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I get everything I need out of this rig, RM800 Evo + Super Twelve. No pedals, just the joint versatility of the BB735A/RM800/SuperTwelve. Perfect match!

Look what was waiting for me when I got home from the office!!!

Someone remind me when an 'f'hole becomes a Norissole?

Getting quite close to being able to close the top on this. I've cut the cable routes to the control chamber and lined the main void with veneer: The reason for the latter is that the chamber is actually quite shallow, because the back is so heavily carved, and the dark veneer gives the illusion of a much more substantial void through the 'f'hole :

Here's my reason for unreservedly recommending Jon's work.

I’ll just leave this here.

Hello, i'm Luca. I play guitar, but lately i bought my own bass equipment for my practice room... So i discovered i enjoy play bass too 😆

Two One10’s will sound awesome. I just started using both all the time (two Marshall 4x12’s to contend with) hence my want of a Two10. Heck, if I’m flush I might just get a Four10 and be damned with the roof!

Heres my Fender collection- 66 Jazz, 71 P, Custom Shop 5, 76 P 64 P, 70 P, 69 P

Windows still sucks. Yes a Windows laptop is far cheaper than an Apple Macbook but plug anything MIDI related and it may or may not work, the soundcard is likely to need tweaking to be a able to get the controller to work, the list goes on. Mac’s just work.

Could have been worse. If I'd invented it rather than nicked it, I suppose it would be an AR'sole… or is that me for nicking it

My first family pic, love em all in different ways 😍

Looks like a reverse body to me.

The 48’s as standard have a p neck and power bucker bridge pick up config under the shiny covers.

Look, I've just got podgy bones, ok?

Hi Al, it's genuinely complex isn't it? One of the complexities is that a lot of the 'information' is also advertising. For example your 'well known manufacturer' who is quoting a 15" cab running from 25-2k is probably stretching things a little. If the 15 is flat down to 25 Hz and can handle any power it will have to have a very heavy cone and a long throw, both of which would make it very inefficient. More likely it is 10-20dB down at 25 Hz so it is making some sort of sound but just not loud enough for you to hear significantly. The 1x12 may sound good with their 2x10 but if one part of their claim is improbable can you believe anything they say? A speaker that only goes to 2k wouldn't be suitable for bass on it's own. All this means is that you couldn't tell anything about how the cab would sound just from a bald 45-16k frequency response. Is that at -3dB, -10dB or some other figure. Is the response flat between those two extremes or biased towards some frequencies more than others. Add in one more factor, how we perceive sound. It is just like everything else to do with our senses, an entirely subjective experience. What we think of as bass is often about what is going on elsewhere. If I'm trying to pick out a bass line from a recording I usually cut the mids and tops rather than boost the bass. That'll make the bass line stand out much better than boosting bass 95% of the time. If your cab 2 had a bit of a mid/top end boost it would sound brighter even if the bass end was exactly the same. It might not be the 5Hz quoted difference in 'cut off' that creates the difference but what both cabs are doing in the 100-200Hz range that you are hearing. The best way of judging any cab, particularly an instrument cab is by ear. Test gear will help anyone designing a cab but you can't really drag it along to a music shop. Published figures without any indication of how they are measured aren't always a lot of use. I'm not completely cynical about manufacturers but it's a tough world for them too. If they use 'honest' rms watts and +/- 3dB frequency figures and so on then they are likely to lose sales to people who use peak figures. I'll get back to you on what in principle might be the difference you'd hear if the figures were independently measured and so could be compared, that's another long story.

Good gracious, no..! Whatever gave you that idea..? Almost libellous, to boot..! Retract, I say; retract or face the consequences.

i have my own Shuker template

For a brief time when things were really bad, I actually put my 7 string (Doodle as it is known) up for sale. I still thank so many who sent messages telling me not to do it. Who needs kidneys anyway, I have my flip-paint beauty still! (I don't look like that now lol)

Sounds like you got involved with guys that perhaps like funk but can't play it. Funk can mean different things to different people. In my neck of the woods sadly no one is playing funk. It's not an easy genre and a lot of guys don't understand don't have the feel for it. IMO play a guitar solo on " Good Times" is an example of not understanding and removed from the genre. Blue

Strings. Four of them.

I’ve done better?? I didn’t realise my comedy was being rated! I shall try harder in future to ensure the quality of my humour remains top drawer and only of the finest mirthment.

Don't be so sure about that. Most rehearsal spaces are small enough that you'll get a lot of boundary sourced phase cancellations, which can make your amp sound not as loud as it will in a large room. Guitars and drums don't have this issue, as the wavelengths they produce are much shorter and are relatively immune to phase cancellations.

My new arrival :

I thought that was really cool! Blue

Go on, buy it. Then I'll buy it from you when I can afford it.

This is only partially true, because the impedance is not constant. You can put nearly any speaker to the output as long as you drive it with relatively low power. Keep the volume at 9 or 10 o'clock max and try every speaker one at a time and then in pairs. Remember to turn off the amp before changing the speaker. Level volume and try every possible configuration. Keep the impedance selector at 4. If the amp starts to become too hot, turn down the volume and let it cool down.

If copper goes anywhere near sea water, it turns green, non?

Totally depends on what 'your sound' is Paddy. There's a fair few myths and rule about cabs and tone. The myths are just that and many of the rules are there to be broken. The used market is full of serious bargains at the moment, and there's a fair chance that you'll get your money back selling any cab you buy but don't like, so i If I were you I'd just keep experimenting.

I own 3. My first was a Hofner copy which is stored at my sister's place in Ontario. My next was a Gibson Ripper, which after 43 years of playing was retired last year. Now I have a Burns Bison,, totally love it even tho when holding it normally I cant quite reach the "G" string tuning key with my short arm(s), lol.

Yes, i seen the guitar version of this forum. But i already read everything about in the last 10+ years 😄 Honestly the guitar world now is boring and too over hyped. Anyway i have a Squier 70 jazz bass, Little Mark III with the TC RS410.

Thanks mate! Yeah i know these usually have the VM but the shop listing and the invoice i got both had this one down as a TM, i thought that was likely wrong as when i checked that with the shop they didn't have a clue what i was asking so i mailed Holger over the serial to confirm what this one actually had. Your reverse headstock is lovely mate, bit jealous now ha! All the pictures on the listing for this one all had reverse a headstock and the description said this has one, turns out the shop sold that one but never updated the page so i got this one, never mind, still happy with it.

man, that sucks Don't suppose it was insured then? Had a mate who used to leave his PRS and amp in the back of his car and the same thing happened to him. No use for you now but taught me to 1. insure everything with cover for unattended vehicles; and 2. don;t leave stuff in a car if you can help it practical tips - e-mail all the local CEX type shops that will pay for second hand gear with a list, and pop down to some of the local ones to see if that exact array of pedals has appeared in the window. because of their poor reputation of being known to buy stolen stuff from junkies, the reports I hear from people who have had to do something similar are that they take this sort of thing quite seriously, and will circulate lists of stuff to keep an eye out for to their shops.

Gonna play these as mid set break music at our next gig. Awesomely awesome

Hi. This year marks my 50th year playing bass. I was born in the UK, lived in Canada from the ages of 3 to 32 then came back to the UK with "Jack". I'm now retired and living on the isle of Portland, Dorset and play in a Weymouth based band called the Silhouettes. We play regularly. I bought my Gibson Ripper (Jack) new back in '75 and only last year decided to retire it and play something different, now a Burns Bison bass. I'm about to purchase a 5 string followed by a fretless. I play thru a Peavey Headliner 1000 rack amp (damn, what an amp!), a series of Boss pedals and through 2 Markbass cabs.

TBF they called after your audition to let you know. That's more than a lot of bands do. But as it wasn't actually an audition, then 😕

I know how that feels bro. At one time and in desperate straits, I was a mouse-click away from putting my beloved Wal up for sale. Thank god we never did it, eh?

Good luck with that! Iconic band though - sound as fresh today as they ever did. Talk about standing the test of time.

They're OK. I remember Maison as a decent midrange MIK brand from the ealy 90s. Had quite a nice time noodling on one of these at a party a few years back, nice player. Couldn't get much of an idea of how it sounded, through a little practice amp & accompanying haze of alcohol.

It’s been a while since I played that particular bass but from memory I think the passive circuit still worked even without a battery. This +1 and I must say, even without having a spoked truss wheel, the adjustment being at the body end is sooo much easier than at the headstock end. More space between the strings to rotate the Allen key, plus the strings themselves are so much more pliable at the body end so it’s just a less obstructed process, especially on a 5 string bass with a single truss rod.

I bought a used Fender P in NYC about 8 years ago. I was fully prepared to declare it at customs, I stood there for 10 minutes with the case in my hand, nobody showed up. All the guards were over in the ‘nothing to declare’ area trying to catch people sneaking through and they completely ignored me so I just left. I thought I scored but the bass turned out to be a fake anyway.. Legit neck, random body. Still my favourite bass though.

Isn't CITES going to be a problem?

The only reason I’ve missed the past few comps is because I had written songs using panpipes & bagpipes. Liking this month’s inspiration. 😎

Like @cetera there's been a couple of changes since August. Peaveys are Aberdeen electro-acoustic. Axcelerator 4 & 5 string B-90, B-Quad Cirrus in teal,walnut and the 34" scale bolt on version. Also 34" scale BXP model Dynabass. Forum, Foundation-S, fretless Foundation, 4 & 5 string with the later pickup, 2 Foundation with super ferrites. Foudation bitsa (humbucker 2 Vol,1 Tone) Furys 1st,2nd and 3rd generation models. Fury II from Korea. G-bass. Grinds are BXP neck thru,USA bolt on 5 string,BXP bolt on active 4 string International 4 string. Midibase, Millennium Plus,Millennium standard,Millennium BXP. Palaedium,Patriot Randy Jackson IV (redburst), Resolite prototype, RSB Sarzo T 40 with blades,T-40 with toaster,T-40 5 string conversion,T-40 active mod. T-45, T-20. 1st & 2nd generation TL-5s, TL-6. Tragic PXD Unity, Dynabass/Unity series,Dynabass/Unity series Koa Void PXD Zephyr 5 (modded to active,Wilkinson hardware,Warman pickups). Zodiac EXP, Zodiac DE Scorpio (Entwistle Neo PJs), Zodiac DE Scorpio (stock Duncan Basslines) Others are 4 Harley Benton PB-50s (2 with Herrick pickups,1 with Jess Loueiro split coil,1 with Peavey super ferrite) 3 Tunes. fretless Maniac,Maniac,TW-4z. 2 Wishbass Lobes Gordy Blueshift II. Retrovibe Super-P Bass Collection 310. Revelation RPBX Vigier Passion. Wilson Sapphire Cort Curbow. Bitsa Telecaster bass. Briefly reached number 74 but back down to 72. Keep 25 near to hand on living-room, 6 are under the bed,5 are in a cupboard. Other 36 are stored in racks in the spare room.

We're having a party there this weekend, with us and another band in the same genre, plus similar themed disco - people are coming from all over the country, a DeadHead get-together. The studios has a large reception area, easily enough for a decent stage size (even us, a six-piece with two drummers) and plenty of room for the audience, even quite a lot of sofas for people to sleep on. Should be a good weekend!

Actually, his hair looks nice in a bun.

It is in fact a Big Al in its larval stage.