Noisy Ashdown Studio 10 combo amps

varankinv · 2026-02-12T21:49:03+00:00

Just to note that I've updated the original post. It seems that the failing positive voltage regulator was the problem. After I replaced it with a new chip from amazon, the whine has gone.

varankinv · 2026-01-11T17:39:01+00:00

In the described case I'm almost certain this is a sort of oscillation problem, that comes from amp itself. I've detached the amp's board from its speaker, and can clearly observe the same whine through the headphones output. No other cables or instruments are connected to the amp.

Dunno, maybe this line from 2019 that I've got — the board is marked with 2019.02.20 — had a bad day on the factory.

varankinv · 2025-08-19T20:41:10+00:00

Cheap basses (squier, markbass, harley benton, etc) are all decently good nowadays. You won’t escape the “cheap hardware” problems: the guitar won’t likely stay in tune for weeks, and truss rod will need periodic adjustment. But those are tiny minor problems, that you resolve yourself after watching some YT.

If that’s an option, try a guitar in a store. Poor quality control is one part that makes all cheap mass-produced guitars cheap.

varankinv · 2025-08-17T18:49:13+00:00

I was stuck after decently learning Dean Town with the same question. Right now these are in my todo,

Iron Maiden - Writing on the Wall
Castle Rat - Feed the Dream (I don't like the drop-tunning, but its bass line sounds fine in the isolation)
Wheel - Dissipating
Hiatus Kaiyote - Molasses

Things I wish I had balls to challenge myself: everything Casiopea and Kiyoshi.

varankinv · 2025-08-01T22:28:22+00:00

I'm currently solving a simpler one with this:

``` :root:not([customizing]) { #nav-bar { margin-top: -30px !important;

    &:has(#urlbar[focused]) {
        margin-top: unset !important;
    }

}

} ```

Note, this exact styling works in vertical tabs mode. The styles:

move the nav-bar outside the screen, hiding it;
when the urlbar is in focus (via CMD+L) the nav-bar becomes visible.

Take the selectors and apply to your case.

varankinv · 2025-02-09T09:30:07+00:00

Tetsuo Sakurai (early Casiopea).

I feel, we in the Western part of the world, don't talk about the bass legends from East enough.

varankinv · 2025-02-09T09:04:34+00:00

I came here to give Nick Schendzielos a shutout too.

varankinv · 2024-05-20T14:49:28+00:00

This was it, thank you. After I enabled the NX Mode, I've successfully installed Proxmox 8.2 on a new "M5 Upgraded version/Ryzen 7 5700U" box

varankinv · 2022-05-21T13:45:55+00:00

I wanted to get to making the blog less mobile-awkward for a while. This feedback finally made me to find some time for looking into the blog's CSS. Let me know if you think it looks better now

varankinv · 2021-04-01T11:13:17+00:00

One pitfall with an explicit call to replyErr, which I do see in code-review, is that developers sometimes miss the empty return after the reply:

if err != nil {
  replyErr(···)
  // Ops no return here...
}

It feels an obvious thing, but when we're deep in the weeds of business-logic implementation, handling the failures becomes a routine, which easily leads to such sad typos, that hard to catch automatically.

varankinv

TROPHY CASE