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OK I'll try to measure it up this afternoon. It's an 'L' shaped port - it goes all the way back and turns up about 3cm in the vertical, but I'll take the speaker out & measure it. G.

[quote name='Chienmortbb' timestamp='1496150269' post='3309137'] As Phil says it is not difficult and if you look at the first post there are very detailed plans. I have now built 2. The size is such that you get two cabs from a 1220 x 2440 sheet of ply. If you only build one cab it will be expensive. The poplar ply we used was 15 mm and the cost approx £50 per cabinet or £100 for two. I am planning to build a combo version so if [size=4]we can get two other people interested, I will buy some ply and dry fit the cabinets, cut the holes and then send them out to you for easy assembly. That means just [/size]glueing and[size=4] screwing the [/size]cabinets[size=4] together[/size] [/quote] If therer isn't an easy answer to the Ashdown, then I'd be interested in this. G.

If I pluck a low B and let it ring, I hear it 'fluttering'. The original driver was farting out badly at any decent volume (EQ flat) so I thought I'd try a Beyma in it. Big improvement but, as I said, there's still this 'flutter' that to my uneducated ear sounds like the air pushing & pulling through the ports. (Chuffing?) I was wondering if an exta round port at the back would improve matters? What measurements do you need, Phil? G.

[quote name='Chienmortbb' timestamp='1496150533' post='3309139'] Geoff is it this one? [/quote]Yup!

[quote name='Phil Starr' timestamp='1495957347' post='3307702'] It isn't too difficult to build these if you get the panels cut to size for you. If you can use a screwdriver the Mk1 pretty much assembles itself. B&Q will usually cut the panels and a smaller timber merchant will usually help. Some might even offer to cut the holes in the baffle for you. [/quote] ....or, could someone suggest a complimentary port to cut in an Ashdown Mibass 12" cab so the Beyma works properly? I think the porting is the problem, the cab isn't 'breating' smoothly at low frequencies. G.

I like the look of that SRF705 though...... G.

Hope not to derail..... I have a Beyma 212 - but am totally hopeless with tools. Anyone building these cabs for money? G.

Or....... for that sort of money you could go to one of John Shuker's courses and build your own....... G.

You could always try Ernie Ball Cobalt Flats, the brightest of the bright flats, and quite compliant too. G.

Look at Smooth Hound. G.

Longer than you think - I used to work in the rag trade in the dyeworks side & we used to send samples to Singapore for sun exposure - it was reckoned 12 weeks there equaled about 2 years here. G.

Cirrus BXP has great neck. Also look at Squier Vintage Modified. You might even pick up a Yamaha TRB for around £300 but a BB is more likely. Plus the above. Loads of good stuff around these days. G.

The new Ernie Ball Cobalts are very compliant but I'm not sure you'd get a 7 string set.... G.

1947? G.

Thanks - that's very good. G.

Don't really have much of a clue what you're talking about, Phil, but it's great to come across someone thinking outside the box. G.

Impedence? G.

Recently spent a week with John Shuker. Used 3mm to drill neck screw holes. G.

Just got one of these. Any hints/tips. Anyone got a copy of the factory patch list? G.

[quote name='steantval' timestamp='1492814001' post='3283498'] Just flicking through the channels tonight and came across Later, a black woman on guitar and backed by a band made up of Mumford and ZZ Top lookalikes - bloody awful IMO. [/quote] She was a bit adjacent with the pitch of her singing - in fact, well off a couple of times. G.

Whatever works for you. I learned on unlined, so that's my preference. G.

I've tried all, I think, of the common brands of straplocks. I've found that if they have a nut or a bolt fixing, it will eventually come loose and a tragedy may happen. I've been a bit lucky but there were one or two close calls. Dunlop Straplocks have no nuts or bolts - they use a circlip concept that is much more difficult to defeat. I have no problems with them so far and I've been using them for about 12 years. G.

Hi Alex, I have an Ibanez MM-alike if you need it. G.

Not so interesting when you see the price - I'd go for Schaller. G.

I've just put EB Cobalt flats on both my fretless basses. Amazing tone. G.