MoonBassAlpha

Ok, I'll try not to waffle on too much, but here's the background: About 25 years ago, I got a nice new Electrovoice EVM12L for a bargain price and put it in a little cabinet to use as a bass and guitar extension cab. It sounded fine for guitar but was always a bit farty for bass. I looked at it yesterday and realised that there was no gasket between the speaker and baffle (for all these years!) so I fitted one and bingo! no farty even on a 5 string. So now it is capable of making a decent sound, I think it could use tuning. Internal dimensions are 38x35x19 cm and there is a 3" hole in the baffle, no porting (hole for a tweeter?) Given the smallish volume, should I block the hole off, or add a port tube to tune the cab? There seems enough top end to not need a tweeter. Any suggestions re tuning length etc. welcomed, cheers. Jules

oh YES! Almost as good as the tone of the bass bit on Zig Zag Wanderer. Thats a great clip.

I think the breaking thing is more to do with removal and replacement of the strings - it stresses them each time. I never broke a set of dual-ball end strings, and boiled loads! That's what led me to that conclusion.

So, what DOES it do?

Birdseye for the neck please! A nice quilt is dreamy for me. Not quite so keen on flamed tops where the bookmatch is angled, doesn't look quite right to me

I agree with the above comments, they are a great amp, but just not quite loud enough with an acoustic kit, unless your drummer is meek. If you're playing with PA support and can get it near ear height it would cover gigs, the DI out is good. Also, something I considered was adding a speaker out skt so you could use it with a bigger cab. Now that might just about cut it for gigs. I wish I'd tried it with my Compact.

get a luthier to do it. I've just put an electric 12 string in for this and it should cost about £35. My guy is quite inexpensive though. I thought about doing it myself, but he would do a much better job and be less likely to ffmess it up.

Aren't there a couple of BFM Omnis for sale on here somewhere? That would fit the bill, I'm sure.

Yeah, who else spotted Bill Wyman playing a Travis Bean for about a nanosecond. I got so excited I got the Mrs. to rewind and freeze frame while I pointed it out to her! She even pretended to be interested for me. She's a keeper, that one! As you were....

I'd try ScotchBrite, the plastic scouring stuff. Works surprisingly well on metal, and won't get stuck (magnetically) to the pickups. You may also want to mask the plastic body as it is pretty abrasive stuff. You could make a mask with a bit of cornflake packet and judicious use of a hole punch...

As a Compact (and compact!) owner, I'd like to try this too, Didcot, Oxford. Cheers Jules

yeah, fret it at the first fret and see what the gap is above the 2nd fret. You won't go far wrong making it about the same from the nut to the first fret.

use a capo

If you were to lose the plunger pin that clamps against the string when changing strings and polishing the fretboard, a 3mm Allen key chopped down to 15/16" is just the right diameter to replace it and should be hardened enough. Cheers Jules

that may be a flippant comment, but if it MAKES you rest the thumb ever so slightly nearer the bridge, then the sound will be different, regardless of what the pickup itself is doing.

pat Metheny plays fretless guitar on some albums. I always assumed it was some synrh treatment until I read the album sleeve more carefully. It's a nice sound for solos. I wouldn't like to try playing full chords though, I have enough trouble intonating one note on the bass....

Just got the Spector 5er off John (probably OldSlapper's!). Seems a straight-up guy, we had a pleasant natter in the burning sun! Deal with confidence! Cheers Jules

I play in a three-piece where the guitarist/writer demos his tunes with him playing the bass. he is just about ok on bass but often his lines are really predictable or ordinary. The trouble is, if I deviate from what he has recorded, it throws him out completely! Even playing the same thing an octave higher will earn me a nervous sideways glance. There are some songs where I get a bit more of a free rein, but mostly it is quite stultifying. I'm really only doing it to keep my hand in, as my other band doesn't play that often, and almost never rehearses.