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I bought one of these last week after deciding a needed a spare amp (my LM3 has been misbehaving lately 😬) - arrived on Saturday and I'm impressed with the build quality (particularly for the price) 👍

> v2 of the WTHPF pedal, a bit more aggressively voiced than the first one and using some new-to-me opamps: Looks great @Passinwind - how did you do the graphics on the enclosure?

Definitely interested - don't post much on here any more, but @Phil Starr FYI I'm still regularly gigging the SM212 based 1x12 you helped me design way back in 2013! The 1x12 is perfect for pub gigs but something like this would be really handy as an alternative for rehearsals and small/acoustic gigs.

For the price, impressions are very good - the build quality (particularly cables) and fit definitely isn't as good as Shure, and they're not as flat/accurate as the SE535s, but live so far I'm choosing the ZS10s over my Shures (I have both 215s and 535s).

I've been down this route recently with one of my bands, only done a couple of gigs so far but FWIW here's a summary of my experiences: Started out using Shure SE535 (which I already had) - these have a very flat response which I found wasn't ideal so I got some KZ ZS10s (as suggested in one of the existing IEM threads) and I'm very impressed for the cost, the bass response is significantly stronger. Preamp - I use an HX Stomp direct to the desk, personally I didn't find the amp/cab models worked that well in a live mix, so instead I'm using a compressor block and the ZeroAmp Bass DI. I don't normally use compression, but without any natural amp/cab compression it's helpful. I'm also considering moving away from the HX stomp (at least live, it's a handy thing for recording/practice) since I don't use 99% of the features, probably will try a compressor and preamp pedal (Sansamp or maybe Origin Effects Bass Rig).

I met @paddybass yesterday to buy his Sandberg bass, lovely bass at a great price, and Paddy was a pleasure to deal with, thanks! 👍

+1 great idea - I've got a small shop-bought router table but it's too small for this kind of work, this setup looks way more flexible and a better use of space! 👍

Thanks for the reply @Phil Starr - I actually only built one of the SM212 loaded cabs, that's been ample for the pub gigs I generally do - I will check out the Mk2 design though, as I'm pretty happy with the sound of the SM212 cab, so adding another with the same driver could be a good way to go.

Hi all, not been on the forum for quite a while but just checked out this thread and the cab design looks great! 👍 I built a DIY cab back in 2013 (using the Beyma SM212, similar to the v1 basschat cab design) and it's been great, still gigging it now. May get some bigger gigs soon, and also starting to use some FX which may benefit from a full-range cab (current one is only a single driver), so this new design looks ideal. Would this likely pair OK with the existing cab or would it be better to build two (one with no mid/tweeter/crossover) as a modular solution? Any info on the flatpack kits? Looks like a great time-saver vs sourcing locally and cutting it all up myself 😀

Great tip re template making, thanks! I spent an entire afternoon trying to make the body template from a cover template using different diameter straight bits and different size guide bushes, which works but is far more error prone than this approach I suspect.

[quote name='Danuman' timestamp='1499033076' post='3328770'] My ideal travel/practice/mixer-upper package would be a regular LMIII with aux in/headphone out. [/quote] +1 and a built in tuner

[quote name='Root45' timestamp='1493042700' post='3285107'] Nitro is available in aerosols, and is not difficult to do. [/quote] I've done a couple and it's definitely do-able, but I'd personally say it is quite difficult and very time consuming to get a good finish, particularly for refinishes where you invariably miss some tiny damage before laying down the primer and end up sanding it all off again (don't ask my how I know this, gah!) The materials are also quite expensive, and unless you have a spray-booth it's very weather dependent as you can't really spray in very cold or wet weather and get good results.

Interesting, will be following this! I also have a cupboard full of tube amps and parts, been meaning to make a bass preamp for a while now so will be interested to see this thread develop

I've found that an efficient 1x12 is adequate in a 4 piece blues/rock outfit, fwiw, obviously not all cabs are the same but there's plenty that claim good efficiency nowadays (mine is similar to the basschat v1 Diy design) If the cab starts to struggle (only happened a couple of times in 4 years) it invariably means the stage volume is too high, and in these circumstances audience members report that they can no longer hear the (normally not micd except kick) drums clearly. If the drums are micd in a bigger venue you can just Di the bass to get some extra projection through the pa, so you still don't really need a huge pile of speakers - the stage sound should remain pretty constant regardless of venue size, the pa just gets bigger (which would include more monitoring on big stages, but I just make do in pub gigs by putting my cab near the drummer so he can hear it clearly).