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orangepeelneil
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Excellent info thanks. Did you ever see or hear anyone playing through one of Adrian Barber's built "coffin " cabs? when you were playing in Merseyside in that era. Someone told me the cab on the left of The Cavern stage in the Beatle Story Museum , Liverpool is one of those "Coffin" bass cabs (please see photo) This book is excellent too... https://www.amazon.co.uk/Beatles-Gear-Instruments-Studio-Ultimate/dp/1617130990 Thanks Neil -
This looks cool, I saw the bassist from Idles uses the Rusty Box lots and gets a great sound. Thanks Neil
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Great pedal, one of the best straightforward overdrives with clean blend in IMHO, does everything from mild breakup to pretty heavy overdrive. Mine is also back on the board and it has become an "always on kind" of pedal now #underrated Thanks Neil -
Hi everyone, I saw the Cavern in house PA is up for sale and it sent me down a McCartney fan boy rabbit hole for a few (many) hours. https://www.gottahaverockandroll.com/The_Beatles_Cavern_Club_Stage_Used_Vortexion_Valve-LOT56162.aspx I’m interested in the "Cavern Quad" amp /"Coffin cab" as used by Paul in the period after using his 30W Selmer truvox plugged into the Coffin 1x15” reflex cab and moving onto VOX amps. Probably much of mid to late 62 I guess whilst touring (8 months) http://beatlesplus50.blogspot.com/2011/10/october-1961-barber-coffin-nobody-know.html Info online notes the cab and modified / rehoused amp were made for Johnny Gustafson by Big three ex member/sound Engineer/producer and Electronics expert Adrian Barber. There are a few pictures around of the coffin 1x15” bass reflex cab, but nothing I can find of the amp? The photos from the Cavern show a Quad II/22 setup on the floor = I wonder if this is it before being rehoused in an army surplus case? https://www.diyaudio.com/community/attachments/beatles-gear-pdf.789924/ This video is great too. at 13:54 it is mentioned. There are some photos online of a white “Cavern Quad” amp on top of a coffin style cab but I cannot find the source of these and whether someone made a replica or it’s original. Does anyone have any more photos or information on the modified rehoused Quad II/22 preamp and power amp or potentially the white reproduction? Probably all sounded good for the time, Quad hifi stuff is excellent. Thanks in advance...Neil
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I have a late 80s Peavey TB raxx tube preamp They are not so common in UK, but sometimes come up £150-£250 ish (the TG raxx, guitar version is more common, just a few component values different I believe ) I’m always really impressed with it, had it around a decade – only really used in the house but did once use it with a massive PA and was impressive. Does the whole Alembic F2b thing, but also has gain boost with active EQ (bottom/body/edge) and can still sound very modern too with nice drive. Mine probably needs a cap job as it's a bit noisy. If you find a bass or guitar version, snag it ! Thanks Neil
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Seymour Duncan “Duncan Designed’ PB101 P bass pickup SPARES/REPAIR. Had these in the spare box for some time. If I remember, when I installed it one of the coils went open circuit and no sound from a couple of strings — but when I uninstalled and measured the coils were OK. I suspect it has an iffy connection between the thin winding ends and the waxed wires, but haven’t got time or energy to investigate. Currently they are measuring fine at circa 16.5K Ohms in series which is correct (each coil around 8.25K Ohms) . The covers come off so you can see the winding ends. I do rate these pickups, slightly hot and I have a set in a project P bass, they are made in Korea OEM for mainly Squier basses. Come with pots/knobs, foam and some mounting screws. -
Squier P bass pickups/wiring/knobs/springs and foam from a 2001 P bass. Bass had been randomly painted so bits of paint still on covers. Pickups work OK and measure 7.6K Ohm, so pretty standard output, they look like ceramic magnets. Full sized pots I gave a clean with servisol, capacitor and associated wiring, I think the knobs are more recent. Ideal for a project bass. -
Squier P bass neck 41.8ish mm at the nut. Came off a 2001 Squier P bass I bought , I’m using the body for a project. Well used condition, but actually played well on the bass body, Has bits of paint left on it, which might come off with more cleaning, previous owner said the rear of the neck has been painted green/red/black for some reason. Previous owner has fitted some recent better quality tuners (look new) but looks like the ferrules have been glued in. Nut area looks rough, but actually the nut actually works as expected Looks like the nut been glued in, this could be re-done and some fretboard wood filling in that area. I’ve given the fretboard a good clean and oiled it. Typical Squier/Fender neck pocket dimensions. Would be good for a project to completely strip down and finish or just use it as it is. -
Nice quality tweed gig which came with a bass I bought. Good condition, has a few marks on the bottom where its been stood up which might wipe off (yellow arrows) Reasonable level of padding and rear shoulder straps and a few front compartments. 25 delivered. -
Single Eminence 12" bass speaker from a TC electronic 212 BC (2x12" cab) . I believe these were custom for TC Electronic from Eminence as there any spec/details on the internet. Codes = E61601211 7912035 -Lightweight Chinese made speaker. Condition is used, but it works and sounds fine. -16 Ohm, overall cab was rated at 250W, so this is probably a 100W speaker -Probably best in a multi speaker cab ( in parallel with another 16 Ohm speaker for 8 Ohms) or use with an amp which can drive 16 Ohms. -Comes with a length of red/black twisted wire soldered to the speaker terminals. Thanks Neil -
This was a 6 string set and I used the 0.045" to 0.105" on a standard four string bass. These two strings 0.130" and 0.032" are left, might be some use for someone. Nickel wrap roundwound NOS Thanks Neil
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Hi, I’ve put together a few DIY amps using class D modules with a simple preamp or as you suggest a something like a Sansamp as a preamp would work fine. You can purchase a simple Class D IC and module for tens of pounds on ebay/Amazon/Aliexpress etc to do have a try. As mentioned, cooling is very important, good electronics “best practice” for minimising noise and last but not least power supply consideration.. You may need a DC bipolar +/- 30V —> +/- 100V at several Amps (at least) to power the class D module (depending on type) most of the class D OEMs go for switch mode PSU for this. So check the spec of the module you a planning to buy and confirm you have a suitable PSU or it has a PSU onboard so you can connect 230V AC mains directly to it. Years ago I experimented with the IRS2092 which can deliver 350W+ into 8 Ohms, this guy is really good to watch ... If I can find my modules in the shed, I’ll take some photos, I just screwed to a bit of ply with a simple preamp as as above DC PSU. Worked better than expected, but I never got around to putting it in an enclosure…. Life got in the way Thanks Neil
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51/68 Tele Bass Parts Build - Gold Paisley
orangepeelneil replied to Dolando's topic in Build Diaries
Hi , I have a good quality Telecaster bass decal which you can have and compare to the gold one you have. It's more silver/grey than gold (bit lighter than photo shows) which may be more period correct? Dunno, the Fender experts will help I'm sure. I'll message you details. Thanks Neil -
Thanks for the queries, still have this. Neil -
No, never played it. 😀 Bought as I wanted a cheap fretless neck to try, but bought a different bass instead. Somebody got creative with the inlays....
