it's quite versatile but I find myself only using dirt in about 5% of the songs I play. Still it's good to have a great time on those 5% of tunes. For the cost of some boutique gear you could buy the basic parts and pay for a course in electronics and have the skills to make some of those pedals!

I was all set to sell my DB680 and get a Noble but I figured if I was lumping the power amp may as well keep the 680 it's only another few kg's😀 It's one of those things that on paper makes perfect sense but I was after the 680 for ages and would be reluctant to sell it. Maybe if I can shift my back up head I'll take the plunge.....if the exchange rate ever picks up! Cheers for the clips btw

I'd be interested in using one but the price is prohibitive. In saying that if it was your main 'sound' and did a lot of live and recording it would make a lot of sense. Big warm tone, pedal board friendly etc. I had considered selling my main pre to get one, I play about 40 gigs a year give or take and if I sold my main pre the Noble could replace it. Be interested to hear what its sounds like into a power amp. I'm supposing it could drive a power amp I'll pop over to the Noble site for a read!

Flea and Chad isolated mixes combined https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG62J7nGmqc

As mentioned in previous Joe Dart and Vulfpeck chat they use the Vulf compressor (demo's of it are available on you tube) which also adds a really noticeable colour to the overall sound too which would be difficult to reproduce. Joe's playing is great and he'll often use a mute and dig in quite hard

In the past when I've had a separate di box with me I'd often just switch it over and tell the sound guy I was doing so. If it's gigs where my back line is being used and I'm there from load in/set up I'll always chat to the sound guy, explain what I'm after and what kit I have and usually we have no bother. I did once have a sound guy snub my preamp di for his cheap and battered di box but I unplugged it, carried it back to him and explained there was a Jensen transformer on the di out of the pre and if it was good enough for Boosty Collins to mod his Neve console with one then we could probably get by with it for one night. Ultimately you'd hope the sound guy has the basic kit and knowledge to get you heard. That is kinda the point of him being there irrespective of who's gear is the primary di!