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[quote name='Mark_Andertons' timestamp='1337811146' post='1666001'] Have you been to see us since the latest refit? [/quote] Depends when it was. Last visit was October last year to pick up a Zoom recorder.

Welcome Mark. I've been a customer of Andertons right from the very first shop in Stoke Fields in 1964 when I used to drool over Fender Jazzes and Precisions that I couldn't afford. I still can't afford early 60s Fenders so nothing much has changed.

I've had it for the best part of 30 years and as far as I'm concerned there is no fix so I just ignore it and get on with things. Most of the time I hardly notice that I have it.

I recently acquired an excellent 1971 Jazz complete with original bridge and pick-up covers however these were fitted with what look like regular slot-headed brass wood screws which I cannot believe are correct. So the question for the vintage Fender experts is what is the correct type of screw for the ashtrays? BTW it's the Fender that is vintage, not necessarily the experts.

I should be there as usual.

Oh dear oh dear. Sad news. he was such an influence.

[quote name='bennifer' timestamp='1336832260' post='1651697'] Few pics from Swanfest mate...including yourself Cheers for coming down and playing, The Cry were great! [url="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=423119584374510&set=a.422782961074839.100697.212858468733957&type=3&theater"]https://www.facebook...&type=3[/url] [/quote] Thanks. Any chance of a copy of that to use on FB?

A few months ago I joined a Surrey based band called The Cry - not to be confused with a Southampton based band of the same name. Good bunch of guys, no egos, interesting set list, professional attitude. We only gig spasmodically due to a couple having other band committments. This Friday we're at The Swan in Farnborough, Hampshire which will give me chance to try my recently acquired Schroeder 21012 cab. Hmmm nice. Also there are two local festivals running this weekend on Saturday and Sunday, and we're playing both of them on Sunday afternoon/evening. 3:00pm at Swanfest at The Swan, Farnborough 7:30pm at Tuckwell Live at the Marlborough Head, East Street, Farnham. Busy, busy Heads up for those in the West London appproaches, we're at the The Barley Mow in Shepperton on July 27th.

What a nice chap. Just bought his Schroeder 21012 which he knidly delivered for me. Lozz and I have done some cable business in the past so it was really nice to meet face to face and chat about things bass over a cup of coffee. Oh the cab, it's just amazing. Lucky me. The band are in for a surprise on Friday.

What no-one has mentioned is the amplifier's damping factor, i.e. the amps ability to control the loudspeaker motion and produce cleaner and clearer tone at all frequencies. There is a good explanation at [url="http://www.crownaudio.com/pdf/amps/damping_factor.pdf"]http://www.crownaudio.com/pdf/amps/damping_factor.pdf[/url] Cable resistance has a significant effect on this. Typically 1.5-sq.mm. cable has 3 times the resistance of 4-sq.mm., 2.5-sqmm. is almost double.

[quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1335286980' post='1628701'] I wondered about bigger the better and I can see that bell wire would be inadequate but is there actually a benefit from 2.5 (or 4 for that matter) over 1.5mm2? For house wiring 1.5mm is used for lighting circuits with a 5A fuse (= 5 x 240 = 1200W) so perhaps for peaky current and accurate transmitting of a signal this is too near the mark for a 900W amp. [/quote] You are dealing with multi-frequency audio not a pure 50Hz sine wave. It's not only volts and current that have to be considered. As for 4-sq.mm. cable, canvas the opinion of those who are using it.