SpondonBassed

I may quote you on that later...

Welcome Alan.

That's Jimothey's patented tone moss.

The bass in the vid is the Hohner B2A. I have one. It's active. I also have a five string Steinberger Spirit. It's passive. The Hohner is a much better quality instrument. Mine is strung with piano wound (exposed core at the saddles) rounds. It zings. A proper slap monster.

Welcome Phil.

Welcome BL.

Welcome BC.

It's a popular search engine. You need to get out more.

They look okay. The only improvement I'd make to that might be to use flush fitting bolts complete with ferrules similar to neck bolts but with machine threads. You'd need ferrules with a 90 degree countersink to match the bolts. It looks like it could be made to work from the light skim reading I did with the help of a pair of gogo ducks.

Welcome Gremlin.

Hello there! Having only lived here for thirty seven years, I must confess to being a blow-in. I love the county and its surroundings. I knew it was the place to settle within a couple of hours of arriving. North Derbyshire is invigorating. Where are you?

Welcome Chris.

Shhh. Don't tell @Jimothey.

I asked them about that. They said no at the time. It wasn't until Tanja from MIG got involved that it came through to Rough Trade, via Proper. Mind you don't get annexed in Canada.

Welcome Steve.

Welcome T1.

I have mentioned it a couple of times to others. I posted about it here a long time ago with a link to the YoofBube copy. It got favourable comments but was not available for sale then. If I tell the world I shall need travel expenses! Joking aside, is it selling now that it's back on the distributor's catalogue?

That looks like a very nice find indeed. From here it looks like it hasn't been gigged much if at all. That or a very careful owner had it. May I ask how much you paid for the amp and the new valve? I am assuming you had the cab already. I hope you have a LOT of fun with it (preferably well away from your neighbours).

Have you any way of finding out if Christine is still with us Owen?

It's a good start. You need experience to be able to do the sharpening by hand but to get the experience you have to have a sharp chisel. It's a very useful hand tool around the house if you do nowt else with it.

Good man. Here is some useful info by a BassChat member with extensive cabinet building experience - @Christine. Christine has not been heard from since Covid but has made great contributions to the Build Thread. Much missed. Mind your delicate bits and let us know how you get on.

Welcome EDB.

A properly sharpened chisel and a steady hand. No mallet. Just a keen eye and lots of small shaves with repeated test fittings until you have a fit that is not going to close up clearances at full operation temperature? ...or summat.

Where please?