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Specified by the marketing department?

Can anyone tell me why I would buy an amp that, weven with the new pricing, is close to 2.5 times what I paid for my bass new?

There is a lot of myythology about speakers and cabinets per se Alex and also some very good published on the subject of mutual coupling. Can say what myths you are refering to?

Like you Frank, I shielded from 17th March being a chronic asthmatic and will watch the infection figures with interest. With the resumption of live indoor performances postponed we must all be vigilant and stay alive to perform again.

Hicon (sommer) have just introduced a new plug that has a special clamping mechanism. I have two coming on Tuesday with my order .I will report back next week.

The first new port is almost finished. I will check that it is totally sealed before I test it. I have routed the back of the wood and epoxied it in. I was not convinced that it was sealed so I used some PVA around the pipe.In smoothing the wood and excess glue, I got a slight flare so that may of may not help. I also have two other pieces of wood, one to test the sealed performance and another if needed for a different diameter port.

Some good points Frank. Perhaps the bash will have to be held with social distancing in mind. it is a shame we could not do it now as the sunshine would allow us to have those huge french(ish) doors and windows open and we could spill onto the veranda.

Progress is slow as I am repairing my garage/workshop roof at the moment, However I have taken the port out and I am not convinced it was properly sealed. Anyway the plan is to experiment. I will cut up a few squares of plywood about 11cm x 11cm (approx 4.5 inches square) that can cover the existing hole. The I can use them to either close the hole (sealed cab) or try different ports. It will be screwed down with plenty of rubber seal to ensure it is air tight. More plus pictures to follow.

We have a club gig on the 22nd August booked before CV19 struck. Should find out tomorrow if it is on but as cases are 200 up on mid July, I am not holding my breath.

I would echo most of what has been said on here except to say beware of fakes. I am sure that a lot of Neutrik ended cables use fake plugs and of course even Neutrik have expensive and cheaper ranges. I have jusr been given a trade acoount by Sommer and theit HiCon range is interesting. Especially the plugs designed to go with the Tricone XXL and Spirit LLC cables. HI-J63TC-SM I will be testing them soon .

I hope your tingue if firmly in your cheek there Stevie.

BBOT works but I agree about the Gotoh. It is the 203B model I Think https://g-gotoh.com/product/203b-4/?lang=en

Except on a flute/penny whistle where it is, to all intents and purposes, a sine wave

Sadly there has been no progress since my last post. I have been clearing our the garage, so I can use it as a workshop and then roof needed fixing, As it is due to rain tomorrow the temporary repairs will go on after dinner tonight but I hope to get someghing done this weekend.

Just seen that Richards Guitars now stock them, only the basic models but £549 https://rguitars.co.uk/pages/search-results-page?collection=bass&page=1. CORRECTION. They show them on the website but say they cannot source as the UK distributor has changed.

Ywes but there was a Fender Japan sales company that oversaw matters and kept them in line. Incidently the new Fujigen basses are probably the best production jazz basses around.

I hear something from Sussex. On a more serious note though Phil is right. Cone diameter is just one of many things that contribute to a driver's performance, albeit an important one. Remember no one, whether in Brighton, California, deepest Essex, London, Germany or the Netgherlands can alter the laws of physics. Alex himslf makes use of them in the intricate design of his cabs.

I should’ve said that although I’m by using that basic circuit, I will be using the JRE4556 Opamp, capable of twice the current of the OPA2134. I published the original CMoy circuit as a reference. Some really good info on the circuit is at https://nwavguy.blogspot.com/2011/05/cmoy-ebay-headphone-amp.html

Those early Japanese Squiers ars sought after. They were probably made at one of the Fender Japan factories.

Incidently the thin pencil line above the serial number label is where the wooden back of the cabinet comes to. It will be removed before the unit is reassembled. So on to the headphone output. Traditionaly this has been a potted version of the output sent to the speaker (see ESP's take on this) but as we are using a bridged amp, we cannot use that method. So I will be using a headphone amplifier based on the original CMOY head phone amp, click here to see the original design. . It uses a dual opamp and the PCB is very small. There will be some changes to the circuit especially the opmp. I wil be using the JRE4556 which has twice the current capacity of the OPA2134. More on components later. Here is the pcb. It is about 20mm x 50mm (3/4" x 2").