MoonBassAlpha

At such quiet volumes the amp should hardly be generating any heat at all. You could fit a small switch to turn the fan off for quiet practice, or fit a thermal switch to the heatsink to turn the fan on when it gets mildly warm. Alternatively, play through headphones!

He's the boss and can do what he likes?

I've just got one but not really used it yet, except for trying out the internal mics for recording drums, sounds pretty good. I've got the predecessors, MRS 1266 and 1608, and they are similar functionally and will record to CD built in. The screen on the 24 is small though, not quite as easy to see what is going on.

That looks spot on.

The Fishman and Aguilar pickups are both passive according to the Spector website. Incidentally, was any mention made of how well it functioned prior to purchase? Did it look like it had been fiddled with?

Might be more economic to get it repaired. Probably cost about half what new pickups would be, maybe less if it's just a bad solder joint where t h e coil connects to the hookup wires.

According to the diagram I've Googled the pickups should be connected to the pot wipers with the feed taken from the top end of the pot (the end that isn't connected to ground) If you think about it, if both wipers are connected together, when one wiper is taken to ground they both are, there's no isolation.

Denied!! Sorry to hear that. At what point do the signals get mixed? Could it be a phase problem? Sounds like the bass frequencies are cancelling. I wonder if flipping the soapbar polarity would be worthwhile. If your scope is dual channel you could check the phase just before the stage where they are mixed/summed.

Back of the net!

Sounds like the pot itself might be faulty.

[quote name='Ghost_Bass' timestamp='1488567060' post='3250159'] ...and google just keeps on giving: [/quote] I think the Kramer headstock is absolutely fantastic, it's distinctive, well-proportioned, compact and shiny! What's not to like? Even that Fender is ok with me, it has a kind of Bauhaus functionality. If these are the worst you can come up with, you're really not trying!

The Bongo headstock needs to be taken in the context of the body design. Still doesn't make it pretty though, but it makes more sense.

That looks like one of the blanks for a d.i.y. neck. It's a very half arsed bit of design.

That Dunlop stuff works really well for most finishes, but disagreed REALLY badly with my '74 Gibson SG, so I'd advise trying it on a really inconspicuous area on anything old or nitro finished. I just found a small nozzle/brush attachment from a long deceased vacuum cleaner that I'll try next weekend. It may prove just the thing.

Even the little Ashdown CTM15 will give you reasonable volume through your 2x Zilla cabs, and you can get proper output stage breakup without deafening yourself. I find it quite a nice recording solution, putting the speaker output into a DI box with a speaker load. I also use it for rehearsal in my very small garage studio, through 2x 1x12s. They can be had for a lot less £££ too!

Yup, right on it! Good stuff.

Like it! Did the guitarist mix it?......

I think, although many tunes are formulaic to a large extent, I hear the loops, repeats and construction of some electronic music more than in conventionally produced music, even though they may contain the same levels of boohickey.

Only 1 side is run full-range, the other side is low-passed, presumably at a frequency below which beaming isn't an issue.

A paintbrush it is then folks. Thanks for the input kind folks!

I keep most of my instruments on wall hangers. What are the best dusting implements? Normal cloth dusters tend to snag on the strings and other snaggy bits.

Teen Town for me. I've given up on it, I find it too hard!

The gold colour is caused by a minutely thin plating of gold. That's why it looks gold. I doubt the amount of gold consumed covers the price hike, but the chemicals used in the process are nasty and need a lot of care in handling.

Let's face it chaps, if you're in a prog band fronted by a girl, your audience will barely notice there's a band behind her, much less what you look like or are playing...