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I was thinking about Hoffman's Iron Law and was wondering if anyone was producing a really small, very hi-fi very low efficiency cab for use at home. I'm thinking that, with the relative cheapness of power available in micro heads into a really inefficient but high quality design, something could be made that would have a micro head footprint, sound great, and not be too noisy to upset the Mrs and neighbours...

[quote name='steviedee' timestamp='1387065149' post='2307973'] In the Dead of Night is a great track I was jamming it the other day with the drummer from my band. But how can any mortal guitar player attempt to play those Alan Holdsworth parts? [/quote] I've got Steve Vai's transcription from guitarist magazine if anyone fancies a crack at it!

Are these car amps all class d these days? Only asking, as class d is going to be a lot more efficient, critical for battery operation.

I do like the sound of the Compact, but did wish it extended a little bit higher. It responds well to the tone controls on a Shuttle except tweaking the treble is barely noticable. Oddly, the Midget, with the same frequency response on paper, does react more to the treble range, possibly as a result of the cab having a higher upper-mids emphasis. I'm using fretless exclusively at the mo and the upper mids work really well with it to the extent I believe a tweeter would be superfluous.

nice

[quote name='Lowender' timestamp='1387036549' post='2307667'] That does show that he played far more musically when being forced into (some) restraints. [/quote] I'd just like to say I've never knowingly heard anything by him before and that cover was truly f*cking aweful. (keep yourself alive). It was like a small kid showing off his tricks. The lack of humility or feel for the original material for an apparent musician is extraordinary.

^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