tommorichards

Bought a used maxwatt hiwatt b100 15" combo the other day. Good sound, interesting EQ, but theres a crackle when played, like a rustle. Seems to increase when strings are played harder. Seems like a capacitor issue as ive had something similar on a preamp. Im guessing it may be an output cap. Any way of checking with a multimeter?

Ive seen that blackstar, and it is tempting. The fender im not too fussed on as i dislike the onboard digital options. Im a simple vol/tone sort of guy.

I suppose you could use normal tuner posts, but without the mechanism. Pop the string in, wrap it round twice, then over the nut. As long as you tighten it from the bridge end, it shouldnt come out, in the same way a normal string doesnt. Heres a poo paint rendition of the system.

Funnily enough i've read and heard that hendrix didn't even like his sunn rig. He preferred the marshalls.

Done, but id consider changing some of the wording. It reads extremely buzzwordy.

I think something with grub screws and a bend could work. Ive been looking into this too, but most of the ideas ive wleaned towards were with holding ball ends as its way simpler.

Sounds about right for it. I had one for a while, it was a bit of an interesting bass, quite fun. Didnt sound amazing though so i moved it on. maybe theyve all found their right homes now so no one wants to move them along.

I ended up getting a picture of one and made it from a sheet of stainless. Works if you have the skills and tools necessary. Drilling stainless is a nightmare, but something like aluminium would be easy enough, plastic even more so. Saying that, alusonic (a bass company who make their basses entirely from aluminium) make a sabre style bass, and just so happen to use the same style control plate (the 5 way switch one, not the original multiple switch one), so could be worth sending them an email to see if you could buy one.

Good side: -really fun to play -interesting tones with the pickup switching system -get some great overdrive sounds from it -makes you play in a different way than you'd imagine Bad side: -poor bridge system, not enough play to intonate 100%, and even then, the bridge pivots, so once you use the tremelo arm, it goes out of whack -stock strings are poor, need new E and A string to get any useable bass. Even then, they dont sit well on the stock bridge and could pop out of the groove with a hard hit -to make it giggable, youd need a new set of strings and the aftermarket bridge which costs around £75 Overall, its actually a really fun bass to pick up and noodle on occasionally. However, i wouldnt want to pay too much for it, ie, less than £250. But it really is a load of fun to play, ive played mine for a few hours with some neat sounds produced. But i sold it as i didnt want to invest in the new bridge for it. Seriously, it needs it, i also put bushes in the bridge to stop the pivot.

Im looking at a portable guitar amp to paly with out in a field somewhere. Ive got a marshall ms2, but its not really loud enough. Im after the Pignose hog 20 without the price tag. So, from this, im thinking a few options. If anyone has any experience/advice, id love to hear it. A few points i've been looking at are: 1- Cost of building one from scratch 2- I'd ideally like 2 speakers, im guessing i could mod a stock one into a new enclosure, and then add a speaker? Id imagine it would half the battery life, which i wouldnt be too worried about 3- Could i mod an ordinary 10-20w practice amp to run from a 12v motorcycle battery by bypassing the transformer? 4- Does anyone have one for sale.