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There are people on here that really know what they are talking about and some that know a lot less than they think they do (like me). However the best advice I can give you is to use your ears rather than your eyes when selecting a cab. The second bit of advice is that you cannot "remember" how a cabinet sounds, unless you can do a side by side A/B audition (preferebly a blind audition), comparing two cabs would be unhelpful.

I agree and also its worth checking the relief the day after adjustment.

I think this is just about right. If the above trick does not work you need to talk to a tech.

I have just been re-looking at DiMarzio wiring diagrams and they suggest 500K for Vol and 250K for tone. Also the tone cap was 0.33uF or 33 nF. Worked well for me on two basses. They also suggest Log pots that also worked for me giving a more useful control over the whole pots.

Apparently American style grille cloth can be heated and will shrink to fit. @Phil Starrhas mentioned this on another thread, I will try to find it for you.

I have been quite poorly fo tge last two weeks and just about coming out of the other side. Not COVID although a nasty virus and it really knocked me sideways. When I ordered the back panel I calculated that each threaded hole cost 11p more than a clearance hole. My original thought was that I had enough machine screws, nuts and washers. Just to assuage my curiosity, I had the holes for the mains connector tapped and it was a mistake. I did not have as many fixings as I thought so the £2 odd saving I made was more than wiped out by the cost of buying more machine screws, nuts and washers. The next thought is whether to mount the connectors from the inside or outside, It is tidier from the inside as seen above but in such a tight space it makes sense to mount from the outside of the panel. It adds internal volume and also removes a number of surfaces from the inside that could restrict the airflow. As most of the connectors use faston connectors, it would not be difficult to revert to internal mounting. Of course this would not be possible if all the holes were treaded as this would mandate mounting the connectors on the outside. Off to start assembly.

A good review pointing out both the benefits and shortcomings of this type of system. Having owned several Yamaha systems over the years, I suspect it would be a better buy than the Bose L1 equivalent in the long term.

I have never written it down but that sounds similar to how I do it. One extra point, despite the amount of solids in TuffCab, you still need to sand the cabinet smooth. It barely notices but there is a line on one of my cabs where two panels join.

Sorry I should read posts fully before posting,

Tuff Cab is a trademark owned by Blue Aran for the cabinet paint marketed by Blue Aran. @nekomatichas said that he will not use Tuff Cab although many of us have. It is easy to apply and forms a thick tough skin for the cabinet. It can give several types of textured finish depending on the roller type used to apply it.

Less typing with Santa.

I don't buy from Bass Direct.

I am flat broke. I spent to much while fretting about rounds. When she finds out it will be my neck on the line,,, (slinks back to the Den Of Iniquity Thread).

Not all plywood is heavy. Birch is and it is as tough as hell, spruce is very light and was used for the prototype BC112 MK3. However spruce is softer than Birch. Poplar is a good compromise. Its all relative. My BC112 MK3 weighs 12.4Kg, not as light as the GR equivalent but similar to a Big Baby II. It is also very well balanced.

My mistake. Sorry.

That's great. I love it when people get the gear they want. However the 410+ is listed as a wooden cabinet on the GR website.

Me neither Mike, I have both on my basses (not at the same time of course). i will be honest I don't like either. I hate the tension of most flats and the string noise and extra friction of most rounds. I know my technique is lacking and I am trying to improve it but until I can get a round with no string noise or lower tension flats, I will continue to hate both equally.

I think the the point is that the ideal material for a cabinet sonically is MDF but that is too heavy and is not very resilient to knocks and it is very heavy. Plywood is not as good sonically but much lighter and very tough, that is why some types are structurally sound and approved for building. Carbon fibre or Graphite is very light and, with the help of bracing can be quite strong. The reality is that to achieve the strength of plywood you need a lot of bracing. So it can be light but not resilient. Now you pay your money and take your choice but, even at 70, I would forgo the 2Kg weight saving to know that my cabinet will almost certainly be intact at every gig.

That is really what I was saying but I was trying to be tactful.

I checked the tracking on the amp modules early last week, they were still in China after 4 weeks. The back panel had been delivered...to my old addressand to top it all, The amps I was looking at befpre were all now in stock.....Gr. So on Thursday I had to take SWMBO (is that sexist?) to the hospital. On the way back we called into my old house and collected the front panel. Phew! Arrived home and voila, a small but very visible from the road, parcel containing two power amps. Two power amps that were still in China according to the tracking website. So after convincing myself that the satisfaction of building you own was more than getting a mass produced item, I started sneezing and have had a heavy cold ever since,🤧😁 Yes blame me for the shortage of Lateral Flow Tests. The back panel and one power amp is below. The screws on the sockets are silver and I was considering buting some black ones but the small slide switches need M2.5 screws and those are harder to get than M3 or above. The amplifier modules from Connex come with all the cables so wiring is reletively easy. I have to get over this cold however to carry on but I will keep you posted.

Correct. It is only limited by the maximum voltage , maximum current (amps) and the imagination of the marketing department.

According to Infineum "All the power ratings are at clipping power (THD+N = 1 %). To estimate power ratings at THD+N=10%, multiply them by 1.33" With a square wave output it goes to 1.414

I think this is true if you compare Barefaced with older cabinets. However there are number of cabinets that woukd be as loud as Barefaced using high quality modern drivers.

I have criticsed the use of carbon fibre as a cabnet material but I think this is just early days in the technology. Against all my concerns GR can change the designs and hopefully prove me wrong. Of course the bset wat to strengthen carbon firbe is with wooden braces between the layers of carbon.

Keep them elves at work.