Mr. Foxen

[quote name='umph' timestamp='1328137990' post='1522668'] Look at an amp thats not a marshall or a fender, they're pretty much all laid out like how i've got it. Chassis was ebay and i drilled it all out myself and transformers were from a chap i know [/quote] Laney and Carlsbro do trannies at one end too. All of them are a ballpain to carry. Lots of people consider amps other than Marshall and Fender to be a myth though.

No reason why not, the valve head will do the same as a SS head at low volume. Probably won't be saving your valves any by doing that though.

Go Matamp. And tell them I sent you.

Talking about the vintage ones? They change a bunch with era. clean and flexible is their style.

Cab needs to be tuned appropriate to the driver, otherwise the excursion goes nuts at a certain frequency at not much power.

Popular sort of amp so safe enough ebaying it. Probably do well to have it given a once over and sell working though.

Reproducing lowest frequencies anywhere other than the speakers is exactly what you want to avoid. The will serve only to make everything a mess, you want harmonically rich broad frequency output from the bass, so you have plenty of mids to be audible.

Obviously had the same thought I did.

tune to the same octave, but eqed to have a complimentary sound, usually in the mids if they are super scooped. In fact, if they are silly scooped and you do it right, you can comletely vanish the guitars which is satisfying. Otherwise Heavy strings and bridge pickup, so you have the low tuning but plenty of harmonics to give some audible. A high pass might be good to not waste power on speaker flap.

Always thought these were a bargain anyway: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hartke-LH1000-Bass-Head-Power-Amp-1000-Watts-4-Ohms-750-Watts-8-Ohms-/130638872298?pt=UK_MusicalInstr_Amplifiers_RL&hash=item1e6aaefeea

There is/was an Ashton for sale on here, just get that, see if you dig.

[quote name='k50' timestamp='1312817624' post='1332338'] They are ridiculously light , wouldn't like to drop one in case it shattered. Pro's and con's . [/quote] They bounce.

Preamp is tweaked, possibly as crudely as putting a lower gain valve in to make it seem a bit gutless, but more likely some component values changed, had aprat and photoed the Ashton one for my blog, give some people who are curious something to work with: [url="http://ampstack.wordpress.com/2011/12/04/ashton-bv300-guts-cheap-modern-300w-valve-amp/"]http://ampstack.word...300w-valve-amp/[/url] Edit: trying to find insides of the Eden one just takes me back to my own blog.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/YAMAHA-BB714BS-BILLY-SHEEHAN-SIGNATURE-ELECTRIC-BASS-/280816185894?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item4161f2f226

Got black screws now, waiting for someone to do a black spray batch to get the headstock done.

Keep trying to gather these knowing eventually word will get round and they'll make classic amp prices, but I keep passing them on to people I know. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj9IAvv32wE

If I had to pick one for my band, Flea, cause I think I could ahve my band and the bassist is Flea. If I chose LC, I'd be a guy in a band with LC.

[quote name='Sean' timestamp='1327621680' post='1514513'][list=1] [*]The bass [b]must[/b] be made of a recognised traditional tonewood, no Poplar or "modern nonsense woods". He was on the fence about Basswood though. He says Ash, Swamp Ash, Alder, mahog are what he expects. [/list] [/quote] Fender made guitars out of poplar, its pretty interchangeable with alder. Can't really get more traditional that what Fender use.

Cab should really be bendy enough to vibrate the head around, but a sheet of foamy rubber stuff should sort it. As much to give the feet on the TB something to grip as anything else.

I have a 5150 going, might be bit over budget though, its the MK1 which apparently is the one to have.

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1327536172' post='1513213'] I know people who can execute all sorts of sh*t, but they can't seem to do it with any feel, dynamics, or communication of energy. [/quote] I pretty much call that not being able to execute it, its practice until you can. Sometimes what is being communicated is a call for attention.

I love playing widdly w***y bass.

Posted it on my tech mentors FAcebook wall jsut to wind him up. He signe into chat from work just to talk me out of it.

Leo Fender ha a very keen appreciation of the engineering that goes into a bass. Being able to play one is a different thing, that is why some very good players have to take their instruments to someone else to set up.

First thing I'd do is a fret dress and setup. That's where all the playing is.