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Some of mine are with white plumbers tape - they've been stable for at least 10 years. No headstock cracks or anything.

The secret with that is to put slightly more on than you think as it compresses a little when pushed into the hole.

1 minute ago, jezzaboy said:

Having owned multiple tone shaping di`s over the years, I actually prefer the Behringer to the Sansamp. Cheap as chips and sounds good for what I want it to do. 

Caline make a copy of the V1 BDDI as well.

To my old ears I think the Caline is slightly less scooped. I still have both though!

16 hours ago, paulmcnamara said:

It can mean that someone can get a professionally designed and built board for well below the original cost.

Most of them are not professionally designed or built.

TBH most "professionally built" boards have normally available pedals and power supply and a common board type and the only bespoke thing about them is the patch cables that have been cut to size accurately.

Of all the things in music that might need professional assistance, assembling a pedal board is very low on the list.

I’ve used tape for years without any trouble. 

It’s laziness.

HX Stomp for me.

EBMM Stingray is 17.5mm bridge spacing.

Ibanez SR basses are 16.5mm

Host rehearsal at your house.

For gigging though, the only people I know who have managed it have lived where public transport has been good enough to get home after a gig, and there’s not much of that outside of London.

3 hours ago, Woodinblack said:

Should be good as the string spacing is meticulously adjusted making it easy to press the strings!

 

Or as always when you see a page layout like that, you could just then go to aliexpress and find the same thing for £200

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007340673672.html

 

 

That's more like it!

Please, someone hide my wallet!

On 11/09/2025 at 10:19, bass_dinger said:

First hearing, apparently. 

 

Perhaps others on basschat will be better able to explain what this means? 

As one of the offences can carry a significant prison term the Magistrates can't deal with it.

So it's probably been kicked up to the Crown Court for a full jury trial.

With the gross underfunding of the CJS I would expect that to take place no earlier than 2027.

Everybody on this forum who has been scammed by him should send all the info to Leicester Plod and the CPS right now, before the next hearing.

I think I might need to investigate darker torts.

Great - another thread that will cost me money. Thanks a bunch!

I am surprised as normally I hate tort, but the darker one is rather nice on that bass.

Still not as good the black one of course, but still nice.

I've used roundcores on that type of bass.

I found the secret with a headless and round cores is to put a Z bend in the string after it has gone through the head string clamp - but before it is actually clamped.

Just a hard left and right bend is enough to stop it unravelling and then clamp it. Doesn't have to be a long Z - just do the bends as close to each other as you can with pliers. That gives the wrap something to bind on.

When cutting the excess off leave the Z bend alone so it's always there. With the effect of the Z and the clamp you can even then take the strings off and put them on again later without them unravelling.

A shortie I just discovered

https://akamaguitars.myshopify.com/products/akama-mini-beast-mini-bass-travel-bass-ultra-lightweight-silent-portable-electro-acoustic-bass-high-quality-portable-bass-for-music-lovers?variant=44530846597292

There's only a few seconds of playing in that vid but I like the look of it.

I need to find some more demos.

Just discovered this:

AKAMA MINI BEAST  Mini Bass travel bass - ultra-lightweight silent por – AKAMA_guitars

https://akamaguitars.myshopify.com/products/akama-mini-beast-mini-bass-travel-bass-ultra-lightweight-silent-portable-electro-acoustic-bass-high-quality-portable-bass-for-music-lovers?variant=44530846597292

It's a 24 inch scale. Total bass length only 33 inch.

I like the bass. Nice clean look.

The text is hilarious!

Does it feel a bit like a scalloped board?

ON HOLD

13 hours ago, Bill Fitzmaurice said:

You will, because it puts drivers closer to your ear level. It's one reason why 810s are so popular. 

I mean you won't hear the horizontal dispersion advantage - not that you won't hear the cab.

Lovely! Thank you.

1 hour ago, Geek99 said:

I did not know you were putting those in. 

I'm not - sorry  - thought you were talking about his photo.

Still - on most Telecasters the bridge ground wire has a little ring that is pushed hard into the bridge baseplate by a pickup mounting screw so the wire doesn't need a channel or hole in the wood under the bridge. It's all in the pickup cavity. 

One one hand that's a nice solution.

On the other to swap the bridge pickup the entire bridge has to come off including the ground wire.

1 hour ago, Lozz196 said:

I`ve never tried a stack of 210s vertically, would like to so that I can hear the difference - maybe at the SE Bash we can try this if anyone brings along a pair.

When you are really close you won't hear it.

But back off to mid audience sort of distance and walk across the room and you'll hear the difference.

3 hours ago, Geek99 said:

And the earth wire…

EMG's don't have an earth wire.

Maths is maths and improved horizonal dispersion is the effect of having a vertical array of single cones.

You also get less beaming - you know when you walk in front of a cab and it gets louder and quieter in places - that's because sideways stacked cones are cancelling each other out. 

I'd go vertical for that reason as well as it being closer to your ears.

Obviously if the PA is doing all the work then it doesn't matter as long as you can hear yourself.