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    I would spend the money on getting covers for the cabs, a case for the head, spare leads, a gramma pad and a professional set up. God, since when did I get so boring? Truckstop
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    Yamaha are the only brand that makes gold hardware look tasteful and sexy! Bump for a gorgeous bass! Good luck with the sale Truckstop
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    Gigrig Generator provides 5000ma and is proper tidy and looks wick. Truckstop
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    Withdrawn! Truckstop
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    Well, there is a time limit on the deal and when you only have £50 to play with at the end of the month, then £200 is too much to pull together this month! Anyway, last bump before I withdraw it. I still feel really bad that I've put him up for sale anyway Truckstop
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    If I had the cash I'd buy an ATK purely on its own merits. Great sounding basses with a great build quality! The dude that nabs this will be very very happy indeed! Truckstop
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    Monster! If anyone's looking for a good loud gigging rig, this will fit the bill perfectly. Utter bargain! Truckstop
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    [quote name='Cameronj279' timestamp='1338043438' post='1668955'] I've always wanted to play Happy by Mudvayne live. The bassline in that song has always been the epitome of excellence in my opinion but the only band I've been in that was that style were all focusing on playing originals live rather than covers. One day! [/quote] God I love Mudvayne. I listened to Lost and Found the other day and I hated it when it came out but it's actually really good. 'IMN' is a real cracker! But yeah 'Dig' and 'Silenced' would also be good fun! I would love to do some Elbow, My Morning Jacket or NIN but none of my bands have ever really fitted the style one day, when they're classics! Truckstop
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    Yamaha RBXJM1 in turquoise. Fantastic bass in every way and I traded it for a MIM jazz what a cock-end. Truckstop
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    Yeah I've seen a few Letts builds on here before and they've all looked very interesting. I imagine with a very true woody sound. £300 is a great price too! I bet that barely covers costs! Truckstop
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    Dont worry, it's the awesomeness indicator. I'm sure someone will be by with the correct answer in a bit. Truckstop
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    Bought. Truckstop
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    Bump! Truckstop
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    I dont really have a planned set of spares so to speak, I just have a bag of stuff that I've accumulated over the years. Some spare leads of various lengths and jacks; a spare 5-way extension; small first aid kit (ever burnt yourself on a light or soldering iron on a dark stage? Savlon and plasters are amazing!); couple of multi-tools and some allen keys etc. But if my bass breaks, i have a spare and if my amp breaks I have my BDI21. If my effects stop working, it doesnt matter because they're in the effects loop and if one of my cabs dies, then I rig them in parallel to stop that being an issue. You shouldnt really have to repair stuff on stage or in the intermissions. Truckstop
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    Amazing piece of design these. Really attractive with a massive nod to 50's and 60's aesthetics while also managing to be a relevant and modern instrument. Would love to have the readies for one of these! Truckstop
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    [quote name='brensabre79' timestamp='1338015319' post='1668588'] Awesome job mate! It looks the bees knees! If my SWR doesn't sell soon I might follow suit!! Have you found that the sound has changed at all since you put the cover over the port? [/quote] Unfortunately my Eminence Delta has yet to find it's way to me . As well as that, I havent heard this cab for 4 years and even when I do get the speaker, it'll be a different one so the cab will have a completely different character anyway even if I could remember what it sounded like in the first place! The area of the port has been cut by about half. Had I though ahead I probably would have gone out and bought some thinner batons to make the grille with, but I am a very impatient person so I just cracked on with whatever I had to hand! Thank you for the kind comments too! Alex
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    Hello all, Yes, I'm putting this up for sale But don't worry, Im doing it so I can get almost exactly the same bass with the proceeds! So this then, is in my honest opinion, the greatest P style bass you'll find new or used for under £500. Plenty of punch, loads of sustain, great attack, beefy thuddy lows, sparkly highs and all components completely original. Great looks, not too heavy (around 10lbs) and great build quality. Neck is sort of a slimmer P neck/chunkier J neck and ultra comfortable and worn in. This was not a clean example when I bought it and it has been refinished by me (here's a link to the diary, plenty of before and after pictures [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/170079-refinished-my-84-ibanez-blazer/page__p__1586111__hl__blazer__fromsearch__1#entry1586111"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/170079-refinished-my-84-ibanez-blazer/page__p__1586111__hl__blazer__fromsearch__1#entry1586111[/url]). Price is not negotiable and no trades please as it is a fund raiser. Collection from St. Albans is preferred as I have no materials for wrapping and no hardcase to send it in. However, for petrol (around .20p a mile) I'm happy to meet up to 2 hours drive away (so towards bristol way, birmingham, leicester, portsmouth, brighton etc). Cheers Alex
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    You serious about moving on the Roadster? Truckstop
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    Here's my family shot: All the details are in my signature! No pedal boards as it's under construction. I'll be sure to post it up asap though Truckstop
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    So, had some more time available this morning and did the finishing touches. I made a grille for the port and fitted all the hardware. I decided to re-use the hardware I took off at the beginning of the project. Looking at them now, the corners look 'worn' rather than rusty. The screws look 'antique' and I was going to use the orignal Carvin branded handles anyway. Maybe for my next project I'll do everything new? Anyway, for now here's some pictures. Thanks for having a look. I really enjoyed myself and ive learnt loads that I'll take with me for future projects. Maybe I'll find another beat old cab on ebay and get it matching? Might be cool. But then I'd need to get an amp that goes down to 2 ohms And a family shot for good measure! Cheers Truckstop Ps. There will be a matching pedal board build diary up soon too! Need to buy more binding!
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    Ha Ha! Nah, I just dont have any money to go out and do stuff with! Anyway, cheers buddy. Can't wait to get it all finished! Truckstop
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    Well, dont wanna sound glib, but it's easy really. Just source a suitable cab, do a little research (on here) to see what could work and then get it done! And someone with your practical skills I'm sure would do a grand job; much better than mine anyway! I dont understand why cabs are so bloody boring. All black or grey. Snore! Truckstop
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    So having used the grille as a welcome distraction from having to think about tolexing the sides, I then had to actually tackle tolexing the sides. For some reason, the dirty blonde tolexing didnt eally like the adhesive I was using which made it tricky to get it to stick down around the corners so it kept shifting. So I'd make a cut that would work, and then after adjusting it against the binding, I'd find that the cut was in the wrong place. So unfortunately, not happy with this part of the refurb. I think I might start again... Both sides done. See the sh*tty cuts? Not happy with that at all, so will order some more and try again. Happy with the colour scheme though and decided to get some castors put on too. Had them lying around from another project. And that's where I am at the moment. I still need to recover the sides, build a speaker grille for the port and also get some sort of badge to go on the top to finish it off. Also need to source some corners and fit the handles and the jack plate. Ive decided to keep the original Carvin handles and jack plate, mainly because they fit the holes, but also because it's a little tribute to this great cabs past! Updates as they happen (incuding a matching pedal board)! Truckstop
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    Thanks guys! Yeah the plywood really wasnt anything special so not worth saving I didnt think. There's a couple patches of watermarking on the bottom half of the back and sides too which I just could not sand down. I have ordered an Eminence Delta. Forum bods seem to suggest that 400w at 4ohms will be a suitable match for my amp and blurb tells me that it'll work fine with the port size and the internal cab size too. The cab was a 400w at 4ohm jobbie originally anyway. Truckstop
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    Next step is to get the speaker grille made up and do a test fitting to make sure it fits properly. Much like the binding, life would have been much easier if I had bothered to by a staple gun. As it was, I couldnt so I didnt. I used veneer pins bent over to get the grille cloth secured on the frame. Because the grille cloth wouldnt succumb to the old trick of using a heat gun to tighten it over the frame, I could hammer the pins in at an angle to really stretch the cloth and get a decent flat, tight finish. Test: and binding: Nearly there! Truckstop
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