ossyrocks

It's been a while..... This project is up and running again after being put on the back burner for a while. Martin and I have been through various ideas about how to re-work this amp, and we both settled eventually on build it again from scratch, only way to be sure, blast off and nuke it from space. The circuit is Martin's take on various Fender circuits including the Tweed Bassman (don't get hot under the collar, it will stay clean). The mini switches have been reconfigured as mid-voicing presets in the absence of a mid pot on either channel. The output transformer is a high quality after-market Twin Reverb unit, big iron, so now running at 8 ohms to match my BF Super Compact. It's not far from the finish line now I think, and I can't wait to get it back. Martin is also open to tweaking things further down the line as it gets used and any changes needed become apparent. Anyway, the money shot, compare with the internal shot from my first post. Rob

Fixed that for you, see above

I'll give this a go, apologies if it doesn't work. @Frank Blank - Jabba short scales, fretted and fretless, Ibanez SRC6, QSC K12.2, Grace Design preamp. @rwillett - Ibanez short scale, Fender Jazz bass, Fender Mustang bass, Telecaster, Westone six string, 3d printed guitar, small practise bass amp, small practise guitar amp, Mod Dwarf, various guitar/USB interfaces and quite a lot of software and a fair few laptops as required. I live next door Probably cake as well. @ossyrocks - '73 P bass, '73 J bass, '78 P bass, '87 MIJ P Bass, Fender Bassman 50 (rebuilt from the ground up by Gartone), Bergantino Forte D, TE Elf, Barefaced Super Compact and One10, Fender Rumble 100. @sifi2112 Vigier Excess 4 Mas26 (x2) sfx D3 preamp Koch ATR4502 poweramp

Yes from me.

I had a good experience with Ash at Oil City Pickups. He rewound my 73 Jazz bridge pickup with vintage wire and lacquered it exactly as it was before. It sounds great. He makes great pickups from scratch, and will build exactly what you want. Rob

I thought you were joking, but it does actually say that on the headstock!

Can you share a link?

The Elf is a great little amp, I have one, but the fan is more than a little noisy. I would say it's fine at rehearsals and gigs, but at home in the lounge for practice, I can't tolerate the fan noise.

Bass Bros price their stock very keenly in my opinion and therefore nothing hangs around for long. If you see something you like at Bass Bros it's best to move quickly. Rob

I picked one of these up off Facebook recently, just for ease of rehearsal/jams etc. I must say I'm quite impressed by it! I paid £150 for mine too which is an absolute bargain. Rob

I can't find these for sale anywhere?

My lightest bass is my '78 Precision. Lots of people think all late 70's Fender basses are heavy, and clearly some are, but this one is 8lbs 9oz with the covers off. It's an absolute delight to play. My '73 P bass is only a couple of ounces heavier too. My heaviest bass is my '73 Jazz at 9lbs 3oz. This is beginning to look like the lightest 70's jazz bass ever made the more I look for another! Rob

Thanks for the input chaps. Having slept on it, I think I'm going to leave it. Here's the bass I was looking at. '76 Jazz at BassBros at a price you just cannot argue with. Someone will get a bargain and love it to bits. Rob

I do like a lighter bass. Mine are all a bit under or just slightly over 9lbs/4kg. However, I haven't actually tried to play a heavier bass, I've just avoided them having had surgery on my lower back 8 years ago. A bass has come up that i really fancy, and the price is right, however it's 10lbs 7oz/4.8kg, and it's too far away for me to go and try it. Who plays a heavier bass? How do you deal with it? Do you even notice/care? Is there that much difference between 4kg and 4.8kg? Thanks, Rob

I used to use EVRI quite a lot, until recently. I sold a Voodoo Labs Pedal Power on here late last year, it vanished into thin air after being tracked to one of their hubs. Getting a refund was a very painful and time consuming process, and I even had to provide my original purchase receipt from years ago to prove the value. I ended up refunding the buyer here long before I ever saw any money back from EVRI. It probably took 4 weeks to resolve, beginning to end, with me contacting them almost every other day via email & chatbot. I spoke to a real person ONCE. I will never use them again. Rob

A couple of months ago I was asked if I would like to join a newly forming blues band. I was quite flattered to be asked to be honest, as some of you might know I haven't been playing bass for very long (just over two years) having been a guitarist for the last 40 years. The guy forming the band is quite well known around here, having been in two rather famous and successful bands in the 80's, touring the world and doing TV. The other musicians are not slouches either, one moved to Chicago for five years to immerse himself in the blues, and the drummer has played the Royal Albert Hall, twice! Rehearsals are low key but diligent affairs, well run, well planned, briefed in advance on what to learn. Three new ones each week, and by the end of rehearsal they are recorded as a reminder of form and structure. All rehearsals are at the band leaders house, in his cellar, which is well kitted out and comfortable, and we often retire to the pub around 9.30 for a bit of reflection. The thing I hadn't anticipated, was being asked to try out a few of the numbers on lead vocal. Which I did for the first time on Wednesday, and it seems they have stuck and are now my tunes. More will be coming my way in due course. It's the one thing I thought I would never do again, sing lead vocal. This time last year, I would never have managed it, as playing bass and singing is a whole other level of difficult than playing guitar and singing, but here I am. Onwards. Rob

My '73 Precision.

Fair enough!

Do you want to give me a clue? I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about!