Ghost_Bass

If the ports are too big for the cab's depth you can use a 90º curve to bend the tube upwards inside the cab and get the desired lenght.

[quote name='KiOgon' timestamp='1462271710' post='3041556'] @markdavid - basically I think you're worrying too much (...) [/quote] +1 So, the main questions that remain unasked. How does the bass sound? Do you like the tone? Does it have any humming or RF noise? Will you be playing it live using a screwdriver as a pick?

Post a picture of the wiring, if you can.

Or have a read at this guide: http://www.jerzydrozdbasses.com/akcndfr54jdhrei567/Ultimate_Guide_ver100.pdf

All grounds must be connected together. Doesn't mather how or where you do this. You an have each pickup grounding on it's volume pot but you need to connect both grounds using a wire solder to each pot casing at each end. With both volumes turned down can you still hear the tapping? Could it be that what you're hearing isn't really from the neck pickup but from the bridge pickup er... picking up (sorry) the tap on the the neck one? The magnet has a big pull and when you get a metal object close it pulls it with a considerable force and the resulting bang will resonate through the bass and can be picked up by the other pickup (sorry again).

[quote name='MoJo' timestamp='1461844954' post='3038105'] I've never met anyone else with a Maison 'Bass Collection' copy. I had two, a fretted and a fretless. I gigged the fretted for several years [/quote] I believe that the model is "Maison TB Series", it was silk screened on the body before i had it refinished from red to grey, i can't find much about them on the net. Mine has active pickups labeled "APS". I have a friend who owns another TB, just like mine, we bought them almost at the same time in the same store. Edit: i gigged mine a lot too, it sounds great for the price.

Dificult, i have 3 basses i won't sell ever: Maison P copy - my first bass, bought it after working a summer for it. Maison Bass Cllection copy - my first 5 string, was bought for me by my late grandfather (would be the first out of a burning building). Yamaha TRB5PII - the bass with "my" sound.

[quote name='Kex' timestamp='1461771753' post='3037517'] DIP wrap - Ghost_Bass I honestly think wallpaper would be preferable (and that was a joke) - but thanks for taking the time to reply, it is appreciated [/quote] Wallpaper will be hard to treat around the edges, it's more work and will never look perfect. Here is another video (just found them today when looking for that car video i first posted) where you can see how easy it is to peel off the paint and respray it again: https://youtu.be/gA-3Ltoe8zA For me this is the best "reversible" option to do this job without damaging retail value on a bass. It has a problem and it's with the necks, if they need to be refinished i don't know if this stuff will let you slide through the neck very easily, i'm guessing not!

Found a video of it being done to a guitar: https://youtu.be/Ss7uooz1D8U

There is a new type of paint been used on cars. It's made from liquid vinyl (DIP Wrap). Easy to apply and easier to remove. I can't explain with my english vocabulary so i'll leave you with a video: [url="https://youtu.be/dO1IteHIYiI"]https://youtu.be/dO1IteHIYiI[/url] You won't need to sand the bass and before you want to sell it you can remove the vivyl pulling it out. Atention: i don't know how well this paint works on a bass, with the constant contact with the bass player's body (its suposed to be very strong and hard wearing on cars). Somebody willing to try it please let us know how it worked out. Cheers

My band was already covering Kiss and Purple Rain before he died. We'll keep playing them, we'll open our 2nd aniversary gig next saturday with Kiss.

WoT, can i have dibs on the WA if you decide to part with it, please?

[quote name='MoJoKe' timestamp='1461241195' post='3032783'] Quite possibly, except for the rather awkward fact I have already just bought the squier, and didn't plan to ditch it just yet! [/quote] Don't mess with it then. Just enjoy it like it is and save the money for when you want to sell the VM and get the Sire. Moneywise is the best move IMO, upgrades don't reflect on the bass's prices.

I recieved a bass in a trade, it was a MIM Classic 50's P and it had a couple of J pickups mounted on the bridge position exactly the way you're describing. Appart from one being bigger than the other it was a very botched work. I removed them and replaced them with a Am Deluxe Humbucker (redoing the pickup cavity to something that's decent) and rewired the whole thing for a stacked Vol/tone for each pickup. The improvement was more than i can say. On the plus side i discovered that the J pickups glued together were from a USA Fender Jazz so i bought new covers and sold them to fund the cost of the AM Dlx pickup. Happy ending.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1461189275' post='3032384'] I don't think Squier do amp badges, do they..? [/quote] Yep!

Surely the new Sire V7's erased the need for us to pimp out CV and VM Squiers! Haven't they?

How can a bass get to that point of damage on the body (even after 55 years)??? Did they drag it across gravel on to gigs? Did the owner played it with a jackhammer??? And why is the neck all pretty and shiny? 16K for this? Nope! If i pick up an old piece of furniture with 55 years old and shape a J body out of a bit of its wood and add new electronics would i be able to sell it for a premium, just because the wood is 55yo? Of course not!

Before drilling the FB try to see if you can see the luminlay well on stage, it's green and from what i undertand you're Red/Green colour blind. Maybe Blue (and/or LED) markers would suit you better.

My PA is RCF. I had a pair of ART 312A MKII but one of them developed a fault and we had to replace it and now have an MKIII on it's place so i can compare both at the same time. MKIII's are lighter, produce the same great tone and a bit louder. Can't speak for the MKI's though. We're in the process of selling the remaining MKII to get another MKIII to pair with the other one. I don't have any sound issues using both live, i just have to turn the MKIII's volume down a couple of notches.

I also see that you have the EQ blend half way, if the clean bass signal is already boomy you need to blend in more of the EQ section in order to cut it. That will also explain extreme settings.

You should really try cutting that 30Hz knob. I believe that in every TE manual they even say that it should be used for cut only To remove boominess you could cut everything below 100Hz and you probably wouldn't need to get to the extreme of having 40 and 60 Hz almost completely notched. that explains why you had to turn the 180 Hz so high as you removed a lot of punch going so low on 40 and 60. The rest of the EQ is self-explanatory to me seeing that you were using a precision bass No need for 10k and 15k and the rest is the common "V" colour.

[quote name='solo4652' timestamp='1460117643' post='3022737'] Thanks folks. Sounds like the hum from my 424 is par for the course, then. It's not a problem at rehearsals or gigs - it just irritates me at home, especially since my other basses (both P-type) are dead quiet. I'll not go poking around any more in the cavities because I'll probably end up doing more harm than good. Having sold my Fender P yesterday to make room for a BB1024, I'd better check; Does the BB1024 suffer from the same humming? [/quote] Had a 1025X and didn't notice any noise. When you're at home try using your gear in different rooms and different wall sokets, also try turning off any lighting that may be on, sometimes they're just picking up interference from other apliances hooked on the same line.

I'll try to explain my point of view a bit better, using an example: If i'm playing in a [u]big enough[/u] pub my drummer will want his entire kit going trough the PA to ensure that enough sound reaches the far end of the bar wilst retaining the tonal quality and EQ'd for the room. I understan why he wants it and agree with him because we, as a band, have the obligation to offer the best possible sound quality. Unfortunetly this makes the rest of the guitars and vocals to be loud enough on the PA to match the drum. Back in the day bands didn't have mixers with enough channels to do that and PA's would not be able to cope with a drum (remember the OP is about pub/bar gigs) so the drum kit would go acoustic and the rest of the band leveled their volume to match it. In the pub i'm using as an example the drum wouldn't be heard very well in the back but so wouldn't be the rest of the band. So IMO today we're louder but offer better sound quality so the overal sound doesn't bother the audience. From what i've been reading on other posts the main reason that people are saying that it was louder before is because everything was distorting but that doesn't necessarly means that it was louder in SPL levels. Modern kit is more powerfull and capable of providing more than enough clean tone and way louder. I can sit trough a loud concert if the sound is spot on but give a lower volume distorted sound and my earing gets tired sooner and i have to leave the room. EDIT: after reading Dad's post, just to clarify, my drummer doesn't mic the cymbals, only the HH and he doesn't need to mic the drum to match them, he does it to balance it in the room.

Sorry for the late replies [quote name='cheddatom' timestamp='1460044603' post='3022066'] drum kits have got louder?! Any reason you think that? [/quote] Yes, even though a drum kit is the same as in the 70's (just like guitars and basses) the construction and materials evolved and the use of more resonant materials give modern drums more punch (or tone depending on taste). Everything from cymbals to sticks to (can't remember the english word for the membrane of the drum, is it a skin?) to woods all contribute to the overal volume of a drum and i believe that today they [b]can[/b] be louder than before. On top of that these days most drummers playing at a pub with PA support will mic at least the kick drum and things become even louder. [quote name='warwickhunt' timestamp='1460051883' post='3022174'] Only problem is that 1/2 way on ANY amp has no relation/bearing as to how loud you are or how much of the 500w is in use. [/quote] I've turned it up all the way for a wack, i know i have more than enough power on reserve past 12 o'clock and the cab to take it.

I agree that we're louder now. I think that the main reason for this is that [u]drum kits have become better and louder[/u] along with the introduction of PA's at an affordable price for pub bands. I would love to play at lower volumes, my time for heavy metal has gone, but the drum kit alone, unamplified, makes me have to turn the volume of my 500W amp to almost half...