MoonBassAlpha

I always liked to balance the flat level of the active circuit to the passive level so if the preamp failed for whatever reason I wouldn't need to faff about too much with levels on the amp to stay in the game. I find with my U-Retro, I can't turn the pots on the preamp down far enough for the levels to be at parity, for the same setting of the guitar volume knob. That's running at 9 Volts too, though the voltage has less to do with gain than headroom, I believe.

[quote name='stevie' timestamp='1431807931' post='2775263'] But the Behringer is much louder. [/quote] Do these sound good with bass guitar?

[quote name='stevie' timestamp='1431880721' post='2775845'] I'm now waiting for MoonBassAlpha to ask us what this has to do with the discussion. I must get some work done....... [/quote] Sorry, it's the relevance Police's day off today

+1 for Tru-Oil. It CAN be built up to give a shine with enough layers and elbow grease, but a couple of thin layers wiped on gives a fairly natural feeling finish and the colour change is about like lightly dampening the wood.

Replace the saddles with vintage-style ones that have threads on the barrel like this: [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-Vintage-Style-Bass-Bridge-Threaded-Saddles-NICKEL-/331324365448?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4d24789a88"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-Vintage-Style-Bass-Bridge-Threaded-Saddles-NICKEL-/331324365448?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4d24789a88[/url]

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1430682626' post='2763709'] How about a vertical oriented isobaric 8x 15, 4 speakers high but with the rear speakers wired in antiphase and facing rearward. Would that work? [/quote] I meant to add, the rear facing speakers are not in a sealed box, they're radiating rearwards. There must be a reason it wouldn't work, enlighten me!

[quote name='IanA' timestamp='1431631885' post='2773506'] Is that before or after you got banned?? [/quote] What on earth relevance is this comment to the discussion?

That's really nailing the tribute band thing accurately!

Unusual. Who were the guitarists?

The biggest gig I ever played was depping for a student band supporting the Vapours at the height of their pomp. Temporary Floor Hazard World of Carpets was an Oxford band, apparently even worse than their name.

Came across a band on Myspace once called sh*te and Onions, I think they were from Ireland.

I don't buy many singles, especially 12", but got lucky with Under the bridge - A great version of Iggy's Search and Destroy and Sikamikaniko, a great cut that didn't make BSSM, but IS in Wayne's World. Hard and funky, great B-side(s)

[quote name='itsmedunc' timestamp='1431207944' post='2768877'] A lad I know had a band called The Urban Valley Chickens. [/quote] I worked with a chap who had been in a band called Boiling Chicken. The main guy was a butcher.

Did you destroy this cab using your terror bass? Wembley loudspeakers are good for all speaker repairs

The Shergold I had had the "sticker under Varnish" logo as standard, I think it is just slightly later, after the old Hayman stock had got used up, so not exactly inauthentic, just not exactly period-correct for that particular bass

Note you have a 24 fret neck, I don't think a lot of fender necks are.

I just had this on a jazz style pickup I'd been asked to fix. Where the hook-up wire meets the (VERY thin) bobbin wire, there was the tiniest bit of corrosion, and when I touched it it fell off. I think this is probably the most likely place for any pickup wire to fail. Even though the bobbin wire is so thin it is still reasonably strong in tension.

I think in the drummer example it is exaggerated slightly so you can hear it rather than just feel it

Landlords used to have to submit setlists to PRS in case of cover infringement, is this no longer the case? I know the Exeter Arms in Oxford fell foul of this a few years ago

Well, I hope they're sharper than they were at the weekend, they were really quite poor, and I am a fan of NWR

Is that an upward facing mid or a built in ashtray?

How about a vertical oriented isobaric 8x 15, 4 speakers high but with the rear speakers wired in antiphase and facing rearward. Would that work?

Did anyone else on here go? I'd be interested to see what others thought. I know this topic was covered when they did the Hootenanny this year, but having watched that back, this time seemed to me to be even looser in playing terms. It wasn't just Wilko either, Norman was way behind the beat for a lot of it and the drummer was rushing many of his fills. I would have expected a three piece that has been playing together for some considerable time to be pin sharp, but they really weren't. Was it just a bad night?

I think you've got it right, the output would be 300W into 4 ohms, I.e. 2 8ohm speakers in parallel. Your speaker should survive!