JohnDaBass

If you are building the 1x 10 cab take a look at @stevie and @Phil Starr threads on the Easy Build lock down cab and The House Jam micro cab or even my House Jam Micro combo thread as they will provide some interesting reading and guidance.

Is that a Mellotron in the background?

Some news https://www.notreble.com/buzz/2022/01/13/zoom-b6-bass-multi-effects-unit-now-shipping/ Probably a few months away for UK buyers.

Take a look at Stevie & Phil Starr Basschat easy-build lockdown cab. It's worth a read before committing to a particular route.

Thank you for your kind words. I purchased the Faital RS140 from Blue Arran it was one of the last in stock, I was told that the shipment due in March would suffer a price increase. It cost me £77. But take a good look at the Fane 6-100 that Phil used it's a bit heavier but has a fantastic performance. I chose the Faital because of its higher power rating. Not sure I'm sufficently competent enough to post a video, but listen to Phil Starr's live video on the House Jam Micro Cab thread, it will surely surprise you.

Rather than derailing Phil's excellent Thread I thought I would post my Micro Combo build in the Build Diary Thread. House Jam Micro Combo - Build Diaries - Basschat

The Backstory Once or twice a month during the long winter several friends and acquaintances gather in the bar of a village pub to enjoy a jam and general sing-along. With ages ranging between late 60s and 70s the music is very broad and covers, 60s/70s pop, Delta Blues, traditional Blues, soft rock, Celtic folk and of course always end with Sir Tom’s Delilah. Simple rules No amps No Mics just acoustic guitars & instruments, generally there’s 3 or 4 guitars, mandolin, Bodhrán and vocals. My Fender Kingman is a great bass with 34 ins scale Jazz neck and huge body which resonates quite well, BUT just gets lost amongst the other instruments. So, I have been pondering for a while for some form of non-intrusive sound reinforcement, something small that could be tucked away under a table and linked wirelessly to the Kingman. The Concept I have followed with interest the posts on the Warwick Gnome, Trace Elf and @Phil Starr House Jam Micro cab, and decided to build a micro combo. I purchased the TC BAM200 as the internal DFM (design for manufacture) really appealed to me with no cable harnesses and an elegant single PCB layout. BTW it was also the cheapest at the time!! I chose a Faital RS140 speaker mainly as it had a 200w rating and the specs suggested that it had a reasonable low end. To create a combo from Phil’s cab design I could have added a simple slot above the cab but being so physically small access to the controls would have been inconvenient. So I decided to clone the popular combo approach by adding a recess to the back of the cab and having the controls pointing upwards. There was a bit of head scratching to shuffle around each of the elements changing Phil’s square cubbish cab to a taller bi-dimensional cab layout. The Build Following Phil’s tried and tested method I used 12mm Ply and 12 x 15mm battens but used my pneumatic nail gun with 15mm & 30mm brads. There was a fair amount of extra routering to form the access to the amps controls. Because of bi-dimensional rear there seemed little need for additional bracing but I did add a brace between the back and the baffle. Tuff Cab rules, several coats with brush and roller, and the cab was lined with the fibre wadding. The amp was held in with 10mm x 2 mm aluminium bar lined with speaker mounting rubber tape. The amp fixing bar is held with 2 x 5mm Allen bolts so is easily removed if I need to use the amp as a backup for my other rigs. I added slots in the cab walls on the RHS to provide some ventilation and also had to drill a few holes in the Aluminium bar to avoid covering some of the vent holes on the amps side. The Faital RS140 is a fine piece of engineering with RMS rating of 200w, even though the BAM200 only outputs around a 100w at 8 ohms I wanted sufficient speaker head room just in case I added an extra 8 ohm cab in the future. I hit a few tuning issues but with the help of @Phil Starr I replaced the 70mm port with a single 38mm port. In the end I added a second 38mm port to reduce the "chuffing" and improve the low end performance. ( Can anyone spot the deliberate mistake!!) I had some Fender style speaker cloth and a Fender logo in the basement so used both to finish the job. Fender Micro CHAMP , CHIMP IMP Combo The amp recess at the rear turned out well and with the aid of @Chienmortbb superb speaker cable the combo looks reasonably presentable. I still may do some further faffing around with ports and cab tuning but with my Lekato 5.2Ghz wireless system I can hide the combo under a table in the bar and no one will ever know I'm breaking the acoustic only rules!!! I plan for the Micro combo to live in the lounge tucked away by the side of the TV so with a bass plugged into my Zoom B1 Four sat on the sofa and out with the Lekato to the combo I don't have any leads trailing across the lounge floor and I can play-along with YouTube and DVDs at a sensible level. Happy Days!!

Sound reinforcement used on acoustic evenings with 3 or 4 guitars, mandolin, Bodhran, and vocals with no amps or mics. My Fender Kingman just got lost so I followed @Phil Starr House Jam Micro 6 ins cab and built a F**der IMP 🤣

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House Jam Micro COMBO!! Anyone?? Nearly finished , using a Faital 6RS140 speaker and what a fine piece of engineering it is too. I will do a proper post in the coming days.

Now that IS a New Years gift of a purchase. What a fantastic example of fine Spector basses. Congratulations.

Be patient, it will be fantastic when it's done.

+1 @Phil Starr will be along shortly to explain that the Laws of Physics prevent anyone building a 600w amp into the footprint of the Gnome. What appears to be in train here is the creation and building of a sub brand for Warwick. ( et al Volkswagen / Skoda/ Seat). Maintain a premium for the house brand and outsource the manufacture of sub brands through OEM / ODM to low cost centres of manufacturing. Maintains turnover and competes with other brands through low margin products. Makes it much more difficult for competitors to grow their market share. Having had first hand experience of executing such a strategy product quality and reliability tend to be the first areas to suffer. It will be interesting to see if Warwick can control their chosen partners effectively.

Great bass what year?

Fantastic, so well balanced on the eye, it just looks right. Soooo many possibilities for the future, enjoy!!

OOOmf Awesome, Congratulations.

Thank you so much for modelling the 6RS140. The Fane looks significantly better. What size port should be for a 10l cab? What's your view on front firing port rather than a rear firing on a cab this size that would probably be sat against a wall in the lounge?

I have recently purchased a TC 200 BAM and considering using a Faital Pro 6RS140 in place of the Fane. The 6RS140 has an Xmax of 5.6mm so I'm hopeful it may offer a little more bass response. https://faitalpro.com/en/products/LF_Loudspeakers/product_details/index.php?id=101020140 I will report back with the outcome.

Looks like you have created a new market segment @Phil Starr https://www.notreble.com/buzz/2021/12/03/phil-jones-bass-introduces-nanobass-x4-combo-amp/

Great job looks awesome. @steve-norris and @Pea Turgh what drivers did you choose?

So Stu's back home with a lovely new dual action Truss Rod, a 50 year old rosewood fret board, satin finish neck and huge chunk love bestowed on it by probably one of the best Luthiers in the UK Jon Shuker himself. The whole horror story is on the Repair thread I'm just so grateful to Jon Shuker for the fantastic standard of craftsmanship he delivered in bringing by US Stu Hamm back to life. Top man!!

I have owned a Fender USA Stu Hamm Urge bass from new(1993). Early last year I had the neck repaired by a local, so called, guitar repairer who sadly botched my lovely bass. The problems started when I ‘rounded’ the Allen key truss rod adjusting nut. The neck had too much relief and during the tightening of the truss rod the Allen nut rounded. A friend of mine recommended a local Guy who ‘claimed ‘he could replace the Allen headed adjusting nut on the truss rod without too much trouble. Believing, both my (ex) friend and the local (so called) guitar repairer I dropped the bass off and waited for its return. After about a week I got a call to say that the job proved a little more difficult and would I mind having part of the fret board removed to gain access to the offending truss rod end nut. I was told there maybe some small joint marks on the face of the fret board but ‘It would look fine’. Two weeks later my Stu Hamm Urge bass was returned:- · Neck nice and straight · Nice low action · Truss rod working fine · BUT A PIECE OF ROSEWOOD between the nut and the first fret!! I was absolutely livid. I completely ‘Lost it’ when it was explained to me that the Pau Ferro section of the fret board had “Accidentally disintegrated “when it had been removed. The guitar Butcher was very apologetic and offered to forego his fee for the mishap. So I ended up with the bodged truss rod nut that has over time broken through the fret board just south of the 1st Fret. The 1st Fret itself has lifted a crack runs almost to the 2nd Fret. So I contacted Jon Shuker in the hope that he would find some time to slot my neck repair in during time between new guitar builds. We agreed that the way forward is to Replace the fret board with a stronger, stiffer, thicker timber (5- 7mm perhaps?). Adds some strength to the neck construction. I understood that the finished neck profile maybe deeper (front to back) than it was present. Replace the Truss rod with a stronger, modern design, dual action. Replace the side fret dot markers. Accept the loss of some headstock paint colour where the replacement fret board would sit. So Jon planned to replace the rod with a 2 way, rout out the original channel glue a new strip of maple in, rout a new channel , etc, but it would make the neck far more adjustable. A slightly thicker board is was a good idea, and Jon had some very nice 50yr old rosewood that would do the trick. So last Monday I spent a very pleasant drive (5hrs) from wet West Wales to sunny Peak District to visit Jon and have him reassemble and setup my bass. What a fine craftsman Jon is , he has brought my beloved Stu Hamm back to life and I am indebted to him for providing such a quality service.