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I have a particular interest in Johns buid diary. I hope you don't mind John, but you are helping me get ideas together for a Shuker headless!

I'm getting a plan together, but I wont be starting until my Elite 6 has been despatched in a month or 2. I think I'll go for a singlecut headless, as per the designs I posted on ..well.. was it bassworld? it was sooo long ago!!

The pictures are looking great. This bass is gonna be a cool one!

Hey Pete!!

Lookin' good mate! One thing I meant to add in my PM's is that Jon can get custom pups wound. Passive ones too.. so you'd be able to get a monster tone from a custom configuration. When Tom (Wotnwhy) had his Shuker built, he ordered a custom triple coil musicman pickup straight from Ernie Ball. The pickup was a big chunky mofo!!

SO, there's no limits really. Talk to Jon about Delano, Aero, Nordstrand, BareKnuckle, Wizard.. the list goes on!

Have a great day tomozz and say a big hello to Jon for me!

Hey John! Thats sounds great mate! I look forward to your next installment!!

I must admit, having just read your initial report, I agree with what you are saying and I've been swayed a little further toward the 6x10!

Thank you!!

[quote name='Russ' post='6703' date='May 25 2007, 06:21 PM']I'm thinking of taking the plunge and getting myself an 8x10" cab (either the Ashdown MAG 8x10" or the Eden Nemesis one - the Bass Centre have great deals on both right now) - there's nothing like that trouser-flapping punch of one of those beasties behind you at a gig. I suspect, though, that I'll have to get a new car to drive it around in!

So, my question is, what's the smallest car any of you 8x10" users have managed to squeeze one in? I used to get my old Ampeg 6x10" in the back of a Punto, but we're probably talking a box that's a foot longer... I've no problem changing cars, but I'd rather not get an estate if I can help it... suggestions?[/quote]


D'ya self a favour and save ya pennies for a cab with NEO speakers! If you like markbass, I think their 810 is about 40Kg or so.. The Ampeg must be getting on for double that? In my experinces of the Ashdown 8x10's, they did appear a little wooly in comparison and seemed to prefer a brighter bass to bring out the bite a bit more.

Hi folks. Following on from another thread, I have in the last day or so been able to have a good thrash on some MarkBass gear. I love quite a PA sound to my set up and really struggled to get anything like it out of the amps and cab combinations I tried. Now, I'm not being negative about the gear, as I have heard combinations that other people make sound great. Homer's MB head and Aggie cabs he used to have sounded DEEEP! - but I just could get them to to clarity for me.. so they have fallen off my shopping list.

[quote name='MoJo' post='4792' date='May 22 2007, 11:16 PM'], Mr. Steve Harris springs instantly to mind but is that purely for the Heavy Metal Wall Of Death look?
Mark[/quote]

I seem to remember that Steve's tour rig isnt a great deal of Marshall. I'd have to google to confirm.. I remember reading an article, many years ago, mind, where Steve said his 4x12 cabs have front loaded EV cones (a non standard inclusion). He used C-Audio poweramps and a Trace Elliot preamp for EQ and compression.

[quote name='Russ' post='5903' date='May 24 2007, 05:19 PM']Marshall's bass highpoint had to be the Dynamic Bass System range - they were awesome and HUGELY loud. I played through one not so long ago and they still sound good. I believe Chris from Muse still uses them... they should bring those back, I'd buy one....[/quote]

yes! awesome awesome awesome!!

Hi everyone!

Ok.. apologies I have been away for a day or so... to do a little investigation for some new cabs. I'm off out again this weekend elswhere, but so far I have found out the following...

I don't think I like MarkBass cabs. They have a great tone, just not a tone I like. I'm not too excited about Warwick cabs at the moment, but only had a chance to try a couple. However, on Steve (CrazyKiwi) 's advice I went to try some more Epifani gear today. I went for for a trott down to the bass gallery to see Alex, infact. Lovely bloke.

So we had a play with the Epifani 4x10 and the 2x12.. quite nice, lovely clarity.But didnt really offer anything more than my Tech cabs. I started to wonder if selling them was such a good idea after all!

I also had a chance to pull out some EBS cabs for a thrash. Still the 4x10's left me wanting. I don't know. Maybe it was the shop acoustics?

Well.. no...

I was asking Alex about the 6x10's, when he piped up " We have one in stock!"

*nan taylor voice* welllllllllllllllllll... stone me... I fawwt i was gonna die with shock... the fackin liberty....!

I think I wil just end the report here! Every other cab after the Epifani 6x10 UL sounded like wee wee. I'm gonna try to prove the fact wrong.. but I think I may have found another step to sonic nirvana!

Is it better than the Techs? Well.. that I can't answer. I'd love to hear John's new Tech 6x10. I reckon it will have simialr 'cab eating' abilities. The Epifani 6x10 VS 1 of my Tech 4x10's is no contest. I think 2 4x10's would have been similar, but the one cab solution looks like a step closer! One to be recommended on this list.

[quote name='ped' post='2868' date='May 20 2007, 01:20 PM']I LOVE ishibashi, brilliant to deal with - my bass was in the UK in under 24 hours!!



[/quote]

Sexay that is Ped.. sexay!

The guy at fareast (John?? I think) is a really nice bloke and has some nice examples of second hand Jap basses.

I can't recommend Ishibashi enough.. they maybe on the otherside of the world, but they managed to get a bass in to the UK in about 5 days for me.. thats pretty good going! lol

We do drop D and standard B tuning (7 string) but we did also mess around with drop Db too.. but it made no real difference so just went back up to Drop D.

Not with the Bass Centre, but I have agreed with other companies, such as the Bass Gallery, if I didnt like a product I could return it. You are within your rights, under the distance sales act, I believe. Some companies will even give you 14 days from the date of delivery, but the usual 'product must be return in as new condition with all the labels and packaging' yah dee dah dee dah applies.

Whether or not you could go gig a piece of equipment, you'd have to ask.

[quote name='3V17C' post='6032' date='May 24 2007, 08:53 PM']oh thats interesting..... was in stanton with dan from dragline so will get in touch

cheers
c[/quote]


Dan delivered all the hardware for my new Gas boiler the other day! Awesome singer that guy! We used to share the bill sometimes down at 'The Oval' before it closed.

Errmmm.. I don't know any amp techs at the mo. - I'm seeing an opening here.. I am (was) a qualified electronics engineer, but it has been some years since I have done it! ;o)

[quote name='Alpha-Dave' post='5430' date='May 23 2007, 10:41 PM']Erm, 0.175 inches is 4.44 mm [/quote]


Cheers Dave, I was on my way to getting the calculator out! he he he!!

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='5565' date='May 24 2007, 09:25 AM']Yes it appears that he likes the tone of the Tech cab but just wants MORE, and I'd say that's what this 6x10 delivers; what the 2x10 has x 3.

The 2x10 can and will handle a gig by itself if anyone is having doubts about it.[/quote]

I would agree there, I found that my two Tech 4x10's just wanted for more. I could have easily wound my poweramp open with out them breaking into a sweat. With that in mind, the 6x10 or 6x12 even is on my shopping list of possibilities.

Look forward to the review John!

Yeh! I've been singled out you evil people!! ;o) lol lol.. Actually, since it has caused a stir.. and frankly there is NO WAY that anyone could have made that many posts in such a short time on this forum, I really don't mind being the butt of the joke. BRING IT ON! make it 10,000 posts! May this be a lesson to you all!


Issue closed!

Since it is I who is being discussed, I'd add that post count means nothing.absolutely nothing.

(other than I am a sad bag who needs to get out more often... And I have a sense of humour!!!!)

Just had an email from Bass Merchant too! Mike and the boys have built a cab or two recently, so I think I'm going to have a look at those too!

Likewise mate! none of those manufacturers build anything even close to what I am after. So I have a choice of buying blind (and I realise that there are one or 2 makes that I cant go wrong with) OR, what might be fun is to see if I can figure out a design and ask our resident cab builder, JPJ if he fancies a new project! ;o)

I have made no purchases yet! GUH!! I'm surprised at myself! Actually.. I am thinking about *trying* 15's for bottom and an 8 in the same box with some tweeters.- messing about for too long with cab software is to blame I think! It maybe a case of having to buy one and try it out.. then sell if it doesnt do what I want. The major issue with living what seems a thousand miles from.. well.. any other habitation!

"As few pedals as possible" would be my anser ;o) I use a MIDI controller to operate my 'starship enterprise flight deck' ;o) (Just a single 19" FX rack)

Oh.. I reckon both will need tweeters for my personal tastes. Mebbe crowbar some soft dome types in.

[url="http://www.bergantino.com/"]http://www.bergantino.com/[/url]
Model NV215 specifications:
• 2-15" woofers with vented pole pieces
• 1-6" midrange
• power handling - 600 watts rms
• custom phase - coherent crossover
• frequency response: 37hz - 7khz
• sensitivity: 101db • anechoic: 2.83v/1m
• impedance: 4 ohms
• dimensions: 36"H x 24"W x 15"D
• weight: 93lbs.
• tilt-back casters



and

• 3-10" woofers with vented pole pieces
• 1-15" woofer with vented pole piece
• power handling - 750 watts rms
• frequency response: 41hz - 5khz
• sensitivity: 100db • anechoic: 2.83v/1m
• impedance: 4 ohms
• dimensions: 36"H x 24"W x 15"D
• weight: 95lbs.
• tilt-back casters

I had to borrow a link from TB as Berg' have no pics of this beast on their site: [url="http://www.talkbass.com/reviews/showfull.php?product=502&bigimage=39828425.jpg"]http://www.talkbass.com/reviews/showfull.p...ge=39828425.jpg[/url]

I very much doubt that there will be much to say by peole on this side of the water... but with much discussion over sealed cabs and mixing drivers, I'd be very interested to hear what our *nerds* have to say. (I mean that in the warmest, kindest way. I'm a geek.)

I suspect it'd be cheaper to get a custom made over here, but I'm interested in the design.

why stop there? is BassUniverse taken yet? ;o)

This was as close as I could get to John's 67/69 P basses.



I couldn't afford a real one, so a CIJ 70's reissue is pretty much there. A friend of mine has a 70's P and sent me pics to compare 'em!

*geek*

I do JD impressions with this one!!