Bone Idol

You're too kind... But you're also quite correct!!!... By blending the the two pickup volume controls it transforms the EB0 away from being a 'one trick pony' into quite a versatile bass. Amongst all the stuff that one holds onto over the years, I knew that I had an old Teisco single coil guitar pickup from the 1970's. I used the innards of this pickup and an un-drilled 'Dog Ear P90' pickup cover, together with the original Teisco 100K volume pot that I'd kept and hey-presto... It works... And probably more by luck than judgement, it sounds great! I forgot to photograph my pickup before the installation but here's the exact same thing I found a photo of on the net... I lost my cover years ago, hence the P90 one I bought for about £3... Plus the Telecaster type jack socket & plate... The whole modification cost me less than £15 😃

This is what I call my EB0.5 😀 This may divide opinion but with 2 volumes and a global tone, this modification opens up a whole new world for the EB0 player whilst retaining the original sound by simlpy killing the volume to the 'new' bridge pickup. I also much prefer plugging-in on the body's edge too, which means that any old jack lead will do, rather than trying to find one with a right-angle end in the dark!

I left Brum for Brighton in the Summer of 1985.... Looking at Streetview now, I hardly recognise the place. In my youth it was a tough, run-down industrial city, but that's what gave it its edge.... And trust me on this, it took a lot of guts in 1980 to get on a bus full of hard men from the factorys whilst wearing the outrageous clothes, make-up and hair of a New Romantic... Some nights it was a baptism of fire! What strikes me most is the lack of people in the clean modern city centre photos.... The 'dirty old town' that I remember was always rammed and the older photos bear this out..... But 40 years is an awful long time.

I'll have a look at that thread... I may have to start my own in order to get the right adivice about port sizes etc. as it's quite a perculiar shaped cab in that the sides taper inwards at the top! Rum Runner... Oh yes!... I was a customer for a long while, (late 70's to early 80's) and then went on to work there for the last year of the club's existance... Best job I ever had, not for the money, obviously... But it was like being paid to go out! When it closed I went on to work at Snobs (remember that place?), as it was owned by a different branch of the same family (The Berrows)... Such a disappointment, it was like chalk and cheese compared to the Runner... I didn't stay there very long!... I chose the photo for the profle page as I had to find something 'long & thin' to fit... I didn't realise people could expand the photo 😀

It's only for home use or low level rehearsal/open mic type of thing and it handles that ok, but I agree with you, it's certainly not man enough for a full on loud band.

I think you'd have to have Yoda's ears to hear the difference... 😜

Have been playing since the mid 1970's, mainly guitar & vocals but have always had a bass about the place so that I could occaisionally channel my inner 'Jack Bruce' 😀 or for recording bass lines etc. Just lately I'm getting more and more enjoyment from bass playing, (maybe it's an age thing?) anyway, I'm now looking forward to learning some new skills and making some new dicsoveries along the way. I also love repurposing or reviving old relics (myself included) and have recently messed about with a couple of old 1950's projector speaker cabinets, converting one of them into a bass cab! Now don't shoot me down in flames, I know this won't be an Ampeg killer.... But you have to have a bit of fun along the way! Here's a couple of before and after shots.... The 'before' photo is not my actual cab as I forgot to photograph it in its original condition... And I love its ratty beaten-up condition! It's an on-going process, I'm still undecided whether to go down the 'reflex port' route or not and I may change the grill cloth as this one from the 70's was all I had knocking about at the time when I removed the old extruded aluminium grill that rattled like a snare drum!... But that's a simple thing to do. I'd appreciate your thoughts...