pete.young

[quote name='Shockwave' timestamp='1334311483' post='1614170'] Darn, it seems like a 34" scale 19mm string spacing bass is just not out there! I dont mind buying one that does not sound like a Ken smith and modding it to make it be! [/quote] The early Mk1 Yamaha TRB 5P (and presumably 5) has 34" scae and 19mm spacing. There's one in the for sale forum at the moment with an Aguilar pre-amp added, which I think would get you very close to what you want. The original electrics are pretty good too. SGC Nanyo Bass Collection 5s also have 34" scale and 19mm spacing, but you would definitely need to give some attention to the stock pre-amp, and maybe the pickups.

Thanks Al, It gets worse :-( It appears that when the original USB socket got damaged, it also damaged the tracks. Not sure I'm able to repair that, so a couple of short jumper wires will be in order. Why is everything so small!!!!! Mechanically I think it will be OK - there are two pins which locate the socket and it has a foot in each corner which is soldered to the board, so it should be fixed well enough. Once it's in it's new enclosure, I'll use a short lead to connect it to another external socket so it won't be subject to having things plugged in and unplugged out repeatedly.

Check out http://basschat.co.uk/topic/156589-couriers-packing/ and http://basschat.co.uk/topic/36625-courier-points-system-and-courier-issues/ Current hot favourite seems to be UPS via interparcel.

[quote name='essexbasscat' timestamp='1334400796' post='1615640'] What's a bass player to do ? [/quote] Go to an actual music shop and try an actual amp?

[quote name='stefBclef' timestamp='1334328574' post='1614698'] Ok...can you please explain where you are getting that "the amplifier requires a 20 amp power supply" from. Also I thought it would work on any voltage from 11V - 16V, just that 14 is optimum. [/quote] From your earlier posting: [size=3][color=#000000][font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][b]Current Draw @ Max Power: [/b] 21.3 amps @ 4 ohms[/font][/color][/size]

Ibanez http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1973-Bass-Guitar-/221000694575?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3374aafb2f

[quote name='stefBclef' timestamp='1334320161' post='1614432'] Re powering the thing, can anyone tell me if a power supply with the following specs would do the trick: [/quote] Probably not. You have a 12V 10 ampere power supply and the amplifier requries a 14V 20 amp power supply. It's short on both voltage and power.

We have a project on the go here to mount a Korg nano kontrol in a box. The donor kontrol has a mini-usb socket missing from the pcb. I have a new surface-mount mini-usb socket to fit. The 4 corners of the socket are soldered onto the board, which match up the 5 contacts at the rear of the socket with the 5 tracks on the board. My question is whether just soldering the socket in place in the 4 corners will make a sufficiently good contact with the tracks, or will it be necessary to solder the individual connectors to the tracks too. I was wondering if any of the resident gurus have any comments.

Usually City Link aren't! I've never had a good experience with them.

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1328442989' post='1526893'] Should work fine with any OS because these sort of devices emulate keyboards and don't need any drivers or other software. [/quote] It might be OK with Windows 7. I have an Aten CS-62U which works fine with Windows 7. Unfortunately a lot of KVM switches, in common with many other USB devices, won't work properly with Windows 7. Microsoft implemented the protocol properly for the first time in Windows 7, so a lot of legacy kit made to the previous, more lax, Microsoft implementation, won't work. I tried 3 or 4 before I found the Aten. Belkin seems to be particularly bad in this respect.

Not mad at all. A Burman Pro 4000 is 35Kg, same weight. Now if you'd said you were thinking of buying an Ashdown, people would be queuing up to tell you you'd gone completely round the bend.

I'd say take it to Crack Converters and see if you can trade it for a practice amp.

Nice one molan, thanks for the heads-up. Bonnie Raitt is a goddess.

Hm. I booked 2 UPS pickups through Interparcel on Tuesday, both were collected, and at least one of the two was delivered yesterday (Weds). Which courier?

I've just sold the Prosebass singlecut travel bass to Jerry (Hagar). He's a really good guy and a great communicator. Recommended. As a bonus, his house has the best name I've yet encountered on Basschat :-)

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1334226366' post='1612731'] Having clapped eyes on them, I'd like to suggest they be called 'Both Directions'. [/quote] I think 'One Dimension' would be a good choice.

[quote name='thebuckets' timestamp='1334186282' post='1612446'] so if i got the combo and the 2x10 could I run all three speakers together as well as 1,2 or 3 and would it give me enough oomph for decent sized pub venues? [/quote] From the specs posted by neepheid, it appears that the cabinet is available as 4 Ohm or 8 Ohm. You would need to make sure that you bought the 8 Ohm version if you were going to use it as an extension to the combo - using the 4Ohm in this way will result in an overall load of 2.66 Ohms which may damage the head. The power arithmetic kind of stacks up since the combo speaker is rated at 250W, but I wouldn't put too much faith in that since things can go wrong before you reach the theoretical power handling limit. Rule of thumb is don't put the bass on "10" and if it starts to fart turn it down. It seems odd to me that a 1x10 and a 2x10 have the same power rating - I'd expect them to use the same drivers in the combo and the 2x10, so the power rating numbers might be bogus. It seems to me that the biggest factor in the amount of noise you make is the total displacement, so in this case the higher the number of drivers the louder it's going to be. That would give you more oomph, but whether that's enough depends on the loudness of the band, whether you can EQ the right sound in the mix to be heard, the size of the room and the number of punters - we can't guarantee it, you need to suck it and see!

Thanks Tom, Original feedback thread is here: http://basschat.co.uk/topic/9588-feedback-for-peteyoung Mods, maybe you could merge these two threads?

Does it go up to 12?

Dannybuoy, you need to move to Ipswich - this place is just down the road : http://foamshop.co.uk/

£600 will get you this: http://basschat.co.uk/topic/173213-fs-mij-fender-70ri-precision-bass-non-export/ There's also a very nice maple Kasuga in the forum somewhere if you want a Rick but can't afford one. Though I think with recent developments there might be a glut on the market here soon , stick around ;-)