Mr. Foxen

Spent a lot more on the cab than the amp, but I like old clapped out amps I can sort out myself, and my cab making facilities are poor.

Someone who bought suitable tools.

[quote name='TheRev' timestamp='1330648646' post='1561116'] I would like to read about Danny Thompson. Having heard him talk about his life a couple of times, he has a very philosophical approach to his playing and a load of interesting stories, admittedly mainly about John Martyn! So my vote goes to Danny, even though he wasn't on your list.... [/quote] There was a pretty lengthy interview in a guitarist magazine from the 90s I have somewhere that was pretty interesting. Will turn up eventually and I can send it to you digitally or something.

That is all preamp dirty though, its the output stage that you have to work to benefit from the fancy valves there.

Blaming tools.

I know I'm always gutted when my frets wear faster than my strings.

Gonna sell for the same?

Back again: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/vintage-bass-guitar-/120869345552?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item1c245fd910

Cheap KT88s and 6550 are probably pretty close to each other. Main tone difference will depend on how hard you push it, because that determines how clean the power section is running.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJy3TscsL-U Carpet on the outside contributes to damping high frequency resonance, but it should be dealt with elsewhere.

Plywood is defined by being made layers of wood with the grain in different directions. So the factor that will tell you if something is ply is whether or not that definition is applicable. When it comes to comparing material properties, knowing what materials you are dealing with is a necessary first step. The fact that it seems to be a point of contention about the difference between ply and laminate shows that this information is not yet sufficiently transparent. Density is probably not so much of a factor as stiffness, although there is a degree of relationship between the two when applied to wood commonly used in instrument construction. Stiffness only really matters in one direction since all the strings go in a single direction, so a construction with all the laminates in the same direction is going to provide superior stiffness and consistency to alternating plys. As to maple vs rosewood, they both vary greatly in density, since there are loads of species, and variation according to position in a tree. Rosewood boards are going to be laminated into a maple neck whereas a maple board might not be, additionally a maple board will be lacquered and a rosewood one probably won't be. But Rickenbackers use a lacquered dark woo board, might be rosewood or related, and are known for bright tone, so maybe you are entirely looking at the wrong factors.

The goo along the edges isn't green.

No reason not to use a crowning file on stainless frets, they are much harder though, so will be tougher going.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8G8Q5c9KQw

Jolana: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Jolana-D-Bass-vintage-guitar-bass-/120868897887?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item1c2459045f

Guess this is closest to a sensible place to put this, some guy is trying to sell my Burman for me, in America, pic ripped from my photobucket account: [url="http://austin.craigslist.org/msg/2855668583.html"]http://austin.craigslist.org/msg/2855668583.html[/url] Here is the pic of inside my pro502: [url="http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b69/Incarante/?action=view&current=Burman.jpg"]http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b69/I ... Burman.jpg[/url] This is currently across the room from me and very much not for sale. The other pics might be legit, but no idea why someone would bother adding a pic of someone else's different amp if they had the actual amp and could photo it.

Carpet isn't so bad since they stopped smoking in venues. But strip it and a roll on finish will beat carpet and tolex.

Yep. Although the sound stops changing after he's turned on the 4th one. Couple of them die in a gig though.

[quote name='Phil Starr' timestamp='1330365800' post='1556311'] the manufacturer saves on expensive heatsinking and supermassive transformers. [/quote] Transformers are power supply, an that is a separate thing, you could run an amp in class D with a transformer, but a switch mode power supply is more appropriate to weight saving. The problem with coupling the two is why class D wasn't in use till relatively recently, because you could get a beat tone (like when you play two notes out of tune slightly and get a slow oscillation effect) from the two switching frequencies that was low enough to be audible. SMPS is actually the weight saving thing, and can power amps that are class A/B. like some of the Markbass stuff, but class D gives some saving on heatsinking and fans.

[quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1330375517' post='1556521'] According to Plexi palace there were far more Marshall forgeries than Hiwatts; at least with Hiwatt it was more obvious once you knew to look for the wandering parentheses on the spec plate; as in [size=5][sup]([/sup] [sub] Hiwatt [/sub] [sup])[/sup][/size] [/quote] You could spot the Marshalls by the way every components was date code up.

[quote name='jhk' timestamp='1330371102' post='1556422'] [i][size=4]Thanks for reply.................... as i understand it Eden are one of the few companies that have their own speakers made ,to their own spec...................that`s not to say that someone like eminence would possibly be the manufacturer but as not as part of their own publicised range[/size][/i] [/quote] Most companies have their own speakers made to their own spec for bass. Usually the spec is like a standard one, except cheaper.

And this one: [url="http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/latest-news/top-stories/music_men_admit_handling_stolen_vintage_guitars_1_4285617"]http://www.yorkshire...itars_1_4285617[/url] Edit: Not just vintage, but antique Fenders now. Edit2: "Sea Form" ha.

[quote name='1970' timestamp='1330359162' post='1556179'] That's a pretty cute father/daughter band they got going on [/quote] Pretty sure that is his Mrs. He's massive and she's tiny though.