binky_bass Posted July 9, 2007 Author Posted July 9, 2007 yeah, the inlay is pretty "unique" shall we say. bill nichols did the work. hes am anazing inlay artist. literally ANYTHING you want as an inlay he can do. good rates aswell. Quote
d-basser Posted July 9, 2007 Posted July 9, 2007 what rig you gonna be using to handle that frequency range, particularly all the way down to a C#??? Quote
binky_bass Posted July 10, 2007 Author Posted July 10, 2007 at the moment im running tracey bmc cab full range 1000w beast with a tracey pre and poweramp set up. its will handle it fine. im looking to get an accugroove whappo grande cab, 21' speaker at 800w. that'll give me all the head room i need. Quote
beerdragon Posted July 10, 2007 Posted July 10, 2007 [quote name='binky_bass' post='29778' date='Jul 10 2007, 01:37 PM']at the moment im running tracey bmc cab full range 1000w beast with a tracey pre and poweramp set up. its will handle it fine. im looking to get an accugroove whappo grande cab, 21' speaker at 800w. that'll give me all the head room i need.[/quote] Blimey, Exactly when are you joining Disaster area, Quote
ARGH Posted July 11, 2007 Posted July 11, 2007 Oh dude lets get hitched. Fred Bolton is a giant amongst men,that is SUUUUch a tasty ERB. I love Bee's and have done for years. Are you in England? Have you played any Accugroove gear? Whats the report? Quote
alexclaber Posted July 11, 2007 Posted July 11, 2007 [quote name='binky_bass' post='29778' date='Jul 10 2007, 02:37 PM']im looking to get an accugroove whappo grande cab, 21' speaker at 800w. that'll give me all the head room i need.[/quote] Bear in mind that although the Whappo Grande certainly has substantial output in the 40-100Hz region, it gets nowhere near achieving its claimed specs of -3dB @ 22Hz and -6dB @ 19Hz. Here's a graph of claimed response vs actual possible response: [url="http://lowdownlowdown.com/greenboy/MusicImage/AccugroovedWopper2.gif"]http://lowdownlowdown.com/greenboy/MusicIm...ovedWopper2.gif[/url] The 21" cone looks impressive though - and certainly ticks all the right marketing boxes... Alex Quote
kjb Posted July 11, 2007 Posted July 11, 2007 A 10 string...excellent. I'm thinking of experimenting with a 7, probably one of those Bill Dickens basses. Your bass looks fantastic. Quote
EdwardHimself Posted July 12, 2007 Posted July 12, 2007 [quote name='binky_bass' post='29778' date='Jul 10 2007, 02:37 PM']at the moment im running tracey bmc cab full range 1000w beast with a tracey pre and poweramp set up. its will handle it fine. im looking to get an accugroove whappo grande cab, 21' speaker at 800w. that'll give me all the head room i need.[/quote] wow a 21 foot speaker that's like MASSIVE!!! [quote name='alexclaber' post='30383' date='Jul 11 2007, 06:22 PM']Bear in mind that although the Whappo Grande certainly has substantial output in the 40-100Hz region, it gets nowhere near achieving its claimed specs of -3dB @ 22Hz and -6dB @ 19Hz. Here's a graph of claimed response vs actual possible response: [url="http://lowdownlowdown.com/greenboy/MusicImage/AccugroovedWopper2.gif"]http://lowdownlowdown.com/greenboy/MusicIm...ovedWopper2.gif[/url] The 21" cone looks impressive though - and certainly ticks all the right marketing boxes... Alex[/quote] of course not all speakers behave the way a computer program wants them to now do they? Quote
alexclaber Posted July 12, 2007 Posted July 12, 2007 [quote name='EdwardHimself' post='30569' date='Jul 12 2007, 09:12 AM']of course not all speakers behave the way a computer program wants them to now do they?[/quote] Actually yes, they do. You don't have to use a computer to calculate the response but it's a damn sight easier than doing it with pen, paper and slide rule! The theory behind speaker response at low frequencies was clearly establised between the late '50s and early '70s by Thiele and Small and has been repeatedly proven in practice. Furthermore the response plot of the Beyma speaker used by AccuGroove can be found on Beyma's website - which shows it in a much larger cab and thus with more bottom than the undersized AccuGroove cab will allow. Do what you want - it's not my money you're spending. Alex Quote
Toasted Posted July 12, 2007 Posted July 12, 2007 (edited) 100% agreement with Alex from me. Edited July 12, 2007 by Toasted Quote
binky_bass Posted July 25, 2007 Author Posted July 25, 2007 heres a pic of the truss rod cover. the works being done by roger at THG knobs. Man, after 15 months of waiting, yeah 15 MONTHS! i cant wait for this thing to be delivered! Quote
thumb4bob Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 How has your experience been with THG?? Ive been thinking of bgetting something from them for a while Quote
binky_bass Posted July 25, 2007 Author Posted July 25, 2007 I'd recommend him, Rogers a good guy, sends you pics and keeps you updated. The cost isnt too bad either. for 7 custom made and inlayed 1 inch diameter knobs, the truss rod cover (as shown), a set of ten hipshot ultralite tuners and 12 rabbit shaped camphor burl and birdseye tuner buttons it came to about 500 quid. thats quite alot of custom hardware for the money. What would yo be going for? Quote
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