JPJ
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I find myself strangely attracted to the idea of external ports, in a sort of bass cab “Lloyds of London” building type way - very steam punk but not very practical for life on the road. serious thought though, would top exiting ports help with hearing your bass when you’re crammed into the back corner of the “stage” at your local Dog & Duck?
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Thanks for this Mike, and if you have got those paint names that would be fantastic
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My general rule of thumb with nitro is 4 to 6 weeks, longer obviously better. Funnily enough, I’ve had a black nitro pass the fingernail test at three weeks, whereas a surf green took 8 weeks and was still softer than I would have liked when flatting and buffing. Mind once the nitro has stopped flashing off (i.e. doesn’t stink) I hang bodies and necks in the airing cupboard (much to Mrs JPJ’s disgust) as the heat helps with the curing.
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So I have this crazy idea and I need to know the RAL code for the blue used by Acoustic Control Corporation on its bass amps and cabs. I’ve been a huge fan of the look of Acoustic amps and cabs since being a teenager and as they are no longer around, I’d like to pay a little homage to them with my Basschat 2x12 build. Any Basschatter’s out there able to help?
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^ and this is the technical answer to why my NS EUB ‘sounds’ best through my TC BG250 208 combo.
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Same as when Guitar Centre resurrected the Acoustic name.
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Acoustic Control Corporation 402 (2x15) NOW £175 - *SOLD*
JPJ replied to cd_david's topic in Amps and Cabs For Sale
Did you ever get a weight on this? Despite being mid-way through building the ‘Basschat 2x12’ I keep coming back to this, and it’s been a while since I last lent you some of my money 🤣 -
Of course the digital thing is like drugs, just because you can doesn’t mean you should and like all live sound mixing, less is more, subtraction before addition etc. As I mix on the fly from stage side whilst playing I added a X-Touch to my setup as physical faders are far easier to tweak mid-song than touch screens imho. The photo shows my setup for a recent five-piece country/americana gig, with everything mic’d up or Di’d and running three IEM’s and two floor monitors for the luddites. I used to do the subs on Aux trick, but added a DriveRack which free’d up the aux and, for anyone mixing from stage side, gives a much better FOH sound imho. Now if only the X-Air Edit app could sync with the X-touch for fader bank selection……
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Came on here to read about sheared neck screws and ended up reminiscing over my old CB400N Superdream 😍 perfect example of the Basschat off-topic diversion 😂 and before anyone asks, yes that handlebar fairing was useless 😂
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I was an early adopter of the XR18 and I’m still in love with mine despite all the recent issues with the Behringer app and iOS16 (the second time Behringer have failed to keep up with iOS updates during my ownership). If you use the desk with multiple bands or tend to play the same circuit then scenes and snapshots are great ways to save starting points for each gig.
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My only wish is that ACS will bring out a multi-driver version of their Pro-Fit IEM so that I can use my existing custom moulds for IEM duties. At £99 for the current single driver version I am still tempted to try them even though I have read on here that they really are not that good. My ZS10's are great but despite trying multiple foam and neoprene tips, isolation is still an issue for me.
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Drop me your address on a pm and I'll post some over to you 👍
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I have some Marshall style tolex here that I am using for my 2x12 build but I think I will have enough to spare an A5 sized offcut. Drop me a pm with your address and I'll send it to you.
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A little update from my side. As I’ve probably said on here before, I mix the FOH and monitors from stage side whilst playing so some gigs can be kind of ‘busy’, especially if we’re in a difficult room or we’re experiencing any gear issues. But Friday night’s gig was going well and with an extended half-time break for the bingo, I took the opportunity to plug the XVive in and played the second half using in-ears tweaking my IEM mix as best I could between songs. The XVive worked perfectly with no drop outs or unwanted noises despite being surrounded by wireless devices (Airport Express for control of the XAir mixer, Line6 G30 for my bass signal, Lekato wireless for the guitarist, LD Systems IEM 100 for the singers in-ears), and being able to hear every note clearly was a revelation, but the foam buds I was using on my ZX10’s are clearly not as isolating as I thought as I was suffering from quite a lot of bleed meaning that I had to run them a lot louder than I would have normally wanted. However, this test was enough of a success to remove any doubts I had about the suitability of IEM’s in a pub band scenario, and things will only improve as I nail both the mix and the isolation.
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Double header for me this weekend with two cracking gigs here in the north east. Friday night at Steels Club in Sunderland (yes, downstairs those who know know) and Sunday afternoon at Shotton Comrades. Both venues attract a proper music crowd and both gigs are first time visits for Ten Bob Blind. Lots of country, Americana, and a little bit of rock mixed in. Come along and witness fretless frippery and EUB shenanigans from yours truly.
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I used a pair of those Fane Sovereign 8-225 drivers to modify my TC BG250-208 combo to internal 4 ohm load. I've used this as my backline/monitoring on a number of acoustic gigs and this set up loves my NS EUB too.
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I must have been lucky because my ZX10 Pro’s came fully assembled. Hopefully this photo helps, this is the orientation they go in my ears.
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Interesting one, went to see Bruce Springsteen at BST Hyde Park on Saturday night and he was not using IEM’s but relying on monitors both at his main stage and lower stage positions. Interestingly every instrument on stage was wireless including the horn section with the exception of drums and percussion. Given the number of instruments in the E Street Band that is an awful lot of wireless channels!
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So, at rehearsals the other night I had difficulty tightening the bolt that holds the vertical section of the stand. A quick investigation showed this Given that this bolt is used frequently, I’ve replaced it with a bicycle seat post quick release which is working better than the original imho. Just sharing here in case anyone else encounters the same issue 😎
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I’ll just chuck in another vote for the Snark, which works great with both regular bass and EUB
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Wood butchery started in earnest today before a rain shower and thunderstorm stopped play. Despite my plan to get all the panels pre-cut to size I somehow managed to over specify a couple of dimensions so it was out with the table saw 🙈 Deviating slightly from Phil’s original design, I’ve decided to have the port between the two speakers. This will help with the overall rigidity of the box as I’m making the port as a sort of hybrid of brace ‘L’ from the Mk3 1x12 design. It will also allow me to radius the edges to make a pseudo ‘horn’ look.
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Personally, I’ve never managed to get the beaming function to work with an active bass. I just plug the usb cable between my BG250 and my computer and use the TonePrint software to download whatever effect I’m after.
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Last nights gig was at the Quakerhouse, a fantastic real ale pub and live music venue in Darlington. Played my Lakland passive P bass through my little Ashdown ABM 1x15 Neo combo. Place was full from the start through to the end, happy punters = happy band 😎
