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Just received a dinky Westfield bass from Jez which may be going to my Grandson. Pefect transaction. Bass was very well packaged and arrived via ParcelFarce undamaged and on time. What a nice guy to deal with.

Gareth if you get a suitable power supply I'll solder a plug on for you to the correct polarity.

[quote name='Old Horse Murphy' timestamp='1417342676' post='2619224'] I still love this one Dave [/quote] Thanks Nick but it's not for sale.

My Stingray 5 is blue.

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1416909312' post='2614826'] Hi guys, bit of advice needed... I'm wanting to get another wizzy 10" to pair with my existing one and an MB200. As they are 4ohms can I get a cable or something so the amp would see the two cabs in series and therefore an 8 ohm load? [/quote] Assuming that it's all Speakon I have such a cable that I made use with my long departed Schroeder cabs.

Everyone I know plays it in E. I use a detuner to drop the E string down to D for the low bass riff.

[quote name='krispn' timestamp='1416004382' post='2606175'] Looks like a trip to the tech then [/quote] Probably a wise decision as from your photo I would say that a Speakon socket is larger and will not fit the current recessed mounting plate.

Nice one Silvia. Excellent.

You haven't said what make/type the cab is. The difficult part will be mechanical. The rewiring should be very simple. If the jacks are the flange type held in place by two fixing nuts and bolts in the diagonal corners the replacing these with similar Speakon sockets should be straightforward. If the jacks are the single hole fixing type then it's a different proposition as you'll have to drill out the mounting plate for the Speakon connector body and its fixing screws. Alternatively it might be possible to completely replace the mounting plate, connectors and all.

[quote name='jimi_1985' timestamp='1415878275' post='2604716'] Ah, cool. What would be the potential hazards of running a 4 pole Speakon between a 2 pole amp socket and a 4 pole cab socket? Could it damage the amp? [/quote] What do you mean by running a 4-pole Speakon? 4-pole Speakon plugs will not fit the amp. You need to change the plug at the amp end to a 2-pole. Also cable iteslf only needs to have 2 conductors.

4-pole Speakons were designed mainly for bi-amp PA cabs. Bass amps produce, in the main, full bandwidth signals and only need 2 terminals. For many years there were only 4-pole panel mounting sockets so these were all that manufacturers could use, but they only ever used 2 of the terminals.

[quote name='rk7' timestamp='1415871475' post='2604606'] I suspect that a 4 pin Speakon plug won't go into a 2 pin socket, but a 2 pin plug fits a 4 pin socket. Or something like that...... RK [/quote] That's correct. 2-pole Speakon plugs are compatible with 4-pole Speakon sockets. 4-pole Speakon plugs are NOT compatible with 2-pole Speakon sockets. Your options are: Change one end of your 4-pole Speakon cable to 2-pole - a straightforward task. Buy a new 2-pole Speakon to 2-pole Speakon cable.

+1. Good choice.

Files on their way.

I have pdf of GP11 Mk2 if you need it.

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1414929008' post='2594685'] But you know it was worth it Dave. [/quote] Fortunately it wasn't quite that much.

Excellent day. Nice to see so many familiar faces and meet some new ones Thanks to Nik and Colin for arranging.

[quote name='Jimryan' timestamp='1399564189' post='2445401'] Afternoon all, Need a few suggestions from you lot. What I'm after is a personal monitor system. I don't want wireless, all I'm after is a small bodypack. So straight out of my bass, into said bodypack, then one output into headphones and the other going off to my amp. I've already got a set of Shure 315 and some moulded ear pieces fitted to them, I'm just missing the middle bit. After looking online, I really like the Samson S Monitor, but it has to be mains supplied and I'll need a battery powered system. Cheers, James [/quote] Funnily enough I've been trying to achieve this for some time and it's finally come together this week ready to get some feedback at the Bash tomorrow. Small belt-mounted box with two locking jack sockets, headphone outlet and a volume control, all driven from a PP3. The input/splitter stage uses FETs so is very high-impedance and shouldn't degrade the signal at all. Further development could be to add an active/passive switch, some tone controls for the headphone amp and perhaps an Aux input so it could be used in conjunction with a wireless receiver for monitoring. This is purely for my own specific use and I have no intention of going into production.

Initally I had an GK Fusion but it didn't do it for me. Then I got a TH500 and all came good. Also use a Mesa Prodigy. which also works well.

Nik, I was planning on bringing my Mesa Boogie Prodigy 4:88