Minininjarob

As a relatively new player I copied what I saw and got a nice quality strap and some strap buttons. I play at home and rehearsal studios and I move around a bit but I’m not crazy. My bass fell off its strap even with the buttons/washers on (and I do check it often). Thankfully no damage. Next day bought some Schaller (sp) strap locks cos it’s not worth the damage to my instrument for the sake of £20 or so. Proper mechanical connection , feels super secure. You guys and gals must be standing like our great leader Mr Entwhistle to make the buttons/washers work.

Still a bit much, I’m looking at that for the whole rig.

I see you have one for sale….. 😀

Thanks for the heads up but that’s too much for me I’m afraid.

Thanks that’s good to know. Is there just one version?

Hi everyone. I’ve been looking round at heads and really interested in an ABM as it has a valve preamp. I can’t afford a full valve amp but want some of that creamy slightly broken up valve tone - will I get that with an ABM? The older ones seem to be reasonably priced second hand and from all reports tend to be super reliable with good advice from Ashdown if needed which is a real plus for me. Weight isn’t an issue for me. Are there any models to avoid or look out or any common problems to be aware of? I pretty good with electronics and could do some fault testing and replacement of valves and some components but would prefer one that works well to start off with of course!

Thanks that sounds exactly what I need. I’ll take a look.

Wasn’t sure where to put this, mods please move if you need to and accept my apologies. I would like, via a footswitch/pedal, to be able to switch between the output to my amp and a set of headphones, so I can turn my output off to keep noise down but still hear myself through the headphones. I don’t want the sound in the headphones otherwise. I have a boss Tu3 at the start of my pedal chain but I would want to hear the output post effects. Is there a pedal that can do this, or maybe a combo of a couple of things? This would be perfect for practice or in the church setting I may be playing in.

I prefer to use a hardwood they are easier to work with.

Thanks but its not as good in real life but I had to rush to make it.

I was taking the same. I could make a reverse one to fit on top of the cabinet to hold the head BUT it would suffer from vibration issues and it would have to be carefully made to suit both the cab and the head. If it’s a small class D head it’s probably be better to just Velcro it to the top of the cab.

If anyone else wants one I can make another, just message me and I’ll see what I can do. It’d be a fun project. Material cost/bit of money for my time/postage would be the cost. Wouldn’t be much though. .

I will weigh mine, hang on. EDIT - 1350g. It’s not as big as that Gator one though.

I can maybe make one for others if they want one. The standard of this one wasn’t my best work, I wanted to make it out of oak but my normal wood shop has stopped sells shorter lengths so I just got some basic wood from Wickes. I only had a day to make it while I was WFH in my lunchtime!!!

I honestly hadn’t seen that - it wouldn’t work with my amp anyway as the stand is too shallow. Looks a bit naff too IMHO

Thanks very much that’s very kind of you to say.

I don’t think it affected the sound, more it pointed it the right way, but it did sound great to be honest. Was rock solid too.