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Re: London BKP forum Members meet up - July 18th 2-7pm
« Reply #150 on: July 21, 2010, 08:35:09 PM »
fwiw, £950.00 for that amp is a really good price - I'd be pricing them closer to £1400 for a new build.

It does sound great at bedroom volumes too, but cranked up is where its best (all amps are that way).  Drop in on Jonathan and have a try of it at low volume - you'll be surprised.


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Re: London BKP forum Members meet up - July 18th 2-7pm
« Reply #151 on: July 21, 2010, 09:16:40 PM »
Sorry to hear about that bill rising its ugly head again. Its not easy for small businesses in the UK at the moment.

No - it's like every which way I turn there is more money to pay out lately and less and less of it coming in.
The bill didn't go away - it was the result of two years of estimated bills and me missing that they had increased my charges fourfold, which was only realised when the up to date readings went in.
I have renegotiated it a bit but need to raise some money to pay it off.

fwiw, £950.00 for that amp is a really good price - I'd be pricing them closer to £1400 for a new build.

It does sound great at bedroom volumes too, but cranked up is where its best (all amps are that way).  Drop in on Jonathan and have a try of it at low volume - you'll be surprised.

I find that the tone does make a significant jump when you get loud enough to get ythe speaker going
the amp is best suited to a small studio or an environment where you get let rip a little rather than hoping to play at midnight without waking the neighbours or kids.

The master volume which is a bit different doesn't really go from whisper quiet  to full roar (it's based on the "Jose" master volume mod). I did think about putting one of these in the FX loop (which is post master volume) for really lowering the volume for late night playing
With it switched "off" the control will reset your rhythm volume to whatever lower value you choose

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Re: London BKP forum Members meet up - July 18th 2-7pm
« Reply #152 on: July 24, 2010, 03:41:11 PM »

The bill didn't go away - it was the result of two years of estimated bills and me missing that they had increased my charges fourfold, which was only realised when the up to date readings went in.


This sounds really negligent Jonathan, have you spoke to the Energy Ombudsman about this?

I've PM'd you with further info.

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Re: London BKP forum Members meet up - July 18th 2-7pm
« Reply #153 on: July 24, 2010, 05:18:52 PM »

The bill didn't go away - it was the result of two years of estimated bills and me missing that they had increased my charges fourfold, which was only realised when the up to date readings went in.


This sounds really negligent Jonathan, have you spoke to the Energy Ombudsman about this?

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Yes - have sliced a big portion off that bill and have made plans to deal with it, but life is so expensive of late
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Re: London BKP forum Members meet up - July 18th 2-7pm
« Reply #154 on: August 08, 2010, 07:34:38 PM »
Just thought I'd add a piccy of the two new Lions we had on display that afternoon for those who weren't there
Will do some NGDs for them both when I get a moment

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Re: London BKP forum Members meet up - July 18th 2-7pm
« Reply #155 on: August 08, 2010, 07:46:29 PM »
Were those two the Sykes and Buckethead Lions that were works in progress on your site?
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Re: London BKP forum Members meet up - July 18th 2-7pm
« Reply #156 on: August 08, 2010, 08:22:57 PM »
Yes that's the ones ....
I kept the sykes the intended colour - this is the one that Afghan Dave discovered is a endless sustain machine


The Buckethead one I changed my mind on because Gibson just released a Buckethead guitar and there was no point just being the same and I figured signal red would look the business and I was right

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Re: London BKP forum Members meet up - July 18th 2-7pm
« Reply #157 on: August 08, 2010, 08:54:50 PM »
the red one is so pimp!
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Re: London BKP forum Members meet up - July 18th 2-7pm
« Reply #158 on: August 08, 2010, 09:54:25 PM »
The Red Lion looks as though its designed for some truly epic power metal a la Blind Guardian.
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Re: London BKP forum Members meet up - July 18th 2-7pm
« Reply #159 on: August 08, 2010, 10:49:58 PM »
The Red Lion looks as though its designed for some truly epic power metal a la Blind Guardian.
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Re: London BKP forum Members meet up - July 18th 2-7pm
« Reply #160 on: August 09, 2010, 11:33:49 AM »
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Re: London BKP forum Members meet up - July 18th 2-7pm
« Reply #161 on: August 09, 2010, 11:45:56 AM »
I only had a very quick try of the various Felines, unplugged, but I really liked the feel of the neck on the red one - not sure if it was a different shape from the others or not, it just felt good.

Do you have "standard" neck shapes Jon, or are they all effectively one-offs?
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Re: London BKP forum Members meet up - July 18th 2-7pm
« Reply #162 on: March 05, 2012, 07:24:33 PM »
Im slightly confused.
is this a ressurrection of an old topic? or is it already a new one and valid for the year 2012???

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Re: London BKP forum Members meet up - July 18th 2-7pm
« Reply #163 on: March 05, 2012, 07:30:55 PM »
No need to be confused. It's a resurrection of an old thread! A very old thread.
I think I hate being indecisive.

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Re: London BKP forum Members meet up - July 18th 2-7pm
« Reply #164 on: March 05, 2012, 10:46:50 PM »
Im slightly confused.
is this a ressurrection of an old topic? or is it already a new one and valid for the year 2012???

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It's a resurrection of an old topic - and YOU resurrected it JP!  :P
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