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^true, dat

A friend had one that looks like the Behringer - may have been an earlier model - but it was really very poor, pretty much unfit for purpose imho. Judge for yourself though.

[quote name='muttley' timestamp='1386684324' post='2303046'] Defo use a more efficient speaker for the reasons stated above, but not a guitar speaker. Guitar speakers usually have paper edge cones (ie one-piece diaphragm plus dust cap) which are not designed to move large volumes of air. Play a bass through one at anything higher than bedroom levels and you risk ripping the edge. Fine if you want to sound like JJ Burnel but I don't suppose this will go down too well in an acoustic set. If you can find a guitar speaker with a cloth edge this might fit the bill (but note the comment in the quote about deep bass). [/quote] Don't agree with this at all. I used to use an old Cube 60 with a Sessionette 75 on top of it with my bass, did lots of gigs back in the day and the guitar speaker (Celestion G12-80) is still absolutely fine. ymmv.

I think he dissed this PJB Briefcase idea earlier on in the thread, mainly for charge life, but they ain't cheap either....

[quote name='iconic' timestamp='1386353863' post='2299268'] Ive a jack that i love and never seems to goes out of tune. I'm interested in what causes the slipping issue? [/quote] The threaded portion of the tuner knob is steel and the slider/string retainer is aluminium, so a lot softer. The thread in the slider can just strip, especially if you don't keep them well lubricated. I've fixed this on a couple of Jack Basses by drilling and tapping out the slider to take an M4 Helicoil, a steel threaded insert. There is just enough meat on the slider to do this, and it only takes about 5 minutes if you have the Helicoil kit.

well spotted Woody!

Don't forget, the car audio amp will expect to be fed with line level input, so you'll need a preamp to get the power out, and you don't need 300W of bass power to beat off 10 acoustic guitars, a Cube 30 or similar would be more than adequate.

how about the E H 44 Magnum, runs off 24V 2A? 2 old Bike Batteries would do the trick, I would imagine. I always thought it would be a good idea to try a small class D amp off a couple of cordless drill battery packs

Yes, this. I recently got a Squier Tele (Affinity, the cheapest) which turned out to have loads of lifted frets. I've tapped them down gently with a hammer and some softish wood to protect the fret (strings off) and using a hammer and acetate handled screwdriver for some spot fixes just sliding the strings aside.

What's the exact problem here? Are they missing or just slipping and not holding tune? I can help with the latter. Cheers Jules

Bill Nelson swapped his 335 for a Woolies Audition semi to set fire to on the "sunburst finish" tour. Even the "axe" on the album cover isn't a Gibbo, but the naked girl was a good distraction tactic...

[quote name='artisan' timestamp='1386087898' post='2295551'] I too will never let anyone use my gear as i had the same thing as the OP when we supported Wilco Johnson at Fibbers in York a few years ago. I explained to a certain mr Norman Watt Roy that the head put out more power than the cab could take so be careful ! When we packed our gear down after the gig i noticed that both gain & master volume were both up full ! Speaker shagged i had to pay for the repair cheers Norman [/quote] Ha, that's interesting, we supported Wilko years ago in some pub in Kenton and I cheekily asked Mr Watt-Roy if I might use his big Trace Rig, and he politely said no. I didn't expect him to, but it was worth a try!

I wonder if putting a couple of small washers behind the ball on the strings to move the worn part of the string off the fret would make a difference? might be worth an experiment?

Just looked on the G-S website, prices from £1425!

[quote name='Twigman' timestamp='1385489229' post='2288909'] Only gripe is that it seems to be wearing through where the speakon connector is - this could be down to me sliding it on its back into the car. [/quote] Yeah, that would do it with pretty much any soft cover...

I would shim the neck. I've just done this on my guitarists Telecaster when I installed GraphTech Saddles which had longer screws. A couple of thin card strips at the bridge end of the neck pocket worked an absolute treat.

Can you pop up a decent picture of the rest of the bridge, some clever bugger on here is bound to be able to work it out. I assume it worked ok before disassembly?

[quote name='Urban Bassman' timestamp='1382891596' post='2257628'] NIce! Mine is serial 6812. The Purplewood fingerboard is fabulous and no longer offered. They are really well put togther basses. Still quite rare though! [/quote] They will be even more rare now US Masters has stopped building

This was shot at the Jericho Tavern in Oxford a couple of weeks ago. Was going to put it in the "fretless in rock?" thread. Last song in the set, sorry about the singing and the face.... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUUn_5qNguo"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUUn_5qNguo[/url]

If I recall correctly it is metric. 5mm sounds right. You could try putting a layer of pvc tape over the end of the loose hex key, might give it enough grip.

looking at the state of those cabs you might do better selling pristine looking drivers.....

Here is an interesting article by Stuart Ward, respected amp designer and owner of the company that made Sessionette amps: [url="http://www.award-session.com/pdfs/Why%20do%20many%20old%20guitars%20sound%20mellower%20than%20new%20ones.pdf"]http://www.award-session.com/pdfs/Why%20do%20many%20old%20guitars%20sound%20mellower%20than%20new%20ones.pdf[/url] Guitar related but the theory would translate to basses too. Controversial?

[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-CL-SG-Short-Scale-Bass-Guitar/251366855913?rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222002%26algo%3DSIC.FIT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D74%26meid%3D2369664105079952479%26pid%3D100005%26prg%3D1048%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D301005476822%26"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-CL-SG-Short-Scale-Bass-Guitar/251366855913?rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222002%26algo%3DSIC.FIT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D74%26meid%3D2369664105079952479%26pid%3D100005%26prg%3D1048%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D301005476822%26[/url] Looks quite old, and quite nice!