Obrienp
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Do a search on the make and model in the basses, amps, etc, for sale sections. The sold listings will give you an idea of what to ask to get interest. Then do listings to test the market. It takes a bit of effort but you are listing in the best market place: no fees and no time wasters.
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Yes. I gig a Guild Starfire 1 and a custom made shorty in one band. I also gigged my Acinonyx quite frequently. In my other band I use a Maruszczyk Elwood medium scale and either a Greco P/J, or Hartwood Satellite medium scales. I also have a U5 fretless that I want to gig, given the chance 🤞. I only have one full scale bass these days but never gig it.
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I think pretty well everybody gets back problems at some time during their lives. Don’t let it stop you gigging. I’ve just turned 70 and I really wish I could do more gigs. I’ve signed myself up for New Year’s Eve depping for the 3rd year in a row. I guess it is perspective and you definitely get more time to recover when you have retired.
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I wish our local B&Q did that! It’s an hour’s drive into Norwich for one that does.
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The Short Scale Bass Appreciation Society!
Obrienp replied to Baloney Balderdash's topic in Bass Guitars
I don’t think the reverse headstock has any impact on string tension but it can be very confusing to tune, especially when you switch basses during a set. I have an Acinonyx, which has a Stingray config but reversed and when I switch to it during a set, I always take ages to tune it. -
The Short Scale Bass Appreciation Society!
Obrienp replied to Baloney Balderdash's topic in Bass Guitars
@scrumpymike you have got some amazing rigs there to go with your fantastic bass! Enjoy! -
Idiot boy question: what diameter drainpipe do you need to buy to get an internal diameter of 64mm? How much difference does it make if you are out by a few mm?
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Any thoughts after gigging it?
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The Short Scale Bass Appreciation Society!
Obrienp replied to Baloney Balderdash's topic in Bass Guitars
Maruszczyk from Bass Direct. Very old school in my experience. -
I am thinking of doing something very similar with the 12” and a HB GPA-100 power amp, to make an active cab I can use with a preamp pedal. My idea is to stretch the side panels sufficiently to accommodate the amp in a compartment on the top of the cabinet, so the enclosure volume would remain the same. Taking the idea a step further, I could have the top, front and rear panels of the compartment lift off to be used as a wedge under the cabinet to tilt it up (one panel would have to be hinged so it could be folded flat to form the wedge). A full width compartment would provide sufficient space to store power and other cables in transit.
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I’m a little puzzled as to how you experiment with braces once the cab is glued up, or are you just attaching the baffle with screws until you are ready to finalise the build?
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The neck looks just like the one on the G4M Hartwood shortscale, headstock and all. There must be a factory in China churning out these roasted maple necks with wheel truss rod adjustment.
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Thank you very much for the extra advice. I will shut up for now. I need to get the parts in.
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Many thanks @Phil Starr. That sounds good. Would the dimensions of that quite big port be given at the start of the thread? If not, how would I work out what they need to be and if one big port could be problematic, could two smaller ones do the same job? Apologies again for the idiot boy questions.
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Now I have decided to go for the Faital Pro 12PR320, has that already been modelled? I am fully bought into Apple these days and WinISD only runs on Windows. There is an app for iPadOS called Speaker Box but the pro version that gives you a cabinet design, cutting plan and parts list is £7 a month!! That’s a lot of money to spend on an unknown quantity. Has anybody tried it and is it worth the cash? Sub-question is it friendly to those with very little knowledge of acoustics and speaker design?
