Protium

I too am awaiting a scratchplate, my PMs haven't been read though so maybe it's another issue with internet/builders?

Is this the first of the black boxes? If so, probably around £100 maybe a bit more depending on condition. Any pics? I just sold a later V8 in wooden box, mint condition for £90

[quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' timestamp='1352755376' post='1867145'] Perhaps. That doesn't mean they don't cheap out on drivers, just that they're no worse than most other companies in that respect. And you're assuming that they design their own cabs. Most companies do not, farming that job out to independent speaker designers, like me. That gives me the unique opportunity to know exactly what manufacturers do to maintain the highest possible profit margins, and that seldom includes using the best drivers available. [/quote] Let's be honest, there's not a great deal of designing involved in making a rectangular box is there.

[quote name='lucatus' timestamp='1353072357' post='1871258'] Hi there, I have a 5 string JJ version that I got second hand for £1000 around 2005, a bit too much maybe but I don't regret it. It belonged to my former teacher and for 5 years I longed for it. It comes in lovely CAR with rosewood fretboard, the neck and body are maple as usual. Very light, indeed, and the slimmest neck I've had. It's glossy finish and the slightly unusual profile makes it a bit slow for me, compared with my other basses, but it is not an issue. Mine doesn't have a head dive, in fact it is probably one of the best balanced basses I've seen. The neck is very stable and you can have a very low action so it is very comfortable. Regarding the sound, I think it is amazing, with the two Bartolini J-style pups and the two-band preamp. The downside is that it has very little output for an active bass and nowadays I feel a bit lost if I don't have a mid-freq pot to fiddle with. Mind you, every time I record something with it it comes incredibly clear and well-defined on the mix... I heard that now they come with an Aguilar preamp, I'm looking forward to try one... All things considered it is a great bass, perhaps "Jazz Bass on steroids" is a good definition for it. Outstandind build quality, 9/10 for me there. 7.5/10 for the sound. If I had the money, I'd get a soapbar version. Cheers. Pablo. [/quote] +1 I've never heard of or experienced neckdive with these basses YMMV but I don't think the Aguilar preamp would be suited to mine

[quote name='Bassman62' timestamp='1352996423' post='1870320'] Many loudspeaker cab manufacurers use the least expensive speakers that they can get away with whilst charging phenominaly high prices for the finished product. Some few short years ago two of the most popular cabs from a leading UK manufacturer retailed at £499 each, these being a 4x10 and a 1x15, the 10" & 15" speakers left the actual speaker manufacturer for approx £9.50 (10") & £32 (15") each which equated £461 £467 for the empty cabinets which were basic tuned cabinets, nothing complex. [/quote] All loudspeaker cabinet manufacturers do: Barefaced for example charge ~£525 for a compact. A £125 speaker, equating to £400 for a bit of plywood

[quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' timestamp='1352654617' post='1865658'] Don't be so sure. As often as not drivers are chosen based on their price, not how well they function. [/quote] Not everyone can afford to buy cabs with the most expensive speakers in... Imagine Ashdown's entry range cabs costing the same as a barefaced, they'd never sell any By the way, their amps/cabs are present on almost every major festival stage in this country. By that standard I reckon they know [i]exactly[/i] what they're doing

Where is this one up to?

All their new stuff screams QOTSA, decent.

Any roundwounds, and turn up the treble to 5000

I bought a Thunderbird from Rossko, arrived quickly and very well packed

Personally I'd laugh someone out of the band if they suggested a band uniform. Seems you just want different things to the rest of them - weddings/functions take a massive amount of work and perhaps they just don't have the time?

Used to use LaBella "Slappers" (stupid name, but great strings) until the price went astronomical Then I bought a job lot of Ernie Ball Super Slinkies which worked out around £8 a pack, should keep me going for a while

7/0.2 is fine for effects or guitars, I prefer to use multi core as it's more flexible and I find the solder joints are more reliable than single core

[quote name='rogerstodge' timestamp='1351708229' post='1854491'] I wouldn't want to do that, routers need to sit on a dead flat surface, also the neck is in the way [/quote] Would be easy enough to curve a template to fit over the body and thick enough to clear the neck

[quote name='Pow_22' timestamp='1351330074' post='1850100'] Need a bit more help on this due to being an absolute doofus. I wanted to swap out the wires for cloth covered ones (just to match my harness). But being a amateur of epic propertions i forgot to not which hook up wire does what. However, i do know that when i got them they were NOT wired as above. Putting the pups down with the bottoms up from left to right they seemed to be wired : wire to other pup Earth wire to other pup Hot. Pics on the web seem to differ:- [url="http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wiring-diagrams/schematics.php?schematic=std_pbass"]http://www.seymourdu...matic=std_pbass[/url] for example. Is there anyway of looking at the coils or anything to see which eyelet should connect to which hook up wire? [/quote] From what I can gather they are wired the same as in that seymour duncan pic, it doesn't really matter which way round the wires are as the two pickups are in phase - you'll be able to tell if they're not right because the output will be very thin sounding, if this is the case just swap the wires on one half around Hope that makes sense!

[quote name='Stroopy121' timestamp='1351170377' post='1848189'] Ahhh ok, thanks! I'm from an electrical/electronic engineering backgroud and am starting to dabble with pedal design.. while I have a solid understanding of what adding capacitors et al do from a circuit analysis POV, I have no idea what audible effects they have! If you could get the cap. and res. values / schematic that'd be much appreciated, otherwise I'll just start playing around Cheers! xx [/quote] I've got an excel file I can send you with a couple of things I've tried before - flat EQ and a few mid boosts at different frequencies. PM me your email address if you're interested