whimsy23

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Hi guys, I did have a trawl through the pinned thread but it seems a little old of date. I'm looking for a reliable amp tech to have a look at/fix my SVT4. It is cutting out when it gets warm. I took it to one place that was recommended to me and they had it for a month, said they tested it for ages and found nothing. They didn't even ring me to say it was ready to collect, I had to ring them (they said they rang me but surely I would have a missed call/voicemail at the very least? HMMM). Anyway, I took it to practice and the problem occured straight away, so I suspect they didn't even look at it. Rather patronisingly, they suggested I check my bass, cables etc, so I told them my entire set up works with my back up head no problem and goodbye and I won't see you again! But anyway, if anybody could recommend somebody preferably in the Midlands and surrounding areas, I don't mind a short drive to get the job done. Cheers

In the case before/after playing but when I'm setting up and have to put it down, I rest it strings facing my rack case and lean towards the non jack side with the neck against one of the bits that sticks out on my head. Failing that I just lean it flat and forward towards the cab/head. Strings down, it rarely falls over. It's funny when people put the guitars neck, the smooth, slippy part, against the amp. Guarenteed to slide over at the slightest disruption! Anyway, this is the exact reason I bought a cheap bass and am looking at second hand Fenders/Stingrays that already have knocks in them. I jump around a lot on stage as it is so a few dents I'm not bothered about. The Planet Waves thing is clever, I like that.

new Last Witness [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eD9_6AnBCk[/media] Heavy, groovy, mad, f***ing love it!

2.1mm jack is correct. £4.50 for 1 though, I could get a whole new supply with the cables for the cost of 5 cables. Thanks anyway! At least I know they are out there...

anybody? desperate to get some this week and really don't want to buy a whole new power supply just to get some. who'd have thought such a simple product would be so damn illusive!

looking for some of these as I had a few go 'missing' hmmm been searching but can only find singular voodoo ones or daisy chains. anybody know where I can get a pack of 5/6 or whatever? cheers

Yeah the guy in the shop did play around with it, I watched him, he was twiddling knobs and stuff, though he didn't play with it for long, about 2 minutes. Originally they thought it was my leads, but I've tried amps at the practice room, my own amp, active and passive basses, a guitar, various leads (even bought a brand new planet waves one) etc and I'm getting the problem whatever I use. I've made a 40 second video of the fault so I can show them what's happening in case of any dispute.

Took it to the shop last saturday, the guy messed around with it, said it seemed ok to him. Said take it back and if it's not alright he'll replace it. So, took it to practice again tonight, new leads, new patch leads, my own head etc - still happening. Played with the knobs and it seems when I turn the blend pot up past half, it drops off and with blend up full, there's no sound at all - that's not right is it?

^ yeah, that was bloody quick, no messing around Never nice having stuff stolen though so hope justice is done

Interesting topic. My band agrees our set order in a minute! We hardly disagree on anything really but that's just us. We tend to open up with a couple of fast numbers (not that there is really any slow ones lol), play our most well known song in the middle and end with what someone actually called the 'pop song' haha. It is a lot simple and less crazy than the others though. We also try to seperate the couple which make our hands hurt and knacker the drummer out. Also, I strongly disagree about playing songs that have same notes/keys next to each other, we do this all the time and have a couple of easy, slow, doomy jammed parts inbetween them (which also serves as a rest). As long as you make it clear where one song ends and the other starts (basically, if your audience doesn't know your stuff, leave a reasonable gap inbetween them, 20-30 seconds) there is no problem. On a similar note, in heavy music, bands use the open chord in practically every song anyway so it's unavoidable.