LawrenceH

I have an old Ashdown Electric Blue 12-150 that I no longer need, that just happens to be located in Edinburgh. Great for smaller gigs. But. I don't think it weighs anything less than the TC rs212. Given that you've got the head already in all honesty a single 10 or 12" cab would probably be a better option, that Eden doesn't look bad at all but building one is the way forward. The choice for super-light 1x10" cabs is surprisingly limited. I've got some poplar ply on the way for this exact purpose...

[quote name='Ou7shined' timestamp='1318855316' post='1406881'] What's the spec? I've been looking at 10's lately and have it on very good authority that the Eminence Deltalite II 2510's are very good. [/quote] The deltalites in a small box have quite a hump around 100Hz so useful for a bit of weight to the sound, though they can't take much 'real' bass. Bloody expensive now though, I got mine for £80-ish each IIRC, now the neo price hike has them upwarsd of £120! You can still get celestion neos cheap from some suppliers so they'd be a good 'budget' option. I'm sure someone will be along to chip in about box tuning etc etc but really with these small cabs they're mostly much of a muchness in that regard. If you don't mind the added weight Fane do a decent 10" I think

The mexi reissues have them but, funnily enough, don't have the large route around the pickup/control cavity. I filled the hole in mine when I refinished. Oh yeah, there's probably a matching hole in the neck pocket.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1318771565' post='1405979'] What about a collage of loads of famous Ray players on the back, Louis Johnson, Bernard edwards, Flea etc etc under the laquer but just a normal finish from the front? 'The homage Ray' [/quote] The faces of a load of famous Ray playing dudes rubbing against your crotch as you groove? That's definitely a 'hom-something Ray'...I say go for it!

I really dislike what I've heard of the voicing of the TC 450 head. I wonder how much their compression contributes to (my) perceived low-mid heavy tone, it could definitely contribute to what I hear as a sluggishness to the sound.

[quote name='Kevin Dean' timestamp='1318551087' post='1403765'] I use the MB121h & I use a peavey XR1212 for the bands PA ,this has a Sub out this means that any signal below 100KHZ going into the PA can be sent to a powered sub .I,m thinking of putting this signal through my amp as well as my bass . Good Idea or not ? Thank you [/quote] You mean the Markbass unit? I guess you'd need an additional mixer with DI to do this? Unless you play an active bass in which case you could get away with skipping the DI. But it really depends what kind of PA speakers you've got, what other signal there is in the mix below 100Hz and how loud you expect it to be. The MB kit is good but it's not magic and can't reproduce real sub frequencies at high volume without suffering - it's only 350 watts or thereabouts into a 1x12. I have used a bass rig to reinforce the kick drum for small/medium pub-type gigs before and it worked well and it integrates really nicely with the bass guitar, but dedicated PA subs are a very different beast to bass combos. Unless you already have the equipment to experiment with this I wouldn't bother, it could cause more problems than it solves.

[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1318455878' post='1402563'] I can play a power cord! [/quote] On your base guitar?

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1318445073' post='1402319'] D'you mean the kick drum? [/quote] Useful for sound engineers confronted with the typical rock line up. B is for bass, so we needed another letter for the bass drum...

T cut works ok but you can take off too much if you're not careful IME. Unless you're used to spraying nitro and have got it thin enough then you need to leave it a long while to dry before polishing (weeks)

Keep misreading this as 'Could you be the worst looking bassist in the world?' What about the most beautiful person playing the worst looking bass? (Yeah I know, the other way round is a lot easier, but a lot meaner) Who's got the biggest contrast between their own gorgeousness and the hideous malformities of their instrument (bass, stop sniggering at the back there)?

[quote name='gamester4520503' timestamp='1318342442' post='1400847'] Thanks again Dave. Just about to order crossover components - aiming for a crossover frequency of about 1200Hz with a couple of second orders. The wood has been cut to size, just need to get everything fitted. Can anyone recommend a good place to get speakers from? The LA6 CBMR is about £50 online, just want to see what other options are out there. [/quote] Lean Business are normally pretty competitive, and fast in my experience. They've got the LA6 at £45, dunno about shipping though. http://www.lean-business.co.uk/eshop/eminence-la6-cbmr-8ohm-6-150watt-mid-range-speaker-p-754.html

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1318276260' post='1400047'] ... because he's brilliant and out of tune. [/quote] He probably is brilliant to be fair...but for me he's in a box with Dylan, Springsteen and assorted others who I will never, ever enjoy listening to no matter how hard I try. Different strokes. Plenty of great jazz with rather sketchily intonated double bass. But on fretted electric, you can always add a bit more 'vibe' just bending the note. There you go, problem solved. Until the engineer autotunes it out again.

[quote name='bigjohn' timestamp='1318269738' post='1399930'] Go listen to some Woody Guthrie. [/quote] Ugh, why on earth would you want to do that? Digital tuners are great. Players with cloth ears aren't. Now AUTOtune, that's a whole different kettle of tuna, that has definitely contributed to a sterilisation of pop music IMO.

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1318103532' post='1398205'] I might do it tomorrow. I would like to record the before/after samples (will leave the not very new strings on, for now) and when that happens I will post them here. [/quote] That'll be dead handy - far more so with older strings, get a much better idea of what the pickups, as opposed to new strings, do for an instrument IMO.

[quote name='notable9' timestamp='1318067155' post='1397720'] And I may even de-relic the thing one day...we'll see. [/quote] Haha, genius!

[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1318032360' post='1397558'] why is there no music like this any more..????????!!!!!!!! [/quote] Because D'Angelo lost the plot in about 2001? (Sadly!)

Surely if there is a difference at all, in any one case it's going to be dependent on the type of bridge - high mass or not, how much it changes the break angle on the string. I guess it could change the compliance a bit. The bridge saddles forming the pivot point are still anchored in the bridge either way though. Be very interested in the results if you do give it a go.

I'm a bit puzzled as to whether the problem is occurring at the nut or the bridge. But if at the nut, then likely either it has been restrung with the tuner windings pushing the open string in the wrong direction (up the tuning peg rather than down), the nut slot hasn't been properly cut or you're using too thick a string guage for the nut which is preventing the string sitting down as it should.

You people must have much better monitoring than me at your gigs! B***ered if I can hear what note I'm on half the time - at darker gigs in the past I've had to try and work my way up the bumps from the open strings!

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1317305521' post='1389295'] Ah, Thomann's customer service delivered, once again. It seems ParcelForce was teh company at my end, not DHL as in teh past (?) and the driver left it with my next door neighbour. They gave me his name. I just had not had the chance to ask him yet. Ok, so all good... I'll be able to pick up the pickups tonight or tomorrow, and this weekend I have work to do on this Jazz [/quote] Can I ask, have you managed to fit these yet? Very interested to hear how you get on with them

What Lozz and Jimmy said, choose a mic to fit the voice (and the situation). SM58s are great but it can be a total PITA mixing a backing vocal prone to sounding nasal through a SM58. Better with a 57, remember that presence peak in the 58 is there to sit the voice above the mix which isn't necessarily what you want with backing (esp if the lead is also using a 58!). The Shure betas are nice mics. The Sennies are ok but I think they can sound thin/harsh on similar types of voice to those that don't suit 58s well. I always liked using condensers/back electrets (Shure 87s, AKG C1000s) but you have to adapt your thinking about mixing slightly, e.g. a lot of people struggle with HF feedback on these not realising just how much more HF you can roll off on these, without it impacting significantly on the vocal clarity compared to what you'd get with a dynamic. Oh yeah, and stands K&M all the way or super cheap studiospares ones used to be ok.

[quote name='shippo' timestamp='1317737419' post='1393910'] Hey all Ive got a 35 year old fender precision that Ive been trying to clean the grime off all day and I'm getting no where fast with soapy water, a cloth and a light scourer pad sponge, or furniture polish. There is YEARS of dried on sweat all over it which is really unpleasant (mine and no doubt previous owners that I havnt wiped off properly ever) Any suggestions on what I can use on the body that isnt going to effect the finish of the guitar? Ta! [/quote] Something like isopropanol (electrical contact cleaner) is a great solvent but you want to be sure it's an inert poly finish and not nitrocellulose which is more reactive with organic solvents. A '75 P could have either. Similarly white spirit isn't bad (or acetone, but this will dissolve nitro pretty fast). If there is wear down to the bare wood then you might need to sand and refinish, this would typically be more of an issue on maple necks rather than bodies though. T cut is an abrasive and again will eat through a thin nitro layer pretty quickly,though a good cutting paste carefully applied should work pretty well.

Obvious but perhaps worth pointing out, if you reshape the horns (particularly the upper) you will alter the balance of the instrument on the strap unless you make compensatory alterations elsewhere. Shortening the top horn will tend towards neck-dive.

Unlined fretless playing is far too dependent on the quality of the stage sound to be feasible in many live situations - bad enough with fretted bass in some cases! I find it quite funny that all the responses have tried to change the OPs opinion rather than answer the question. My guess at a price btw is around £150 - £200 but hopefully someone'll be along with a more accurate estimate