Recent content by Hercules Brown

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    Last Albums You Listened To In Their Entirety?

    Oh man, throwback time! I think I even hand-wrote that CD cover for you! Back in the days of drop C with an SVT and an ODB-3. I miss those guys. Still get quite a few listens on Bandcamp, all these years later.
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    Markbass Little Mark Vintage - overactive circuit protection?

    Yeah - there's never been a problem with output. I always turn it on and give it a minute before playing through, but once it's all lit up, it has all the power I'd expect.
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    Markbass Little Mark Vintage - overactive circuit protection?

    The retailer is The Rockshop, I don't know where they actually send it. The last time I sent something in (a Mesa MkV under warranty) they lost it; when I enquired about a Boss repair the wait time was 6 months, so I am always anxious at the thought of another repair.
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    Markbass Little Mark Vintage - overactive circuit protection?

    Hey folks, I have emailed Markbass about this but thought I would tap into the collective wisdom and experience here. I have a LMV Gold Line head and it has a strange behaviour when first turning it on. I connect it to my speaker cab, power supply etc., switch it on and it all lights up and...
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    Startup failure? A weird Markbass Vintage Gold Line problem

    Hello and kia ora all, My Markbass Little Mark Vintage (Gold Line) has a weird intermittent fault where it powers up, then immediately seems to power off (all the lights turn off, including the tube). Then, the nanosecond I flick the power switch to turn it off, the lights come back on - and...
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    Long-Scale or Multi-Scale 5 strings

    My Lākland 55-02 is 35" and ticks every box - clarity, comfort, simplicity (strings/setup) and tension. It's objectively the best bass I've ever played...hopefully, it'll develop more character over time. I have only played a couple of fanned-fret basses and did not enjoy the tone of either of...