JapanAxe

andyonbass and I both attend a monthly jam session, and I've really enjoyed them on the whole. Best thing: You end up playing a song you vaguely know from the radio with a random group of people. Worst thing: 'Let's do a 12-bar' - na-[u]na[/u]-na-na-NA

[quote name='Diablo' timestamp='1398795524' post='2437712'] [attachment=161611:20140429_185424 (Large).jpg] [/quote] Hmm... I'm a bit concerned you may not have enough speakers there

Not really sure what your questin is, badboy. Are you after a replacement power amp that will run into 8 ohms?

I can't read the kanji, but the specs table states 'SCALE: 373.5mm'. That is actually the distance from nut to 12th fret, so scale length would be roughly double that at 747mm, or 29.41in. Looks tasty in white/tort/rosewood:

[quote name='White Cloud' timestamp='1398597602' post='2435565'] ... Second of all congrats for stringing it with rounds instead of the latest trend of using hideous flats (imo of course) ... [/quote] Slightly OT: This is the second time I've read on BC that fitting flats is a 'trend' or 'fashion'. As a fairly recent convert to flats, I wish to distance myself from any 'trend' or 'fashion' aspect. I would never have considered flats other than on a fretless, but I bought a bass (G&L mentioned in signature) already fitted with them, and loved the sound and feel, to the extent that I have now fitted Chromes flats to all my basses. Back on topic - I am not convinced that there is much of an advantage to through-body stringing. The main advantage is that your strings can never pull the bridge off your bass!

[quote name='bottomfeed' timestamp='1398609952' post='2435687'] Definitely one of the more interesting weddings!.... Queen's Court Hotel, Exeter.... woodland creatures theme! ...... We had a go on the masks [/quote] What the fox say?

There is no problem running 9V DC cables close to audio signal cables but anything carrying AC has the potential (no pun intended) to be picked up by the audio. There is also the possibility of breakthrough of interference from your lighting power supply into your pedal PSU. I would concentrate on getting the audio right first, before you start pimping the board!

OK Weststarx, we need the full story - what exact model is this? I'm guessing it's new. What else did you try, and what was it about this bass that said to you 'Take me, I'm yours'?

Although both my active basses can quickly be switched into passive mode, I tend to check the voltage occasionally. Most alkaline batteries start out at about 9.6V (no load), but if it's dropped below 9V I will install a fresh one and move the old one to non-critical duties e.g. for giving to guitarists when theirs have gone flat

Just checked out the effect of the Tube Gain control on the plate voltages in the driver section. Measured with respect to the chassis earth, the voltages at pin 6 of the 12AX7 (marked J11 on the schematic and rear circuit board) are: 63V with Tube Gain at 0 133V with Tube Gain at 5 (12 o'clock) 173V with Tube Gain at 10 I have just installed a new JJ 12AU7 in the driver section, and with the Master set high you can hear a hard distortion with Tube Gain at 0. From about 2-3 onwards it just sounds pushed, with maximum headroom at 10 as expected. EDIT: The bias has drifted again. Temperature seems to affect it. Off to Maplin for one of [url="http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/10k-andohm-cermet-square-22-turn-preset-potentiometer-uh25c"]these[/url] I think:

[quote name='gjones' timestamp='1398479617' post='2434590'] A word in the right ear might get you the help you need http://basschat.co.uk/user/11294-ashdown-engineering/ [/quote] Cheers!

Well that didn't go well. 90 mins into Mr Axe jnr's first rehearsal with the combo, it gave up the ghost. Further investigation revealed that the amp itself is fine, but the speaker works only very intermittently. I am told it was being played at or near full tilt, so maybe the speaker is trashed - it is rated at 250W and the 400W amp would be expected to put out about that much into an 8ohm load. He is going to get one of the rehearsal room bods to take a look at it. We are hoping it is something simple like a loose connection. The Sale of Goods / warranty route is a bit of a non-starter because of the cost of getting the thing back to Blighty. If it [i]is[/i] Donald Ducked, his options would be to replace the driver with a more powerful unit (although there would be no way of knowing how well it would match the cab), or extract the MiBass head and acquire a different light-weight cab with a higher power rating. For the moment though, he is understandably gutted.

Danelectro Cool Cat tremolo in 'hard' mode should do the trick.

Ordered!

Jose bought a pedal from me, an absolute pleasure to do business with!

I had a curly cable into the 80s and the main problem was the considerable weight of cable dragging down on your output jack and knocking against your legs in a somewhat irritating fashion. The audio quality wasn't great either, with a fair amount of top end loss. Never tried a lava curly but these days I prefer my cable (OBBM) to trail along the floor, not make itself a nuisance at knee height.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1398274364' post='2432387'] Me too - and they're usually failed guitarists. [/quote] I thought guitarists were failed bass players?

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1398273709' post='2432378'] Good point, but I always take 'cutting through' to mean 'being audible in any way'. [/quote] Fair enuffski. Sadly I have known bassists who really do want to 'compete' with the skinny-stringer(s).

[quote name='fred72' timestamp='1398182428' post='2431308']I've not gigged with the full band yet, but I must admit I was practicing with the guitarist yesterday... he was playing through my little BadCat 5w amp and even though I was turned way down I had to crank the treble on the SB14 all the way up to cut through... [/quote] I always do a little chin-scratch when I hear a bass player talk about 'cutting through', as I wonder if they are trying to compete in guitarist territory. I prefer to carve out my own sonic niche in the nether regions of sound. After all, it is called a bass guitar.