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Incorrectly listed as a Fortress One, maybe a polite message would encourage the seller to reduce shipping. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Warwick-Fortress-One-bass-with-hard-case/331569362765?_trksid=p2047675.c100009.m1982&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140328180637%26meid%3D65b36539866848af978608e6ac795094%26pid%3D100009%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D10%26sd%3D291459474969"]http://www.ebay.co.u...%3D291459474969[/url] EDIT: TRC says Fortress One so looks like it has the wrong one on. Definitely has the MM pickup and pre.

Ok so I wired it up and there's hum - lots of it! There is a strong hum present which only disappears when I touch one of the pots (volume or stacked bass/treble) and a quiter, higher pitched hum which disappears when I touch the strings. I have fitted a pretty much identical pre (the 4 knob version, SE2) to a different bass which just has a bridge ground and shielding on the control cavity cover so I guess this needs the supplied cable grounding at the bridge. Good news is that it sounds extremely good and I now have a (sort of) functioning Sinsonido. I'm thinking it might be easier to rig something up behing the bridge to make contact with the strings and feeding this through the existing hole for the piezo. Either that or trying to find small metal saddles to seat on top of the wooden bridge (with the piezo underneath). Also am I best wiring the piezos in series or parallel? There are two in there, had to get mandolin ones as the Sinsonido bridge mount is difficult to work around with a standard bass strip.

No, that's a good point! The strings anchor at the bridge end via the tuners, would involve drilling a very long hole though.

There's two thumb screws which can be used to raise/lower the bridge, they might be an option if I get hum although I'm concerned about drilling holes as at the point where I'd have to drill the body gets quite thin. It's a Sinsonio stick bass and the large cavity is just in front of the bridge, there's an alarming lack of wood there compared to the rest of the bass!

http://www.gak.co.uk/en/hughes-and-kettner-red-box-5-cab-emulated-di-box/86123?gclid=CjwKEAjwkcWrBRDg5u6SuPS11C0SJAChLLAH1oXWjyePJAIrwr5aYSh3Orgq5cvYz6EFQVVTmLXdBRoCXlDw_wcB

So if I take the presoldered wire coming off the volume pot body and attach it to the jack socket ground lug (along with the usual ground cable coming from the pre it should be ok?

The ground from the preamp (it's a prewired job) is going to the relevant place on the jack, there is another wire that comes soldered to the volume pot which goes to what would be the ground wire running under the bridge, only this bass has doesn't have a metal bridge so I was just wondering if it is ok to lose this.

Thanks, I'll get soldering tonight. Quite impressed with the Artec stuff, have the SE2 in a different bass and for the money they're great, especially for people like me who can't seem to wire a preamp without masses of wire everywhere!

I have a piezo installed in a bass which I am going to hook up to an Artec SE2a preamp (omitting the blend knob), obviously there is no metal bridge installed (it's wooden with a piezo strip) so would I need to ground the volume pot to anything at all? Obviously the piezo ground is soldered to the body and 3rd lug of the volume pot but there is a cable coming from this, can I just remove it and not get any hum? Thanks! Steve

Could always ask Larry on Facebook.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1433251419' post='2789390'] Obviously the transport of beer bottles has changed in some way. [/quote] It's all done on the interweb now.

It puts the lotion on it's skin.....

Yeah but it's too big though, I want everything in a LM3 box! Seriously a LM3 with an expanded feature set (compression and tuner would suffice) would be a welcome addition for most people IMO. I've been thinking of moving away from MB heads recently and looking at the Streamliner or Bugera Veyron purely because of the compression.

That looks cool, won't be long before we can carry amps to a gig in a jacket pocket! Would love it if they made something with just the Compressore and a tuner in though, could probably ditch my pedals then. It's about time the LM amps had an overhaul and other micro heads have compressors built in, seems logical as they have a nice compressor in their product line they could integrate.

I wonder if they've thought of a stripped down micro head version, like a LM3 with a tuner, distosore and compressore integrated. I would definitely buy that!

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[quote name='Andyjr1515' timestamp='1432300352' post='2780190'] Ooooh - that looks interesting for any future super-slim projects..... .....what am I saying???? NOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooo [/quote] You might be relieved to know they're amazingly expensive over here when you can get them. There was a supplier a while ago who had them up at £120 and wouldn't budge on price, looks like he sold them all too. You can buy import them for about £85 excluding duty etc, so after all fees you're looking at well over £100 for a single pickup which is a complete unknown. I have a buddy who offered to buy it and bring it over in his suitcase so it would have cost me around £65 back then, the only reason I considered getting one!

A much less scary (although more espensive) pickup option might have been the Lace USAB: http://www.lacemusic.com/USAB.php Was considering one for my Sinsonido (have a friend from the USA who visits here regularly) but they're too wide.

I don't think there's much danger of that, none of my speakons dangle much as I'm pretty obsessive about neat cables. The amp to cab cable is 50cm long and connects to the underside of the tilted cab so it's tucked away safely. Besides nobody is allowed around the back of my amp! It's mainly for use on small stages where I am really close to my rig (hence needing it to be tilted towards my ears), so in those situations it's is going to be against a wall with me right near it. If I've got some space it will be set up normally with both drivers pointing forwards. I found I really missed the angled speaker of my Schroeder when space was tight, I don't like crazy loud, booming bass on stage but need to hear myself and that cab never let me down. I'll be going to Poundland on Friday to grab some of the adhesive rubber pad sets so I can get it properly gig-ready for use that night. If I have an amp disaster I'll let you all know!

[quote name='ras52' timestamp='1432137829' post='2778528'] Sweet! So does the eBay seller just step in for those who aren't near/can't bear to visit an IKEA? Good idea! [/quote] I assume so, they're £2.90 to buy in store but postage must be a bit as they're pretty bulky (42cm x 31cm x 9cm). It was delivered with Yodel IIRC so there can't be much profit in it unless he buys loads at a significant discount. Ikea do deliver these btw, just with Porcel Farce at £7.50.

Arrived today so I set my rig up to see if it worked, happy to say that it looks almost perfect. There's plenty of overhang on the front and enough on the back to keep it secure without obscuring any ports. I'm going to add some large rubber feet or an adhesive pad to the back, to make it more grippy, doesn't really need it but it's a cheap mod. Added bonuses are it looks quite classy for a piece of plastic (nice swirly pattern) so no worries at gigs where that matters and it also packs away securely under the cab cover without obscuring the handled so nothing extra to carry. That last one is really important to me as I hate making two trips to load my gear! As you can see the angle of the tilted cab is quite steep so velcro or pads would probably have resulted in an expensive amp repair. So cheers KiOgon, nice find!

The eBay listing has the width as 42cm so it's a perfect fit for the Club 121 cabs which are slightly over that in every dimension.

Edit - Just seen them for £6.99 delivered on eBay, cheaper than the £10.40 on Ikea's website: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/IKEA-BRADA-LAPTOP-SUPPORT-TABLE-TRAY-SOFA-BED-LAPTOP-PINK-BLACK-ANF-GREEN-/121631928586?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&var=&hash=item1c51d3f10a Got one on order, cheers KiOgon!

Amp is a LMII, however as I said the cabs are tolex and are angled at about 45 degrees when kicked back so I doubt velcro would work, even if I used industrial velcro stuck to the tolex (which I don't want to do, they're nice looking cabs). I certainly wouldn't be comfortabe gigging with it like that as like I said I want to use the top cab of the stack tilted so if the head fell backwards it would be a 3ft drop. I tried hanging the front feet over the cab and this is ok for using one as a floor wedge, I wouldn't trust it on top of the full stack at volume though, not without fitting bigger feet to the LMII which is an option. @ KiOgon - that looks ideal, thanks! Even with Parcelforce charges (I don't have a local Ikea) it's a good bet, should fit ok too as I only need about 26cm long. I think the measurements on the site are for the package and not the item though, do you have one to measure?