Bigwan

The OP asked for suggestions in the rough range of an Ashdown 15 watt and an Ampeg 20 watt... and we're getting Markbass AC Combos and Quilter 800 watt rigs suggested... Brilliant... I'd suggest hunting for either a Roland Bass Cube 30 or a Line 6 Studio 110. Both great, both under a ton. Never played a V3 Rumble 100, but was very impressed with an earlier 100 watt rumble I played at a local practice room.

Neither did I for a long time!

I believe Jed is of the female persuasion actually. I don't believe she sells drilled enclosures separately. Neither does pedalparts. I can understand why when pedalparts do them app by manually. I'd rather scratch my eyes out than sit drilling pedal enclosures! I've not found anywhere in the UK that does it. Musikding in Germany do, although the options are somewhat limited.

Good tip, and easily done!

Nice!

Pics or it didn't happen!

Good tips! Thanks! Edit: do I need to worry about the tackiness of the tape if I'm applying to clear coats of nitro around the headstock face? Edit 2: Is buffing essential for the aged type of finish I'm going for? Sanding to a really fine grit I get, but I'm not going for a polished look overall!

Yup I'll be borrowing a proper respirator from my father and setting up a temporary spray booth in our sunroom, so plenty of ventilation. Edit: and waiting for warmer weather than we currently are having!

I have assembled 90% of the parts for a 60s-esque P(+J)-bass - jazz pickup, wiring harness, neck plate and screws are all I'm really missing. I have an unfinished alder body and rosewood boarded maple neck. I've a rough idea what things I should be doing, and in what order I should be doing them, but want a few opinions from the more experienced amongst us just to make sure! What I'm looking for is an aged, but not reliced finish in Ocean Turquoise with matching headstock. Beyond attempting some checking and maybe a light tarnish on hardware I won't be hitting it with a hammer, or a bunch of keys, or dragging it up my driveway, or intentionally adding bucklerash, or wearing a sandpaper bracelet, or whatever folks do to these things... For the body my initial thoughts are undercoat, numerous coats of ocean turquoise, light coat or 2 of amber to add an aged look, clear coat. For the neck numerous clear coats all over (except the face of the fingerboard obviously!), mask off headstock sides, numerous coats of turquoise to headstock face, light coat or 2 of amber all over, clear coat. I don't plan on adding a decal - thinking a ferric chloride etched pcb plate for the headstock as something a little different, being an electronic engineer! How does that sound? Anything else/different I should be considering doing?

As a former Wal owner, and given how you're using your Wal at the minute, I'd agree with the P-bass suggestions. A nice classic 50's or Roadworn P. I'd keep the Wal though - tastes and requirements change!

Yes, now with @Gareth Hughes and I think he likes it!

Speak nicely to somebody and get a Pumpernickel built... http://schalltechnik04.de/en/instructions/pumpernickel http://www.ovnilab.com/reviews/pumper.shtml

https://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/rare-peavey-cirrus-claro-walnut-6-string-bass-guitar-american-hand-made/1291760488

Pahahahahahahahahahaha... Cough, cough... ahem... ...pahahahahahahahahahaha.... "I can attest to the fact that this humble cable really does make an audible difference to the sound heard from your amp." ...pahahahahahahahahahaha...

Get your Hysteria-era Def Leppard on!

That's been mentioned already and I don't see there's any similarity other than the "block" name and 800 watts. And white knobs.

It does remind me of something, but I can't quite remember what...

Don't see it myself!

Isn't the noisy amp an easy fix? Think dirty/corroded effects jacks were often the culprit.

On the topic of DHA... I'm following the old "if you can't say anything good, don't say anything at all..." mantra...

I've owned the Two Notes Le Bass, Hartke Bass Attack, Behringer BDI21, MXR M80, Darkglass Vintage Ultra, Darkglass B7k. I think for value for money the Behringer cannot be beaten. Yes it has a mid-range hole as deep as the Marianas Trench, but only if you set the blend to full. Honorable mention for the Hartke. Fantastic pedal. Almost out-Sansamps a sansamp! Fav of the lot was the Two Notes Le Bass. Most flexible of the lot. I enjoyed the Vintage Ultra, but it's massively overpriced. MXR didn't leave much of an impression - I still have it somewhere but the DI out is broken. I'll fix it one of these days and give it another run. Hated the B7k, but no doubt a Darkglass fan boy will be along shortly to tell me I must have been using it wrong... I'd like to try the Aguilar Tone Hammer. Maybe some day.

Didn't some of the 80's Aria SBs have narrow spacing?

Mostly, and not to get all Laurence Fishburne, because I know I haven't found "the one" for me. I should clarify that I have played "the one" but it belonged to somebody else, and short or prying it from his cold, dead fingers, it will never be mine. But I know there is another out there, just waiting to be found.

I'm open to correction, but in my recent experience with Udemy, their sale is on par with the DFS sale for longevity... To quote Ken Dodd: "Did any of us in our wildest dreams ever think we'd live long enough to see the end of the DFS sale?"