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  1. JapanAxe
    I bloody love my Dingwall PZ5, purchased from @krispn of this parish just over 3 years ago. I've realised there is a feature I rarely use, namely the top half of the sweep of the Tone Fusion Control. Going back over old threads I notice @CameronJ said he rarely used that part of the control too. I'm now considering swapping it out for a traditional tone pot, perhaps with a larger-value capacitor to allow for more treble roll-off. Has anyone else done this with theirs? Obviously I would keep the parts to install in the unlikely event that I ever sold the bass. Just so y'all know where I'm coming from, I favour a fat mid-focused sound and don't get on with Jazz basses, onboard active EQ, or tweeters in bass cabs. Yes I'm that bloke.
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    I bought my Barefaced Super Twin cab in late 2017 and naturally decided to get a cover for transporting it. I went for the Roqsolid budget 'DustGuard' option which consists of a single layer of tough polypropylene fabric. I always kind of wished I'd gone for the felt-lined version, and recently did just that, leaving this one surplus to requirements. The old one has done an excellent job of protecting my cab though about 3 years of gigging (allowing for the zombie plague!) and has sustained some wear as illustrated below. A new one of this spec would now cost you over £56 plus delivery, but you can have this used one for just £22 delivered. For the benefit of the clever-clogs out there, no the cab is not included in the price!
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    Wired up front panel controls, OT primary and choke. Now to check connections and continuity before installing 6.3V AC leads for pilot lamp and heaters.
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    That would drive me nuts and I'd be on my toes.
  5. JapanAxe
    Wired up the speaker sockets and pre-amp valves, except the heaters - I leave those buggers till last!
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    They look great Stew! Any change in the sound at all?
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    Another wedding gig last night. We set up in record time after the usual late-running wedding breakfast, only for the guitarist to encounter a terrible buzzing which we narrowed down to his Kemper. Fortunately I carry a Digitech Bad Monkey for guitar-amp-related emergencies, so he played through that straight into the PA for the whole gig. Afterwards several wedding guests came up to complain about the guitar sound. Oh wait, no they didn’t! The Kemper worked fine when it was tested at home later that night.
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    Personal preference. Turrets are easier when it comes to connecting more than about 3 components or leads, but they take a lot of heat to solder properly. And thanks!
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    I reached the point where I had to fit the transformers and the eyelet board, so I did. There are now loads of wires everywhere, but from here on in things get tidier.
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    I’ve used twist-on shielding cans on the 12A_7 valves in all my previous builds but they were all the sort where the valves hang below the chassis. I’ve just re-biased a friend’s amp where the line 12AX7 hangs like this, and despite there being no retainer it has stayed there for several years since the last time I did the job! I’ll be the only person transporting the head around and I’ll make sure it stays right-side-up in transit. The valve bases are good quality Beltons.
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    Wired up the input jack and pots, plus some runs of screened cable.
  12. JapanAxe
    I'm guessing the coffee-maker attachment won't make it to the final design...
  13. JapanAxe
    ... until it breaks.
  14. JapanAxe
    I imagine sliders would add significantly to the cost in terms of both components and machining.
  15. JapanAxe
    … and yet I find that many bands to be annoying! I’m fond of the James tone circuit in my B15 clone but it is quite ‘lossy’.
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    Or 17kg with cloth grille rather than metal. I looked at a few one-cab solutions and the Super Twin came out on top.
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    I dunno, that's a bit OTT!
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    Installed some of the hardware. I hate wrestling with bear-trap retainers but not as much as I would hate the sound of a broken KT66 rattling around inside the enclosure. I haven't fitted screening cans for the preamp valves as this is a fairly low-gain design and the enclosure is one big Faraday cage. Also wired up the circuit board. Some of the eyelets are as yet unsoldered as they will take leads from the transformer.
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    How was my gig last night? Rather lovely, that's how it was. Wedding celebration in a teepee-style marquee, in the grounds of a farm-cum-wedding-venue. Bit of a hike from the car park to the teepee but we were well looked after by the organiser and of course the weather was lovely. We optimised the space by putting the drums off to one side - we're all on in-ears anyway.
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    'Must be willing to dress up a little bit crazy' - but not too crazy, don't want to upstage Julian do we? 'The band's image is that of a gang of individuals' - who are so individual that they all have long hair. 'Will best suit somebody who doesn't mind that they aren't the songwriter' - you won't mind making zilch from publishing, even if you came up with the killer bass line that everyone hums when they think of the song. 'Location: Camden, London' - where dreams go to die.
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    Ah yes, the old comedy somersault over a wedge monitor! With subs you may as well display a sign saying ‘stick your glasses here’.
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    Just clocked the price of the new LB - ooft! 40cm wide sounds good, around 15¾inch in old money.
  23. JapanAxe
    'Age 22-40'. My age will soon be 22+40. I have long hair but like Happy Jack I don't usually wear it.
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    In pubs with an open ‘stage’ setup I sometimes have to remove punters’ pints from the top of my amp!
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    I’m a bit conflicted on how to vote! Yes I’d love a small-footprint 100W valve bass amp but I’m well into a 50W build and I have to be realistic about what I can fit in my kit cupboard… Actually the footprint thing is a significant issue for me. My bigger cab is a BF Super Twin which is 19” wide, but many (if not most) valve heads are much wider and I can’t tolerate the overhang. Hence the home brew solution.
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