It sound like you have the knowledge to take on a project, but seem really reluctant to do it to a bass in good condition. What about building a kit like this:
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Cheap enough and once you put some decent strings on they don't sound bad.
Its the best one for years. Lisa Stansfield, Rudimental, Ruby Turner, John Newman, Charlie Wilson lots of soul. Plus Mel C doing Stevie Wonder and Ray Davies doing some Kinks, the only bad things were the proclaimers and the lumineers.
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Massively overpowered with an old 175w xbox 360 powerbrick and a 9v regulator.
There are 3 12 volt rails, I'm only using 1.
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If you want a sound bar you need to spend. 1000 is the minimum from a test the gadget show did last year.
altho have a butchers at this link: [url="http://www.techradar.com/news/home-cinema/home-theatre-audio/10-best-soundbar-speakers-for-your-hd-tv-913392"]http://www.techradar.com/news/home-cinema/home-theatre-audio/10-best-soundbar-speakers-for-your-hd-tv-913392[/url] admitedly there is a lack of prices its a bit more current
The MA one just had an energy to it whereas the the pimptones version sounds like they were bored in the studio and just bolted parts around the vocals and bass line
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Not if they want to be able to sell what they make using it.[/quote]
[quote name='Protium' timestamp='1344200420' post='1761236']
We use lead solder in our analytical instruments, though they do get sold worldwide (mainly US)[/quote]
My company uses it all the time some of our products go world wide as well, we have lead free but don't use it unless a customer asks for it.
And you cannot use lead free for High voltage applications as it breaks down.