Owen

It arrived today so I will be on it within the next 3 months given my normal timescales.

Note: We get quite a bit of rock radio play but never get around to claiming for that either. If you are not registered with PRS then there is money sitting somewhere waiting for you. Get on it!

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1489277073' post='3255750'] No I haven't, but I was interested. They were on my list of strings to try, but this business of trying different strings gets expensive quickly! [/quote] Especially when you have the initials TI in the name

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1489050772' post='3253927'] I started this thread... and I have a new favourite string, but this one is MUCH MORE FAVOURITE LaBella White stainless steel nylon tapewound. 750T 50-65-85-105 They have that plasticky feel that tapewounds have but it's easy to get used to, and they're soooooo smoooooth. They're also very bright, they are more like roundwounds than flats. A lot more. They have a beautifully balanced low end and presence... the G string never sounded better. And they are very low tension. If you enjoy bending strings and adding vibrato here and there... these strings make it very easy. I put them on my Jazz and I can't stop playing it. They sound and feel fantastic... [/quote] Oooh! Have you ever played TI Jazz Rounds (not flats). They are also low tension and was wondering about a comparison. I do love TI Jazz Rounds.

I have no opinion either way because he has not crossed my musical path. That is no reflection on him at all. However, my daughter is fan and she loves the story aspects of his material. Good on him. And he plays with Pino. He clearly knows what is good.

At the risk of derailing the thread, tell me about your 40" scale bass!

I feel your pain

Thanks all, I will get onto it with some Unibond Repair Extreme. At least life is not dull.

[quote name='stevie' timestamp='1488792800' post='3251703'] I'm finding it a bit difficult to follow what you have done [/quote] Essentially I was operating power tools without due care and attention. Thanks for the tip, I have ordered some.

[URL=http://s8.photobucket.com/user/peredur/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20170304_211033_zpsyjioj9tm.jpg.html][IMG]http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/peredur/Mobile%20Uploads/20170304_211033_zpsyjioj9tm.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Is it dead or will Gaffa/Superglue/Something else do the magic thing and make it better? The whole sorry saga is here if anyone cares. http://basschat.co.uk/topic/297345-10-driver-into-oldschool-gk-combo/ . It was not a good day.

<sigh> Ho hum. It is fine down to open D and then it struggles bigly. Air coming out of the perforated surround and through the speaker mounting holes. The only saving grace here is that I have enough MDF to make 3 more rings. Is gaffa going to repair the perforated surround?

So, many months later I actually managed to get cracking with a jigsaw. There are good reasons why I am not left alone with power tools [url="http://s8.photobucket.com/user/peredur/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20170304_132543_zpsvgyley4m.jpg.html"][/url] It went in eventually. I got the right sized screws for the thread in the GK baffle, but of course they were holding onto the baffle and not the nut on the other side. To make it worse I got self locking nuts so they were a but trickier to get on. Eventually I drilled the thread off the GK baffle as I could not get the nut tight enough on the other side. [url="http://s8.photobucket.com/user/peredur/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20170304_210052_zpstxk9iold.jpg.html"][/url] I had decided to use Tee Nuts to hold the speaker in place but then realised that drilling the home made baffle out for these left a hefty gap in the wood [url="http://s8.photobucket.com/user/peredur/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20170304_211945_zpsn7ikjdt6.jpg.html"][/url] I then managed to bolt the speaker in with the spade connectors to far away from the cables to connect and then the crowning glory was when I put the drill/screwdriver through the cone [url="http://s8.photobucket.com/user/peredur/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20170304_211033_zpsyjioj9tm.jpg.html"][/url] It was not a great moment. It is all bolted together at the moment but I have not had a chance to plug it in due to being late finishing last night and my usual Sunday morning resicdency gig. My gut feeling is that I will need to make a new spacer ring come what may. This is if the speaker will actually work without distorting. Can I repair this kind of damage to the cone? As I mentioned, there is a good reason I am not left alone with power tools

This makes me fancy picking up a cheap and cheerful 2nd hand SWR.

There was a time in my life when I was in a situation where backline was provided. Lots of SVT rigs. Great when it was plug and play. Horrific when I had to set them up. A flightcased SVT head went straight to the bottom of my list of things I wanted after lifting one. What was really interesting was that in one venue the head was dead so they found a spare PA side fill and put me through that and I discovered an extra octave of LF that was just not there with the SVT the night before. Obviously this could have been for all sorts of reasons (acoustics, EQ etc) but it killed my SVT lust stone dead. I still have large stacks of speaker lust, but that is a different thing.

[quote name='SpondonBassed' timestamp='1488132058' post='3246156'] When I say metalflake I mean the deep translucent lacquer finish that allows for large gold flake to be used for maximum scatter. None of your flat tat finishes, oh no. [/quote] That's the stuff!