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Sweet. I'd give it a week before the next wax, but I know the wait can be a torturous thing! But yeah! Looking really good.

From someone who's at work just now, CONGRATULATIONS! I'm needing to get outta shift work.

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1347296854' post='1798989'] They remind me of the Pompidou Centre in Paris: [/quote] Change taht pic to Sepia & you're practically there!

[quote name='alan_01_uk' timestamp='1347229589' post='1798388'] Yes I did have it vertical so the speakers would be one on top off the other rather than next to one another is that a good or bad idea? [/quote] I'd say it's a good idea as the cab designers on here recommend it for 2 reasons. It brings one of the drivers closer to ear level & it gives a better dispersion from left to right.

Here's a home studio to record it on...

I was gonna suggest to the wife we have kids, but I misinterpreted the title.

Ibanez. But it really depends on what You like. I've tried loads of basses & had a few, but I always come back to my Ibby & it's been my main bass for 20 odd years.

Just don't put them beside an alarm clock. You get combi locks for suitcases that allows customs to unlock them without needing the code. We have a couple & they're not dear.

[quote name='alan_01_uk' timestamp='1347193357' post='1797840'] Thanks for your advise I played in a medium sized pub last night with the band and I have only ever used the markbass for my duo gigs where I di through the pa and it really worked well and the band were well surprised and it means when I am playing a small to medium venue I will not have to break my back and take my Dynacord 4 x 10 300 watt combo. [/quote] Might be worth considering selling the 2x10 & the combo & getting a couple of 8Ω 2x10s? Did you stick the 2x10 vertical?

Looking good! If you sand that down a bit before wiping & sanding in your next coat, it should only darken the grain a little (the lighter parts will remain that same colour). It's only when you start to get so far that the whole lot starts to darken. Saying that, it does depend on what oil you're using. I used Danish with no tint. once you're happy with the colour, leave it for a week or so to dry properly & then give it a coat of beeswax paste, leave for an hour or so & then buff it (or if you feel it needs more oil, sand it & oil). Leave for another couple of days & then add another coat of wax. If you want to, you could also oil that neck. It's probably already oiled to stop the grain coming apart.

I was tempted to try steampinking my bass when I stripped it, but knowing me, I would have ended up with a pile of scrap & firewood! They look great.

Sorry to hear that life has gotten boring again! Welcome back.

If I was spending £2799 on a Skjold, it'd be the other one... http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Skjold_SS_5.html

Sounds like a good deal to me too.

Welcome to the MB club. Hope it serves you well & looking forward to your review.

If the Ampeg's min load is 4 ohms , then no.

Like most above have said, good solid workhorses that weigh the same. From your other thread, you're looking for amp/cab or combo for @ £400. There's a lot of things out there that fits in your budget from Ashdown & Hartke to Peavey & so on. I'd recommend a 2nd hand Markbass LMII head (usually @ £250 - £300 now) & get yourself a decent 2x10 with what's left & then add another 2x10 or upgrade the cab when funds allow. Go & try some stuff & see what you get on best with.

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1346957808' post='1795394'] Almost. There are various ways of wiring up such cabs, though I'm not familiar enough with 'standard practice' (if there is one) to give a definitive answer of how that ARE wired, only how they MIGHT be wired. A 210 cab could be wired as: 2 x 16ohm drivers in parallel to give an 8 ohm cab 2 x 4ohm drivers in series to give an 8 ohm cab a 410 cab could be wired as: 4 x 32ohm drivers in parallel to give an 8 ohm cab 2 x 8ohm drivers in series to give 16 ohms and these two in parallel with another 2 x 8ohm drivers in series, which gives an 8 ohm cab 4 x 2ohm drivers in series to give 8 ohms The only way to be sure is to open up the cab and check the actual wiring (and the labels on the drivers!). [/quote] Thank you I always get series & parallel mixed up (in name) if I don't check. I'd just wire red to blue & blue to bits.

It depends on how they're wired. If wired in parallel, then the drivers are 8Ω. Of wired in series, then the 2x10 has 16Ω drivers & the 4x10 has 32Ω drivers. Or is it the other way round?

Make your own Pick up??? You mean like this?

I used to use a Vox Venue 30 Bass. Weighs heavier than my MB 2x10 combo, but was about 1/3 of the size with a single 12" driver. I even did a few gigs with the wee thing & it coped (just). Would maybe suit your needs if the weight isn't too much of an issue.

No reason why it shouldn't work & sound good. Bass gear is very similar to PA gear as we bassists have a full frequency range to cover.

I believe the Ashdown ABM head has a min load of 4Ω. IIRC, 3 8Ω cabs would be 2.66Ω. This would heat up the head nicely, allowing you to cook the band's supper before the end of the gig. 4 8Ω cabs should then make the amp hot enough to boil a kettle/pan of water on so you can make cuppas to wash down the supper. Edited to ask: I've assumed you have an Ashdown head (or another head with a min 4Ω load). If you have a head that runs to 2Ω then plug & play. Or you could use 2 heads, putting 1-2 cabs on each.

Like Mr Foxen says, you need a tweeter. I've put a small church band through my MB 2x10 combo & it sounded good. It was 3 vocals, acoustic guitar, electro drumkit & either bass or another acoustic guitar. It was a fairly small hall (@50 folk tops), so it wasn't cranked & it reproduced everything pretty good with no distortion or struggles. So go for it. A few bass cab manufacturers suggest playing music through your cab at a reasonable volume for a few hours to break it in (I'm pretty sure it was an Ampeg booklet, though it might have been someone else)

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1346780197' post='1793157'] This ... [/quote] JT likes this so much he quoted twice!