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To stop neck dive on my EB3 I pass the strap behind my belt.

Has anyone had this happen to their cab... noticed it about a week ago, it's 2 months old and been in the living room since delivery. It flexes under a bit of pressure. Wondering the best way to go, attempt a repair (no idea what yet) or return.

I had this McKenzie spec sheet from somewhere... also Win Isd Pro (alpha) has a database of a lot of old speakers, eg...

It only does it when there is a signal present but the signal does not appear to be degraded.

Thanks for that, Stew. Reason was you may have seen my other thread last month where I mentioned this problem and sent my amp back with replacement stock not due until June. I was so impressed with the amp that I was prepared to wait sooner than have a refund, however I noticed yesterday on G4Ms site they had one left in stock so I emailed them asking when the stock arrived as I had heard nothing regarding my replacement. The reply was it was now on the way to me, but no answer as to where it came from. I had my thoughts, and when it arrived this morning I was right, it was the amp I had returned, I had noted the serial number before sending it back. After letting it get to room temp (it felt like it had just come out of cold storage) I tested it and it was exactly the same. Doesn't look like it had been opened. Other than this noise when turning the control I can't fault the amplifier and am beginning to wonder if that is just how they are. I had max gain without clipping and bass about 3o'clock, it seems the more bass heavy the note the worse it is. The 'dirty' noise starts from zero to about 2 or 3 and as you say seems to disappear as the volume of the note gets louder. As said, other than that I like it and want to keep it but worried that it may be a problem that could get worse. Still, it has a 2 year warranty.

Can someone with one of these amps please do me a favour.... set it up with max gain without clipping and master volume right down, play a note while turning the master volume up and down. Is it a clean change of volume or is there any 'interference' like a scratchy pot sort of noise?

Did he say what the parking and load in is like?

I won't play in Liverpool town centre and it is my city.

Was it enough to expose your skeleton?

Looks like I'll still be lugging the heavy stuff for a while longer as the 'Fizzy' sound is back and is also linked with turning the master volume control. Although it sounds like a scratchy pot the note can also have a sizzle to it without even turning the volume control.

My 16 year old Ford Focus estate bit the dust last year and as I also have a Mazda Mx5 bought at the same time but hardly used (only just clocked 12,000 miles) I decided against buying another car and get some use out of the Mazda. Ok, I can't get my main rig in it (Ampeg 3-Pro and 6x10), but by taking out the passenger seat I can get my Hartke Kickback 15 or a 2x10 and TE 350 SMX in. I do some gigs with a band with a van so that can take care of the Ampeg stuff. Anyway, I decided I could do with reducing the weight and after reading some of the reviews on here I thought I would give the Bugera a try, for £208 it wouldn't break the bank. It arrived yesterday. On unpacking it I found it was freezing cold so I left it for an hour or so to acclimatise before powering up. I tried it on a 2X10 and noticed a 'fizz' to the sound, I hadn't used the cab for a few months but it was ok at that time, I checked all connections were sound but this 'fizz' was still there but it gradually faded away and did not come back even after turning the amp off for a while. Did it just need running in? I took it to a gig in Manchester last night and after setting up my Ampeg SVT3-Pro and 6x10 I hooked up the Bugera and was impressed by the sound (still no fizz), I felt I could get a similar sound to my Ampeg and that it could also go too loud. I swopped back to the SVT for the gig but I'm looking forward to using it at some smaller gigs I do.

I had a Ford Escort that was like that.

Araldite Rapid.

The pivot hole being so near the edge, the roll pin being an interference fit and the pressure of that big spring does not a good design make.

From the LaBella M42 page http://www.labella.com/products/m42-stainless-rounds-custom-light-40-100/ ...though with the fact that they don't seem to be available anywhere anymore, you may be right.

I have been using LaBella M42S on my EB3 but I am trying to source a new supplier after the demise of Stringbusters, the only place I had been able to get them. Unless someone knows of another source.

Stringbusters were the only place I could get LaBella M42S strings from. I settled on them after trying a few other brands and have only one set left. Does anyone know of another source for LaBella short scale roundwounds 40-60-80-100?

This happened to one of mine about two years ago, I enquired over a replacement part but they sent me a new stand. Not being one who likes waste I set to repair it by making a U shaped bracket using a thin metal strip ( it was the strap from an electrical earth clip I had knocking around) and araldited it in. I have been using it since, new one is still in the box.

The links in the OP have changed, hopefully these should work... https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:QdjVfOZPCgkJ:https://www.gibson.com/Guitar/USACYC512/les-paul-junior-tribute-dc-bass-coming-soon+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:E27TEnec_R8J:https://www.gibson.com/Guitar/USAKUC232/Thunderbird-Bass-Coming-Soon+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk I wonder what happened to the association with Babicz ? I thought it a far better bridge than what they have gone back to.

What was it?

Sorry, I was put on a bum steer with the wrong schematic, I was given HA1200 instead of HS1200. 1uf NP capacitor checks out fine.

I have hopefully tracked a crackling/noise fault in my Hartke Kickback combo to a capacitor, when I touch/tap it with a plastic rod it gives me the fault. I have reflowed the solder joint but it made no difference, so I will replace it. What is puzzling me is on the circuit diagram the capacitor, C102, has 100p, same as C103 but the components are marked different, C102(the one to be replaced) has 1uF and C103 has 47uF. Am I right thinking I need to get a 1uF 50vdc non polarised capacitor? What does 100p mean?

Maybe we should campaign for venues to be fridge friendly and have ramps and lifts installed. About 20 years ago I bought an empty battered svt cab as a project and only having a saloon car I cut it in half so had the choice of 4x10 or 8x10 but it was still a heavy lift. After a few years I looked at cutting them down further but it was not practical and I made some 2x10 B&Q cabs of the same volume, but all the extra tops and bottoms made it look huge and I only ever used it as a 6x10 setup. Now using an SVT610Hlf.

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