Recent content by schridb

I use the ultra lo and the ultra hi bump the mids a bit and control tone from the bass. I rarely touch the settings from there. Really, no one else uses ultra lo?

Yes. And the album is very good imo. Bones of Birds has a cool bass line.

SVT-VR B2RE for backup. 410

I got booted from a reggae band I was playing guitar for. I was as good or better than any of the other guitar players they've had. But they were a little psycho and thought I was up to something subversive. Not the case. I was having a great time and we were sounding really good. And we are all...

I have no intention of opening this beast up. Other than to troubleshoot preamp tubes. Was just checking to see if it might be an easily diagnosed problem. Unfortunately, I think it points to a transformer. Oh well. Gonna have to spend the cash. My backup just comes nowhere close to the sound of...

Thanks for the help. Just would rather troubleshoot before hauling it to the tech.

Hmmm, So the other night during rehearsal the amp kicks into standby mode and won't come out of it. So I found JohnK's jumper fix that bypasses the relay on the standby. I was going to do that this weekend but now I have a different problem. After about ten minutes the volume will drop to...

I had to watch it a second time to see the jet ski guy. that's hilarious. He wasn't very good at the spray technique.

I just went through this. Ended up returning the beautiful Deluxe with block and got the standard with dots. Fell in love with the tone and feel of the standard.

Green Onions, Booker T and the MGs

That's badass.

My amp tech is this guy: Link Removed He is really good. He doesn't make bass amps, but his guitar amps are ridiculous.

I've been down that road before with NOS guitar amp tubes. No, I bought from a reputable vendor and my tech doesn't collect tubes. Though I did have a tech steal a mullard out of an amp of mine once.

sell that bike and put the money into it.

I've worked in private equity. Companies like LOUD don't buy companies like Mackie and Ampeg because they want to make better product. They buy best brands so they can sell lesser quality product with that brand name. Once the brand is diluted, they will sell it again. It's a great business...