GarethFlatlands

[quote name='allihts' post='905661' date='Jul 26 2010, 12:22 PM']Bloody livingston, it's getting everywhere![/quote] We stayed there on our last trip to Scotland. Terrifying place at night. A few people went to Club Earth then got back hammered and made everyone else watch G3 until 6am.

[quote name='escholl' post='905051' date='Jul 25 2010, 06:35 PM']The Artec ADL-2 is supposed to be nice, and is fairly inexpensive. Not used one personally though, just heard good things.[/quote] I think I read somewhere it's not properly analog although that may be incorrect. I use a Carbon Copy and am very happy with it.

[quote name='Musky' post='903761' date='Jul 24 2010, 08:33 AM']Try it and see. I've plugged an 18V active bass into a power amp in socket (it wasn't a Peavey) before and it worked fine, with just the master volume as the only working control. I guess the results you get will depend on the output of your bass though.[/quote] Will do, just bought a Sansamp DI and I thought it might sound better than the onboard EQ as well as being a DI box. [quote name='danbowskill' post='903800' date='Jul 24 2010, 09:49 AM']had a old tnt years ago,loved it nice punch,chorus was pointless to me.ahh memories [/quote] Yeah, I couldn't find a usable sound for the chorus. Odd.

Anyone with the older model TKO, there's 2 1/4 jacks that say 'pre out' and power amp in' or similar. Does this mean I can use a DI straight in and bypass the amps EQ section?

[quote name='DaveMuadDib' post='898797' date='Jul 19 2010, 12:03 PM']I did the 'C4 mod' on my old boss tremelo pedal, in which you simply cut out the c4 resistor and it instantly sounds a million times better! Just goes to show they don't always know what they're doing. Same reason i sold my old marshall guitar amp - let's make valve distortion redundant by implimenting a 2 second delay and fadein when changing channels. Ridiculous![/quote] I did the C4 mod too, surprising amount of difference to the pedal. I also did the Ruetz mod on my Rat and didn't like it so much. I ended up restoring the resistor and replacing the IC with the original. Sounds loads better now.

Warwick Corvettes have the J/J pickup layout. Probably not entirely what you were after but worth a look.

Hey, free shipping though

[quote name='tayste_2000' post='870912' date='Jun 18 2010, 04:39 PM']Well they said the GT Retro is basically the GT120 and if they could they wouldn't make it anymore has it has flaws in it's design as it's basically a historical amp which is why the demand for them is still high and why they still make it.[/quote] The Retro uses NOS circuit boards (the only Matamp that does I think), the GT1 uses Matamps turret style board which is much easier to build and repair, should something go wrong.

Well you certainly look happy with it!

[quote name='Lfalex v1.1' post='887512' date='Jul 6 2010, 04:52 PM']I like the Lynch movie, even if it does take a few liberties. It's stylistically, visually and musically excellent (thanks to Toto and Brian Eno, IIRC)[/quote] I liked it too but it's utterley impenetrable to anyone who hasn't read the book. It's dated a little too.

[quote name='peted' post='886972' date='Jul 6 2010, 06:49 AM']You'll have to be quick - I'm picking it up today [/quote] Awesome news, +1 for some pics.

I'm tempted to order one now, at this rate I'll have the cash by the time it's built! Your bass looks very nice, I might go and see him for a quick blast on it

I met him (and his ace dog) when I took a guitar in for some work. He's a great guy and I was in awe of his workshop. Makes me wish I tried a little harder at woodwork when I was in school! A friend also owns 2 Shuker basses, one of which I've played. It was a really beautiful instrument. I'm pretty sure it's the 2nd one down on the custom page of his site. There can't be that many 7 string Shuker basses like that with fretboard LEDs.

[quote name='TDM' post='886605' date='Jul 5 2010, 07:25 PM']I played one of those at a shop a while back and it actually felt surprisingly good. The shop however, sucked, and didn't let me plug in to an amp to try it out properly.[/quote] The Jaco or the other ones being discussed? If you're willing to spend time and cash modding them I reckon they're good for the money. Mine is gathering dust at the moment sadly. Here's a pic. There's not enough space in the cavity for 2 pots so it's just got volume at the moment. The pickups also need raising as they're way too far from the strings. I'm considering a de-fret for tonal variation and for fun.

Does it have a headphone out? A dodgy connection there can lead to volume issues as the amp keeps flicking between speaker and headphone out, assuming plugging 'phones in cuts the speaker off. A quick blast of contact cleaner might help there before you open her up and fire up the soldering iron. My old valvestate combo had a similar problem that a good thwack would sort out. Turned out to be the above and the big capacitors inside becoming loose and needing re-seating/gluing.