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No plans for you, but the dimensions are W26 x H48 x D16. The slanted bits at the back are 12" from the front and are 5.75" long. 3/4" ply is used. You should be able to draw up your own plans from that. I took the dimensions from a friends cab when I was half considering building one, but I didn't get round to opening it up to measure the distance between the internal partitions, though I'd imagine that they equally divided the cab. It's equally possible that the top and bottom partitions were slightly wider spaced so that each compartment had identical internal volumes.

Not meaning to step on The Funk's toes here, but Time Out has just landed on my doormat. Gaga Four + James Stelling Quartet + E.R.Q. feat Big G + the Soulquarians - Jazz Soldiers at Notting Hill Arts Club (£5, free before 8pm). [i]Musician run night of funky jazz and soul, featuring members of Soweto Kinch's band.[/i] Ian Shaw and Friends - 606 Club, SW10. (8.30pm, £8) [i]Our fave British male jazz singer is always at his best in the intimate environs of the 606 or Vortex, so expect brilliant, seat-of-his-pants improv, soulful reconstructions of pop and jazz standards and lots of new material from his forthcoming, self-penned album, plus guests and a breathtaking Joni Mitchell cover.[/i] John Williams/John Etheridge - Pizza Express Jazz Club, W1. (7.30pm, £20) [i]Classy duo of virtuosic Etheridge and noted classical composer Williams. Expect jazz, classical, West African and Latin American music as heard on their album, 'Places Between'.[/i] Pip Pyles Bash - Vortex Dalston, N16. (8pm, £8) [i]Former band mates (joined here by fine drummer Mark Fletcher) pay tribute to the late drummer of Pyle, on eof the key members of the Canterbury scene.[/i]

So do you reckon the bass in that auction might be an El Maya, or maybe another brand? It's kind of a shame that there's no identifying marks on the bass, as it might have added another piece to the jigsaw that is IDing Rickenfakers.

That looks like it's one of those Bach copies that Bassasin posted about on BT. Almost certain to pulled in no time. Incidentally, that Ibanez that went up on ebay having 'sold' a week earlier has just sold again for £311. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300110680309&ssPageName=MERC_VIC_RCRX_Pr3_PcY_BID_IT&refitem=300104436587&itemcount=3&refwidgetloc=closed_view_item&usedrule1=CrossSell_LogicX&refwidgettype=cross_promot_widget"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...s_promot_widget[/url]

The top one is quite interesting - I didn't know any jap copies were made with twin truss rods. In fact I always thought the lack of the double TR was a foolproof way of identifying a copy.

There are good and bad sounding plywoods as much as there are good and bad sounding solid woods, so it doesn't automatically follow that a solid wood bodied guitar will sound better. If you compare in the same price range, you'd probably be hard pushed to tell one from another just by the sound. Which of course is why there are always so many owners of Squires from the early nineties trying to figure out if their guitar is ply or wood on Fender forums.

I spoke to Bruce Foxton about his Ricks once, and he said that he switched to Precisions in the early eighties. He'd apparently tried changing the pickups and sticking a badass on, but nothing would get the bottom end he wanted. I'm not so sure about rarely playing a Rick live either - I saw The Jam 3 times in the seventies, and each time he was playing a Rick.

I'm not sure that using a guitar amp would create any problems, providing you are using an amp with the headroom. I've used a bog standard Marshall 4x12 guitar cab for 23 years without any problems, so the speakers should be able to stand up to it. I think (and I stand to be corrected) that bass frequencies make greater demands on the power supply, so if you're pushing the amp hard you might run into problems there. Having said that, I've done a gig with a 100w guitar combo before, which didn't seem to suffer from any ill effects. Maybe rolling off the bottom end could be an alternative to a full blown crossover though.

*Looks round* Nothing a lick of paint wouldn't sort out. Well done all round chaps!