mr pablo

[quote name='umcoo' post='251093' date='Jul 30 2008, 10:40 AM']pablo - so did you just sand the box then 3 coats of colour? I was looking at dsanding, primer, colour, clear, but it all seems such a ballache to me. Plus I'm not after a really pro job. Not to say yours doesn't look pro!! it looks sweet [/quote] I used wire wool and white spirits on the casing to clean of any gunk/oil on the casing let it dry and yeh gave it 3 coats of the paint giving each about an hour or so to dry inbetween coats. i was gonna use black primer for a realy deep blue but the way the pirst coat came out i was happy enough with how the colour came out

[quote name='umph' post='249449' date='Jul 28 2008, 11:04 AM']tried a power attenuator? can crank the power amp as hard as you want then and keep it at okay volumes![/quote] +1 The thd hotplate and marshall powerbreak spring to mind

[quote name='ahpook' post='250721' date='Jul 29 2008, 07:03 PM']very impressive ! i can't stand the super-bright leds though...i'm too much of a cave-dweller for the bright lights[/quote] It is a little on the bright side but when its on and if your not looming over your pedalboard then the sustain knob hides the worst of it

[quote name='ahpook' post='250058' date='Jul 28 2008, 11:14 PM']looks like a tidy bit of work...top stuff ![/quote] +1 I got one of the 'Large Beaver' big muff kits from vibeotronics a few months back and built it to rams head era specs and did a fairly good job of building it to find i'd got the pots all messed up and the LED was put in the wrong way so i sent it off to Martin Owen (of owen electronics fame) and he did a cracking job of sorting out the pot and LED (put in a bright blue one instead of the red one in the kit) and also modded it to better suit my needs. I used plasticote metalic blue spray paint for the finish, just cleaned up the casing and gave it 3 coats and bingo a nice even blue finish IMO all the nice tidy wiring is Martins work not mine as mine looked abit like spaghetti junction He's well worth a shout for any pedal mods.

PM'd

[quote name='tayste_2000' post='240755' date='Jul 16 2008, 12:06 PM']Too late I already bought it [/quote] Oh bugger! nevermind that'll teach me for being slow off the mark eh

[quote name='ahpook' post='224479' date='Jun 22 2008, 09:38 PM']ok, here's mine. it used to have some mods (hence the two small switch holes between the vol and tone controls), but now it's back to stock. it's lovely, but it's mainly used for 'on the knee' noodling whilst watching tv these days. as i said...[i]could[/i] be up for sale.[/quote] Very nice Dude! [i]IF[/i] it ever comes up for sale shoot me a PM

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='236696' date='Jul 10 2008, 05:10 PM']And thats the most important thing. As long as you appreciate that the nice gear is mostly for your benefit.[/quote] Its good to know that YOU at least know that you sound good regardless of wether the punters care or not

I think I'm nearly there, for me its my MIJ fender P bass with wizard thumper pup (strung with 50-110 DR high beams) played with a dunlop tortex 1.14mm pick through my pedalboard. I get a great tone from my DHA/peavey/trace setup (although I really want to add a 4x12 to it) but I travel back and forth to london to record at the moment for one project and for my other 2 bands we use rehersal rooms where the quality of gear varies greatly so I made my pedalboard to get a consistant tone whatever i'm using thanks mainly to my sansamp BDDI, I have an EQ pedal on the board to tweak for any room accoustics but usualy give the mids a boost from 300hz to 1.2khz to cut through a bit. Having said that my sansamp might be getting replaced when the aguilar tone hammer finaly gets released

Its the same link twice dude but they do sound pretty sweet

Hey guys an gals I'm thinking of adding another pickup to my current fender MIM/parts precision (the white one in my avatar), now am looking at somekinda soapbar in the bridge position and was wandering if anyone has any experience/advice on which one of the nordy's would be a good choice to partner the USA fender HW1 pup thats already in it. I'm after a kinda beefy but growly tone to add to the thump from the Precision pup, the control set up will be just a single passive volume with probably a 3 way switch to choose between the pups. . . . . . so yeh any advice greatly received

Here's a few updated and better pics of my rig The rig is DHA VT5 pre amp, Peavey PV1500 power amp, trace elliot 2103h cab with upgraded speakers (emminence beta 10's i think? Merton will know cause its his old cab ) so its 500w @8ohms. I'm scrimping and saving to get a marshall VBC 4x12 as i used to have one and loved the sound of it even if my back didn't always like the weight. oh and here's whats in the case on top of the amp Rob

you could send it to Andy at wizard pickups [url="http://www.wizardpickups.co.uk"](linky)[/url] as he can repair pretty much anything, alternatively a Dimarzio model one would be a decent fit IIRC