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Having run the PA in our band for 30 years as well as the bass gear, the number of jack leads I had noticed in the wire bag that had dinks and scratched up barrels it made me wonder how you ever get a decent connection, along side dirt and grease from handling, not to mention the dust sucked into amps by the fan that collects in the female jack sockets. This alone convinced me early on to go to Speakon's as soon as I could. The design based on current ratings and safety aspect were a given, but we gained far more.

A good point + I have a piece cut for the job but found it was a bit OTT with the flats but will try again with the rounds when needed.

Funny you say that, as i have been looking out for a PJ with maple board i can have rounds on as an opposite and more versatile bass to the rosewood P with flats, but cant really justify it if i'm honest. I will run with this CS on rounds until GAS bites again, It really needs to be used more and i can easily EQ out the highs when required but can't bring them up if they were not there in the first place. cheers all -just sharing my new found joy 😁

Having bought this Custom shop 62 P bass relic about 5 years ago, I immediately order a set of La Bella flats to go on it. A bucket list bass. Only used for jazz since i got it as it sits under the radar nicely in that situation. However I fancied using it in the rock band i am in, Lets say heavy covers band. Many of you I know use Flats on your basses in similar bands, but wondered If you have also gone back to round wounds, for some extra bite and harmonic content. These are also easier on the fingers with reference to tension as my pinky is playing up these days. New strings are D'Addario Nickle 50,70,85,105 It sounds wonderful and having used it this week for jazz and rock I don't think i will go back now. any thoughts

I have been using these for about 15 years now, very tough outer sheath, although just for Bass amp to speaker connections 1 metre length. These are actually 4mm cores, but as above i would be reluctant to have long ones made up for PA use and run them round the stage.

Try Hifi cables Richer sounds were good but Halfords also do 2.5 mm and various other types, they are twin cables so they don't have a thick outer sleeve and fit into the socket terminal easy. Also oxygen free if you are into that belief for Hi-fi quality.

I have done this running two heads one as a pre-amp works fine. I now use the lead for two floor lights and two tails a fairly long 👍

This is something that annoys me too, with many manufacturers. they try to accommodate all sorts of bass with just a description of (long scale) and if there are dimensions given they're not always translatable to your bass. I have got round this previously by adding string through Ferrels on the E string or B & E. Pictured is my old schack 5. But I also did this on my brand new Bubinga bodied Schack and drilled an E & B. It is far more drastic than an extension tube at the bridge suggested above, but a better long term solution. On my Shuker build course bass i went for a reverse headstock design that put the G string closest to the nut and B string double that distance so has not got a problem of heavy string round winding post or string wrap over the nut.

Yes totally agree, I drew the shape of my intended mods on the bass in pencil and looked at it for days.

I recently changed pots for the new CTS black nylon body type, these were also push / pull pots as I have a coil tap on the pickup, I was so pleased with it i changed the Tone pot to push pull and used it as a kill switch all good and very quiet.

Hi all, thought I would share some pics of the my recent modification I have made to My old Shuker build course bass circa 2017. If you are booked on one or thinking about it take your time, think what you really want to live with. because tastes change. I did post the build course some years back, It was planned as a 5 string in Ash with Padauk board and to that point I'm still happy. I wanted something like Lee Sklar's old P bass and Dusty Hills Tele bass. so went for a slab body 5 reverse P. The drawback has been it has not been something I wanted to play much, a bit like a picnic table. Bulky and awkward. So I decided to take the jig saw to it this week and re profile the horns and smooth out the other body angular profiles to make it sleeker and more ergonomic. Original profile from build course Now here is my Sept 2024 modifications. Re profiling of the upper and lower horns, I took about 2.5 mm off the front of the body and slimmed down the horns width also, I re- profiled the rib cage contour and the forearm contour to flow into the body and generally rounded off the sharper slab body edge rout. I had thought about setting fire to it with a blow torch to bring out the grain and then give it the old rusty nails in white vinegar treatment, but I couldn't face the extra sanding involved. So decided to Lemon oil the whole body then wax it when dry as per the Old Warwick finish. 👍 I built this with Volume /tone , Volume /tone but later changed it to Vol,Pan,Tone and a kill switch. Thanks for looking, good luck with your projects.

As above have you eliminated the cause yet. There is a history of speakon issues, I had this crop up on my old LMK after about 10 years use, but since hearing others with this problem and reading the similar stories on talk bass, I believe mine was a speaker lead issue too. As i had made up my own. So we would all like to know if this has gone away. Thoughts were the amps Speakon connector don't like 4 pole Speakons, there is no logical explanation to support this as it should work if properly connected. But maybe 4 poles touching when twisted and locked in, halves the force/pressure on the 2 poles that matter. Try the jack out for speaker connection for while.