stingrayPete1977

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1371512566' post='2114997'] Alternatively, with a couple of suitable angle-brackets, you might be able to fit the removed amp into a rack case. [/quote] This was plan b, even had a pair of brackets made and a gator case ready then the amp packed up! bassdirect-genz-solved

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1371511977' post='2114986'] Ashdowns are probably the easiest. 4 bolts on top, and the combo speaker is usually on a jack. Ashdown might even sort you a sleeve. [/quote] I wanted to do exactly this, ashdown were no help at all, shame as it would have solved it in one hit.

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1371579795' post='2115848'] Mark King probably will get Status basses (Statii) for the rest of his life.. [/quote] Really, I'd of thought he was about ready for a change? Most people still imagine Flea with a Ray and must still be a feckup on Sterling Balls part that there is no Flea sig model?

Teal is the best colour!

Doesn't really do anything for me and I know some players who play chordal stuff have found them tricky even after playing them for a while. Frets are for losers anyway

It must be a 35 inch scale then surely, the amount of frets has zilch to do with it, pull 4 frets out and see it the nut gets any nearer

Even a 35 inch scale bass has that extra inch divided across the whole bass so I doubt it would gain a semitone in the first 3 frets!

[quote name='lojo' timestamp='1371413115' post='2113642'] It's not about playing high, it's about the nut being further away, so where I'd fret an A without looking on a P bass , it would be a B on my new one. I take the point if I put the time in I'd get used to both, silly question I suppose, but I've spent 25 years on basses with similar necks. [/quote] Errrr are you sure? What scale length is this new bass?

I have heard this before but thankfully not needed to test the theory for myself, good to know though

I have a jazz to sell but the fee has put me of a bit, I had done two sales just before the fee came in and had already put £15 in the pot, if I had known I would if just paid the twenty instead.

I don't get the problem? I wouldn't notice if I had frets all the way up to the pickup!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2217846/Last-Cold-War-Vulcan-bomber-final-flight-year-soaring-restoration-costs.html Daily mail so could be lies but might be worth getting a look soon if you get the chance

[quote name='yorick' timestamp='1371309283' post='2112440'] One of them flew over my parents house when I was there last week.... rattled the windows [/quote] One flew over our house last year, I told my neighbour who is a retired aviation guru, he quite rightly told me "you mean you have seen the Vulcan rather than a Vulcan, only one left". What an awesome sight!

Love it Jose, looks like a lot of fun!

I might come up 1mm once my strenth has built up more but it looks like I am in the ball park now

OK I have been having a mess with it, I was happy with my bridge position and it sounded quite nice overall so I made a jig to work from [url="http://s997.photobucket.com/user/stingraypete/media/20130615_143938_zps5c78a585.jpg.html"][/url] You can see it is on its bottom limit with the action about 8mm upto 10mm G-E, Took the bridge off and made marks showing the bass and treble foot and its direction, then marked a few mm off the foot, you can see the treble foot does not sit very flat on the wheel too. [url="http://s997.photobucket.com/user/stingraypete/media/20130615_144132_zps1002d49f.jpg.html"][/url] The brass posts were too long because on their lowest setting without the wheels fitted they only had 1mm more gap than the wheel thickness anyway, I took a bit off the post and bevelled the ends again, after refitting the treble side was still to long so I took about 6mm off the thread on that one to give me plenty of adjustment back, they are both well planted though probably 15mm of thread still in each foot. Refitted it all, messed for ages decided to move the bridge lower to get the bridge to sit nearer the f hole notches while upright and with a 105cm scale length, ended up having to pull the bridge a couple of mm to the bass side to get the strings to run parallel and to get the heights I wanted! made a new jig from tape but ended up with a lot more thread on show than wood I removed, probably because of moving it away from the neck a bit? [URL=http://s997.photobucket.com/user/stingraypete/media/20130615_160205_zps1732f27f.jpg.html][IMG]http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af100/stingraypete/20130615_160205_zps1732f27f.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Anyway it plays well now with the action about 6.5mm on the G up to about 8mm on the E, no nasty buzzes or rattles, I may of lost some volume but for now playability comes before sound. I have some lessons lined up hopefully, if it needs more work in a few months I will bite the bullet and let Timothy Toft's sort it out

[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1371311903' post='2112481'] I'd like to know more about the Jabba Classic 5 basses [/quote] We have ridiculously similar tastes in our gear dont we

Awesome!

Just get the Genz anyway you will love it, the 900 watt heads into most brands of 2x12 cabs is the way forward! You have missed something anyway though, the 900watt head will only give you that (if they even do) at 4 ohm so really you want a shuttle 9.2 and a matching cab to the one you have now! Oooooshhh as that ginger fella says

Not a fan of rosewood really.....

So I have been keeping on top of my Mayones gas for a good while now then Yolanda joins the forum (Mayones endorsee) and now this, you are killing me Plenty of pics please mainly Jabba 5 classic for me, ta muchly

If I needed more than my 4ohm 2x12 and 900watt head because of the drummer I'd be off, don't care which famous musicians he has deafened in the past

You need to think about the cables resistivity per metre, 500mm of cable in the cab compared to a 10 metre speaker cable feeding won't matter will it.