SimonK

RE battery boxes, I've replaced them on both my stingrays (3EQ, 1998 & 2001) with the following which fits perfectly: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/322826391603 RE the jack socket, I think you can get pretty close with standard parts: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265241820441

https://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/products/music-man-jack-for-sting-ray-3eq-old-2eq-and-gtrs-with-on-off-switches-mc244x?srsltid=AfmBOor93KWUEFtGm9gusGAklyBeKPmfOcrrj2MPPuPG4Fnt5OnU14dz

Yes this one: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Barrina-Blacklight-Aluminium-Fluorescent-Halloween/dp/B0CPHSLQTQ/ and poked the lead out through the old speakon input hole. It actually looks a lot cooler than in the pictures but doesn't quite photo so well. You get a neat glow through the tweeter as well. My daughter nabbed the other bar for her bedroom.

Behold - the finished cab drawers (and the other two cabs are very grateful for the speaker donation):

....and that's the project done (decided I could live with the wonky drawers)! Probably make a nice home for random pedals and leads - I'm actually tempted to take it with me to gigs as a way of storing things coz it looks so cool!

...and as it was a rainy afternoon got the drawers done. Not my best piece of woodwork - I may end up re-doing the drawers as while they do work there are a lot of rough edges. Also ended up riveting the bottom and back sections to the sides as screws were not working in the HDF. Also not happy with the lime green paint so have bought some fluorescent tape instead. Now just waiting for the tape and of course the black light to turn up...

..and lots more progress this morning thanks to the black spray paint drying really quickly. Also managed to get the first coat of a fluorescent lime green paint on ready for the black light which I have just ordered, and fitted the runners...

Happy Easter everyone. Had our pro drummer return for a visit at the service this morning. Neither of us could make the practice on Friday so we rocked up and just played - much easier to do when the drummer knows what he's doing! Finished with "Happy Day" which is quite a rocking song.

After cutting out most of the bracing fitted some support for the two drawers to attach and sanded everything down. Now ready to spray!

In which case, as a bass player who occasionally has to play drums, am I now evidence of the missing evolutionary transition species 🙂 ?

I feel we missed out not having a donkey this morning.. mind you I had to cover drums again so maybe that was the next best thing!

Below from the ELF manual. So yes it is using a built-in compressor circuit to reduce the peaks and increase average volume, at least until you've turned the gain up to full where it appears it also has a built in overdrive/distortion. So it seems as well as being an amp and a DI box, it is also a compressor and a distortion pedal all in a tiny box!

I always have both freted and fretless with me on my bi-weekly church gig. I use a Genzler Magellan Pre as it has two pre-shaped EQ curves which makes it nice and easy to dial in, one for the freted and the other for the fretless. A touch of Keeley compression and I'm very happy with my mwah. Thus said if I was only to gig the fretless I would go for a fishman platinum pro EQ as it does everything (EQ, DI, tuner & compression) in one box. The other bass player at church uses one of these and his tone is great (albeit on a five string with frets). Mind you as a Trace Elliot fan I've always been tempted with the Transit B pedal that also does everything, but never actually tried one for myself...

Yes I think that's my experience as well - I had a 4ohm 4x10 for a while but ditched it in favour of having a bunch of 8ohm cabs that I can mix and match at will. For me having a selection of speaker combinations all at 8 ohms is far more useful and convenient.

But that's no reason for a 4 ohm cab - you may as well just have a bunch of 8 ohm cabs and only take one! So what does "work" mean - more headroom?

Was just thinking about this - so what is ever the benefit of having a 4 ohm cab?

Oh that would explain why the chap came back all pissed on a thread and the rest of us reading it couldn't work out what had happened (and yes it was the barefaced cab thread). It's a wild west out there...

Great - thanks - this one little sentence has now completely derailed my plans. OF COURSE this is Trace Elliot so OF COURSE I need to now build in a black light and fluorescent lime green paint - the big question is how to do it... Any ideas would be welcome, but my current thought is to buy two kitchen drawers, mount the two grills onto boards, and then use the grill/board combination as the front of each drawer. I think if I put a spacer between the grill and the board, paint the board lime green, and then mount a black light on the middle support, I will be able to get a green glow through the grills while allowing each drawer to open/close freely without getting tangled...

That's awesome - and for a good cause.

I'd hold out for half that price or less for these - certainly I got an identical 2x10 a few weeks back for £40, and a 1x15 a year or so ago for about the same. Mind you I will vouch for the sound of the combination!

I'd be willing to pay for the cultural experience of playing in a pub/venue like this - although I might want to stipulate at least one dog in attendance, and perhaps a domestic occuring at somepoint during the set?

...err.... nothing to see here thanks to the edit button Funny you said that - I was thinking of ordering some Kawasaki 777 to spray the inside rather than black... apparently that's what they used originally...

Get the right tool for the job and everything happens much quicker! Had to stop because of the neighbours, but tomorrow I will get the last bit of bracing out, then do some surgical cutting to try to get some straight lines again. Then it will be sanding and spray painting to hide the scuffs and cuts in the tolex. I'm keeping the central bit and the tweeter for looks.

I know it's cheap and cheerful but the "normal" setting on an EHX bass big muff works for me - used it over the weekend and was very happy that both dirt was added and the bottom end presence was still there (albeit I only use it on a couple of songs so wouldn't call myself a connoisseur of driven bass sounds). Simon

This thread just emphasises the knotty problem that is monetising music. Only a very few can make money, for the rest of us it is a hobby, and yes while we do need to be alert about others taking advantage, for the most part small venues and pubs are also struggling to survive. As I keep telling my kids, the most likely way to make money in life is to do well at school (in STEM subjects).