MoonBassAlpha

They're out of the Akai at present, and I did wonder about the wisdom of buying from a company in receivership. They are doing the Blackstar beam at a tempting price though. ..

Cool, would you care to share any reasoning on this? Cheers

hi all I'm thinking of getting a little keyboard for occasional parts and maybe entering some drum patterns, so looking at a second hand Akai mpk or M-audio something 25 key jobbie, preferably with pads. Are any better or worse than others, or incompatible with W10? Sage advice welcomed, Cheers MBA

My guitarist still hadn't bought a giggable amp since going electric about 8 years ago. Uses my amp and Pod (for modelling a vox, plus a tad of comp). I can't remember the last time he said thanks. I have to cart it to gigs too as he doesn't drive. I see it as something a friend does, but it feels like a one-way street in this case.

Wichita lineman is a classic example. It's a pain playing along with it in standard, half a step down, and all the chords just fall under the fingers. Glen down-tuned.

I thought I'd get a nibble from you guys!

Don't get me wrong, I like enclosed tuners, mine are Sperzel, but open gear ones just don't get gummed up with anything.

Hilarious! That's made my day, and it's only 11 o'clock!

Great job all round. Everything is on point, from playing to production.

A nice leather satchel would probably be a good fit for that.

70s mij stuff seems to be selling for relatively big bucks these days. I've always hated that style of tuner, it surprises me they went to the trouble to copy the rest of the bass and then just gave up on the tuners.

That maple is absolutely popping! The redwood is lovely too. What a cracking looking bass!

Thanks for that, i had no idea! I really enjoyed Barbican the concert. I thought Lagrene's note choices were more interesting than Ponty, though his playing was less precise. We were front row, with our own little Meyersound monitors right in front of us!

Find out the size and voltage, and airflow if possible, and the collective might of Basschat will help you out, I'm sure!

Alternatively, feed about 4 inches of the cable through where it enters the phones, chop off and re-solder. The cable is most likely to have broken where it enters the phones, or leaves the plug, unless you've run over it with a chair or similar.

Studiospares do a replacement lead for their m1000/2000 phones. Not expensive either. Just chop the (colour coded!) plugs off the cans end https://www.studiospares.com/Headphones-and-Speakers/Headphones-Spares/Studiospares-M1000--M2000-Replacement-Cable-Lead_448765.htm

U.S. Masters (r.i.p) EP42 in lacewood. I had the neck made by Masters, fretless with black epoxy for the lines. It has the Armstrong Tone Choke passive circuit with mid cut and boost at 2 different frequencies and blend for the amount of effect. Other knobs are just volume and pickup blend. Sperzel tuners.

Anyone on here going tonight? He's playing with Jean Luc Pontypridd and Bireli Legrene Edit Nah, I think I'll leave it like that - almost made coffee come out of my nose!

Classic water bottles-on-top-of-valve-amps fail.

You could hover the bridge pickup ABOVE the strings. Some small offcuts of wood and a load of Blu-tak should do the trick. This will give you an idea of how loud it will appear, and the compliance of the blu-tak will afford some adjustment.

How about a small dot of Luminlay, side dot size, slightly offset to act as an indicator?

Could you wire the neck pickup in parallel, rather than series? This would on be possible if you have a 4-conductor cable coming out of the humbucker. Hth MBA

Well, that was weird. I reverted the wiring, then started to desolder the cover, got bored, as i couldn't get enough heat into it, just hooked it all up again and, bingo! The output is up to what it should be. A small amount of wax had dripped out, maybe the magnetic circuit had been interrupted, who knows? I'm one happy bunny, as this simple project has been plagued by niggling issues at every turn!