SpondonBassed

Simple to cure... Just use a soft headed mallet next time instead of a hammer.

It's a great bass to start with I have recently discovered. I am watching this with keen interest. Your ideas are interesting and you should end up with a good little player.

You're gifted mate. I hope demand does not turn a pleasurable pastime into a chore for you if you do take orders.

Wow. The implication is that Jabba's basses are turning folk to knife crime just to get to the head of the queue to own one. Nice.

I wouldn't use this project as a first lesson in soldering if I were you. If you really want to though, get your mate to give you a crash course in the basics and some homework to practice on that sets you up for the job at hand. It's easy when you do all the right things. I enjoy it.

Is there any chance of you posting a couple of frame grabs please? It's lovely. PS: Just saw the image of the top after I posted. As you were. It's fanflippingtastic!

You'd like it at The Holly Bush near Ripley. At one of their OM nights last year the house bass combo was on the right. I struggled a bit. I'm assuming they have it there still of course.

It makes a difference to the contact area between the cab and the stage. That in turn affects the coupling of the cab. More surface area equals more coupling. It often makes a difference to the sound but it depends somewhat on what the stage flooring is made of. PS: Turning them on their side may not allow them to work as intended if they're supplied with rubber feet. If you have locking castors, try leaving them on for your next performance. The worst that can happen is that you have to fiddle with your eq a bit more.

It's a noise cancellation technique from the good old days of analogue. The mics are out of phase so the background is cancelled out while the vocals (in the upper mic) survive the summing of the two signals. If I recall correctly from my sound and lighting coursework back in the day that is.

If you are repeatedly able to make necks to such tight tolerances as you've already demonstrated, surely you need only make a neck to test the notion?

In your defence, you're no worse than the OP for merely mentioning something that can also be adapted for use as a music stand... Oh wait...

Ah the wonders of the search engine... not that I'm complaining all that much, you understand. I used to long for some of those Italian multis. I was always put off by their rep for poor electrics in our climate. Speaking of your own Sei, it's a great save on Andy's part. I bet your pleased.

Impressive. I'll look forward to seeing those. I'd still be using the backs of beer mats and fag packets had I not given up smoking and drinking frequently. I still like to rough things out in hand sketches. I might scan them for tweakage after but I'd be lost without physical drawing materials to start with.

As I said on Saturday; You've definitely got a sharp eye for this craft. May I ask? When you set out your first sketches do you have a clear image in your mind of what you're aiming for?

Get well soon Mrs T! Best wishes to you both Tauzero.

Don't tell his Mum either.

Shhhh! Don't let @Andyjr1515 hear you suggesting that.

It is a lovely looking thing with bags of character. If the sound lives up to expectations you've made something to be proud of. Fancy doing a YOB Burns bass for me? Only bigger than the one in this clip please. Heeheehee.

Welcome Billy. Have you tried the Basschat Marketplace?

@jebroad Splendid. Next time we meet, I want to have a go on that massive and classic looking head that was parked near to @Frank Blank and his rig. Although I got a go on Frank's Mouse (very nice it was too Frank); you were busy, I was on-call, there was so much to see, folk to catch up with and so-on that I didn't get the chance. It looked like summat from the seventies. Am I close?

All credit due to Jim, remember. I doubt the profanity filter would have much use for the royalties.

Me too. I suspect that it is a gimmick but it also has the added advantage of making it slightly easier for musicians to swap instruments. I think most of them are multi-instrumentalists.

...and there I was thinking it was your quick wit that used Mrs Cradock's christian name (are we still allowed to call it that?) as a substitute for a vulgar term. Ballhooks!