Al Coholic

I am not sure if this will work since your dry input (guitar presumably) and wet (stompbox) have completely different impedance and level. You probably need to normalise this by putting in some opamps here and there.

I have the EMU 0202 older model. Not at all happy with it because the Vista driver is crap and makes my laptop crash regularly. It does work ok with my Mac. Would advise against it, just in case you ever want to use it with Vista as well.

Then again, if you are not, PM me if you want to buy mine for little!

Ok.... Lucky SamL4 didn't ask about wiring an 8 speaker cab.

SOLUTION: parallel-series

Wire them in series as pairs, then wire the pairs parallel.

for a pair, RT=8+8=16 ohms

two 16 ohm pairs paralleled

1/RT=1/16+1/16=1/8

RT=8 ohms

This way 8 ohm speakers present an 8 ohm load to the amplifier, 4 would give 4, etc.

There is actually a difference between SeriesParallel (pairs in parallel wired as series) and ParallelSeries (pairs in series wired as parallel). Eg, if one speaker fails in SeriesParallel you have 3 left, whereas if 1 fails in ParallelSeries you have 2 left. Not sure if that is the reason, but i read somewhere that SeriesParallel is more common.

2009 sessionette

Hi Graham - Funnily enough i was just looking for the same - there are always several going on ebay, usually tatty 80's ones but occasionally also the mid-90s reissue.

But you can also get what is in effect a 2009 Sessionette: get a JD-10 pre-amp from Award Session. This is in effect a modernised version of the preamp of the old sessionette, and then you buy a Tech 21 PowerEngine which is a linear power amp and cab. Put together you basically have a sessionette but then all new.

Let me know if you want to try my JD-10 out, i think you'll like it as well.

Karel

Okay folks, one thing i must say is just that IF R&B had loads of gibsons and expensive guitars in, it'd mostly be eye candy, cos not as many peolpe go into a guitar shop to actually buy guitars any more. just to browse, and when you do find one, chances are you'll end up buying it off some dodgy website, so r&b are doing shit all wrong.

But they do sell mid-range and expensive gear. The reason most these Gibsons, Tokais and Duesenberg have gone now is that they were sold (i know because i bought one myself 3 or 4 weeks ago).

If you don't have the stock you are 100% certain you wont sell anything.

Besides, what is there against eye-candy? Great way to have people visit your shop regularly.. works for me at least..

Money sent.

They'll be off to Edinburgh then. Cheers Karel

Found these in the cupboard, not needing them anymore as i sold all my EL34 amps:

Matched quartet of Electro Harmonix EL34 valves.

... Can obviously also be used as 2 sets!!

Two valves have been very lightly used (maximum 1 hour), the other two have never been used.

New price in the order of 50 (ref here), looking for 35

PM me if interested

Cheers

Karel.

Jd10

Award Session JD-10 is a forgotten hidden gem. It is essentially the pre-amp of a Sessionette. You can use it as DI box, as pre-amp for any crap-sounding transistor amp or as overdrive stomp box.

They sometimes pop up on ebay (as Award Session or in the States as Morley JD-10). You can also still buy them new from Steward Ward for about 100.

Nobody will just give away money to support a local business man. The only reason R&B's still exists is because, as Britheguy perfectly noted, "Music folks tend to buy and sell gear on a whim" ... (i know exactly what me means!)

So R&B's should cater for that by having a nice stock of goodies and indeed by keeping the second hand market strong. Maybe they should open an ebay shop for second hand items as well?

Quite a number of the models are re-ordered like for like as they are what tend to be wanted.

Ah ok that makes sense. Just that i miss the goodies like all the Gibsons, Tokais, Duessenbergs that used to be there.

Does make me wonder what is best for R&B's: selling one 2000 guitar or selling 10 200 guitars?

Is it just me or is there something seriously wrong with R&B's?

I haven;t seen any new stock in ages. It's all the same guitars and amps as a year ago and sold items are not replaced for new ones (except for guitar straps, there seem to be loads of these). Credit crunch problems?

Sold

The Orange amp has now been sold on Ebay.

Thanks for viewing this >145 times.. pretty useless though it was...

I am selling my lovely Orange Rocker 30. 1x12 combo with 30 very loud watts, it's been gigged in places like the Globe, the volume never needed to go past 11:00.

Specs can be found here

It's got a whopping 9.4 for sound quality on Harmony Central (see here)

Used and gigged but as new condition and full working order. Comes with brand new valves and a footswitch (new 20)

Looking for 500, pretty much non-negotiable since this is what they tend to fetch on ebay and it will go on there soon, if not sold here.

PM me if interested. Cheers Karel

Yeah it might not be a framus, it just says rolyford on it and Framus is the only company to make a guitar called rolyford

Nope my friend, i checked with Framus and they said, and i quote:

Framus never built a guitar called Rolyford.

Don't mind you being ignorant, but don't try to sell it as a Framus when it is, quite clearly, a cheap copy made of recycled toilet rolls...

I don't care who the hell made it, it's just one of the coolest looking guitars I've ever seen. Alan will give it a good home (and if you sell it to him I might get a shotty).

i agree, it's definitely the coolest looking cardboard guitar i have ever seen as well

Yeah it might not be a framus, it just says rolyford on it and Framus is the only company to make a guitar called rolyford

If i were you, i'd quickly sell it to Alan Cynic, before anyone checks this statement.

Framus

I am not sure if that is a Framus but if i were you i would send the pic and details to:

Framus Vintage

You'd probably get much more for it if it is positively identified.

trumpet / saxophone wanted

Hi Bross

Please check this post of a week ago . We are set to do 1 or 2 gigs a month, several booked already, we are very good live and good fun to play with. PM Charlene or me if you're interested.

Karel

Laney 4x12

I still have a Laney TT412 cab somewhere in the storage.

See this post of a while back. Since it's christmas we can discuss the price, PM me if you're interested.

does it have a series or paralell fx loop?

i reckon it's a parallel fx loop ref. the Fx-Mix knob.

The Roadster ... is it the head or a 2x12 combo ?

The good news is, you're not the only one.. every self respecting guitarist must at least appreciate a Django Rheinhard, and he is in my top 3 all time guitar favourites.

However you will find that active playing interest in a style tends to be inversely proportional to how hard it is to play. Hence the abundance of punk/rock bands. Let's face it, solos without distortion so that you can actually hear the fingering details, 13th, ma6/9, diminished chords, scales other than pentatonic....

Tonight at Tunnels has an open mic night.

I'd suggest going along to that.

You can almost go every day:

The Globe (Sunday)

Moorings (also Sunday?)

Drummonds (Wednesdays)

Gas Lamp (Thursday)

Cellar 35 (Thursday if it's still on)

Very nice guitar - Van Halen recorded "you really got me now" with such an Ibanez Destroyer.