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... with Japanese pots and mixed American and Japanese wires, mixed parts pre and post 1969 bridge (longer intonation G string screw at the ... E string), totally wrong knobs, really bad refret job with non Brazilian rosewood fingerboard as it's definitely not that wood (maybe already replaced once), questionable stamped neck plate, possibly warped neck, black screws for the control plate, and certainly more surprises under the pickguard and tuners : AVOID THIS!

I think AliExpress is fine for getting things which are the exact same as what you'd get from Amazon/etc. but much cheaper. However, based on comments in an FB group, that's not precisely the case for copy guitars and the quality and accuracy can be quite variable. There are some sellers who use pics of real ones in their ads, which is not what you're going to get. Also (of course) the £250 Chibson is not a £4000 real one, so it's not like-for-like. Plus, you may find it difficult to sell one on, depending on where you want to offer it. So, a £250 Chibson is ok for a bit of fun, but it then becomes a £150 plank. There are people who put money into upgrades, but it might be better just getting something better (Epi, Vintage, etc.) to start with.

When it comes to the OP, less would be nothing at all. DeOxit has wrecked a lot of gear according to Agedhorse. Less is more is a good maxim.

Yes I recall buying a bass from a guy in the States in 2008, as it was cheaper than buying it from a guy down the road, even with the postage and duty added. The exchange rate was $2 to the pound back then.

Alex at Barefaced wrote a fabulous article on what gives a bass cabinet its bottom end sound. In it he describes that the classic tone that many people like is a bump in the 100Hz region, basically exactly as @Phil Starr has said! https://barefacedaudio.com/pages/what-is-bottom/

OK lower tuning it is, I'll have a look at tunings between 45 and 30 and base the design on that and flattest response. Did you manage to take any internal measuremnts yet?

C@Pow_22 Can you tell me if, on the origin effects pedals, the DI (XLR) out is affected by the volume control on the pedal or if it's a fixed output level? The manual is a little bit ambiguous. Cheers

So this is the excursion of the speakers at 300W. The horizontal red line is where the excursion starts to distort. If the excursion reaches 0.09 (9mm) the speakers will be damaged and eventually stop working. You can see the lowest excursion is at high frequencies and at the tuning frequencies of the ports 30,50 and 60hz in this case. The only tuning that runs into distortion at high power is the green/lower tuning. They all go into damage levels below 40Hz/bottom E at full power but it's a lot lower in the lowest tuning. Even if you are reading this and have no intention of building a cab it's worth knowing that this shaped curve is the same for every ported cab and your bass cab almost certainly can be forced into damage mode at low frequencies!!!! However don't panic. There is almost no fundamental coming out of your bass pickups. they are placed well away from the middle of the string and that reduces deep bass. Most of us don't have amps that go down to 40hz without rolling off either. There isn't any reall evidence of a lot of broken Ampeg VB212's or any other cab of this type. For me this graph shows that any of the tunings will work without issues but it's not a bad reminder of using an HPF if you have one.

Give this a try, best try with some cheap/old strings first but in theory you can use any strings you want:

I'm still thinking to stick with the ampeg sound. All the people that have the rig love it. So there must be something in their cab design that gives the classic sound I've tried the V4B thru a small Mark bass 1x15 and that ampeg sound and grind is there in spades so if their cab enhances the amp, so be it I think

Possibly but the consensus so far is to swerve around

Whole setup for you here OP, make a cheeky offer? https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/3678068185832967/

Thank you. It wants me to become a member and download an app though.

Could just be a refinished neck and new decal added. Quite common

At this point we have a design brief ready and the parameters are loaded into the computer so now it is simply about tweaking the design. I'm looking for a roughly 90l cab for two Eminence Basslite 2012's, the shape will be determined by the needs of the user so now all I have to do is tweak the design and see what I can squeeze out of the cab. I'm starting out by looking at the tuning. I've bracketed my 50Hz tuning in blue with 60hz tuning in red and 30hz tuning in green. I'm quite liking 50Hz tuning. Theres a 2db hump of extra bass at 100Hz which will warm things up a bit and give that old school thump. 60 hz increases the hump to 3db which I would find intrusive and would be hard to tune out. 30Hz tuning gives a flatter response and a slower roll off (but from a higher frequency) but is more like the measured bass response of the 2x12 Ampeg SVT cab. This is down to Martin's taste I think, so the question is: In your face bass warmth, Ampeg like gradual roll off from fairly high up or a compromise somewhere in the middle? Before you choose there's another consideration, how does this load the speaker cones and will this affect power handling?

Good decision but I’m sad for whoever buys it at an inflated price

Totally agree with you, IWYB is a stellar piece of bass writing and playing. I think the problem is he didnt really play on that much that is known, as saxophone was his primary instrument which he played on the Steve McQueen film, Bullit among others.

I subscribed because it was a print, interestingly they said they could not send issue 12 out to me as they didn't have any in stock. However they said that to compensate they have given me access to all back issues so I can read it digitally. I totally agree that if it's online only I will just read free websites. It is such a shame as the overall experience has been really poor, magazines not arriving and continuing to pay each month. I have recouped the money for the issues that I have not received. I have actually ordered the missing issue 12 from another website that sells magazines so hopefully I will have the full print collection. Such a shame

Hi @jery978. Welcome to basschat.co.uk Do have a look at https://www.basschat.co.uk/forum/3-introductions/ and tell us a little about yourself.

I do like a Gibson J200 - I was a big fan of the Reverend Gary Davis who used them for his fingerpicked blues. However, I could never afford the real thing. So, off to Ali Express I go. Strictly browsing....