Obrienp
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Thanks Daryl. I’ve put a set of DiMarzio Split P (DP127) in it and a 6 position Varitone switch. It has lots of grunt and bottom end now.
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Bringing the tone down: I did a charity fundraiser with Bandwidth (covers and originals) for the Felbeck Trust at Cley Village Hall last night. It was a ticketed affair with a meal between sets (veggie and gluten free), with a few over 70 there despite the filthy weather. The meal was delicious in fact and we were provided with free drinks. The stage could have been excellent, if it wasn’t for the hundred or so chairs stacked at the back, which meant we were very cramped. It also looked a mess with the curtain tucked into the chairs. Anyway we played 2 x 1:15 sets and got plenty of dancers in the second set. I was really struggling, as I was diagnosed with a chest infection an hour before set up and had just started on antibiotics. I’m not sure how I managed to drive home. Gear was Guild Starfire 1 and custom P/J shorty into Blackstar U700 (via Peterson Strobostomp) and 2 LFSys Monza. DI to the desk. U700 master literally on just over 1, so two Monzas was complete overkill. I should just have connected the top one, as I don’t think the amp was working hard enough. We got loads of good feedback and possibly some follow on gigs🤞. Not a great pic and yes,mChris has to sit through gigs these days. We’re a poor old bunch🫤
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The Short Scale Bass Appreciation Society!
Obrienp replied to Baloney Balderdash's topic in Bass Guitars
Gear4Music have a Mustang like bass in their Hartwood range. https://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/Hartwood-Delta-Bass-Guitar-Sunburst/6PQE There are other finishes. Apparently it’s pretty good for the money. I have the weirder Satellite medium scale and fit and finish are impressive for a sub £200 instrument. If that carries over, then worth a look IMO. Failing that, if you can find a used Sire U5 for your money, I would definitely check it out. -
It will help prevent rattles as well, if there is no gasket supplied with the plate. Please could you share your wiring diagram for the speakon sockets please. I have no idea how to wire them together so that you can daisy chain cabs.
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What @neepheid said. I have found that genuine Hercules products are not as reliable as they used to be but trusting a knock-off seems a step too far.
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I bought a Faital Pro 12” driver from John. Great communications and it came beautifully packed. I think it would have survived a bomb blast! Buy with confidence!
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If that was a Basschatter buying it, please can we have a review?
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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?
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I can’t really give you an A/B on that because I changed the pickups as well. The original pots look like standard Far East issue, so you might get an improvement with CTS but unfortunately they will have to be mini-pots as well, unless you can work out a way of getting full sized units through the f-holes. Good luck!
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Just to tie things up; I received the CTS 250K mini-pot yesterday and installed it this afternoon. It has given the tone more top end than the 100 K volume pot but not a huge increase in volume. Comparing the two, I would say that using the 100K is a bit like having a 0.010 uf capacitor permanently engaged. Overall, I think I prefer the 250K tone. It makes the set up a bit more flexible and IMO the DiMarzio P-127 set is a tonal improvement over the standard pickups. The bottom end response is improved and it just sounds more refined. I also sorted the grounding of the chrome covers and realigned the bottom, treble side pickup’s alignment. The bass is now quieter than it was stock, which is a bonus. Lessons: 1) It seems any standard P bass pickup set can be fitted under those chrome covers. 2) To keep the standard electronics, you would need a pickup set with 4 conductors; 3) If you decide on new pots, you will need mini pots: both Alpha and CTS do them; 4) You will need to enlarge the holes for the pots, if you go for CTS;
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A lot of criticism for this Ricky for being the same size as a full scale bass but on reflection, my Guild Starfire 1 is also as long as my big boy Precision and quite a bit wider. However, it is one of the lightest basses I own, so the bulk is less of a problem. In some ways having to use full-scale strings is actually a plus: greater choice and no short scale premium. Unfortunately, the Ricky doesn’t seem to have that as a redeeming feature.
