Dood

lol

lol lol!!! yes, very true! Certainly a bit more of an expense, so buying in bulk for ERBers is a very good idea!

stringbusters will too. Infact.. it hink most will. They like to see the increased sales! - Just drop them a mail/phone call and haggle the cr@p out of 'em!!! (I would.. and HAVE!!)

Ah, it must have been my doing, as I'd recently added the BC banner to my website! *jokes-* because I get ooooh so much traffic on my pages you see! *gets coat*

It's worth noting (and I will do this quickly) that there a export and non export MIJ/CIJ Fender basses. The one ion the first example link is an export model.

The ones from Far East Guitars are actually Japanese Non-export models. As it has been mentioned above, they are specific to Japan.

IMHO (as I own one) the Non-Export models are absolutely fantastic and have better quality hardware and pups that the export models.

Maybe I have played old dog MIA's but I don't think I'd have any reason to buy a US P Bass over a non export CIJ. Ishibashi should certainly get a mention here!

[quote name='eude' post='22456' date='Jun 23 2007, 08:15 PM']Hey man, welcome to the Shuker family!
Looking forward to seeing this one develop, I'm pretty sure that a certain 7 string playing moderator will be more than interested![/quote]

Definitely welcome to the Shuker family! I't great to see another Shuker 7 string! It's gonna be awesome mate!

Your spec looks great! I think the MM pickup will give the bass a good raspy bite and a real presence. I'm assuming that you are going with a double cutaway?

I also love burr tops.. pretty much any Burr.. but my fave is buckeye. I was even tempted to go Buckeye on my next Shuker, but I have got a taste for flip paints!

My Shuker 7 specs are also similar to (amongst other basses) the Conklin GTBD-7 that I owned. I went for the 16,, spacing, but stuck with the 34" scale.. really becasue I am used to it.

Anyway, I really look forward to seeing this thread.. mebbe I should pull my finger out and pull my old bassworld thread over here.. A job to do!

Temporary work around in place.. works really well! I ripped a suitable (spare) wall wart apart. took the transformer out and mounted in safely into a new ABS box with an IEC socket fitted. All properly insulated and looks very smart I think. All mounted in the back of my system, The EQ has been running all night so, I thing I have cracked it. I have run up the compression on my TC.. and I'm breaking a rule of my own.. GOSH! I have put EQ before the compressor. That could well change!!!!

great scott! thats cool! does the strip come with a PSU too? If not, what does it need?

Mebbe! I think Mark Gooday would be interested to see a 'pimped' ashdown. I think this company would make a really professional looking 'front'. I'm toying with making a box of bits too, and this company would make my 'stuff' look very smart! The prices are awesome too, considering what they are doing.

I really do need to involve Beav's graphics in my next project!! awesome pic there!

Your bass is going to be shaaaweeet for sure!

Well lets just move back to the actual point of the thread.. i think it has gone off on a tangent.

Do a 'Steve Lawson' and have an active Whappo Jr made! Or grab one of the D-Class modules that I owned and slip one of those in.. but they are only 600W, not sure what the rating on the Whappo is?

Dunlop Tortex .88mm I think.. green ones.. but I love the pinky dunlops (500's?) not sure how thick. Probably about the same. Great for fast picking/sweeping too.

Speak for yaself!! Mr Tfunk and Whappo Jr combo! ;o) - How's yours? sounding good? - thanks for the advice BTW.

Well finn, I do care about the users of this forum. Hutton didn't wade in and start throwing his weight around..where, your last couple of posts were straight on to the offensive. Chill out dude?

If you have a personal grievance, please would you take it 'offline'.

I'm really impressed with it. I haven't had a chance to take it out and crank it up.. but it seems to have a lovely crisp yet 'weighty' sound without any 'woofiness' if that is a word!

Ya know I was even tempted to get another... stick it inside my Epifani 6x10!!!!!

[quote name='paul, the' post='21517' date='Jun 21 2007, 06:46 PM']Yea, I reckon a s/h JO4 Skyline would probably be the best non-ridiculously expensive bass available if it wasn't for the weight.
Fudging trade-offs.

A bit too sterile looking for me too.[/quote]

Or a Jazz Bass Special (PJ arrangement on a P bass body and Jazz neck) or the Fender Aerodyne, which is a sweeet PJ config Jazz bass.

Oh.. something to add.. if you are practicing that quietly that the fan becomes intrusive, why not get a smaller amp to practice with, that doesnt need a fan? Just an idea.. could save you some pennies.

[quote name='kjb' post='21489' date='Jun 21 2007, 05:41 PM']Dood, do you mean something like this.

[url="http://www.bkelec.com/HiFi/ClassD/ClassD.htm"]http://www.bkelec.com/HiFi/ClassD/ClassD.htm[/url]

Are the specs any good on this amp, I'm really lost when it comes to this sort of thing.[/quote]


Yup! Thats the one! I wrote a bit about the module back in BassTalk days.. but essentially, big thumbs up from me!

What I really liked about the module (other than the fact that you can slot it straight into any cabinet to make it 'active' is that you don't need a preamp at all to drive it. The input is instrument level already (or you can plug a microphone - balanced XLR straight in) This means that you'd only need to use a preamp for tone shaping. Less gain means less noise/hiss etc.

The unit IIRC weighs about 3 kilos too. I'd say yes, it was a very good spec!

Or there's this one too..

[url="http://www.bkelec.com/Pro/Amplifiers/MXF1200D.htm"]http://www.bkelec.com/Pro/Amplifiers/MXF1200D.htm[/url]

BK build OEMs for a lot of PA companies. I think there gear is pretty damn good.

You are *more* likely to find D-Class poweramps without a fan.. and they are likely to be in that power region. I had a 600W D-Class 'module' from www.bkelec.com that doesnt use a fan.

Do you have a major issue with noisey fans then?

I am using a Trace V-Type and yes, I have been investigating using a channel strip with all the gubbins on. It'd be interesting to compare as it may be a good enough reason to pop the Trace out of the rack. as a side-effect I'd be shrinking my rack down even further making it lighter than ever. always a bonus!

I had a bit of time to tinker last night, using a little mixing desk I have at home to test some theories. I have found a couple of signal paths that suit what I want to do.

I have also toyed with building an amp to spec, as I reckon I could get pretty much everything I personally want into a 1u rack!! - Thing is I'm a bit lazy and it may never actually leave the drawing board!

The hardest part was trying to figure out how to design the front panel.. but the CrazyKiwi Steve posted a question asking the very same question. The answers were, to say the least, very helpful!

it makes a mess of the finish if you try to take it off.

ahhh Gaffa Tape!! where would be without it eh?

Yes, sorry.. me thinking aloud! I'll buy/recover a 240vac-9vac transformer and plonkit in an ABS box with an IEC socket fitted to it So i can use my 'dans world' distribution that has 1 spare IEC lead. I'll plug that leads straight into the PSU.. jobs a goodun as they say, Robert's your Mum's brother, etc etc

As for racking the 1/2u kit.. there's a good few companies that sell (mainly for IT stuff) 1u shelf inserts. Mine has a whole array of different sized and shaped holes in that cater for many of the industry standard fixings. Thankfully my EQ box adheres to those standards, so it was just a case of screwing it on. Pedals and PSUs get mounted using large heavy cable ties (and said mounting holes) to ensure they dont move.

I have just found that the Line6 "PX2 9VAC Power Supply" is an 'inline' psu (as opposed to a wall wart) and maybe interested to see if one of thise will fall off the back of a lorry.. or at least something very similar. I only need 9Vac 800mA, so I don't think my search will be too long!!