3below

Through the forum I have now amassed the best bass rigs I have ever owned and at sensible money. My amps and cabs all bought through here. Have also gained two really good basses and one ok bass (it was thrown in with case lol) at really fair prices. One bass I had longed for in the 1970's as a student and could not afford so I bought a new Fender P, it was cheaper. The range of advice and support here is just so good. Long may it continue.

The cabs were well made, birch ply, well executed. I had two 2x15 cabs, with hindsight I would say they were on the small side for 15" speakers. No ports, sealed cabs.

Spares - fuses, plugs, cables. Basic toolkit - pliers, screwdrivers, allen keys. Electrical stuff - extension cables, circuit breaker. Combo is an easier take out than head and cab, packing up is a pain after 3 hrs. Watch your kit when packing up, do not leave it unattended, take it in turns to go to car / van. This is when you can have kit nicked. I always put bass in case when not in use. Consider a cheap bass that you will not mourn over if it gets damaged or stolen.

Sorry to hear this. Many years ago I started to suffer tendonitis (left hand). Similar sort of effect, play for a while, wrist swollen, very painful. I gave up bass for several years. About 3 years ago started playing again, so far so good it has just gone away. Even a 3 hr gig did not bring it on. You may get lucky after a break from playing.

[quote name='Jimryan' timestamp='1357504857' post='1923772'] This. Fantastic idea. Brilliant, yet so simple. Cheers 3below. [/quote] Thanks, if it works well you could even go to expense of getting holes finished well and the whole ashtray re-chromed so that it looks original.

I have some alternative plans if you want to keep the ashtray cover. Plan a; Get a spare ashtray cover. Drill large holes into it so that it is easy to see where the strings would feed into the existing bridge. Plan b: use tele bass bridge cover, the string bridge anchor end is open. Plan c: get a metalwork shop to make you an exact size base plate with a fold at the ball end and slots rather than string hole. The fold would be a bit like that on a music man bass. Plan d: Hipshot or Schaller bridge.

Welcome from another Wales bass player of the other sex. Which bit of Wales, North, South, West or Mid? I am getting the Warwick vibe

Bridge on the Rockbass Corvette (the Fender like bridge) has an undersized hole on B string. Consequently larger strings will not pass through. Solution is dead easy diy - just drill the hole out to suitable diameter, can be done in situ, 2 min job. Quality of Rockbasses is pretty damn impressive. I do notice the lower output of passive pickups copmpared to G&L and Kramer with passives.

[color=#325375][size=1][b] Quote:[/b][/size][/color][color=#373F47][size=2] If God had meant for us to use flatwound strings he'd have stopped our hearing at 500 Hz. - Bill Fitzmaurice[/size][/color] [color=#373F47][size=2] Flatwounds for me then, makes speaker choice easy [/size][/color] [color=#373F47][size=2] Having owned BFB Big One (Em 3015LF, Beyma 605Nd) and now BFM Dubster I do not notice the Dubster lacking HF response to the point where it is an issue.. My hearing is still good at high frequencies. I am having a 'Big One' / FearFul with HF horn type cab built at the moment. AB comparison when is finished.[/size][/color]

[quote name='Protium' timestamp='1353272527' post='1873177'] Let's be honest, there's not a great deal of designing involved in making a rectangular box is there. [/quote] The challenge is designing the holes correctly

The really cheap alternative, really cheap.... P bass pickup, fabricate plywood board to mount to fingerboard - clip on under fingerboard end with cable ties.

The amount of distress on some relics is worrying, they must have had a 'hard time', to the point of would you consider that bass/guitar if yoi had the ££ for the real thing that was in that condition? My 79 USA bass looks like new, my 85 USA has chips here and there, belt buckle attack before my time. Most worn bass I owned was 58 Gibson EB2. Serious wear to lower edge of fingerboard finish at about 20 yrs old. Nitro was also cracked and crazed, however no wearing through from arm contact as seems very prevalent on relics. Each to their own though

[quote name='thebrig' timestamp='1356274749' post='1908628'] I would love to be able to play bass and harp at the same time. I'm a massive Dr Feelgood fan, and our band do quite a few of their numbers, so if I could nail some of Lee Brilleaux's great harp playing at the same time as playing bass, I would be ecstatic! [/quote] This says it all for me as well.

I want a pedal / effects box. It has 3 settings - fretless bass, double bass and direct. It also has blend to mix all three in combination. It is made by XXXXXXXXX and costs £50 max...

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1355881065' post='1904068'] I've discharges very big 1000uf 450v caps into my arm once, its educational rather than life threatening, unless you have a weak heart or something, pretty uncomfortable. [/quote] I have as well, gave me quite a a shock in all senses. Once done never repeated.

A good point by Mr Foxen. As mentioned above if any DIY internal surgery, work safely, discharge those smoothing (filter) capacitors (and check with DMM even if the amp has bleed resistors). Life is a one time trial not a practice run, we do not get a second go.

This sounds (pun intended) a great gig. Sadly I live way too far away I do have the big rig though, can make the walls and floor shake - 1400W and BF dubster and big one anyone

Very nice, and when I was younger, a very desirable thing and still desirable now. Give us a review compared to some modern and trad (P/J) basses if you can.

Bill Wyman bass lines are all rather good in that era in my view. One of my particular favourite albums is Aftermath.

Been using BF cabs (big one, now dubster) for 4 yrs (I think), no issues whatsoever. A few dings on dubster but I have Tuffcab to touch up, so all is good. Two 3015s and 700w now need to convince wife 3KW power amp is essential.

Could be the socket, could be the valve. Swap the two EL34 valves around. If the problem goes away it was possibly a poor contact in the valve socket. Swap them back. If the problem stays with one valve, it is the valve. Sometimes just taking the valve out and in a few times can clean the contacts and rectify the problem. If it is the valve, you will need to buy a pair and are then into a whole minefield of choice. I have found JJ to be good and a fair price.

One of each is needed I feel