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[quote name='Ross' post='1222195' date='May 6 2011, 01:40 PM']Next thought of cider drinker engineering, pliers in a vice, use the vice to put additional force on them and hope they don't snap.[/quote] Apart from impact speed, I think that'll be no different from hitting it with a bolster chisel - the metal will just spread in the direction that force isn't applied to it. If using a different string type isn't an option, I reckon the best bet would be to very gently widen the hole with a dremel type tool and an appropriate sized drill bit - you should be safe to remove a mm without any adverse effect.

[quote name='JTUK' post='1222002' date='May 6 2011, 10:16 AM']If you can't get a 4x10 up stairs, the 1x15 will not be much better THe 210XLT would be my choice.[/quote] +1 My 1x15 is near enough the same size as my 4x10.

[quote name='Ross' post='1222046' date='May 6 2011, 10:55 AM']If you know what you're doing and have the proper tools for the job. My next thought would be to use a mallet and blunt masonry chisel with as little force as you can get away with to compress the string in at the end.[/quote] I suspect that as you hit one side of the string to compress it, it'll just spread in the opposite direction.

[quote name='Ian Savage' post='1222039' date='May 6 2011, 10:45 AM']Right, potentially daft question - if one is engineering a four ohm two-way speaker enclosure, the main driver needs to be four ohms regardless of the tweeter/crossover employed, right?[/quote] Yep

Hmmm.... well paid and local. Why not just go in with the slightly mercenary attitude that you're only deping for the one gig and see where it leads from there?

[quote name='lojo' post='1221206' date='May 5 2011, 04:13 PM']Most likely everything I use, play or wear So that makes it cool then [/quote] Hallelujah to that! A sophisticated meal involves scampi in a basket instead of on a plate. Hair products are for women. Washing up liquid should be green. Water is a moisturiser. Clothing that relies on a designer label to sell is going to be either inpractical or fall apart after two washes.

Bowable instruments have a pronounced radius to the neck to allow individual strings to be bowed - the radius on most bass guitars is going to be too shallow to allow this.

[quote name='DaveB' post='1219982' date='May 4 2011, 03:46 PM']OK here we can see the outside crack, sorry best photo I can get as I don't have my macro lens to hand. I was thinking of trying to find or make a metal plate that the jack socket is suspended on or when I change the electrics make one of the tone pots a stackable and then using one of those holes for a jack input [/quote] That doesn't look like it should stop the socket from tightening up. One thing that's just occured to me is that some of the wear in that area is going to be because the socket is rigid and takes the full brunt of any stress caused by the lead pulling. How about getting a tap washer and sliding that onto the socket before tightening up the nut? As long as you have a metal washer between the tap washer and the nut you should be able to get that nice and tight but still leave a little 'play' to prevent it from loosening?

Right, first thing to do is take a deep breath because it might not be as bad as you think. Those barrel sockets aren't the best thing in the world, but they are used quite succesfully on hundreds of production guitars. Replacing it with a skeleton type jack is going to mean hacking the woodwork of the bass about. If the socket is damaged then there is every chance that it will render the rest of your electrics unreliable or dead. The brand escapes me right now (someone will jump in here with the name I'm sure), but there are reported issues with a brand of cable that has a misshapen tip - it bends the socket contacts further back than they were intended to go - that could be a reason for your repeated failures. I reckon that replacing that barrel socket for a new one will probably fix the electrics problems and be the quickest, cheapest and easiest fix - especially for a bass that you're only going to sell on in a years time when you get your Roscoe .

[quote name='chaypup' post='1219812' date='May 4 2011, 01:09 PM']....and look at these Fernandes'! [url="http://www.oldguitar.jp/catalog/fernandes/Fernandes_Burny_70%27s_0015.jpg"]http://www.oldguitar.jp/catalog/fernandes/...70%27s_0015.jpg[/url][/quote] Cor. That's a blast from the past - I used to sell loads of those but had forgotten all about them!

[quote name='son of frog' post='1219726' date='May 4 2011, 12:18 PM']thats pretty useful But it seems only if you play Acoustic Guitar, I can't see anything but acoustics on that site... [/quote] There are a few electrics on there but you have to dig around for them - BC Rich and Daion for example.

[quote name='Mikethebass' post='1219509' date='May 4 2011, 08:44 AM']Hello wise bass chatters![/quote] You sure you didn't want the room next door? I'm currently using a Peavey Tour 750, as others have said - they're heavy and virtually indestructible. Tone is a pretty subjective thing, but I'm happy with it's performance. Prior to that I was using a Hartke 3000 - a little lighter than the Peavey but suffered from some pretty poor soldering, in fairness it was easy to put right and it worked faultlessly ever since (I still have it as a backup amp). The only reason I moved away from Hartke to Peavey was that they went hybrid and I'm not a fan of valves.

[quote name='son of frog' post='1219262' date='May 3 2011, 10:10 PM']If you buy an Ibanez usually youre instantly seen as a Metalhead, [/quote] Oh lordy, I'm gonna have to grow my hair again then...

[quote name='dood' post='1219276' date='May 3 2011, 10:19 PM']Well, that's my prog metal reputation down the swanee![/quote] Don't worry, you're bound to have plenty of others to play with...

[quote name='roonjuice' post='1219375' date='May 3 2011, 11:52 PM']Will do cheers! If the pot has gone, do you know what type i should replace it with?[/quote] It's usually a 250KΩ Log pot. The dead pot will have a value stamped on it somewhere.

Ah - this is where being a trainee oldie comes in handy... I have a Daion 12 string acoustic that I picked up SH back in my music shop days. They were built in the Matsumoku factory back in the 80's but never really took off - I'm guessing the Westone's and Aria's obliterated the brand before it really had a chance to get hold. I don't remember there being a major UK distributor (certainly not one of the big names like Arbiter, FCN or Rose Morris), so they are few and far between over here. They are probably worth a small fortune these days in the right market - I had my 12 valued and it was the best part of £800 20 years ago!

£375 UK pounds is 18687.35 Thai Baht. Looking on the internet, it seems that 7000 baht a month is considered a good wage. I find it unlikely that someone has forgotten to cash a cheque equivalent to 2.5 months wages... I certainly wouldn't!

[quote name='herman' post='1217733' date='May 2 2011, 04:52 PM']im running an ampeg svt 450h head, 2x10 + 1x18 svt cabs, the master volume is set at 3 0`clock, but when i turn the gain towards 11 0`clock the green limit light flickers, am i harming the speakers? there is also a red `peak` light next to the gain control, would that be bad news if the `peak` light come on?[/quote] The limit LED comes on when the amp is beginning to distort and shows that the limiter circuitry is protecting the amp. The peak LED shows when the input to the amplifier is too high - there's a little 'PAD' button next to the input socket, switching that on will reduce the input level. More detailed information is in the user manual available [url="http://www.ampeg.com/pdf/SVT450H.pdf"]here[/url]. HTH

[quote name='alyctes' post='1216166' date='Apr 30 2011, 10:18 PM']Can anyone point me to a wiring diagram for a Cirrus BXP, please? Mine is eating batteries, and I've heard interesting stories about some of them coming from the factory miswired, so I'm reluctant to just accept that it's correct as it is.[/quote] There doesn't seem to be one on the web. The guys at the Peavey Service Centre are really helpful and should be able to sort something out for you though: Service Dpt - Peavey Electronics Great Folds Road Oakley Hay Corby Northamptonshire NN18 9ET Phone: 01536 461234 Fax: 01536 747222 e-mail: [email protected]

[quote name='Shaggy' post='1215967' date='Apr 30 2011, 05:19 PM']I read somewhere that a violin "peaks" at around 100 years old[/quote] I have a 120 year old Scottish fiddle. Unfortunately my 'peak' as a fiddle player is likely to take 100 years as well...

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='1215735' date='Apr 30 2011, 12:37 PM']Just don't ask to see round the back. [/quote] I think I can probably resist the urge...

[quote name='chris_b' post='1215733' date='Apr 30 2011, 12:36 PM']I know a furniture maker and he is regularly asked to "distress" the tables and chairs etc to make them look older.[/quote] Yep, I hadn't thought of that one but isn't that more of a treatment to keep decor uniform and 'in keeping'?

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='1215725' date='Apr 30 2011, 12:30 PM']Do people still buy ripped jeans? I know mine usually have wee marks[/quote]

[quote name='RhysP' post='1215722' date='Apr 30 2011, 12:30 PM']People buy brand new jeans with holes & rips in them. They're f***ing stupid as well. [/quote] Bleedin' heck! - do they still make those?

[quote name='Johnston' post='1215719' date='Apr 30 2011, 12:27 PM']Last I looked at some Beetle sites they were taking angle grinders to fresh paint [/quote] Oh. That'll be Ringo getting bored again...