Hellzero

No fear to have, your instrument enters the exemptions list, if it was crafted before 1975. All you have to do is prove the date with, for example, an invoice. It comes from the legal text here: Which you can find here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/dealing-in-items-containing-ivory-or-made-of-ivory#exemptions-for-dealing-in-ivory

Push-push instead of push-pull pots are real game changers. My 2 cents.

Is it working now ?

I don't give a sh*t about football, I didn't even know they were playing at this tournament.... Just checked, you must be Canadian...

Will you play Mustang Sally with it @ped ? 🤔🤪

Believe what you want, but it's strange that nobody believes me until they try my shielding : dead silent and you can let go of the hands of the strings, there's no buzz and no feedback buzz when touching them again... I explained my process to a desperate luthier upon recommendations of a mutual friend, and he called me an hour later, he was so excited that he said it was almost magical: absolutely no noise on a hollow body guitar with single coils that was a nightmare, and which his owner is now using widely on stage and in the studio without fearing anything buzzing. I really think telling people how to solve their problems easily is a complete waste of time: they need non working complex solutions... The infamous "You know, it's not that easy" is something I can't stand anymore.

I own one since it went out, and these are really good tiny amps for practicing or checking out if an instrument is working. I use mine with an external power bank and put some rubber feet under as it has a tendency to vibrate on a flat surface. The buzz noise is simply due to a non perfect shielding. I already explained how to make it, and in this case the continuity test is your enemy... as the problem is linked to antennas understanding.

Your build is just looking amazing. Say hello to Christoph Dolf from Tony from Belgium. 😉

It looks like the black wire near the S was soldered to the output jack (which is a stereo model, simply for cutting the battery) and is the ground to the jack

+ is positive (red wire) of the battery. - is negative (black wire) of the battery. G is ground, the other black wire going to the earth and coming from the cavity. The yellow wire goes to the output jack (check your second photo and follow the path). The free black wire from the circuit (near the S) should be disconnected or connected to a stereo jack which doesn't seem to be there... Make very clean solders!

Bought one too (Katana 110) a few weeks ago, and must confess that it's better sounding than my AER's... and way lighter. It has all I will ever need a d is powerful enough for what I do and play.

Good luck, Banzai in Germany is selling it: https://www.banzaimusic.com/cts-dimple-ss-250k-lin.html

Méo is making 30% on everything, but only tomorrow. Oops, it's not CoffeeChat.

Fingers crossed.

To me, the EBS Billy Sheehan pedals are too soft sounding, rounding all the growl of the pickups, but they suit his sound perfectly. And I love the way he's playing and his approach, but strangely I hate most of the bands he's been playing with... Go figure. 🤦🏻‍♂️

The Okko FX Motörbass might be worth checking out, especially as you're using a P-Bass humbucker pickup and not a single coil. The Harder (high mids) control will help you get that distorted sound you're after, which is typical from a single coil as @Cosmo Valdemar noticed.

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Negative and ground cut, indeed the sound must lack some power... Let me a few minutes to give you the right wiring diagram.

A good shotgun in case some fools might think they would be welcome is more than enough to listen to the nature with my wife, and our cats or pets of the moment. Yes, I do hate human beings.

Great idea these aluminium position markers. Maybe worth putting some smaller ones on the treble side from the second octave on as it helps the in tune playing in the dusty end. Like this (it's a 28 positions):

As much as I love Jonas Hellborg and his playing (I have each and every album he recorded), this guy would put his signature on manure in no time as long as he gets money... So sad.