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    Blackline SVT problems from impedance of a 7-speaker fridge and not using standby to warm up?

    What might happen to a '73 SVT from being played through an SVT cab (an old one with the 32 ohms CTS speakers) that only has 7 speakers, doing that for maybe about 50 hours over several months? The amp's starting to sound a little flubby (you know what I mean, right?) and muddy. I haven't taken...
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    • '70s ampeg blackline calculation impedance maintenance ohms speaker standby svt
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    Active bass as passive / or can it be turned off?

    Hi I'm looking at a Spector Legend Standard 5 string bass. The info says it has "active tone controls". Does anyone know this (or Spector/active basses in general) can be used without battery? Or can the active circuit be turned OFF to spare the battery when not in use? It would not be great...
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    Buster’s Busted (or Not): How’s Your Quarantine Rig Holding Up?

    Just when I had learned to love my Mesa Buster at a volume that didn’t seep into every room of my neighbor’s house, the standby switch gave out, with weeks to go before I can have anything done about it. Obviously the world has bigger problems, and I’m not going under the hood of this thing for...
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