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That's not the preamp schematic. Looks like a radio with small power amp stage. If you can solder, I could help you make a power supply for the preamp.

I had the later version and yes, it made a beautiful fat sound with bass. I have the umbilical and service manual somewhere. It takes 6.3V and 200ishV from the power amplifier, is that something you could provide if I come up with a diagram? If not, it'll get a good price on ebay. Just use the word Mullard and you're away 😄

Isn't there a huge difference in tone between A,E and D,G?

Solve two problems at once - replace the oversized, dated-fontsed covers with unbranded, standard covers!

It's OK, works. The stand is a bit of a chocolate teapot (the iron is very light so the relatively heavy cable pulls it off [stop sniggering at the back]). A handy tool for the gigbag.

What are the Jazz pickups like? Loving the P. Just done a rehearsal with the other band, a horrible electropunk country&metal outfit, and it really fits.

I don't know that he's a troll. I think he's just saying that Fenders are overpriced, Squiers are over-rated and he doesn't like them. Fair enough - opinions are, as Adolf Hitler said, like testicles: everyone's got one.

Of course, the watts rms from an idiot amplifier are even louder than Trace watts...

This. It's an idiot amplifier. Even more reliable source of misinformation than Quora.

What started as an explainer for how to match amps and cabs is now about to become a discussion of quantum electrodynamics...

Don't give up on your tech. If his guitar-mending work dries up, there's every chance he'll retrain as a car mechanic...

You need to use jpegs nowadays

I have Entwistle neodymium pickups in my Precision and just done my first rehearsal with them. They are monstrous. Love them. Dirtier than the quarter pounders they replace. Wasn't all easy though. As others have noted, they are physically very deep- the pole pieces protrude a long way out the back, and some routing was called for. And the ears are bigger than any other P pickup I've met so the pickguard needed modded. Why they chose to depart from a well established standard I have no idea. Must have put a few people off buying a great sounding and very affordable item. The other niggle was: the pole pieces weren't grounded so there was hum pickup, and a LOT of noise if you touch them. Easily fixed by wrapping tinned copper wire round the back, but again this surely must have disappointed some customers. But they do sound fantastic.

You do know that you can buy recone kits, and it's not nearly as difficult a job as you might think. I have 46 year old Tannoys and have reconed more than one of them.

I have a 1984 Japanese Squier like that. Beautiful neck.

I have this tattooed onto my belly.

Got that, yes. But you could also see an amp with saggy rails as an expander with a slow attack; it lets the transient through, but as the small caps discharge it's unable to maintain the rail voltage, so the power drops. Or maybe what happens is the transient gets through unscathed, but the following note is clipped by the falling rail, and the consequent distortion is pleasing to the ear - maybe perceived as louder. Bob Gallien designed this into the GK400.

It might be really nice but unless I see a review from a Basschat comrade I'm not going for it. Next bass I buy will be either a second hand bargain from someone trustworthy here, a cheapo homemade bitsa with pro setup or -and this is favourite- a visit to Jon Shuker. Two or three times the price of a Vintage but I'll be 100% confident it'll be the dog's bollocks.

I'm enjoying this bs-free thread and I'm wary of digressing into subjectivity. But. Conventional wisdom has it that you need a power supply with little sag (eg overrated transformer and caps or regulated smps) for a "solid" (subjectivity alarm) bass. Ask any audiophile/phool. But the renowned GK 400 has tiny reservoir caps and transformer and is much loved for its weighty heft, and for being much louder than it should be for its power. Bob Gallien stated that the sag was deliberate, and a means to this end. Valve amps have saggier supplies and are also generally thought to be "loud". Their clipping behavior is part of this but maybe the sag is important? I wish I still had my V4. Sorry, a bit OT.

My mate Eddy the Lathe could make a beautiful 15 string bridge.

That's for a P with two Alan Entwistle J pickups, maple neck, gloss black, everything else standard. Bit much for me. Could be excellent but it's a bit of a leap in the dark. I'll stick with plan A.

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^^^^ I love that the above exchange is between an old horse and a dead dog. Both speaking wise words though!

I'd keep it as a sealed box. It'll be fine for home use. What have you done with the original driver? Might make an interesting guitar speaker.