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IMHO, I know its a long and probably boring thread but take a read a see what you think. If you were to buy a new bass or guitar from some off the bigger companies i.e Dawsons etc. then 9 times out of 10 the guitar will not be suitable to play on stage with. Yes the wood used may have been dried out and left to stand for a year in the factory before the guitar is made, and yes it may have passed all quality controls before it left the factory having a a very quick and very basic set up (maybe even tuned). But then you have to considder how did the guitar get from China, Japan, USA etc to here in the UK? leaves the warm factory then either Shipped with freezing cold tempratures and no climate control what so ever or Aeroplane where the cabin would be preasurised and again very cold. Moving on .. So that gets the guitar into the UK out of tune, high action, incorrect intonation, bent neck and most probably cold. The guitar then gets transported into warehouses for the shops, still cold etc. Then Joe Bloggs walks into the shop and askes for a 'Blah Blah guitar' "ofcorse sir i'll go and get you one out of the back/warehouse". He takes your money and your happy (but since leaving the factory nobody has even looked at the guitar) Moving on... You then put the guitar in your car, where its warm (cold guitar + warmth = condensation). Then you get the guiar home first thing get it out of the box all the saddles are lined up all nice and clean you give it a tune up and away you go ... then you realise the actions abit high, and the intonations out and you have some fret buzz. So to finish off after a guitar leaves the factory the next person who usual inspects it is the end customer, the bidge is there to do 1 thing and 1 thing only, set the intonation, the factory may line them up so they look nice but it will not have correct intonation.

Have you tried maplins? http://www.maplin.co.uk/9v-switched-battery-box-36603

I'll take them mate if you still have them?

Hey all, Got to the gig last night to find that 1 of my cabs has blown . Can anybody sugest a replacment or what I should be looking out for? My rig consists of; 15 Band sterio graphic eq Into a 900w head - 450w P.S. @ 4ohms Into the Marshall MBC 410 & 115 stack Both cabs are rated @ 4ohms, the 410 is 600w but the 115 is only 300w. I need to replace the 15" as i think its blown because it was farting like crazy during sound check so in the end i didnt use it. I've been looking around on the net and the only driver i can find which i think will do the job is this; [url="http://www.lean-business.co.uk/eshop/celestion-bn15400s-4ohm-neo-magnet-bass-guitar-speaker-15-p-547.html"]http://www.lean-busi...r-15-p-547.html[/url] Celestion BN15-400 - 400w @ 4ohms but it costs a fortune. I've looked a a few from Eminence but they are all rated at 8ohms for some reason. So anybody with any sugestions please give me a shout, I believe im after 450w or more @ 4ohms. Right thats that bit, now for the complicated bit The cab also has a tweeter in it, and i believe a crossover. Would these affect what driver im looking for? E.g. if the tweeter is rated at 8ohms (i dont know if it is) can i get say a 500w @ 8ohm driver as long as they are wired right? Thanks in advance Chris

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Hey all. I'm planning on building a couple of 1x15 cabs or a single 2x15 cab. The speakers I've got are rated at 250w@8ohm each. The amp I'm planning on using is rated at 300w@4ohm or 450@2ohm Is it possible for me to do this without blowing the speakers or overloading the amp? If so how? Parallel or Series? etc.? All help is greatfully recieved. Cheers Chris

Cheers for the help guys, so just to se if I have got this right, use some sort of oil - dainish, teak etc. rub in a a lot of thin coates then rub in a beeswax coat for finish (but i would need to keep doing this over time)? If i was to do this I would not need the body lacquering? I'm also thinking of a maple & mahogany neck, could I use the same technique on this? Thanks very much guys.

What bridge and pups are going to be used on this?

Hey All, Got a few different new builds on the go and just doing some reasearch into finishes. I came across this picture of a custom build and i love the finish on it but im not sure how to achive the same look to one of mine can anybody help? [attachment=89242:bass.jpg] Cheers for the help!

No I havn't mate, i could try them but im quite happy with it as it is to be honest its serverd me well over the the 9 months of gigging with it. Thanks for the tip though

[quote name='Rumple' post='1368428' date='Sep 10 2011, 11:45 AM']Nice first build. Does the laminated body make the bass quite heavy? How have you wired up your pick-ups? Volume plus Tone and a pick-up selector switch?[/quote] No the lminated body is no heavier than if it was all mahogany. and I messed up abit on the wiring which as im sure you know std. Jazz has 3 pots ...... thats was the plan. but due to where i had located the jack socket, when the jack was inserted it was touching the back of the 3rd pot. The hole was already drilled so I had to do something with it so i was going to put a 3 way switch in ON-ON-ON but couldn't get my hands on 1 so its just an on-off switch at the min. So the set up is 1 Volume - 1 Blend pot (also acts as a tone pot if you like, blending the sound form each pup) - 1 on-off switch.