pete.young

[quote name='Hutton' timestamp='1337586251' post='1662193'] What is the difference between 'export' and 'non-export' CIJ Fenders. I only ask as I am about to receive a personally imported Fretless Precision 62 RI. [/quote] Non-export are made out of ash or alder instead of basswood, and have US hardware.

An update - like KingBollock I couldn't get the stripping tool to work, so resorted to separating the strands for an inch of the cable and stripping them individually. All soldered back together, but I still have a mostly-dead amp on my hands. There is some output but very very faint, when gain and main volume are on full you can just about hear it. I think I've about timed-out on this, so if anyone here is interested in acquiring a dead Crate Power Block for the cost of postage please let me know. I'll stick it into the 'freebies' thread in a couple of days if no-one here wants it.

I bought a Madarozzo gig back for the Prosebass headless, on the strength of seeing the one that Happy Jack's Status came in. I thought it was good value for money. Like any gig bag, you wouldn't chuck it into the back of a van and expect it to survive, but the padding and protection was pretty good. There has been some criticism of the zips, but mine never gave any trouble during the time I owned it.

TRB 1005 is nice, a TRB 5P Mk 1 is better still. Made in Japan, through-neck, ebony fretboard, perfectly balanced, fantastic sound. You can see why mine's not for sale!

Almost right, it's "The best thing to play on a bodhran is a flamethrower" :-) Not everyone sees things the same way as oggiesnr, unfortunately. All too often the bodhran finds its way into the hands of people who want to join in but aren't interested in investing any effort in learning the basics or listening to any of the other musicians. Worse still, they frequently hunt in packs.

[quote name='thepurpleblob' timestamp='1336406643' post='1645148'] Just a thought - perhaps it failed because it was too short and under stress. Consider replacing with a longer bit? [/quote] In an ideal world, I would. A contributory factor appears to be that the cable had a very sharp bend around the pre-amp PCB, so that it came in through the front of the board. Instead, I'm going to run the cable in from the back of the PCB so that it should be long enough and not be under tension. Replacing the ribbon would require me to take the amp completely to bits, remove a load of silicone sealant, break and remake a perfectly good joint at the main board end. I'd rather not do this unless I have no alternative.

It might also be worth having a chat with Lean Business, they stock a good range of drivers including Celestion.

Thanks for the help, guys. Not sure whether it will shrink with a bit of heating. I will have a ratch about in the spares box to see if I can find anything similar and practice on it. Can't quite make out the detail on that stripper, though it's a nice red colour! I was thinking though that it might be sensible to separate the individual cables for half an inch or so, then strip each one individually, is that what you recommend?

[quote name='fatgoogle' timestamp='1336387999' post='1644730'] Going to order my Reidmar and a single genz benz focus lt 2x10 today. Very excited. Is it a bank holiday today in the UK or are the shops open. [/quote] It is a bank holiday in England. Dunno about Scotland. The Internet will still be open for business.

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1336376574' post='1644521'] The 210 might rate around 400w whereas the 212 should be closer to 600watts with 8 ohms cabs.. [/quote] The 212 is rated 600W 4 Ohm, the 210 is rated at 500W 4 Ohm, for what it's worth. Neither is available in 8 Ohm and the EBS HD350 happily runs at 2 Ohms. I think Kiwi had one of each, might be worth giving him a shout. I'm not sure what it would add. The 210 is slightly more portable, but the 212 is pretty good in that respect. For more noise (though I'm with borntobeloud on this one), the OP would probably do better to pick up another 212. These seem to be much more common than the 210, at least in the For Sale forum here.

Decided to see if I could find out why my Crate Power Block is dead, and sure enough the 12-way ribbon cable from the pre-amp board to the main board is coming away at the pre-amp board end. I can clean up the holes on the pre-amp board, but how to strip back enough conductor on the ribbon cable to solder it back in place? There isn't very much slack in the cable, so I've got maybe one go at this before it becomes too short and will require replacing altogether.

[quote name='drdanny' timestamp='1336317617' post='1643910'] i am confused because the blend has only one wire going to it on doctor j's diagram and already has 2 one mine ... [/quote] Um, the blend in Dr J's diagram has 4 wires going to it - one to the front pickup one to the back pickup, an earth to the volume control and a yellow one going to the pre-amp.

You need to search for threads like this one: http://basschat.co.uk/topic/167088-best-compressor/ and what you're looking for is posts by 51m0n .

[quote name='tividalebass' timestamp='1335961934' post='1638635'] I might have an issue with my [color=#ff0000]Reidmar[/color]. At loud volumes it's cutting out when I slap...as if it was hitting a limiter. It has only started to happen over the past couple of weeks. Even when the compressor/limiter control is off it still happens. Has anyone come across this yet? It could be that I am pushing the amp to its full capability, but it's a concern nonetheless Hi my man where did you get to with resolving your problems [/quote] See post #350 on the previous page of articles.

Dropkick Murphy's might be worth a listen too if you're more into the electric side of things.

If you want totally clean, you need to put Euphonic Audio on your list.

Is the guy standing under the left-most LED light about to use MacDaddy's head as a dart board?

Bit of blues always goes down well. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mavu1RvKJAM

Good luck. All these things can be done for little money or effort, and will help your cause: Get some business cards done, you can get 250 for free if you don't mind not choosing the design. Get a facebook page up, and update it regularly. If you have the facilities, record a couple of numbers at a practice and burn some CDs to distribute. +1 to not offering to play for free. If you're feeling generous, tell the landlord what your fee is and offer him a discount for the first gig.

Used it again last night in a village hall at our practice, on a wooden floor. Once again much improved. I've ordered one this morning, so dave.c can breath a sigh of relief :-) Finally, there is a downside. The combination of this and the thumpinator means that I can now hear everything so clearly, it's painfully obvious how much fret buzz and rattle my bass is making. At first I thought it was the mid-range driver breaking up! Out with the allen keys and screwdrivers for a bit of tweaking.

They have previous - anyone else remember the Rory Gallagher custom shop strat?