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So, with the missing knob arrived, final finished pics As always, thanks for the fantastic support and tips and tricks you have all generously given along the way

You should like Rick Wakeman for this alone ......

In the end, it's your choice whether you have a car or not, and it's the band's choice whether they are willing to take on a member who doesn't drive. For some bands, that won't matter, for others it will be a deal breaker.

Back in the early '70's, I played in my first band. We had a set list of 28 songs, 18 of which were Wishbone Ash numbers. It would be fair to say that we were a Wishbone tribute band. Anyhow, we split up around 1978 and having not seen some of the guys for 40 years, we're having a reunion jam in Glasgow on 3rd February. Last night, I contacted Tim Brown, the drummer with Martin Turner plays the music of Wishbone Ash, ( A legal complication with the name) to find out what strings he uses on his Thunderbird. Tim was kind enough to get back to me this morning with the info I required. I just want to give Tim a big up for being a thoroughly nice chap and a great drummer.

Try these guys. They recovered my bassman and did a really great job. They could build you one http://www.zillacabs.com/

I'm lovin' the Aria. If you score any Matsumoku made bass in excellent condition as you have, you really can't go wrong.

I would say that the only responsibility the house band has is to hand you an instrument that is in tune. That's not cast in stone either. I'd love to agree with you though. I've done an Open Mic where I've been caught out by an insistence that I play the house bass despite having my own with me. I was stood in the wrong spot for the monitor too because the cable was short and routed badly. I was more crap than usual because of it so I get your point. Next time I went to that pub it was with @PaulWarningand Wendy as their guest. I suppose because we appeared as a trio for the first few numbers I didn't get pressed into using the house bass. I was still rubbish but I felt much more capable and probably sounded a bit better too. When I came away I revised my ideas about these sorts of sessions. Like yourself, I will always want to play my own bass but I am ready to go regardless. Getting asked to step up when you aren't ready is also something I have experienced. It didn't go very well but it won me the notoriety of a short piece of video on twitter when someone kindly clipped out a relatively botch-free part of my meagre effort. I did have my own bass for that but I could just as easily been handed the house bass. My point is that you can't predict what you'll be given but you are expected to make do. I see it as a necessary part of my development on my way to becoming a well-rounded player to meet these circumstance and cope. 'standard set-up' - what is that anyway? We had a thread a while ago where BC members compared action at the 12 fret. I'm still trying to pick the bones out of that one. Oh yes, OT; my housemate gave me a lift to the local OMs and I got a taxi home each time. @Len_derby was kind enough to invite me and give me a lift to the other OM out of town. Last year was the busiest bass year I've had. That's not saying a lot by average standards but it is a booster for my timid ego. This year I aim to build on it. No car though. Wish me luck.

Art is not the artist. go back 100 years and it’s likely every piece of art was made by a racist. Another few and you’ll find slavers.

I've got a Korean Spector - love it - easily as good as the Euro LX 4 and 5 I had around the same time - glad you're enjoying it as much as I knew you would. I've been looking for one of those Arias with a broken headstock so I can have a headless system installed - if you decide to smash it up, let me know.

It was my intention to buy it off you after you’d realised it didn’t track low enough. My cunning plot was foiled when you cancelled your order!

They are not. I don't suppose they expected anyone to email Eminence for the driver specs. Still, at least the OP should have a better handle on what's happening. I'd say a good quality 4x10 would make a big difference - in 4 ohms if he is sure he only wants one cab.

Two iconic basses. I've owned Korean Spectors and they're superb. Well done.

I'm with Q on this one - not seen / heard anything so far that makes me think: 'yup, that is going to be amazing in a band mix'. Definitely glad I backed out of getting one new at the end of last year, due to slow supplies! I'll maybe pick it up third hand after Cameron's bought it off Mr Gisser in Cam's 2018 Black Friday sale...

It's unreasonable... to YOU. But not them, clearly. I know where you're coming from, 'though. You sound like a person who will be at the required place at the required time, regardless how you have to get there. But for a band who doesn't know you well, that attitude is an unknown quantity. It's a risk. Words are just words. I know people that I know I can absolutely rely on, and will never let me down. But I also know people who are lovely, yet I wonder how they managed to tie their laces in the morning... and the first time you meet both types, they seem almost identical and they all talk the talk. Some people may be more trusting than others. Some people may have been burnt before and avoid certain situations at all costs... It's nothing to do with fairness really.

Two beautiful basses. The Spector is particularly stunning - would love one of those.

Afternoon all! I've just acquired this rather lovely but 'pre-ampless' Sei Headless 6 string, looks like it' going to be an awesome bass once up and running... What's the opinion of which pre-amp would be a good addition to this beast? I'm currently thinking a Noll 3 band but open to suggestions and opinions! Cheers, Russ.

Have a listen to the Peel Session version on youtube, it`s much clearer to work out what exactly is going on.

Yeah Zilla will do the business for you. Their work looks great!

A little from column a) a little from column b).

Congrats on the finished item...Love the top, bet it's even nicer in the flesh. Catch your breath and then get on with the next project - DON'T KEEP US WAITING!!

Nice guy to deal with, trust without any doubt 😃

Hang on, hang on! Brain wave. Behringer XR18 / Midas MR18 is an interface as well as a mixer! ipad/android/pc/mac control. Midas would probably be the nicer out of the two to have if you want to do recording at home as the preamps are a little bit nicer than the standard ones on the Behringer.

Agreed. I read a copy of his auto-biography, Anger is an Energy, last year on holiday and although I'm not totally convinced he'd have a pint and a chat with you like Joe Elliott potentially might, he's clearly an intelligent guy who is true to his convictions, and someone who doesn't take any crap from anyone. But I think he suffers from being widely misunderstood and may not get the respect he deserves - whether you agree with some of the things he says or not.

Yeah, I watched the tv prog about that, looks like the whole band, but particularly John Lydon had a ball doing that. From the footage shown I`d say they enjoyed playing to the kids and having a cake-fight in the afternoon much more than playing to the adults in the evening.

It does make a difference (to me) what type of person they are. I haven't read the Gary Glitter thread but my opinion of Metallica ( the band members) plummeted after watching Some Kind of Monster.

To be honest I always come in late ;-)

Rickenbacker?? Never heard of 'em.

Just been reading Julian Pohler's blog post on bassic.de. He's working on the new version of the Growling Krizzly. Given his recent run of form there'll likely be a CNC milled enclosure if he releases it as a kit (features: BB footprint, screwed-in potentiometers, top mount sockets, adjustable Contour + Freq switch (500 / 800Hz), adjustable presence, + 15dB boost for the jack-out, permanently active DI - see it here: https://www.bassic.de/threads/lazarus-bastel-blog.14857964/page-26 ). I'd be interested in building one of these myself!

I know what you meant and I made my point probably a bit too harshly. What I should have said was "you can still be reliable with public transport." 😊 That situation was very disappointing. Let's face it, we've all been rejected from bands due to ability (not enough or too much), style, image or whatever, but when you nail the audition and then get thrown out for "non-musical" reasons like not having a car when no mention of how much of an essential criteria that this allegedly was it really grates.

AxesrUs have them. https://www.axesrus.co.uk/Electronics-Pots-s/1951.htm

Having a car doesn't trump musical aptitude or skills, but it does trump not having a car. As said above, it's purely a practical consideration.

Yes. Edge diffraction is eliminated. As is cancellation reflection from the wall behind the monitor. Acoustical loading is increased so the monitor doesn’t have to work as hard at lower frequencies. There’s good reason why every professional mixing studio uses soffit mounting for its main monitors

Tuning the cab to that frequency means the cabinet starts to resonate and produce air movement (sound) through the port. This creates pressure on the back of the cone and damps down it's movement so effectively the port takes over making the sound from the speaker. How the cone moves is controlled by the design of the speaker, the volume of the cab and the tuning. The trick is to balance up the speaker, cab size and tuning so the sound stays the same all the way down and all WinISD and the other programs do is to do the balancing act calculations for you. So, as the speaker starts to lose output the port takes over and adds in a bit more sound, ideally just enough to keep the sound level the same but lets you go deeper.

One of the gen1 Compacts was in the GTG cab shootout that we did a few years ago and to my ears it sounded as good as any other cab there. I haven't gigged one though. For the last couple of years I've been using 2 Super Compacts and I have played both on nearly every gig. IMO they just sound bigger and better, even with the volume turned down. Now I'm also trying out a Three10 (Two10 and a One10) on some of the smaller gigs. So far these are making a great sound together.

My father claimed to have sold him drugs, (great romanticist was daddy), one of his many tales, along with being spat on by the stones in Chelsea somewhere.

Going for a single 4 ohm Cab is a bit limiting. Go for two 8 ohm cabs in parallel.

Well it may be worth considering a K-Series 410 & 210, if within budget. Each cab will get the same amount of power which in theory can be a bad thing, but I`ve done this with a good few makes now (Ampeg, Marshall, currently with Ashdown) and it`s worked very well. The addition of that extra two 10s going is very nice, as as well as getting full power from your amp - unlikely you`ll ever need that tho, I would have thought - you are adding another 50% of coneage, plus raising it higher so you hear yourself better. And then for rehearsals you only need to take the 410 along, so it makes life a little easier not having to lug two cabs about all the time. I`ve found in larger venues that the more speaker cones plus the higher up they`ve been the easier it`s been to hear the bass well.

Or a MIM Wal...?

@Al Krow does Mrs Krow know you are considering an acquisition or a DOWNGRADE trade....?

Of course this guy is an idiot. I hope he doesn't buy anything made in China. To do so would be to support a nasty, vicious, totalitarian state the crushes personal freedom under foot.

I cant get past the looking at it stage