orangepeelneil

My Evri horror story involves a bass being delivered to me in the communal wheely bin area which we shared with several local houses. Luckily I was the first one home and managed to quickly decipher and accurately decode the god awful handwriting on the delivery card ...it said something like " IN BIN" .. actually I wish I'd have kept the note for comedy value. 🫣

I Picked up a 90s Korean made ATK300 recently on marketplace, always liked Kyuss bassist Scott Reader who used them in the 90s. Really impressed with this instrument and build quality. It needed a real good clean, new battery and strings and now it’s sounding and feeling very good. Massive bridge with through body stringing and a satin feel wide neck. It also came with a decent Levys orginal gigbag. Pickup, electronics/EQ and three way switching seem very versatile, I wonder if any other manufactures apart from Ibanez do this method with the dummy centre coil? I have a Stingray and P bass to compare and the Trad (single coil) and Attack (Humbucker) come pretty close to these with the versality of being on a single bass. As widely mentioned, these are heavy, but with a wide strap this doesn’t bother me much (so far) . If you see one of these in the used market I’d really give them a go, you may be surprised...if you can take the weight. Neil

Hi ,Is the bass something like the Harley Benton MB-5 SB Deluxe Series? As mentioned the passive electronics whilst not the best quality, may have little impact on the tone. I had a OLP passive (Vol/VolTone) Stingray copy years ago, only really came to life when I fitted a SR type active preamp (even with the original pickup) . Many consider the classic Stingray tone a combination of the large pole pickup (and placement) and the active preamp. If you need any advice on this I can help with some cheap options to try out. Would be interesting to see what kind of pickup is in the HB (possibly ceramic?) and measure the impedance of it. Lots of options for updating the pickup, depending on your budget ..... but trying a cheap active preamp may improve the tone FYI, your passive wiring will be something like this if it's Vol/Vol/ Tone

Yes, its a fairly decent sounding cab but I've only tried it at low practice volumes . I wasn't sure if the Celestion were stock, but it appears so. I've always liked SWR equipment, great quality kit.

Many thanks for the reply @Bill Fitzmaurice Yes I couldn't find much info either on these speakers, I will mail Celestion for specs. I've seen these speakers being advertised as guitar speakers as they have lots of headroom. Maybe these have more appeal to guitarists, dunno - will get the spec and see what you guys recommend. Neil

Hi everyone, I was planning to build my own 2x12” cab as I have load of ply, but this came up locally and is much better than I could build plus I have no spare time right now. It a SWR workingman 2x12” + horn, the baffle board, base and sides are ¾” ply and the back and top are particle board, so it’s not the lightest, however it’s on castors and easier to move than my Mark bass 4x10” due to compact size. I’ve disconnected the horn and made up a jack/speakon rear panel to replace the jack and horn switch. It's loaded with 2 Celestion K12T-200 (and the horn) I don’t know these speakers? They are labelled custom for SWR it actually sounds fine, but I’m thinking probably lighter and more efficient/ higher power handing modern speakers would improve this cab, any recommendations? I guess the cab needs modelling in WinISD and speaker options considered. Cab internally is= 42cm H x 55cm W x 54cm H 127Litres External = 46cm H x 58cm W c 58cm H It has x2 ports 65mm, 100mm diameter. Thanks Neil

Great thanks . I'm assuming the mk2 is 600W and mk1 is 500W plus different knobs? I'm thinking of a buyjng a new one as my experience of class D of late has been problematic, several amps have died and are beyond economic repair failures. Peavey stuff is historically fairly bulletproof

Hi everyone, Does anyone have an experiences of the Peavey minimax 600? I’m looking for a reasonably priced class D to replace my failed MB amp. Reviews seem decent my only concern is mid eq control. I generally like low mid and high mid eq control, these seem to have “mid shift” with single “mid” control, not sure about the centre frequency range. https://peavey.com/minimax-600-watt-mini-bass-amp-head/p/03617920 https://www.bax-shop.co.uk/bass-guitar-amp-head/peavey-minimax-600-bass-amp-head?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=surfaces&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI24ndq5Xx-wIVAt7tCh13-QmPEAQYAiABEgI43fD_BwE Thanks Neil

@JPJ did you make any progress on your 2x12" build? I'm keen to build one of these myself and have a load of suitable ply. Thanks Neil

I bought one too recently from Gear4music for £50 but had to return it as it was faulty (high pitch squealing every time the footswitch was engaged). I hope this was an isolated QC issue…I haven’t ordered a replacement. The online videos seem good and promising..some people using it as an "always on" to warm up class D amps or a audio interface for PC recording. It uses a 15V dc PSU which is an odd Voltage for effects, looks like a starved plate (low voltage) design of which there are loads of this type and mixed /strong comments... however I'm not aware that anyone has reversed engineered a schematic. I opened mine up as it was faulty and there were lots of SMT components on the rear of the PCB, so not entirely sure how significant the valve is in the circuit.. Here's a picture of the front side of the PCB from Talkbass, although mine looked a bit different. Be interested to see your review and comments to whether I will buy another…. Neil

From the specification (KEY FEATURES) Lead from the back - the 15" Eminence speaker is suited to boosting low-mids and creating a warm, booming sound. Hopefully it will have a Eminence model label.... or email Eden and ask them

Hello, Can you please provide a link to actual cab, maybe we can find the spec of the actual internal speaker online. The cab will have designed around a specific speaker (cab internal volume, dimension of port etc) so its maybe worth opening the cab up , removing the speaker seeing if the original speaker has any manufacturer label/ markings. Most speaker manufactures offer 4 Ohm and 8 Ohm varieties , so you could possibly find the same speaker in 8 Ohm, which may not be cheap..prices start at around £100ish http://www.bluearan.co.uk/index.php?manufacturer=Eminence&masthead=Loudspeaker_Drivers&subheadnew=15_Inch_Drivers I know Eden used Eminence in their cabs, both Neodymium (lightweight) and ferrite (standard-heavier) speakers.