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just out of interest, what did it weigh in the end? Cheers Jules

I like 1, or a full-on Pingray one!

How about a Jap Flag? My mate plays drums in Scam69 and has a drum kit in this design and it totally suits the punk thing. [url="http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.livebandphotos.co.uk/scam69/Scam%252069%2520%2520at%2520The%2520Purple%2520Emperor%2520Harlow.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.livebandphotos.co.uk/scam69/&usg=__yqP_0jrgcVYHgtNORmE2sCLfFJU=&h=508&w=640&sz=66&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=XjCEVv1OUvF02M:&tbnh=160&tbnw=191&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dscam%2B69%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26biw%3D1125%26bih%3D819%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=314&vpy=85&dur=94&hovh=200&hovw=252&tx=133&ty=148&ei=tSz-TLXPMI2zhAe0-ITLCQ&oei=tSz-TLXPMI2zhAe0-ITLCQ&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0"]http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http...=1t:429,r:1,s:0[/url]

[quote name='Al Heeley' post='1050028' date='Dec 6 2010, 11:17 PM']so its a hex socket but all the allen keys you have are either too small or too big, yes? My warmoth neck is fine with a 3/16th key, should be same as a jazz bass. Maybe a silly Q but have you got a full, comprehensive set of allen key sizes in metric & imperial?[/quote] Agreed - some imperial allen key sizes on American gear can be odd eg 11/64" Not all sets have these daft inbetween values. It would help if you said which were too large and too small. Some clever fellah on here is bound to be able to work it out.

There must be some BassChat funksters in Glasgow, surely? Why doesn't someone pm the guy and offer to look at his gear and sound for him? I would if he was in my neck of the woods. C'mon folks! Oh yeah, and some links to clips of what you're striving towards sound-wise would be a big help too, OP.

[quote name='johnnylager' post='1044338' date='Dec 1 2010, 08:59 PM']. And the best head in Christendom.[/quote] The Mesa or Johnny?

Looks a bit like a poor man's Jaydee. Looks good quality though - Schaller bridge?

would that be where sfx's Thumpinator would come in handy?

Resolved today! I replaced the 2 transistors on the input (long tailed pair), and the one following them (all smd) and all seems good. The noise briefly went after I reflowed one of them, but came back after a few minutes, so I suspected it was in an odd failure mode. I have to big up the service response from Laney here. I asked for the circuits for this amp via email and got them back in 4 minutes! That takes some beating, no? cheers Jules

Old Hofner jazz-a-like my mate had (185?). Always sounded so dull and planky. He got it off a mate for about £20. These go for a few hundred now, but I can't imagine that particular one sounding very good even through a decent amp. He got a defretted Verithin after that, which isn't bad at all, feeds back like b@ggery though.

[quote name='Schnozzalee' date='Nov 29 2010, 08:17 PM' post='1041587'] Do love an instrument that splits everyone down the middle What, like this? [attachment=65355:axe_bass.jpg]

[quote name='icastle' post='1041053' date='Nov 29 2010, 12:39 PM']Dunno, but I used to have a GP called Dr Payne [/quote] Hmmm. Mine's Dr Corps

[quote name='bartelby' post='1041501' date='Nov 29 2010, 06:54 PM']How about a few more wristbands...[/quote] ^^ beat me to it! I use double length ones for squash.

[quote name='zigmondo' post='1040660' date='Nov 29 2010, 12:26 AM']Assuming it's not a valve jobby? Valves would be the first thing to check if so(eg, any gone microphonic?).. Perhaps the popping might suggest capacitor as above? Power supply faulty? (given the constant sound you describe)[/quote] It's transistor, circa '94, the power board has some surface mount stuff on the underside too.

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='1040605' date='Nov 28 2010, 11:32 PM']Dying filter caps did that to my Carlsbro, replacing them sorted it, fair bit older than that though.[/quote] It may still be that, but I'm not convinced(made in '94), as it went almost to nothing when the input to the power stage was grounded. I think it may be the input transistor (part of a long-tailed pair) failing softly. It's a little surface mount thing, and thought I'd fixed it when I reflowed it, It was perfect for a couple of minutes, then it came back again. Then I reflowed it again, this time forgetting to turn the power off. New transistor should arrive tomorrow!!!

This thread is copied from the Repairs and Technical Issues section: Hi folks I'm repairing a Laney BC30 combo. It reproduces the input signal fine, but there is a constant volume static-like sound coming out of it all the time, punctuated fairly frequently by louder pops. My first thought was a dry joint somewhere so I went all over the usual suspects (output transistors, big caps, bridge rectifier) with an iron to reflow them - nothing doing. I removed the preamp input and bypassed the send-return with a patch lead - still the same. I'm now thinking it could be an odd failure mode with a cap across the supply rails, or a protection diode across the rails going "soft". There isn't an undue amount of mains hum either. Any comments? Cheers Jules

Hi folks I'm repairing a Laney BC30 combo. It reproduces the input signal fine, but there is a constant volume static-like sound coming out of it all the time, punctuated fairly frequently by louder pops. My first thought was a dry joint somewhere so I went all over the usual suspects (output transistors, big caps, bridge rectifier) with an iron to reflow them - nothing doing. I removed the preamp input and bypassed the send-return with a patch lead - still the same. I'm now thinking it could be an odd failure mode with a cap across the supply rails, or a protection diode across the rails going "soft". There isn't an undue amount of mains hum either. Any comments? Cheers Jules

I was chatting to Allan Holdsworth at the University of Sussex in about 1980, and he was using a Black Strat apparently made by Peter Cook. He wasn't all that happy with it. I wonder if he still has it? Sorry, not bass related!

I know we're all used to it as it is so familiar, but the scratch plate on Rics really irks me - It's ugly utilitarian shape and cheap (looking) plastic. The knobs they use are amongst my least favourite too. I think the rest of it looks super cool though, but I've never played one. People get nice sounds out of them too.

It looks great as it is! Leave it alone!