I was under the impression that you could either have the empeg hooked up so that is was always on or it was turned off by the ignition and you couldn't turn it back on after that. Is this how it is? Is it possible to be able to turn it off with the ignition but be able to turn it back on without the key in at least accessory mode?

Actually, it's better than that. With the Mark 2, they've added a really cool software feature: When you turn off the ignition, the Empeg goes into sleep mode without fully powering down. You have about a minute to wake it up again with a button press if you like. If you leave it alone for long enough, then it fully powers down.

In the days of the Mark 1, since there was only one power wire, this wasn't possible- you had to choose which power wire you connected the Empeg to: ignition or always-on.

This is one reason I find the turn-off-thump problem puzzling. If he's got a Mark 2, then the Empeg is just going into sleep mode and deactivating the amp remote wire. There shouldn't be hardly any thump at all unless there's something screwy about the car wiring or the amps- for instance, if the amp remote wire is connected to the ignition wire.

Oh, I just thought of another thing the thump-victim should try: Are his amp gains set too high? If so, then tiny little thumps could be unnecessarily amplified. Tune the amp gains so that 0db on the Empeg is the loudest you'll ever play it.

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Tony Fabris