tauzero

I was wondering whether the jack socket might have been got fairly close to position by feeding an old bass string through the jack socket hole and the F hole, then threading the jack socket onto it and sliding it down or using something wrapped round the string to pull the jack socket.

Well, it didn't have the desired effect - it did clean it up a little but not a lot. Going to have a look at my bench grinder to see if I can mount a polishing wheel onto that.

Before putting the front panel label on the Vong-Filterung that you kindly sent me (I did think I had it working at one stage), I put a polishing wheel into the pillar drill and tried that. It wasn't a success. I now have a USB -> MIDI box and will shortly have a Zoom patch switcher box which I want to polish up, both in 1590A boxes, so more experimentation is required. Polishing kit (three buffing wheels, three polished) now ordered from Ebay.

Sei Flamboyants and Esh Poseidons don't have any problems. I don't think it's improved the looks in this case though.

I'd echo that comment about the graphite rods - the two Seis that I gig with are also susceptible to weather, but they're also headless so truss rod access is simple and I carry a capo and allen keys for rapid truss rod adjustment. @joe_geezer, make sure you know which way the truss rod turns to adjust it.

Genesis were Led Zep? That was a wonder of disguise.

Don't forget the spare bass, for when the battery runs out mid-song.

Their songs are mostly other people's songs anyway. Status Quo might have been the luckiest pub band in the world, but Led Zep were the luckiest covers band.

Page blames Collins in that article - the drumming seemed OK, the lead guitar was absolute crap, and the vocals initially were also crap.

I've got the 4-port MIDI interface. I also got their Extreme Electric Guitar Bag (£20) for my headless 6-string which has a long top horn - fits nicely. Unfortunately, Mrs Zero has hidden it, so I may need to buy another one (counterproductive on her part, as she keeps moaning about the number of cases and bags that I have knocking around). I've bought a few other things off them but not any other G4M/SubZero stuff.

Get the honeycomb rollers from them when you get it, they work very well.

I thought I'd have a look at it - that day I started watching it at home then went to the pub which was frequented by a lot of Tamworth musicians and watched more of it, but things did start getting a bit cloudy. Anyroadup, just found it on Youtube. Rock and roll - Plant's vocals are awful, Page's solo too. Skipped Whole Lorra Lorra Love and listened to Stairway - vocals and guitar good until the solo, when Page just plays an endless succession of bûm notes.

Did anybody get set "write a full account of the amp shoot-out" for homework?

I used a straight edge and found a couple of places where the edge was slightly proud (rather like a fret rocker), then used a couple of long pieces of wood with the grille sandwiched between them as suggested by @sandy_r to hold it in the workmate with the wonky edge uppermost (as it was landscape rather than portrait it didn't fit between the threads of the workmate). I'd used masking tape to put along the edge so I could see the sticky-out bits, and attacking them with a power file sorted that out. Once I'd worked out the approach, this was the best solution as it was the grille that was misshapen, not the cab. So then I came to putting the LF driver in, and one allen bolt crossthreaded and jammed firmly and I managed to push the T-nut out of the baffle trying to extract it. I can see enough of the shaft to Dremel it off when I regain my morale. I've cut a groove in the baffle where the T-nut prongs go though so I'll need to make that good - araldite? I'm going to put a board over the driver while I perform the operation to try and avoid putting my hand or a power tool through it. It's just one thing after another, with the finishing post in sight.

I'll see, channels 1-3 are used for specific purposes on the XR12 so I'll check with MIDI-OX to see if that's what's coming out of the BCF.

If it wasn't painted up and with adhesive foam strip in place, that would have been the better approach.

Yes, I think I see a way doing that.

Thomann and TGI bags both have one piece handles.

The old adage "measure twice, cut once" can be extended to cover orientating twice and drilling once. Eagerly pressing on as I was after Tuffcabbing the whole cab, I put the corner protectors on the back corners, drilled screw holes for all four, and then realised that I'd put them the wrong way round and the drill holes should have been on the sides and bottoms, not the back. Holes drilled in the proper places and corner protectors fitted, and a little wood filler to fill the holes, which will be given a dab of Tuffcab. Doing a test fitting of the grille, I found it was very slightly oversized - a mm or two. I have assorted implements of destruction to rectify the situation - I think an angle grinder or bench grinder would be a bit extreme, a power file or belt sander seems more appropriate. Does the BC massive have an opinion? Just holding it on edge is going to be a bit tricky. I'm inclined to the power file (more suited to one handed operation).

Gives you an excuse to make more cabs.

On having a bit of a clearout of my rather cluttered desk top, I've found a second XM8500 that I didn't know I had. I shall relent and let him use that.

I find using a tablet to adjust faders on the XR12 is a bit hit and miss so I thought I'd get a motorised fader device to do the job, with the tablet mainly to be used for muting. To that end, I got a BCF2000. However, I'm having absolutely no joy with it. I suspect that it's something to do with the settings on the XR12 but I don't know what, and I haven't been able to find much information online. BCF2000 set up to S4 mode. MIDI in and out connected the right way round. BCF2000 set to Mackie/Cubase. XR12 audio/MIDI configured to DIN Tx on, DIN Rx on, DIN OSC on. The BCF2000 is sending out MIDI quite happily according to MIDI-OX. There's no sign of communication between the BCF2000 and the XR12, nor does the tablet connected to the XR12 show any signs of noticing that anything is happening. If there's anyone who's got the two of these working together, could they please tell me what they did?

A spanner is a totally different thing to a tongue. You may say that a tongue and a spanner are equivalent, but what empirical evidence do you have? I happen to have here a multimeter, and when held side by side the probes are almost exactly 1cm apart. When placed on my tongue, the resistance varies between 1M7 and 2M2. That's around 2 megohms per cm as an average, meaning a 9V battery would give a current of 4.5uA. So any speculation that a 1.5V battery with an unlimited current source would inflict more than 1/6 the damage of a 9V battery is pure hokum. Aren't you glad that BC members are willing to put their tongues at risk for the sake of experiment?