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@EBS_freak There used to be a couple of guys working in PMT in Oxford in a band called Twin Jet Superstar - I remember loving the guitarist's playing. Just been googling and it seems that the fella is called Dave Smart. Seems like he's moved on to pastures new and now has a repair business and got something to do with Oxford Guitar Gallery. There you go. The thread has rekindled some blast from past memories for me! Dave Smart is my amp tech. His web is Dave Smart Guitars. He's a lovely chap, so helpful. He's done much work for me in the past. He also builds guitars ( not sure about basses ) and they're stunningly made When my TE Mark V GP11 combo had a graphic and eq switch failure, he fitted the new switches ok, ( although a bit of a bar steward , apparently ) but i also wanted to keep the green TE outer covers so it still looked original, which according to Dave was a right pain, but he did it. He did a service too, and then a PAT test, which he sends to Gardener Electronics, an official PAT tester. Dave also serviced my Kustom Groovebass 1200 head, and did some remedial work to the circuit board, that some earhole had managed to murder

Friend of mine who was in the Oxford band The Candyskins, used to work part time in PMT ( now owns and runs Shonk Studios in Oxford ) The Oxford branch of PMT are a helpful bunch

Indeed Richard ! Being steered in the right direction with assembly order and which materials / tools would help, has been a mighty help

I had some knobs made in the shape of a head.

Ports siliconed !

I'd never attempt a bass. See that router for sale in my sig ?

I say guitar builds , yes - building a bass from scratch has to be admired. Just look at the stunning axes some the of builders here come up with And i'm building a box

Very good Andy I'd post you a beer but it may be against P.O. rules

Thats very lenient of you

Me or the cab ?

Seems a bit iffy - 2 or 3 times in 2 years ? Whats the hidden problem that successive buyers are not mentioning ..

Yet another monstrosity at another silly price. Ebay's never short of dreamers

rear panel twin speakon holes cut, and baffle / ports cut T nuts siliconed to board as they normally fall off just as one is screwing the driver to the baffle

Nah, i dont play for visitors either. But just so they dont miss out on my stunning fingering, i send them to the link below, so they can hear my genius in a band setting Telling them its a fretless is pointless as non musos normally dont have a clue. I dont bother warning them its a rather silly track. They can find that out when the listen

Side handle holes cut, and Peavey ( nicked from BVX cab ) wadding attached to the rear panel.

I pronounce it Epip- Hone

Yeah that figures He must have done a private deal off Ebay and cancelled the listing. Ebay keeps a list of SOLD ITEMS so if it sold through Ebay, you can find it, but not if the seller cancelled the auction

I did a search of sold listings on that bass and nothing came up ? It should have done as it was only this week you said it sold. Just curious about the bass

It would seem to me that if the design needed a skunk stripe to fill the gap for the truss rod rout, then fitting the same wood as the neck would solve the problem of two differently expanding woods. If the builder wants the stripe to stand out, the just stain it darker.

Cheers Phil and JB ..still at it Next - ports cut and side panel cross brace fitted

' Bob picked up the strange looking guitar, unaware that his hilarious mates had plugged it directly into the mains '

Front baffle now cut for driver and ports. Bit of smoothing to do part way round the circumference of the driver cutout Ports were much simpler using a 100mm hole saw

Cheers spon - marking out for Fane driver and port holes

Right - more fixing done ! . Braces in place