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clare_bear · 06-23-2008, 09:36 AM

I present to you my latest gas (apologies for the crap photography!):

Purchased the Bandit 112 from SuitYou yesterday (dodgy looking back-of-van exchange in Bicester Village car park!). Bought the pedals from eBay very recently too.

The Bandit sounds awesome, if a little loud for home use! - I managed to rattle the smoke alarm off the ceiling within about 30 seconds and I only had the volume on really low! Good job it's just for gigging! It sounds fantastic with the SD-1 attached. Should enable me to compete with the other guitarist's Marshall.

Next on the list is to sort a pedalboard, which I'm still umming and ahhing about at the moment! I reckon I've got all the pedals I need (except a tuner pedal which is on it's way), so it's just a matter of layout and 'board size.

As an aside, had a guitar-related disaster on Saturday. Plugged in to have a blast.....and.....nothing! No sound at all. Had a little look at electrics, but couldn't see anything obvious, panicked and phoned Oxford Guitar Gallery to see if they could do anything then. They were brilliant and said to bring it in and if it was something quick (we suspected the jack socket) he could do it there and then! After checking everything and finding no problems, he (somewhat bizarrely, by his own admission) touched the 2 sides of the jack socket towards the front of the guitar, to find the resistances different. He then discovered that the live wire had rubbed through the plastic casing and directly onto the earth (or something like that, I didn't entirely understand the technicalities!). He reckoned there must have been a nick in the wire from when it was assembled, and the wire had rubbed a groove in until the wires touched! Anyway, it's sorted now, thank goodness. So, big up to the Oxford Guitar Gallery!

I'll shut up now

Estheroid · 06-23-2008, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by clare_bear

I'll shut up now

No - you carry on!

Well done on the GAS. As I think someone mentioned in an earlier thread, those Bandits have served us well at the IGF.

What's the pedal board looking like? I'm currently putting mine together (tuner turned up via courier this morning

)

Nick.Botfield · 06-23-2008, 09:49 AM

Lovely stuff. The lead channel with the vintage switch and everything on 5 is a very, very good rock sound indeed! Bandits are cripplingly good value for money and very versatile.

clare_bear · 06-23-2008, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Estheroid

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What's the pedal board looking like? I'm currently putting mine together (tuner turned up via courier this morning

)

A bit like this, so far:

clare_bear · 06-23-2008, 10:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nick.Botfield

Lovely stuff. The lead channel with the vintage switch and everything on 5 is a very, very good rock sound indeed! Bandits are cripplingly good value for money and very versatile.

Ta, Nick. The wise Bowks informed me last weekend that the secret to the Bandit was everything on 5. I hadn't used the lead channel though - I'll try that in a bit.

manicguitarist2 · 06-23-2008, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Nick.Botfield

Lovely stuff. The lead channel with the vintage switch and everything on 5 is a very, very good rock sound indeed! Bandits are cripplingly good value for money and very versatile.

+1

I had a bandit *way* back when - just before the Marshall addiction started.

manicguitarist2 · 06-23-2008, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by clare_bear

A bit like this, so far:

<Swoon>

imported_timmyo · 06-23-2008, 11:26 AM

Good GAS on all fronts !

pedalboard : my suggestion would be go for the larger of these Stagg pedalboards from here : http://www.rawpower.co.uk/acatalog/Gigbags.html "Stagg UPC-688 Effects Case" the pic is a default one of the smaller one - look at the dimensions for the actual size. It's only £35 and if you end up needing more or trim down and want a more robust one that's smaller, if you flog it on you'll not lose too much. I got mine from there and it arrived next day (although I have since upgraded)

Estheroid · 06-23-2008, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by clare_bear

A bit like this, so far:

Nice!

I'll pop a pic up once mine's assembled - I'm pretty much there now the TU-2 and the Vibratrem have arrived. I'm lagging behind on Tim's record 6 dirt pedals though - only 2 in the line-up so far

martynq · 06-23-2008, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by clare_bear

Cool! A couple of questions:

I can't quite see what the t.c. electronics pedal is... what is it? Also what's the big one above the SD-1?

Good GAS-sing on the amp. How are the band-plans coming along?

06-23-2008, 09:36 AM	#1
clare_bear Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 9,624	gigging amp GAS I present to you my latest gas (apologies for the crap photography!): Purchased the Bandit 112 from SuitYou yesterday (dodgy looking back-of-van exchange in Bicester Village car park!). Bought the pedals from eBay very recently too. The Bandit sounds awesome, if a little loud for home use! - I managed to rattle the smoke alarm off the ceiling within about 30 seconds and I only had the volume on really low! Good job it's just for gigging! It sounds fantastic with the SD-1 attached. Should enable me to compete with the other guitarist's Marshall. Next on the list is to sort a pedalboard, which I'm still umming and ahhing about at the moment! I reckon I've got all the pedals I need (except a tuner pedal which is on it's way), so it's just a matter of layout and 'board size. As an aside, had a guitar-related disaster on Saturday. Plugged in to have a blast.....and.....nothing! No sound at all. Had a little look at electrics, but couldn't see anything obvious, panicked and phoned Oxford Guitar Gallery to see if they could do anything then. They were brilliant and said to bring it in and if it was something quick (we suspected the jack socket) he could do it there and then! After checking everything and finding no problems, he (somewhat bizarrely, by his own admission) touched the 2 sides of the jack socket towards the front of the guitar, to find the resistances different. He then discovered that the live wire had rubbed through the plastic casing and directly onto the earth (or something like that, I didn't entirely understand the technicalities!). He reckoned there must have been a nick in the wire from when it was assembled, and the wire had rubbed a groove in until the wires touched! Anyway, it's sorted now, thank goodness. So, big up to the Oxford Guitar Gallery! I'll shut up now __________________ http://www.blinkwatch.co.uk - the band http://www.myspace.com/clarebearmusic - my stuff http://www.myspace.com/sunofphaeton - electronica/rock stuff

06-23-2008, 09:49 AM	#3
Nick.Botfield Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Under your stairs. Go on, check. Posts: 7,816	Lovely stuff. The lead channel with the vintage switch and everything on 5 is a very, very good rock sound indeed! Bandits are cripplingly good value for money and very versatile. __________________ Holnrew's image cannot be captured by technological devices.

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