JohnDaBass

Hi Andy, Just about to start a new Bitsa project and I wish to wipe-on gloss varnish to the Head, front & back of the neck. The neck I have purchased is a maple, satin finished J neck from K***e in China. What hard glaze wipe-on would you recommend to achieve a good covering of the water slide decal on the head? Do I need to mask off the frets when applying the gloss varnish to the fret board or is best to just gloss varnish the face of the Head as the MIM Fender jazz necks?

Why not try a DiMazio Split P lots of power with a huge range of tones, and maybe add a ZiOgon loom. Job done!!

No there are short scale slot head EB3s. I have a 1969 walnut Gibson slot head EB3, handsome deep, deep booming sound with a variety of tones from the 4 position selector switch. Bought new in 1970 while working at the Sound Centre in Cardiff.

Any body got a 3D printer?

I have just ordered a Jess Loureiro 51 P split coil PUP for a new Bitsa project and I was wondering if anyone knew where I could source a Plastic cover to fit over the Pickup? The body for the project is an over sized Telecaster Guitar shape and I wanted to keep the appearance as simple as possible. I have a habit of resting my thumb on the PUP body on my P basses and I wanted some sort of plastic cover to protect the Jess Loureiro PUP from damage. The last resort is to fit a Jazz Bass chrome PUP cover as it is narrower than the 51 P PUP cover or standard P PUP cover. Anyone have any solutions? Thanks

I wonder if any Line 6 employees are following all the commentary on this thread? I wonder if Line 6 develop a BASS version of their Power Cab? Could be interesting for all the Helix users to have a matching Power Cab. Just saying!

Or three Franken-Tele dual coil Herrick pickups with Strat 5-position selector in a TV white Telecasters guitar shaped body and 30ins short scale maple neck. NOW THAT IS AN ODD COMBO! 😂

Amazing, handsome looking bass with fantastic sound a job WELL DONE! Just to confirm the pickup model you used was the "Franken-Tele bass Twin coil 11K Ohm" correct? What magnets & footwork did you specify?

Next time you try the Fender Rumble 500 head make sure you start with the Overdrive OFF. Start with everything flat, all EQ knobs at 12:00 o'clock. IMO the Rumble has quite a broad pallet of fine bass sounds on tap and you should be able to find something that pleases you.

Good value for money for home or small venue use is the Mackie Thump 12A . Around £300 new.

+1 for repainting with Tuff cab acrylic. I've built two BassChat 1x12 cabs and Tuff cab works really well. Take a look at the Basschat 1x12 build thread as there are some fantastic results from various builders. The blue ones from "Gottastopbuyinggear" (I think) are awesome. A tin goes a long way and you'll have plenty left for future touchups.

Me too, the spaghetti logo is just right. But there again that's the problem with being a Valley Boy Fender Fanboi. (Merthyr valley where Man started! )

Calling, Bill, Stevie & Phil to comment on the maths!

Now that's what folks say with the Mesa Subway 1x12 and Subway 1x15 but does this setup cancel any "Mids"?

Now there are many comments on various threads regarding the positioning of two bass cabs so the mission of this thread is to try to bring together the experiences, wisdom and comment of all parties regarding the positioning of two bass cabs. We are grateful for the input of Bill, Stevie Phil, and many others on such topics and I look forward to what they can add to the subject! I have enjoyed great performance from my two BassChat MK1 1x12 cabs stacked on top of one another. The slot ported cab on the bottom and the 4 tube ported cab on top. To my ear I do not seem to experience the cancelling effect to the Mids that the interference of two adjacent should produce. Now that could be because of my particular sound but I have achieved a really good sound from this setup. I have recently acquired a BF One 10 and I am interested to learn what would be a productive cab stage positioning . One idea is to have to One10 on a stand angled up to my ears then place my BF Super Compact about 3 metres away the other side of the drummer. My normal stage position is to the RHS of the drummer, who is centre stage, and run a speaker cable to the Super Compact on the LHS of the stage. Now to my mind I should not experiece any form of "Mids" cancellation and I should enjoy the benefits of bass coupling from the SC on its own. What are your views ,experiences, comments or mathematical calculations to optimise my stage set-up.

I truly believe that every bass player experiences a single moment in time that says inwardly "that's the sound". Since 1964 when I first started playing bass I have had three or four such moments. First was my Gibson EB3 thro a Marshall 1x18 sound bouncer and TWO Hiwatt 4x12. Secondly was my 1972 Fender Telecaster Bass thro a 1971 Acoustic 136 100w 1x15 combo. Finally my Fender P Bass thro my Mesa Subway D800 and Barefaced Super Compact. Leo probably got it right and everything else simply orbits round the P Bass centre of gravity, offering various additions and flexibility to that core P bass sound. Call me a "sad ole romantic" if you like but if we were honest with ourselves there is a modicum of truth in what I say l

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+1 stick with the Beyma, you will be really pleased with it's performance. I'm a real Basschat 1X12 Mk1 Fanboy having built two slightly different designs they deliver a performance that is a match for many big brand cabs. Phil & Stevie really know their stuff and have expanded the knowledge of many who follow Basschat.

Here's a link for those like me who are still acquiring knowledge about speaker cab design. https://forum.speakerplans.com/dual-multi-chamber-bass-reflex-enclosures_topic39076.html

Or its sister site www.Bigasschat.co.uk for the fuller man!

So Bill, how does it work and is a good solution?

So I recieved my new BF One10 and used it twice over the weekend. Intrigued to learn how the "Hybrid Resonator" worked I shone a torch up the Port hole, as you do with all new toys😃. The port itself looks like any off the shelf 75mm dia x 110mm long plastic port. The cab itself looks as though it is made up of two separate sound chambers. The first which contains the speaker as about 2/3s the depth of the cab and the second chamber inwhich the Port resides is about 1/3 the depth of the cabinet. Now the marketing stuff implies that the cab is "tuned" to two different frequencies so how does that work?? All I can offer as explanation is that the rear wall of the first larger chamber has a "slot" (port) of around 15mm wide running the whole width of the cab. So this could mean that the first large chamber is tuned to one frequency and then the sound energy passes into the smaller second chamber which is then tuned to a different frequency by the plastic 75mm dia x 110 port. Now I am not technically minded enough to understand how two chambers in tandem can operate at different frequency tunings BUT it seems to work as the One10 really does it's stuff and I am well pleased with the result. Hopefully Guys more qualified than me in the technical stuff will come along shortly and enlighten our constant desire for knowledge of all things BASS. PS Has anyone shone a torch up a TWO 10? ( I don't want BassChat to start sounding like some sort of "Fetish" site😂)