JohnDaBass

@stevie and @Phil Starr what magnificent prodigies you have created. Enjoy a small sherry before your night time Horlicks tonight. 😂😂😂

Looks fantastic. A 2nd speaker only cab would give you a handsome rig with loads of H##t. Gold star and take a £1 out of the till on your way home.

That's a great job ,well done. Apply 2 or 3 brush coats of Tuff-cab first to level the surface then a couple of texture roller coats and you'll have a great looking and sounding cab. Great job.

@hiram.k.hackenbacker any news or updates?

That's a really tasteful upgrade build. The result is a fantastic looking elegant bass I'm pretty sure it will sound as good as it looks. Great job!

I have used a couple of Kmise Jazz width necks on builds and found them to be fine, great quality at very reasonable prices. On both Bitas builds I removed the fretboard over hang without any problems. I reshaped one to a '51 P headstock style and left the other as a Jazz shape.

The only drawback I foresee is that cab could get tired halfway through a gig.🤣

Following in anticipation 😀

Yup, I think it's an ODM from the same manufacturer. I believe the G4M one has an integral rechargeable battery. But it doesn't come with a PSU like the Harley Benton. The HB has been great no drop out and pretty stable. I have not gigged with it so I really can not comment on a live venue environment. Good value for money.

PLEASE SIR, PLEASE SIR, Can I join So one of the bands I play in does a few songs which needed access to a Low B string. My solution was to add a set of BEAD D'Addario Chromes to one of my P basses. This has always worked fine as I normally take two basses to gigs. For a while now I have had this desire to get a 5-string and after reading the comments of Spector Basses I ordered a 5 string Legend Classic from Bass Direct. I know it's not a "Posh" USA or Euro version but I am extremely pleased with the build quality, finish and performance of the Tone Pump Jr & Bartolini Pups. So please may I be admitted into the regal throng of Spector Bass lovers on Bass Chat? Last year, having sourced a Spector Legend Classic body, I built a 32 ins scale Bitsa which frankly is a knockout bass and encouraged me to acquire a proper Spector. SpectaRayVibe Anyone???? - Build Diaries - Basschat Thank you

I'm 70 years of age and have been playing bass on and off since the age of 13. If I calculate all the money I have spent on basses and gear (including the losses on trades and poor deals) I would probably have to continue playing for another 20 years before I breakeven. So effectively I have been playing for free all these years. Yes I have had great fun, made some great friends, enjoyed some great venues and events AND fed my habit of Bass GAS. Apologies to those who make their living from playing bass but as a Weekend Warrior who considers himself as a mere "hobbist" (still hoping to improve my playing) the minimum I would expect for my services is transport costs plus some food & a couple of pints.

+1 DiMarzio Model J is a very versatile powerful PUP and will provide the fatness that you are seeking. It's been around since the 70's and IMHO is one of the best after market Pups. If you are adventurous enough to go for the routing of a MM solution please take a look at the Warman MM Pup it is truly a superb sounding Pup.

Was this completed?

I've used one of their Alder P bass black gloss bodies. I found them to be first rate with all dimensions spot on. I completed my project with a Warmoth figured mapleJazz neck, DiMarzio Split P Pup , USA pick guard ( @Lozz196) and CTS loom from @KiOgon. A really lovely instrument to play and sounds wonderful.

Wallace??😂

Install a "Producer" control in the spare hole in the cavity. Basically an unconnected volume control which is used to fox the producer in the studio🤣🤣🤣. @KiOgon offers a wide range of "Producer" controls, from heavey metal to modern jazz 🙄🙄

A forward facing port is generally considered the most optimum but there are many cab designs with rear ports as the low frequencies are omnidirectional. One of the draw backs of rear ports is positioning close to walls on small performing spaces. I would recommend considering a side mounted port, I was really surprised how my BF One10 sounded when laid on it's side with it's bottom facing port pointing sideways. It was on a stand not on the floor and having tried both positions the side fireing sounded best to my ears.

+1

Yup , the wind from the port makes it really chilly in there 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Yup a Bells catalogue and Beat Instrumental were read by so many youngsters with a torch under the bed sheets. Happy days of innocence.

Selmer did a 50w 1x18 Goliath bass cab and 100w 1x18 Goliath bass cab both had Goodmans speakers. I bought my 100w cab second hand and the Selmer T'n B 50 amp came from Bells catalogue on HP. A T'n B 50 in mint condition is worth a small house nowadays. I seem to recall they used to sell for £35 s/h in the early 70's.

Had to do some re-organising in the basement so it was a good opportunity to show off my Acoustic 136 combo. The combo was purchased new in 1971 from Roger Jenkins Sound Centre in Cardiff. Roger was one of the importers and distributors of Acoustic products at the time and as an employee I enjoyed a small staff discount. The Combo is all original except the original Eminence 100w 8 Ohm 15 ins square magnet speaker has been replaced with an Eminence 400w 4 Ohm Kappa -C 15ins. (I still have the original speaker). Back in the early 70's I was not knowledgeable enough to calculate whether the Kappa-C had the correct specs for the folded horn reflex cab design, I just thought " well it's Eminence, it's 15 ins and it can handle 400w , so it must be right". Fortunately it has worked and lowering the impedance from 8 ohm to 4 ohm allowed the amp to output it's full potential. The castors and the H & H bar handles were added to help with handling. It works really well and sounds awesome. Isn't it strange how we used to manage our sound tailoring with 3 simple controls? Volume, Treble and Bass plus a Bright switch to and a little sparkle. These were fine amps built in California with great pride and professionalism. It's really sad how big corporations buy up innovative successful companies only to loose the key personnel and run the businesses into the ground. We are fortunate that those clever engineers and Innovators moved on to create other new enterprises that we bassists have benefited from. This combo replaced my Selmer Treble'n Bass 50 Mk2 and Selmer 100w 1x18 Goliath rig. I still have the T'nB 50 Mk2 amp and I plan ( One day) to rebuild it with all new replacement transformers, valves and caps. I'm sure it will sound fantastic thro one of my Barefaced Super Compacts.

Had to do some re-organising in the basement so it was a good opportunity to show off my Acoustic 136 combo. The combo was purchased new in 1971 from Roger Jenkins Sound Centre in Cardiff. Roger was one of the importers and distributors of Acoustic products at the time and as an employee I enjoyed a small staff discount. The Combo is all original except the original Eminence 100w 8 Ohm 15 ins square magnet speaker has been replaced with an Eminence 400w 4 Ohm Kappa -C 15ins. (I still have the original speaker). Back in the early 70's I was not knowledgeable enough to calculate whether the Kappa-C had the correct specs for the folded horn reflex cab design, I just thought " well it's Eminence, it's 15 ins and it can handle 400w , so it must be right". Fortunately it has worked and lowering the impedance from 8 ohm to 4 ohm allowed the amp to output it's full potential. The castors and the H & H bar handles were added to help with handling. It works really well and sounds awesome. Isn't it strange how we used to manage our sound tailoring with 3 simple controls? Volume, Treble and Bass plus a Bright switch to and a little sparkle. These were fine amps built in California with great pride and professionalism. It's really sad how big corporations buy up innovative successful companies only to loose the key personnel and run the businesses into the ground. We are fortunate that those clever engineers and Innovators moved on to create other new enterprises that we bassists have benefited from. This combo replaced my Selmer Treble'n Bass 50 Mk2 and Selmer 100w 1x18 Goliath rig. I still have the T'nB 50 Mk2 amp and I plan ( One day) to rebuild it with all new replacement transformers, valves and caps. I'm sure it will sound fantastic thro one of my Barefaced Super Compacts.

Well I have found the whole of this thread exceedingly interesting but it has not changed my views that blue painted compression pedals are far superior to red painted compression pedals, to my 70 year old Tinnitus ears. The blue ones sit much better in the mix than red ones down the Dog & Duck. (BTW I've had my 2nd jab)