**** Vintage!

[TBird1958]

"Anuzza thread shot to hell. Oh well."

I'll not be chastized for wandering little off topic with folks that are my friends......this is supposed to be a fun informative place with a great pool of collective knowledge.

I wasn't joking about the power conditioner....if you haven't tried one, you should, I play out enough to say its a vital part of my rig. That said I have no sentimental spot for amplifiers, they are merely tools, if it can't be fixed just sell it. I had an Ampeg V4B from 76-80, sure it was okay as a loud bass amp but along came the chance to buy a new GK 400Rb and away went the Ampeg, I kept the 400 till I could afford to buy my 1001RB. I like a warm vintage sound tho and my present GK wouldn't by itself deliver that so I use a Line6 pedal with one of its Ampeg models eq'd repeatedly for each of my T-Birds, I've also used it's Acoustic 360 model which is fantastic........I know Johnny Crab uses this too, PM him and ask. Point being, you can certainly get vintage tone thru a modern quiet amp. To me the bass is a given, its a Gibson, not like they're making any more of them! Its why we repair broken headstocks, refin, search for pickups, etc. I'd do just about anything to save a 12k investment.

[chromium]

Terr,
The nice thing about your rig is that it's very serviceable.  You could always run the bass and head over to a tech who could probably get it solved quickly and easily.  I'm sure there's lots of good amp techs (especially where you live) that someone could recommend.  I remember that SVT you bought - beautiful rig.  No reason that setup shouldn't be able to sing.  I'd sell the Behringer and use that $$ to tip the tech afterwards 

I buy losta old quirky gear.  Sometimes it doesn't work at all, but when you get past that, oh myyyyy!  Good things happen!

Good luck with it!

[Rhythm N. Bliss]

Thanks Joe~ Made me laff! haha Guess I'll keep striving for vintage sounds.

Thanks Tbird too~ Those Furmans range from about $160 to $650 @ zzounds.

http://www.zzounds.com/prodsearch?form=search/ppc&cat=2391&cat2=3547

I'll have to get one I guess. I'm thinking the Pro Series Power Conditioner for $375...