JohnDaBass

***** Stingy old Skinflint ALERT******** As a Zoom B1 Four Fan boy I thought a small powered cab with the B1 Four would be ideal for the odd pub Jam & Open Mic nights down the Dog & Duck. I have been toying with the idea of building a powered 1X10 for a while, but the cost of Plate amps and ICE Power modules seems very expensive. @Chienmortbb As a @stevie & @Phil Starr follower I have been waiting for the Basschat Easy Build 1 x 10 cab ever since @Stevie teased it last year. My personal bass tone does not demand any top end so I decided to use just the speaker. So I started my Mini Combo. The baffle dimensions were already fixed as I had salvaged a front grill off an old Carlsbro PA cab. So after buying a Peavey MiniMax from here I decided that I would go for an 8Ohm Celestion BN10-300X speaker as the MiniMax output was 300W at 8 Ohm and 500W at 4Ohm. I played with WinISD to get the final dimensions and port length, and since I had a Roqsolid cover I tried to work within the covers dimensions so I did not need to buy a new cover. ( I told you I was Stingy) I used @Phil Starr guidance to construct the cab and a spare length of 100mm sewer pipe for the port. As per the thread I used 12mm for the cab but 18mm for the baffle because it was a bit of a squeeze to get the Speaker & port in the 345mm X 375mm baffle so I wanted to be sure it was rigid enough. The cab ended up being 345 x 375 x 280 internal with a volume of 36.3 Lts, resulting in the port being 186mm long. Here's the progress

Welcome Pete, I am a Fender Rumble 800HD & Rumble 500 head user. I run the heads through one or two Barefaced SC 1x12. I find that this combination provides a wide range of tonal options. The footswitched Drive function is very usable and the 3 character switches offer instant basic pre-selects. There's plenty of comments & opinions on here and other forums that will enlighten you to the Fender's pros & con's.

That's a stunning bass, great job. It's going to sound huuuuuuge.😎

Looking forward to your review.

This makes a lot sense, integrating Line 6's portfolio of technologies into single "standalone " pedal. The Pod Go has been on my radar since it was launched and the integration of wireless is very appealing to me.

Does this use the same Pulse 10 speaker? ( Beyma 10WRS 300 perhaps?)

Hi @stevie & @Phil Starr, Internal dimensions of my 'no HF' cab are 375 X 340 X 291 giving a volume of 37Ltrs. Am I correct that Phil has allowed 7litrs for Speaker, port and HF horn? If I use a 100mm diameter port 120mm long will I still get close to your planned 50Hz tuning for my cab?

Oh my Lord that is awesome.

Two beautiful "sisters". Fantastic ladies who need to be loved, nurtured and tired with care. Congratulations.

Nah, not for me.🤐🤐🤐

Or BonkingGrabbaWife😂😂😂😂😂

I have a Lindy Fralin Split '51 P 5% over wound Pup with @KiOgon loom of CTS V & T and 0.047 cap. I have found, just like @Cuzzie, that you have to treat basses with this Pup differently to other basses which have more modern design Pups. Firstly you have to remember that Lindy builds these Pups to the authentic, vintage specs. So using the same wire, form wear, winding style and hook-up wires. So in reality you are dealing with 1951 technology. The Pup has the two coils wired in parallel, which provides the most authentic sound from the Pup. So it is natural that you have to use different amp setups to get the most out of the Pup. I have found that the Fralin split '51 P delivers a much tighter and clearer tone than my Jess Loureiro Split '51 P Pup. The Loureiro is wired in series with the same loom & cap value. When switching to the Fralin bass from the Loureiro bass I find I have to cut the Treble. (12.00 to 9.00) and increase the gain ( 9.00 to 2.00) on my Fender Rumble 800 HD into a Barefaced Super Compact. The two basses have different characters and that's the joy of accessing different tone palettes. I would recommend spending some time tweaking your amp settings until you reach the tone that you are seeking. I guess @hooky_lowdown would suggest changing the cap value to 0.1 to roll off a little more top end and possibly deliver a smoother tone. But I would listen to what Lindy Fralin says first as he really does know his Pups. Happy tweaking!!!!

One idea is to use a Jess Loureiro split '51 P ( wired in series) to replace the stock Bronco Pup and add an EBO Humbucker in the neck position. Thus a BroncieWife 😂😂😂😂😂

That's a bute, well done looks fantastic.

Here's my 32ins scale Spector Performer 4 Classic Bitsa.

Well here is my Spector Bitsa. Hope I'm not intruding????

So made some progress with the control cavity screening and completed the wiring. Control is thro 3 position switch for Pup selection then through a @KiOgon volume & tone loom. Each Pup has a series- single coil- parallel switch offering a broad palette of tones from 51’P’ish, to Neck Humbucker, to Jazz’ish 2 single in parallel, to Jazz'ish single coil bridge, through to passive Stingray in series or parallel. The body was advertised as an old Performer 4 Classic and was an unused second surplus stock from China. Following some research I could not find any reference for the “Black Ice” finish Performer 4 Classic, basswood, Spector bass with a curved body. Production of the curved body Performer 4 Classis ceased in 2008 and production of Performer 4 was moved to Indonesia where only flat body, basswood basses were produced. So I am a little unsure of the true origins of the curved body. The 32ins scale neck from Retrovibe was a real gem of a find it is a typical Gibson EB3 type neck and the maple fret board fits in with my preference for “Black/ Maple neck” basses. I finished the neck with Tru-oil and the feel of the bass is very satisfying, indeed the acoustic sound of the bass is fantastic, vibrant, resonant and quite loud especially with the s/h Labella Deep Talking strings care of @Osiris of this parish. All in all I am really pleased how the Bitsa SpectorRayVibe has turned out I enjoy creating basses that are “out of the ordinary” with different tonal options. That’s for watching

Phil, @Phil Starr What are the draft dimensions of the prototype cab?

Daft Answer #1. It would probably be easier to buy the aluminium sheet, corners and edging and "clad" the outside of the cabinet rather than painting with Tuff Cab.

I'm considering the tweeteless combo cab having an added section above to accommodate a Harley Benton Block 300 amp. That could possibly be a small combo around 12kgs.

I have used DiMarzio Split P and Model J D123 PUPs. The J D123 are humbucking and offer a much broader tone palette than standard J Pups. With a good quality loom you can achieve a Jazz which is far more versatile than a the normal typical J bass but still retaining the J character sound. I have a V-bal-T control setup and I can get very close to P bass sound with the neck Pup solo' d. There's so much choice of Pups on the market I would suggest you do some serious research before spending your hard earned cash.

Plus there's no blood stains anywhere. 🤐🤐🤐

Hi Caroline, I understand your vision but before taking that route why not consider investing in a set of BEAD strings. When I joined a band who needed a low B for a number of their cover versions I considered investing in the 5 string bass. Borrowed one from a mate for a while only to realise 5's just weren't for me. Put a set of Labella BEAD on one of my Fender P basses with DiMarzio Split P Pups and everything fell into place. Having a BEAD P & and a EADG P at gigs made a great deal of sense and maintained my tone throughout the set.

To be honest I prefer the headstock shape. The positioning of the tuners appears to provide a better string to nut alignment. Is the neck any "thinner"?