pete.young

On 26/09/2024 at 12:38, BigRedX said:

Looking at the manual for this amp it appears to be exactly 1U high and requires 4" either side for ventilation which means it may have been designed to fit into a standard 19" rack case.

 

Were rack ears ever available for it?

https://www.gallien-krueger.com/products/rack-kit-mb500-mb-800-mb-fusion-500-800

Bargain for 2 bits of bent plate and 4 screws.

1 hour ago, TimR said:

 

And a shed that needs felting.

You could ask the public during the survey, "Where can I get felt?"  Make a careful note of the answers.

Serious tip - put the new felt over the top of the old felt. Don't bother stripping it off.

Try putting -"Sterling by Music Man" , as in minus sign open quotes Sterling by Music Man close quotes , in your google search string, that will weed out most of the references to the non-US line of basses. Although the SB14 is a good approximation to a real Stirling for not as much money.

I can confirm that Delano used to do a set that will fit - I have some in my SB465 and both neck and bridge are 94mm long.

Looking at the current specs it seems that there are several types available with 92mm neck and 95mm bridge, the neck one will be OK but you might need to measure the bridge rout.

I thinkthat some Sadowsky basses use the same width.

Suez canal.

1 hour ago, Mykesbass said:

 

That's the second lovely looking bass to be posted on here in the last couple of days absolutely ruined (IMO) by these ghastly MM style humbuckers. They look fine on the right basses, but anything going retro and hollow bodied, they just look totally wrong. Reverend Dub King was the other for anyone interested in my little rant.

 Especially when you see what the guitarists get - HB35 plus in Olive Drab, with Bigsby, for £254

Did you buy it from Ashdown? Might be worth asking @Ashdown Engineering which socket you should use to connect the cab chain. It's likely that cab sockets will be wired in parallel, not series, best to check with the manufacturers. If so this would give a total load of 2.66 Ohms.

Most of the advice you will get on here is aslong the lines of "don't mix drivers of different sizes",  the old-wives tale about small drivers good for high frequencies, big drivers good for bass doesn't seem to apply any more. In that sense it's odd, but it's a workable setup.

I'd get some good quality earplugs. That is going to be one loud rig, even if you only use the 2x15.

On 26/08/2024 at 17:38, hankhill said:

Admins, please feel free to delete or move this post, I can't work out how to.

If you click on the 3 dots at the top right of the post and select 'Report', that's the best way to get someone's attention. It's a bit obscure isn't it.

Have to say I'm very happy with my LFSys Monza, slightly over your spec at 11kg but a great sounding cab and an easy one-handed lift because the handle is in the right place.

I've got loads of high quality Ikea cardboard which could be turned into a box. The risk is that if I take it over to Needham Market I might be tempted to buy the cab myself!

You could give Presto Lights a try, or some other gut-alike variety. I have these on my acoustic upright because I wanted a lower tension, but they still have a steel core and work with magnetic pickups.

18 hours ago, neilray said:

Hello 

I’m interested in this to run my Mesa Subway through - I’m on the south coast ( West Sussex ) any chance you could ship it ? Thanks 

Yes, I can ship it. Sent you a PM.

On 19/08/2024 at 20:32, kwmlondon said:

 would love to have tried it with a vintage valve head

It sounded very good with my old Burman too, I'd forgotten about that.

I think the key here is practice - a small amount a day for a few weeks will get you up to a reasonable standard quite quickly.

I had a similar situation a few years ago when I was persuaded to take up the tuba for a wind band. I was given some basic instruction and a selection of bass parts to learn. I did 30 minutes a day for 6 weeks, and when I went to my first rehearsal I was able to cope with all the parts I'd been working on . I think I played out with the band about another 6 weeks later. I'd played piano and double bass for years and could read bass clef so that helped.

Besides jazz and pub ska bands, you will find that there are opportunities in community wind bands who are always in need of more woodwind and brass players. You'll need to read treble clef and maybe alto though. Some of the bigger bands will also have intermediate bands as feeders for the main band, which may be a good way to get started if you're not confident or quite up to standard of the rest of the band.

16 hours ago, itu said:

By the way: the easiest way to measure scale length, is to multiply the length from nut to the 12th fret by 2. Fine tuning bridge tends to mess the measurements.

Normally I'd agree with you , but this particular bass is an unliined fretless.

54 minutes ago, Pestie said:

Good Morning BC

I recently posted a 5 string Fretless bass up for sale.  I thought it was 35” but when the buyer got it home he measured and it came up 34”.  We’re discussing a refund.  My question is: Can my closed down post be reactivated rather than me having to do a new post?”

Thanks

Mike

Find the post and click on 'Report' .

10 hours ago, TheRev said:

This is my setup: Krivo magnetic pickup into a Fishman pre with HPF. DI signal without the HPF goes to the PA, amp out signal goes to the amp/MAS 45 cab, which sits on a X/keyboard stand at chest/shoulder height.

 

 

The keyboard stand is a brilliant idea. I was wondering what to do with the one I bought for a one-off gig on piano. I'll give this a go with my Lfsys Monza.

On 22/08/2024 at 18:35, Jean-Luc Pickguard said:

Nice!

 

I have my eye on the new version of the epiphone mandobird.

 

I'm not in a hurry for one so I'll probably wait until they start cropping up secondhand or epi bring out an eight string version, however I'll probably have to use ukulele tuning.

 

 

I have one of the original 4-string versions in seafoam green, with an Almuse pickup. It looks much better with the proper thunderbird type pickup. A bit of trickery wiith chorus and reverb goes a long way to making up for the missing 4 strings.

2 hours ago, BigRedX said:

 

IME having the cable on a drum makes it a lot less likely to get damaged when coiling it away.

I second this. It's also a lot easier to manage.  I had a 24-way 25m one, and coililng it back into it's box after a gig was like wrestling a python with a stiffie.

Don't forget you'll need some in the other direction for monitor feeds back to the stage.

Hobgoblin Music sell stuff on commission but they charge 40% commission.

14 hours ago, neepheid said:

Neutrik muting jack plugs - I've never had a problem muting the amp before plugging/unplugging stuff and I still do so out of force of habit even when I am using the lead with muting jack plugs.

 

These are quite handy if you have several instruments and only one amp, for busking or monitoring.

53 minutes ago, JLG said:

 

Here is the dumb question: in this setup, is the impedance 4 ohms or 8 ohms?

Here is another dumb(er) question: if it is 4 ohms, is the output 150 watts?

 

Dumb question number 3: If I add a Mark Bass MB58R 151 ENERGY 400W 8 Ohm 1x15 Neodymium Custom Speaker Bass Cabinet to this in series (the bass head has one output), will the resistance be 8 ohms and the output be 300 watts?

 

1) It will be one or the other, depending on whether you buy a 4 ohm cab or an 8 ohm cab.

2) No. Cabs don't have an output. 150W is usually quoted as the maximum amount of power that an cabinet can recieve before thermal damage to the voice coil occurs. In practice it is usually less than this before the sound becomes distorted.

3). Cabs like this are wired in parallel, not series. If you connect your amp to a 4 ohm cab and then daisy chain the second 8 ohm cab you will end up with an overall load of around 2.6 ohms. I would recommend that you don't do this, because a load less than 4 Ohms is likely to cause damage to the amp. If both cabs are 8 Ohm, the overall load is 4 ohm which is within the specification of the amp.

Thanks everyone. The amp and the cabs have now sold.

For sale, Euphonic Audio bass rig consisting of:

EA iAmp 350 head. £195

350W into a 4Ohm load. In generally good physical condition with one or two signs of age. Extensive tone shaping, with 4 useable tone-shaping pre-sets and 4-band parametric EQ with boost cut and adjustable range centring. Excellent for bass guitar and double bass.

Sharp-eyed viewers will notice a couple of extra holes in the top. These were drilled and tapped by a previous owner in order to fix it into a purpose-made carpet-covered wooden sleeve, which I also have somewhere in the garage if anyone is interested. They don't cause any issues with the operation of the amp and may even add a bit of ventilation. Supplied with a battered but serviceable GigSkinz mixer bag which is a perfect fit.

2 x VL110 transmission line cabinets. £150 each.

These cabs were originally designed for bass guitar, to provide crystal-clear on-stage monitoring for Lee Sklar. They also work very well for double bass. They are 3-way cabs, with a 10" woofer, mid-range driver (2" i think)  and tweeter. The tweeter and mid-range driver have separate level controls. The weight is a scarecely believeable 19Kg - I guess the transmission line porting adds some weight and they are very substantially built.

Both cabs are in very good condition. I didn't buy them as a pair: the one with the red label is a very early one, the white label more recent and has a hand-made cover. The 10" driver in the red one was reconed using a kit supplied by Euphonic Audio in 2010 by a local amp technician and has been perfect ever since. The white one is unmolested and also works perfectly.

Prices:

The whole rig: £450

The iAmp 350 : £195

VL110: £150 each or £250 for the pair

Collection from Ipswich is preferred, or a meetup within a reasonable distance. I can courier these at your expense but it will take me a while to find suitable carboard to package them.