Kiwi

Based on my limited experience, 10" cones don't focus the low frequencies very well. I'm a fan of 12" cones but you gotta match your set up to the character of your bass. I think 10" cones might sound better with a bright sounding bass like a Spector or Pedulla. 12" cones would sound better with a lower mid prominent bass like a Stingray or Warwick, 15" cones are good with p-bass and the thuddier kinds of vintage designs. I love my EBS neo212, it seems to be all things to all my basses. For a bass that is midscooped like a jazz, a 2x10" and 1x15" offers a nice combination too.

Mark, if you're looking for dep work drop me your details. Mike Brooks normally deps for me but if he's unavailable it would be useful to have a back up.

Man, just get a 1u Class D power amp and run it with your Trace V-type preamp. Personally I'd be looking at a combination of 10" and 12" cabinets though.

Yes, me too. He says he'll be sending some over soon. The neck will be left to settle for quite a few months and then replaned so hopefully its going to be reasonably stable. I suspect the fingerboard will be super dense puriri but we'll see. I'm really looking forward to seeing what the body shape will look like when he gets around to doing that.

Update, he's just glued the neck. He's selected a 7 piece laminate consisting of heart kowhai, tawhai (NZ silver beech) and kohekohe (NZ mahogany). Have to say I don't have a clue what they sound like and Ian is charting new territory as well. The kowhai is very very dense (comes from an old fence post) and the kohekohe is soft so I guess its been choosen for tone. Kowhai: [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowhai"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowhai[/url] Kohekohe: [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohekohe"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohekohe[/url] Tawhai: [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_beech"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_beech[/url]

Have you noticed the size of his pupils in that face shot? They're ENORMOUS!! Almost like he's on something.

[quote name='trent900' post='203307' date='May 20 2008, 10:16 PM']Very true. When they arrive, do you think you'll be in the market for an ultralightweight GK head? [/quote] Maybe in about 15 years which is how long it took them to start marketing hybrid heads featuring a valve preamp after SWR first introduced them.

[quote name='urb' post='203305' date='May 20 2008, 10:14 PM']Yes - I'm having a little chat with him tomorrow... M[/quote] Sounds like nearly everyone associated with BGM is going to be at the gig.

[quote name='jjl5590' post='203287' date='May 20 2008, 09:53 PM']and so the interlocking corners wont match up,[/quote] I found this with the 210RBH and the combo, the corners were out by about 15mm. Doesn't make any sense to me whatsoever.

Stanley Clarke is in town on Thursday as well.

[quote name='trent900' post='203288' date='May 20 2008, 09:54 PM']and mother of god, I didn't realise the things were so [i]heavy[/i]...[/quote] Which is as good enough excuse as any to get a Shuttle 6.0 in my book.

[quote name='jjl5590' post='203259' date='May 20 2008, 09:12 PM']hi guys, i think i've finally decided to go with the GK neo 1001/212 combo. now since there are 2x12 speakers in it, i could either get another 2x12 cab which will lock into place underneath it and fit perfectly. or could i buy the GK neo 410 cab to put underneath it? i'd quite like to have some punchy 10s as well as 12s instead of all 12s. please could you tell me if this would work? (i.e. not topple over) many thnaks[/quote] Oh excellent choice Sir. I would love to hear this rig sometime if you fancy coming to one of the Bassbashes. I've just sold on my GK RB700 1x15 combo and a matching 2x10RBH cab. Normally I would suggest that the 2x10 would be a great way to add punch but I didn't find my 2x10 was that punchy. Having said that, it wasn't a Neo cab either. Maybe the Neo cab might be punchier? (Do they make one?)

Hi SteveO, I remember you.

Possibly Froover? She plays Ashbory basses, however she also says she's in NW Scotland.

Robbie Shakespeare apparently plays PRS basses.

cool choonz!

[quote name='steve-norris' post='202483' date='May 19 2008, 10:32 PM']why couldn't ashdown get it right?[/quote] I think they did, you get a hell of a lot of marketing for your money.

[quote name='fingerjockey76' post='201899' date='May 19 2008, 07:34 AM']Hi, Just thought I would share a couple of pics of my Celinder Custom 6. This 36" scale bass is from 1997 and has a Cherry body with Rio Rosewood on top (Wenge and flame maple veneers). The neck is a 5 piece American rock maple with rosewood laminates and 26 frets. Enjoy [/quote] Wow, lovely bass! Do you have any sound clips?

Why not spin the issue on its head? Given the fingerboard is wood and vibrating, why wouldn't it have an effect? My own experience with trying 70's jazz basses is that it affects the uppermost frequencies - above 1KHz. So fret snap, clatter, sparkle etc are all affected. Of course if you have flatwounds, dead strings or rubbish pickups you probably won't notice anything.

[quote name='thedonutman' post='201730' date='May 18 2008, 08:35 PM']Great forum. This has probably been answered many times before, but what happened to bassworld? I remember I joined just when I started playing a few years back.[/quote] It's a bit complicated, but the short story was basically that Gerard felt it was a millstone around his neck and he didn't want to work with Ped and I on creating a more stable and secure forum.