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Started assembling my Jack today by installing the horn braces to the sides. If you've got the plans you'll see that I've modified them to make assembly easier. [attachment=223097:SIDES & HORN BRACES.jpg] Using my amazing horn brace brace and the can of of tough cab as a weight all went well. all the braces fitted in the tabs perfectly and are all square and vertical. Plenty of glue squeeze out too, but that's what the chisels for. [attachment=223096:HORN BRACES GLUED.jpg] [attachment=223095:HORN BRACES FITTED.jpg] The glue has dried so I might as well fit the baffle, top and bottom. This is so easy! All the tabs line up and everything just slots into place. perfectly square too. I used 3/8" staples to hold the sides to the top and bottom, i would have preferred 1/2" staples but my son seems to have used them all and I didn't want to stop head off the Screwfix for some more. The 3/8" staples worked great though, holding everything together until the glue sets. Inserted the baffle before fixing the top and with the top stapled I laid the cab on its front and again used the can of tough cab as a weight on the baffle to get a good, tight fit to the horn braces. [attachment=223099:CAB ASSEMBLED.jpg] As it stands I can easily lift the assembled parts with my little finger. I'm liking this a lot.

J15s gone I'm afraid. They ended up on the bonfire due to total lack of interest from anyone. Starting to build tomorrow, not too early though. Watch this space!!!

I’ve wanted to make a super light cabinet for quite a while now and as soon as I found that Bill Fitzmaurice, known and respected by all here on Basschat, had designed the Jack 12 Lite I bought the plans intending to give it a go but why not make it incredibly easy to build as well. Having a laser cutter, I decided to cut out all the parts in advance, in effect making a Jack 12 Lite kit. Having built a few of Bill's design in the past, OT12s, T39s, Jack 15s Jack 1s2 and Wedgehorn 6s, I already know how good Bill designs are. I set to work transferring all the parts needed into a cad program, loaded them into the laser cutter and cut them out from ¼ ply. While the plans were in the cad program I added tabs so that all the parts just slotted together. I’m quite confident that I got all the tabs in the right place but only by making the cab will I know for sure. The only tools I intend to use are a staple gun, Stanley knife, a phillips screwdriver and a sharp chisel, ( the chisel is used mostly to remove excess glue ). The hammer is in the photo because everyone has to have a hammer and it might come in handy. Polyurethane Adhesive and a mastic gun. PL construction adhesive is used in the States but is next to impossible to find in the UK but a quick visit to Screwfix will get you fixed up. As long as it's gap filling you're good to go. A can of Tough Cab paint. Useful as a weight as well. For a bench I've used an old school desk. Here’s 3 photos. The 1[sup]st[/sup] is the bench and tools. The 2[sup]nd[/sup] is the sheets of ply ready to cut and the 3[sup]rd[/sup] is of the parts cut out and ready to assemble. Construction starts tomorrow.

Love the look, especially in red!

I found that out in 1972. Being lefthanded I couldn't try before I bought and had to order one, but, it's Fender, it's going to be fantastic. It wasn't, it was total rubbish. Still being lefthanded, I still can't try before I buy so I shall remain Fenderless forever.

The luminous dots do last all night, I think the led lights charge them. You can feel them on the edge of the neck but I don't notice them in the centre of the neck. They do slide about and fall off when they get warm. I like them though as the normal dots disappear under different colours, red mostly. I was thinking of clear nail varnish over the top of the dots but that seems a bit drastic and permanent. Still thinking about it though.

Wouldn't get a lot of wee in a hip flask I'd of thought.

Thanks for the clip. I don't know. Singers good but it just doesn't look right without the stacks, more of a Rainbow tribute than Rainbow. They're a bit static as well, not much of a show.

Coffee, cheese sandwiches and watch the F1 qualifying for me.

Mine arrived this morning as well as the £1 digital credit from Amazon.

Worked for me!

No Brian or Steve but a brilliant gig. Wish I'd been there. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bghtzail-5E

They only carried their guitars, easy! They should try Hastings caves and carry all the gear in and out!

[quote name='Hobbayne' timestamp='1463734915' post='3053659'] The original bass player from The Hollies played one of those, [/quote] He still plays it but it seems to play out of tune or perhaps that was Eric Haydock not hitting the right notes. Most noticeable on Hollies tunes actually.

My first bass as well in 1965. Bought off a mate for £5. Red and with a Burns pickup fitted but not very well. The pickup being thicker than the bass, someone had made a bowl shaped circle of wood and glued it to the back to cover up the new pickup. Do I remember it fondly? No, it was a heap of c**p. Also for £5, I bought an amp and cab from him. A linear 30 with a home made 2x12 but with only one of the 12s working.

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Could form a band just doing the hits of dead people.

The sound that you hear while playing is not the sound that everyone else hears, it only when you become 'everyone else' that you actually hear the sound that your gear makes. I'm sure that the sound that the guy who bought your cabs made is the sound that you make. It's like singing. The sound in your ears is nothing like the sound in another persons ears. It's only when you hear your singing, or even just your normal voice recorded, that you hear what others hear and that is normally frightening the first time.