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I've only heard good things about the Vintage Lemon drop Les Paul - one ending on ebay in a couple of days: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-V100RPGM-Lemon-Drop-Distressed-Electric-Guitar-/291170434680?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item43cb1c3e78

U-retro has blend in passive mode

I'm having similar thoughts, and also have a Midget and Compact. I've never used them together yet though. The Midget has covered the last couple of gigs on it's own, and we played a fair bit louder than usual!

Hi Balcro Thanks for checking that for me. I assume you got the power handling vs freq and xmax figures from a different simulator to WinISD? - I couldn't see where it would provide that info. My next checks will be about the port. I will go for a full width slot. I don't have the sizes to hand, so from memory it was about 268mm by 30mm giving a shelf length of about 90mm and mach 0.10. I did read somewhere that there should be at least 3" (76mm) gap between the end of the port and the rear panel, so with a box depth of 168mm it should be just about ok

[quote name='Balcro' timestamp='1403174618' post='2480429'] As Bill and Phill have said, porting is the answer. Picture 1 is the Celestion in a closed box. Picture 2 is the result when fitted in a small slot ported box. Balcro. [/quote] What was the volume of the cab for that model? When I ran it in win|SD, the figure came out at 13 litres with a -3dB point at about 90Hz. I'm not looking for massive bass, so that seems ok, but I was a bit surprised at how small the volume came out. Not complaining though (unless I've entered one of the T-S parameters wrong!)

All moot as it is sold now according to the website.

That's a really nice looking bass, but I think the headstock looks a bit out of proportion, maybe a Telecaster shape or 2-a-side (like, er, Westone) would look better aesthetically. IMO, of course!

Ok, that's pretty routine stuff. If you're lucky a basschatter local to you might chip in and offer to do it (or even better, show you how to do it) for a couple of pints

For a few years, I used a Roland Bass Cube60 (the old orangey coloured ones) with my Sessionette75 on top on clean, with the bass rolled off a bit, fed from the Cube's line-out. The whole thing didn't have massive bass obv, but a fantastic snap for punk-funk (think RHCP before they were around). The top end made it cut through enough to gig. Never damaged the guitar amp, still using it!

This ^

What is the job?

Cheers Phil, good info. Us muggles need these things pointing out by those who know stuff!

[quote name='charic' timestamp='1402927622' post='2477942'] I think you should make a cab into the exact shape to half of your car boot and then an opposite to match [/quote] I like your thinking, but drive a Meriva, so it would be mahoosive!

No Bill. It's just a cloud of ideas at the moment. I've not used WinLSD, but I guess that should be my first stop. A sealed cab of appropriate dimensions will give a gentle bass roll-off, yes?

Now I have got batteries for my jigsaw again, I'm going to revisit my 10" cab idea. I was going to make it sealed this time (I think I got the porting a bit wrong last time!) I was going to use 12mm ply but only have (loads of) 6mm. I'm thinking of doubling it up glued together but perforating the inner layer with 1" holes to lighten, and provide anchor points for stiffening dowels if necessary. Speaker is Celestion bn200x, Thinking of making the cab taller than the previous trapezoid shape. I seem to remember the volume needed to be about 1 square foot, is this right? or different for sealed? I have no real woodworking tools, so fancy joints are out-ish, but thought the 2 layer walls would open up the option of simple mortice & tenon joints. Might incorporate a handle/Shuttle 3.0 holder again too. Can you see any problems with the ideas here? Cheers MBA (Jules)

Poke the last bit of the cable through the cab handle to take the stress off the amp's input socket

Couple of funny incidents at our gig last night. At load-in the bass player with the first band asked me if he could borrow my amp, there was no prior arrangement about any gear share, so I asked if he had brought his amp: "I wasn't sure if I needed to, so I didn't" which I thought was mind boggling and hilarious at the same time! After saying no just to see the look on his face, I let him as they were up first, and I had sold him a fretless a while ago. The chap from the top band asked the same, but this time I politely declined, as 1) I'd never met him before and 2) I really wanted to go after I'd played. Fortunately, he had got his gear in the van, but he still seemed to have the hump about it...

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1401970079' post='2468764'] [pedant] No, this will give the volume. The weight will depend on the specific gravity of the bass and its components. A hollow bass will displace the same volume as a solid, but will weigh less (typically...). [/pedant] [/quote] Wrong. The bass will float and the weight of the water displaced will equal the weight of the bass.

This probably depends on the overall level-ness of the frets. As you reduce the relief any higher ones will become more noticeable.

Sounds like a dry joint somewhere. I'd look for large components like caps and power transistors, big resistors etc. and reflow the joints.