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Nice build, looking very tidy! Starting my 1x10 cab build next month hopefully, if i can actually find someone around here that sells birch ply

An Auralex Gramma pad might tighten up the bottom end a bit, although in most cases a quick tweak of the eq will sort it out. Where do you have the VLE knob set? I turn it right off because i don't like the effect it has, seems to lose definition in the lows to my ears

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='872236' date='Jun 19 2010, 10:50 PM']Oooh, very nice piece of wood.[/quote] +1, this is gonna look lovely

[quote name='51m0n' post='870528' date='Jun 18 2010, 09:47 AM']A few thoughts/truths for you:- You can never ever have too much power (thats why god made volume knobs) 500w into an efficient 410 or really good 212 will be enough for almost any pub gig. ANy more and you need a decent PA. Some rooms are acoustically awful - nothing you can do about that but move your rig into a better position in the room A rig at ear height sounds better for everyone, a rig on the floor (single cab) is very hard to hear the mids from. Result: you turn up too loud for the audience in the room A rig close to the back wall (back of cab within 1') gets about +3dB boost from the boundary reflections. Use this to your advantage! Deep bass sounds great on its own, turns to mud live and gives the FOH guy areal headache. Being heard is all about the mids... Speaker diameter is not related to cab performance in any meaningful way, neither is port location. It just aint that simple people!!!!!! Any modern amp putting out 500w into 4Ohm will do the job, its then a question of tone, reliability, weight and features (not to mention labels here but...) Cabs are more important than amps, they produce more THD (excepting the case of a deliberate overdriving of the amp), have far more to do with the frequency response of the rig than the amp does, and the efficiency of the cab really does define the rigs real world volume. Go play a bunch of amps and cabs and find something you like the sound of, then ask here if people think its really up to the job, or if there is a better alternative to get the same kind of tone....[/quote] Excellent post. That "God of gear" tag is starting to make sense! A good quality amp through a sensitive cab is a no-brainer. Forget power handling and speaker size, good design produces the best sounds. It's all about finding what you like. An Auralex Gramma pad helps no end to retain consistent sound from stage to stage, as well as eliminating boomy notes. I found this more useful than anything when trying to determine a cab's merits

[quote name='crez5150' post='870795' date='Jun 18 2010, 02:04 PM']I'd love either..... but the thought of spending £900 on an Ashdown Amp sends a stabbing pain to the back of my left eye......[/quote]

You know the guy who makes 'em is on here? Sure he could do some sound clips for ya [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showuser=554"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showuser=554[/url]

[quote name='bassicinstinct' post='869769' date='Jun 17 2010, 11:22 AM']I guess we all form our opinions at least in part based on our own experience and I've been using the Superfly 500 head regularly for quite some time now with no issues or complaints.[/quote] Don't get me wrong, since taking mine out of the external casing it's been problem free, i've played through it for ages and all the gremlins seem to be gone. However when i got it i had to send it back twice with 2 seperate faults, even then it kept cutting out (overheating i think - hence the case removal). Fact is it's a bit of a lottery buying one, there are good ones but there's also an awful lot of bad ones with faulty mainboards, sounds like we've been lucky as ours are currently still alive and kicking!

Bought all manner of bits off them, excellent service and super-quick delivery every time. Keep us posted on this one, always been intrigued by their bodies and necks

If it's UK then it souldn't be much, i'd guess around a tenner? On the courier's website you don't find out the extra costs until you actually put the addresses in so it's hard to tell!

A Superfly isn't a great option if you don't want an unreliable amp though! There's also a pretty lame input section on those too, much like the LG. Used LMII all the way, only about £100 more I read on one of the threads that putting a boost in the effects loop cures the problem with the weak gain section, not exactly a portable rig then though i suppose

Yep, my obbm leads are still good as new. No-nonsense quality at the right price IMO

Yep still here!

Here's the UK distributors: [url="http://www.samick.co.kr/eu/about/dealers.php"]http://www.samick.co.kr/eu/about/dealers.php[/url]

Close up it looks like a bad job IMO, plus the headstock looks awful. I'd bag it for a tenner though!

Quite a good cover for when the missus catches you buying basses again. "Just gay porn again dear, nothing to worry about"

[quote name='chrisd24' post='867504' date='Jun 14 2010, 09:44 PM']"trust me the pictures do this guitar no justice dont let this one get away"[/quote] Interesting juxtaposition with his opening statement: "PLEASE TAKE YOUR TIME TO READ ALL ABOUT THIS GUITAR SO THERE ISNT ANY DISSAPOINTMENT ON BOTHSIDES THANK YOU"

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='867493' date='Jun 14 2010, 09:38 PM']Because it bleeds acid when you cut it. [/quote] Definitely not bidding now, new couch arrives soon and the missus would kill me!

Makes total sense, why wouldn't a butchered cheapy be worth £500+?

[quote name='eude' post='867345' date='Jun 14 2010, 07:40 PM']Here's the one I found dude >. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzal2VXmpQ4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzal2VXmpQ4[/url] I've spoken to a few guys on ta**bass too and they've confirmed that the Genz is very HiFi and sterile, while the Promethean is more MarkBass'y, still fairly transparent, but a bit more organic. They've also said the little 10" Ibanez combo pumps out more low end than the 12" MarkBass Combo... Eude[/quote] The extension cab for the Ibanez is quite cheap too, certainly the cheapest of the mini lightweight 1x10 cabs AFAIK

I read somewhere about using foam/rubber under the strings near the bridge to dampen the sound. I cut out a big chunk of foam for my Stagg and shaped it accordingly as there's far too much sustain without it. Definitely helped get more of a thuddy sound with a more suitable decay

[quote name='tony_m' post='864509' date='Jun 11 2010, 05:33 PM']Apart from getting my gig bags there, must admit I've not had a lot to do with that shop. Somehow I can't see that changing... [/quote] I buy the odd thing there, including my acoustic guitar which was in the clearance sale (so same as online prices!). They have a very good reputation for setups but again are very expensive. I got a quote of well over £100 for a simple pickup and pre installation a few years ago, not including the £60 bench fee! There was a bit of routing for a battery box but that's still a stupid amount

[quote name='tony_m' post='864275' date='Jun 11 2010, 12:58 PM']Hmm, what does that say about me? Since I started having what I am assured is [i]my [/i]mid-life crisis, all I've bought (and am considering buying in the not too distant future) are Squiers... Maybe I should pay a visit to Fr*ts, if that is indeed the shop of which you speak... [/quote] Ah but you're obviously more bothered about having a guitar to play, rather than having something to look at. The only PRS guitars i've seen people actually gigging are the standard ones. FWIW i totally GAS over Squiers too, it's frighteing that they're so cheap! Oh and yeah, that is the shop! I asked the owner what they were having upstairs (during the re-fit) and he said "more expensive, bespoke guitars". There's some nice gear in there but the prices are horrific. I got quoted nearly £800 for a Warwick when everywhere else was selling them at £600. A few years ago I also asked the younger fella about a used MIA Jazz they had and was told it was £700, went in for another play the next day and it had jumped £50!

Ammended for postage prices /\ /\ /\

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='863846' date='Jun 10 2010, 11:20 PM']Translucent teal finish, flamed maple top, gold hardware, it's got pretty much everything a rich middle-aged guitar buyer could wish for.[/quote] That's exactly it. Funny you never see people actually gigging these. There's a shop near me which shifted it's focus away from standard instruments and dedicated an entire upper floor to these mid-life crisis guitars. They're doing pretty well so obviously there must be quite a lot of over-paid dads with too much time on their hands where i live. [quote name='Prime_BASS' post='863933' date='Jun 11 2010, 01:20 AM']How exactly do we divide this up in to 62 million pieces?[/quote] Smashy Smashy!

Should be no different to any other bass i presume. D-basser did quite a nice job on this one, lovely danish oil finish too: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=91057"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=91057[/url] You doing it yourself or getting a luthier to do it? You are aware that there's 2 Squier VM fretlesses for sale on here at the moment? [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=90604&hl=fretless"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...amp;hl=fretless[/url] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=91051&hl=squier"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...1&hl=squier[/url] obbm's is a particular bargain at £140