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I wouldn't get too caught up with the scale length either, I also have small hands, I hardly even notice the difference, in fact, I tend to play the normal things I would on a 4 in the 5th position, so the spacing is effectively smaller than a 4. Works for me. By the way, I got a Spector Legend 5 s/h and have to reiterate, these sound immense, for any money.

I had a Marathon 6-string fretless that had no checking in the (very thick) finish, so it does happen!

The body shape reminds me of an SD Curlee, but I don't think they were through-neck...

Thanks Phil, good point about the efficiency, esp as it's only 30wpc powering them. Theyre a bit more than I was looking to spend and might take up more room than I'd like. I'll have a look at mounting options later. Cheers Jules

That's really neat, but as I've bought a POWERED mixer, I'd only be looking to get passive speakers, pref 4ohms. Thanks for the quick reply though, it is something I would have considered if I hadn't already pulled the trigger...

Hmm, not really bass speaker related, though I may put bass through it, quietly. I just scored a Spirit PowerPad, a dinky 6ch powered mixer (30W/ch) I am looking to put vocals and acoustic guitar through it in my tiny rehearsal space. I'm looking for some really small speakers (space is a premium!) and thinking of something like the JBL Control1 pros or the little equivalent StudioSpares do. We dont practice very loud and the vocals are just loud enough using a Trace Acoustic Cube (>30W) at full chat. Any recommendations/advice gratefuly received. Cheers Jules

My US Masters fretless has them as standard. The Masters were not particularly cheap, and these were what they chose, so I guess that says something. They sound really nice. I'd say neutral, and pretty woody. I don't think you would go far wrong for the money.

here is one of Ed Roman's rants on stainless steel frets. Not a big fan apparently! [url="http://www.edroman.com/techarticles/stainlessfrets.htm"]http://www.edroman.com/techarticles/stainlessfrets.htm[/url]

[quote name='rushbo' timestamp='1329669056' post='1545569'] ...slightly off topic, but when any of you were weighing those microphones, did you at any stage think 'My God, what am I doing with my life?'... [/quote] Harsh (but fair!!!)

Sure enough, he knows someone who takes nice snaps!

Another fun thing to do is to turn the neck tone right down with the bridge tone full on and use the switch as a kind of wah effect. As previously mentioned though, setting a rhythm and lead sound on a non-master volume valve amp, it's totally the way to go. I'd have the amp (WEM Dominator) on 8, neck pickup on 3ish for rhythm and bridge on 10. No pedals or boxes. Lush.

sounds like Piano String Design strings. (Rotosound?) I used to use them quite lot. They have a nice boing to them and are meant to have better sustain too. You do set the saddles higher with this type. If you go back to conventional strings you'd want to drop the saddles a tad. I had heard the intonation may change a bit for the same gauge too, so that might need a tweak too.

Lovely playing, but I'm a bit surprised nobody mentioned the Arrowhead clip sounded rather like early Pat Metheny (without keys)

Thanks for clearing that up Luke. [size=1]It's Moon[b]Bass[/b]Alpha btw[/size]

CMI used to do a well thought of Les Paul -a- like. Better than a lot of the proper [email="cr@p"]cr@p[/email] of the day.

Kent Armstrong Tone Choke. It's fitted as part of U.S. Masters Multi Voice Passive circuit option: [url="http://www.usmasters.com/basselectronicswht.htm"]http://www.usmasters.com/basselectronicswht.htm[/url] It quite different and a bit subtle, but I noticed the difference a lot more when I added a tweeter box to my Barefaced Compact cab. I quite like it.

[quote name='WalMan' timestamp='1327934793' post='1519007'] Whilst I don't have a Thumpinator, [b]the Genz Benz amps have a similar system built in [/b](one of the things I checked with Mr Benz before I bought as I was considering a Thumpinator at the time). We tune down a semitone and it has no noticable effect on the sound, just a solid low B/Bb. As I understand it what both do is filter the ultra low harmonics that you cannot hear anyway, but that lead to big speaker excursions expending a lot of energy to no audible effect. [/quote] Do all Genz have an hpf? (wondering about my Shuttle 3.0). Would certainly make sense for the lower powered amps. cheers Jules

Thanks Musky. I wish I had re checked wembley speakers website before I bought the new one. The 4ohm original would have potentially been louder, though I guess Wembley would have charged double the cost of the new one (£23 odd incl.)

You can buy felt stick-on discs for furniture used on wood/laminate floors. I would think they would be quite good. Cheap too!

Aren't the laminations in the transformers traditionally mounted at 90 degrees to each other? I'm sure I've seen it/read it somewhere. I think it's meant to cut down mutually induced hum. Or something. I may have just dreamt it though...

So, Plan B failed too, so I bit the bullet and bought a Celestion 5" speaker, in 8 Ohms, the Truvox TF0510. Shame the mounting centres are larger (why would they do that? -moral- never assume!) out with the file. It does sound nice now though. I did try bass through it, and it sounded terrible. There were a couple of screws missing and the box isn't exactly airtight, so it chuffs like a goodn. I filled the screw holes and it made a huge difference, now perfectly usable for bass in the house, and a bit of sealant/gasket for the rest of the box should eliminate all the rest of the unwanted noises. A proper result in the end! I'll try it out at the monthly jazz jam next sunday and see if it keeps up! By the way, the amp is a Trace Elliot Acoustic Cube, a 7" metal cube. It's very nice with acoustic guitar, and violin too apparently.

Looks a bit like the Overwater bass. Strange, that!

[quote name='jackers' timestamp='1326198111' post='1493560'] This is true. China have almost all of the worlds supply of rare-earth metals, so they have a monopoly on neodymium, among other things. [/quote] Not quite true - the US does have supplies but stopped producing when it became uneconomic to compete with China. They will resume production when its economic to do so. Rare earth metals are not as rare as the name would suggest.