MoonBassAlpha

It baffles me why nobody has done switch-mode power supplies for the HT and heaters, then a toroidal o/p transformer and you'd be looking at a pretty big size and weight saving. And if you read what Stewart Ward (Session amps) writes about valve sounds and tone, it turns out you don't really need valves at all, just better informed transistor design...

... and it worked a treat for me too! All done now. Thanks for the input. MBA

That's what I thought, reversing the polarity always seems to work for Doctor Who...

Well, its working fine, but one small issue, the pickup is in the middle position (Strat) and the 2 and 4 positions sound really thin, not just the usual strat quack sounds. Do you think reversing the polarity of the middle pickup would fix this? The pickup is a neck position Strat one in the middle so is not rwrp, if that makes any odds.. Cheers MBA

Well, the credit card method seemed to work well. Thanks for the tip Geoff!

one option was a small ally plate under the pup with tapped holes

Hi all I can think of a number of ways to fix this, is there a standard or best way of doing it? the pickup flatwork is fibre board, but very new looking. Cheers MBA

[quote name='Moos3h' timestamp='1422917438' post='2678482'] Hmmm, you see the thing is, I like toast AND I like playing bass. Doesn't mean I want my amplifier to warm my crumpets though...? [/quote] Like a Superfly?

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1422838838' post='2677504'] I have had my son's come to gigs, 25 & 27. Thing is, they are a part of that generation that doesn't get, like or have any appreciation for rock or live music period. They think DJs are musicians. Blue [/quote] I blame the parents!

I've put the screw in a drill and held it against rough wet and dry paper until it's the right diameter to go down the hole.

Another+1 for the HT-5. I'm borrowing one at present and its fine sounding. With a telecaster the clean channel doesn't go too loud but you can apply a clean boost and it sounds nicely on the edge. I find the distortion channel starts a bit too fiercely, I'd like to be able to transition from the clean to on the edge in a more gentle manner, but that's just my taste.

I'd say grime is the major culprit

The tension measurements would suggest the bottom two strings could do with being a bit beefier, and I found that when I tried out the Japanese model with whatever comes standard.

The Mambo Kings has a nice soundtrack, especially if you like, err, mambo! My Mrs loves Armand Assanti, so I get to see it quite a lot. No, I don't get it either...

[url="http://www.metalnecks.com/"]http://www.metalnecks.com/[/url] Might be of interest in this thread....

If the power supply is low on one side it will clip on one half of the waveform only. Depending on how low that side is may give quite a subtle distortion. I'm sure if one side had completely gone, the distortion would be quite noticable.

Is there a snake trapped inside?

Anyone for a little Stump?

I'd be tempted to do the repair properly first and see how that works out. But then, I'm a tight git and a bit of a bodger

Is it your watch being picked up as you change hand position? Pickups pick watch clicks up quite well, and mobiles before they ring.

Yup, a hairdryer will work, I've just tried it. They run hotter than you'd think

Sorry for the guitar content but the collective wisdom here usually comes up trumps regardless... Looking to replace the scratch plate on the above, its from 1983 iirc, is one described a US/MIM likely to fit? Cheers all MBA

[quote name='Chrismanbass' timestamp='1420660340' post='2651914'] short sentence got 3 f's in it....... seriously there are ways to get a good sound out of a kick drum without cutting a hole in the front head [/quote] I dare say there are (don't know too much about it myself) but there is a hell of a lot of pressure to comply with the sound guy for fear of getting a sh*tty sound. And this instance was taking the head right off, not making a hole in it.

Jimmy Evil, a guy who does sound at the Cellar in Oxford, made a drummer take the head off his bass drum, as he insisted it would sound rubbish if he didn't. He does the sound there a lot, and it usually sounds good in there. The drummer clearly didn't want to do it either!

Sounds like the pot issue is just a taper problem, linear not audio. I just swapped a tone pot out and it does this. It was a b-type, I think I should have got an a- type.