Mr. Foxen

[quote name='Lfalex v1.1' post='597535' date='Sep 13 2009, 05:54 PM']I did this on my Ibanez SRX700. Works a treat. Oddly, the AlNiCo poles on my Ray5 have never tarnished. Nor those on an SD basslines MM unit in my Zoot... must be non-ferrous alloys (?)[/quote] Sort of, its [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alnico"]AlNiCo[/url].

Did it with some pieces of wood, ended up with no lower bridgeward screw, as that piece of wood got in the way of the wire. The poles are too narrow spaced, so it looks wrong, but sounds fine. Also have to shim the whole neck pocket as the poles touch the strings even when all the way down. Used dense card, but will score some veneer for it.

Will need a preamp. A quite good power amp is probably beneficial, I think they suffer a little more with straight instrument signal.

Think someone (OldGit?) was selling a Randall Biamp head. Had a crossover and two outputs, bass and treble, with different sized power amps.

I tuned ADGC, mostly used those lows for loads of bottom, if I was ever actually playing notey stuff, I'd be playing in standard bass range. In all the pics you can see me fretting around the 7th fret. Big giant custom tapered newtone strings and lots of speakers.

Sansamps are real nice though, and a few seem to be floating about.

In answer to the original thread topic: 'All of it'. Doom.

Did you lot buy all these? Now the bass for it has arrived they've all gone. Grrr.

If there is a price up, I'll pay some attention, if its asking for offers, I'll only shoot a madly lowball offer, and only if its something I specifically want. Plenty of stuff I didn't especially want but bought cause it was a bargain, then found a use for. People who don't state their price do my wallet and living space a favour.

What's the neck profile like? Chunky or skinny?

Pretty much only buy basses if they are something of a bargain. Best so far was a P copy for £17, someone had obviously put a bunch of money into upgrading it, it had a anodised plate, heavy bridge and EMGs in it. Stripped it a rebuilt it into my bass of Doom.

I'm thinking a chunk of scratchplate material, or even wood fitted underneath will do the trick. Like a big washer.

Have all the parts, thought I'd have it apart and stick it in. Nope, the route is far larger than the pup, so there is nothing to screw into. I know people have done it. How? Grrrr!

So round ports are best for port purposes as have least internal surface and smooth airflow, but the shelf/slot jobs provide bracing, which is more significant in the real world. And my grandad's books on jet air intake flow and fluid dynamics is sort of applicable, but is has to work in both directions.

Umph loves stuff like that.

I have a mudbucker tele bass on the way, thinking of one of these to give a bunch of new sounds from it, and hide it under the oldschool bridge cover. Is there any tricks other than an active buffer to use it in conjunction with the magnetic pup? Ot am I better off running two outputs? Might be able to rig a socket into the bridge cover.

Give the surfaces a wipe with some meths to degrease and it will stick a load better, if thats what you are after. I've seen velcro dots used, if you stick them on the white squares, they'll hardly show.

Its actually fine, but the wiring is dodge. Plenty of dodge tech out there. 'Pup is shot' means 'I don't see anyhting obvious'. Have it out and get a meter on it.

[quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' post='591137' date='Sep 6 2009, 12:49 AM']There are far too many variables in the equation to make a blanket statement of how much power is required. I run one channel of a Superfly into an 8 ohm 1x10 or 1x12, depending on my mood. That's only 160 watts, and I'm never wanting for more.[/quote] Got a band myspace or something? Can't really google you name, since you are a fairly commonly mentioned dude alongside the word 'band'.

[quote name='RhysP' post='591026' date='Sep 5 2009, 10:03 PM']Going by the picture I'd say the bridge isn't original as it's a Badass 2. Could be wrong though.[/quote] And its missing the outer 2 screws, I think an action adjustment might have happened. Still totally sell my housemate for it.

Lots of power isn't just about volume, its also about bottom end. In the classic days people weren't trying to push a low B, or A, or F# through bass rigs. Detuning and people expecting nad rattling subs is a fairly major cause of the increase in needed power.