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  1. bremen

    DIY Effects

    Mostly 0805 yes. Some of the caps are 0603 - I looked for what was cheapest available C0G from Mouser.
  2. bremen

    DIY Effects

    It works upside down, too 😍
  3. bremen

    DIY Effects

    This one. Yes, 1590bb. It works, haven't compared it to a real one but I've heard the original described along the lines of "adding a bit if ampeg type grit". Does that, works as a preamp when used with a slave, or an effect when used in front of a bass amp.
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    DIY Effects

    Just found this thread. I posted elsewhere that I've cloned the sansamp bass driver and have a couple of spare boards, anyone want one? £0
  5. 2006 Picasso did it for me, rear seats come out and it turns into an Escort van (virtually)
  6. I put a 3015lf in a 70 litre box and haven't killed it yet with a 400W amp. I added a 4th order 30Hz hpf when I noticed how much palm muting made the cone move. I can't remember the port tuning frequency but I can check if anyone wants to know.
  7. I'm very sceptical about that, maybe if the neck was made of plasticine...
  8. I think an earlier comment referenced that tilt screw, and the users who neglected to slacken the bolts before tweaking it. My 70s P boasted a shim, and like you say it wasn't a tapered wedge, just a lump at the end of the pocket. There was about half a metric inch space between the edges of the heel and the pocket, another key indicator of Quality.
  9. Speaking as the op, I did measure them with mitutoyu vernier calipers and they definitely weren't tapered. The seller refunded me without requesting I return them.
  10. Ah well, we're in different leagues. The Sunday League post punk noisers I play with get what we're given, and enjoy the sound and smell of dying loudspeakers.
  11. Thomann delivered... So which ones first! Edit: the Lo Riders on the Jazz. Highly delightful fingerstyle (predictive texts insists on finger Tyler there, whoever he is) and super aggressive with a pick. But this is all about longevity, let's see what they're like after a bit of abuse.
  12. Bob Got It Right First Time 😊
  13. What a likeable engineer. So that relatively small reservoir capacitance wasn't just cheapskating.
  14. Thanks Ruarl. That makes sense, but rail sticking is generally something you'd be very careful not to allow, early in the design...as crucial as preventing overheating really. I suspect a lot of power amp stages in bass amps are just lifted from existing amps. The Trace mosfet is almost exactly the Hitachi design note (and a DIY project offered by Maplin), bloody good one though. The one I built could not be destroyed with conventional weapons. The GK does seem quite unusual. I'll ask my geekmates what they make of it.
  15. It's 100% agreed here that there's nothing to be gained by micing the port. So I guarantee that sometime soon, some "renegade" producer is going to be questioned about how he gets his awesome bass sound and he says: -they said it couldn't be done, but rules are just there to be broken.... I'm going to have to try it now 😀
  16. How's it going Beedie Boy, still a Jazz or have you swung back to P?
  17. bremen

    Tone sock

    Flea's sock had a schlong in it, and he got a great tone.
  18. Speaking as a qualified Pat test engineer (pat test as in pin number), I suggest you do this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/125336892037?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=coHYpnN-SeO&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=hNc7PDPYRJi&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY and if you're feeling saucy ask to see the venue's most recent installation inspection certificate 😉
  19. Curious as an endangered cat, I had a look at the schematic in search of clues. First glance it looks not unusual but look at the power amp input stage: I have no idea what's going on there, never seen anything like it. And it's got half the reservoir capacitance you usually see for that power of amp (and only the usual rail voltage) Has it a very big power transformer? There's some magic going on there... It's not classA, by the way, class AB. Class A amps are hilariously inefficient; an amp stuffing 200w into a speaker would burn 2kW in heat. Get me, what a geek. Sorry. Been up to my ears in solder fumes all day and it's done something to my brain...
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