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[quote name='bigd1' post='157688' date='Mar 14 2008, 08:10 PM']I'm building a DIY cab but need to know the best place for things like corner protectors, speaker cover, handles and socket plate etc. Looking for on line mail order stores. Ta very glad BIGd[/quote] www.thomann.de/gb

[quote name='OldGit' post='157559' date='Mar 14 2008, 04:35 PM']Valley Girl - Moon and Frank Zappa (great video) [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M9aY7hXjGU"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M9aY7hXjGU[/url][/quote] Gag me with a spooon!

[quote name='Phaedrus' post='157486' date='Mar 14 2008, 03:16 PM']St Patrick's Day 2008 is indeed on Saturday 15th March. [url="http://www.kandle.ie/content/view/707/152/"]http://www.kandle.ie/content/view/707/152/[/url] Mark[/quote] That seems to say it's tomorrow AND Monday. I say declare it Paddy's Weekend (+1), save any confusion.

Family Man Barrett

[quote name='thedontcarebear' post='157456' date='Mar 14 2008, 02:48 PM']What about one of those little behringer tube preamps? [url="http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/page/shop/flypage/product_id/1937"]http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/page/shop/fl...product_id/1937[/url][/quote] That should work nicely, good high input impedance.

[quote name='Finbar' post='157391' date='Mar 14 2008, 01:37 PM']Just heard back from the guy whow as selling one - he couldn't shift it here or eBay, so he's taken it to America with him by the sounds of it. So the search continues. If you could point me to a DR series one, I'd be happy to have a look [/quote] I've never used a real Hiwatt, but the emulation of the Hiwatt 100 on the Bass Pod Pro is juicy, and the one I use all the time (with a virtual Ampeg 8x10). Had you thought of using a Pod and a ss poweramp? maybe not the real thing but a lot cheaper and lighter.

[quote name='neepheid' post='157360' date='Mar 14 2008, 12:55 PM']Well, lucky for you you're so streetwise. If we can do something positive with our collective knowledge, then we should at least try.[/quote] yeah, but what can we do? We can't even warn the 'winner' as it's a private auction. What's the justification for a private auction anyway?

[quote name='neepheid' post='157282' date='Mar 14 2008, 11:04 AM']I say scam because of these red flags: Horrible resized pictures Zero feedback seller, registered on eBay almost as soon as the auction starts Unrealistic start price No reserve Bog all info in the description If someone could track down the eBay/gumtree/whatever listing this was nicked from then we could get it shut down.[/quote] Yeah, right. Several of us complained about a blatant scam a couple of months ago and all Ebay did was send us automated responses saying that they take fraud very seriously. It was up to us to mail the 'winner' and warn him before he parted with £2000 for a £30 guitar. This one is a private auction, so we won't even be able to do that (assuming it is a scam). I've googled the serial number and it doesn't show up anywhere else, not that that doesn't mean he didn't just make a plausible number up.

[quote name='bassboy115' post='157203' date='Mar 14 2008, 09:05 AM']ive never really liked Precisions as my only real experiences with them are: a dodgy encore at school, and a mexican standard in PMT before i bought my jazz and it sounded and played horrible. However im slowly getting into them after listening to the wombats - moving to new york, his P sounds awsome with a pick![/quote] Yeah, that's a great sound isn't it!

[quote name='Kirky' post='157174' date='Mar 14 2008, 08:24 AM']Sing Harpy by The Fall.[/quote] And while we're there: Wings, Behind the Counter, Bombast, Middlemass... They never recovered after Shanley got the boot.

[quote name='Alien' post='156447' date='Mar 13 2008, 01:18 AM']How about [url="http://www.cadaudio.dk/d500asw.htm"]one of these[/url] wrapped up in a metal box. Maybe something like [url="http://www.hammondmfg.com/pdf/1455Q2201.pdf"]this one[/url] in black anodised finish. Add a fused mains inlet and a speakon and you're there. Should be do-able for around £300. 500Watts in a 9x5x2 inch box with an all-up weight of not much more than 2 pounds. Andy[/quote] I'm interested in one or more of these. Have you tried them?

Danny Thompson (John Martyn's main man)

[quote name='Baldwin' post='156550' date='Mar 13 2008, 10:24 AM']Thanks for all the replies so far! Yeah, according to [url="http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Effects/product/Fender/TBX+Tone+Control/10/1"]this TBX review[/url] it sounds like arse with the default wiring. Apparently the thing to do is use the same cap value with either a 120k or 220k resistor in parallel instead. This [url="http://blueguitar.org/tbx_doc.gif"]diagram[/url] suggests 220k, but most of the reviews I've found mention a 120k. I know very little about electronics, so I'm not sure which will give you the "better" sound. Why would the 0.022uF cap kill the signal? I thought the lower the value a cap, the less highs it would cut.[/quote] you're right, but I read the schematic as 22.5uF. 0.022 would make much more sense. [quote]It would be great if you could, as I have no idea how this would work! Does the value of the inductor control the mid rolloff frequency, or would that be determined by the cap value?[/quote] A combination of the two. I'll get round to it, nudge me if you don't hear from me!

[quote name='tauzero' post='110600' date='Dec 29 2007, 05:40 PM']Absolutely vital for the song - "Fever" by Peggy Lee[/quote] Ab-so-lu-te-ly. And: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OU7Nezg7Ls"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OU7Nezg7Ls[/url]

[quote name='Bass Culture' post='156073' date='Mar 12 2008, 03:27 PM']Has the carrier hit you with this 'custom clearance fee' though?[/quote] That's what they charge for collecting the cash and handing it over to Customs - so if the package sneaks under Customs' radar they won't charge.

[quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' post='155968' date='Mar 12 2008, 01:52 PM']Au contraire. The best results below 40Hz are indoors, in rooms where the longest dimension is less than 14 feet, as that's where cabin gain at a rate of 12dB/octave will result in high enough SPL to hear it. To understand why google 'Equal Loudness curves'. To hear a 25Hz tone at the same level as a 100 Hz tone at 100dB the 25hz tone would have to be 120dB, and getting 120dB at 25 Hz outdoors even with a very large horn-loaded sub woofer would require about 1,000 watts. I've tested many subs outdoors, and at 25Hz and 100dB if not for the reading of the meter one would not even know there was any sound present. To the OP, faggedaboutit, you don't need response to 28 Hz and couldn't use it even if you had it. Not a bad choice, but does not perform as advertised. [url="http://billfitzmaurice.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2362"]http://billfitzmaurice.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2362[/url][/quote] What I mean is that you're not going to be able to put a lot of subs into a room without making everything sound muddy, and it is going to sound hugely different depending on which part of the room you stand due to reflections. While bass might not sound so chest-pushingly loud outdoors at least it'll be 'clean'.

[quote name='Bass Culture' post='156044' date='Mar 12 2008, 03:06 PM']Okay, folks, thanks for all this. So, I think what I understand is that, if the items I'm after come to about £66.00 (they do - including delivery), they should then attract a 3.9% import duty and 17.5% VAT. But, so I understand from the thread that Hamster posted the link to, I might also be hit with a charge of between £13.00 - £20.00 (depending upon carrier) 'custom clearance fee'. It's this last fee that would mean the items are no cheaper to import than buy here but, if I understand correctly, your experiences are that any or all of these fees may not be charged? But that it's completely arbitrary whether they are or not? Is that about right? Cheers, Mark[/quote] That's my experience exactly.

[quote name='Cantdosleepy' post='155991' date='Mar 12 2008, 02:17 PM']FACT - that bass is awesome.[/quote] End of!

[quote name='Moo' post='155896' date='Mar 12 2008, 12:06 PM']Most PA systems will have high pass filters set to 40hz in order to prevent cone damage and save amp power for the frequencies you can hear instead. I saw an article for a 4x24" infrabass PA cab that went down to 16hz. The sound engineers who used it were confused because they could see the cones moving, but could not hear anything. As Stated above, It is pointless trying to produce frequencies that low, because no one except mating crocodiles can hear them. Frequencies between 20-40Hz will add lots of mud and mush to your tone, but wont make the low notes sound any clearer. Most of the sound that you actually hear in a note with a fundamental below 50hz will be the second harmonic at the octave above. The bass cabs I built with PD drivers, which also double as subs for my PA system, are capable of 20Hz which I tested with tone when I tuned them. I cut anything below 50Hz when I use them in my (6 string tuned to low bass stack, because It cleans up the tone with very little noticeable loss in low end.[/quote] indeed - at frequencies that low the room is as important as the box, so it's only outdoors that it's going to be practical to hear 32Hz.

[quote name='umph' post='155883' date='Mar 12 2008, 11:46 AM'][url="http://www.precision-devices.com/showdetails.asp?id=17"]http://www.precision-devices.com/showdetails.asp?id=17[/url] you could always put one of those in a cab would be a little bowel destroying though and it'd just be low end[/quote] [loudspeaker geek] that data sheet doesn't even specify its Xmax [/loudspeaker geek]

[quote name='Baldwin' post='155474' date='Mar 11 2008, 06:43 PM']Hi guys, Whilst scouring the internet for control cavity mods I recently came across a really novel idea: the [url="http://alexplorer.net/guitar/mods/tbx.html"]TBX tone control[/url].[/quote] odd - calls for a 82.5K resistor and a 22.5uF capacitor, neither of which are standard values. A 22uF cap would completely kill the signal from a pickup anyway (0.047uF is the usual high-cut). [quote]In most instances, this wouldn't be particularly useful on a bass, but it got me thinking - seeing as one can cut treble or bass, wouldn't it be possible to create a passive mid cut control, either by modifying the cap / resistor values on the TBX or by using a Push / Pull tone pot (with various gubbins attached to it) to switch between standard treble cut and mid cut? There's [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=168064"]a similar topic on Talkbass[/url] which mentions the BluEQube used by Dingwall, but I'd really like to have a go at doing this myself. Any ideas?[/quote] If you put an inductor in series with a capacitor in series with the 'tone' pot that'll cut mids. The frequency at which this happens depends on the values of the inductor and the cap. If you're interested I can do some calculations. It will also depend very much on the inductance and DC resistance of the pickup(s). Not sure how to calculate that. Yes, it would be a simple matter to use a switch to select topcut/midcut.

[quote name='eude' post='155397' date='Mar 11 2008, 04:33 PM']Well I've just done gone and put down the deposit on my next Shuker Bass. ... Very very excited about this! It's fairly simple so hopefully I'll have it for some of our summer gigs! Any thoughts, comments, questions? Cheers, Eude[/quote] Yes, tell me about 33" scale and how it affects the sound and string tension? Do they move around more? I thought I was satisfied with the guitars I have but this guy's reputation has got me curious.

[quote name='Danbass7' post='154503' date='Mar 10 2008, 01:22 PM']Just after we booked the dates for recording, we parted ways with our guitarist who was impossible to work with. Our reviews at the time were pretty much stating that we sounded like killswitch engage / machine head . ... Cheers to everyone who has given their advice, im looking forward to putting it into practice. Dan[/quote] Yay, sounds like losing that guitarist was the best thing that could have happened. Hope the session goes well!

[quote name='Danbass7' post='154475' date='Mar 10 2008, 12:52 PM']A realllllllyy late reply, so much so that i have a new band ! The rig is awesome, sounded better than a 2 grand Trace Elliot rig And much MUCH louder The weight is fine , its perfect in every way, except from a knackered switch here n there Bargain for £300 ill do a review thing soon i guess[/quote] What is it?