Pea Turgh

It’s a picture of a bass... In a snowstorm. 

I really like that first one. Mmm, Jag styling....

5 hours ago, Bridgehouse said:

 I’m really liking the antique/old refinish look of it - sort of “stripped and refinished in the 60s” look..

^^ This!  Love it!  The F hole just sets it off too.  This will look really great.

5 hours ago, Bridgehouse said:

 I’m really liking the antique/old refinish look of it - sort of “stripped and refinished in the 60s” look..

^^ This!  Love it!  The F hole just sets it off too.  This will look really great.

5 hours ago, Bridgehouse said:

 I’m really liking the antique/old refinish look of it - sort of “stripped and refinished in the 60s” look..

^^ This!  Love it!  The F hole just sets it off too.  This will look really great.

This reminds me of my first bass from 1993 or so! Unfortunately, it was a dog - heavier than a Trace Elliot amp, with what appeared to be a ply-like neck!  It was a 1969 Kay. Terrible. 

Yours looks great though!  I’m getting all sentimental now - might go looking for a looky likey...

On 10/07/2018 at 08:32, uk_lefty said:

My view is that if you have had the space to keep it for so long you may try holding on to it in case there's a surge in demand for the inimitable trace sound in future. It's a gamble but may be worth it.

If the head is simply removed and re-housed, the rest of the cab can go back on the shelf.

I might do the same with my old Peterson combo!

I like the pace and number of your threads, @Jimothey! 

When I read your posts,  for some reason in my head you have a Westcountry accent, but you are based in N. Wales - do you have a Westcountry accent?

Avoid it because it’s fugly!

Is it the cab construction that makes them so heavy?  Wondering if it would be worth building a lightweight braced shell to house the combo gubbins.

I tried a 300w 2x10 combo a couple of years ago as a last minute stand in - glorious sound, but picking it up to put it on a flight case was a stupid move.

This is the one I was thinking of...

Bit of weird suggestion, but would taking the body to a tanning salon (with the appropriate bits masked off) and whopping it on a sunbed for 30 minutes yellow the paint?

*Disclaimer - I’ve never been to one so I don’t have a clue what happens. It might just catch fire.

3 hours ago, knirirr said:

That is a thought that hadn’t occurred to me, and it is something I’d be interested in trying. Perhaps there are some examples for inspiration online somewhere...

There has been a recent thread on this very forum! Probably more than one. Also companies that will do it for you.

Two gigs this weekend, one outdoors (through at least 6 18” subs to assist my sole One10!).

My JV never fails to keep tune - I only have a tuner as a security blanket type thing - my trusty P always plays great. Either that or I’m a lumbering sausage fingered oaf!

See, this just makes me want to buy a bass from you one day even more!

A popular option these days seems to be re-housing the head independently to pair with a lightweight cab. That’s what i’d do with that bad boy.

Left my ‘new’ 2x10 at the rehearsal space and couldn’t be bothered to pick it up, so took the old girl out with my remaining One10 as an extension cab.

Lifting the Peterson reminded me of how nice the 2 x One10’s had been! But as so often is the case, needed cash so sold the first One10, second (pictured) on eBay. I should put it on the marketplace here really!

This venue (The Hyst in Swansea) was great - super helpful staff, perfect acoustics- love it!

I think some boffins wrote a program to buy anything under 50 squid. They chuck em on eBay then, not mentioning origin and charging full whack. Naughty people.

I only ever managed to get one - bought it as I was so shocked it hadn’t sold already. Sold it two days later to a mate (for the same price, with full disclosure of course!)

I’d be tempted to remove the big bit of black plastic with Hughes & Kettner so you could have just one big square of grey/silvery grill cloth. It’d look pretty 50’s I reckon!

If a modification is reversible, and you like everything else about the bass, I’d swap pups.

TWO nice bottles of wine!

51 minutes ago, Jabba_the_gut said:

I've made some LEDs looms for my own build basses - I quite like them but they are a pain to make and fit. I've used individual surface mount LEDs which are 0.8mm x 1.6mm and are therefore a pain to solder normally.

Here's how green LEDs look on a finished bass:

And this is a neck with white LEDs I've built for a project (and am still building....)

I've built 4 necks (and have another fretboard with them installed for yet another project) so far with LEDs but haven't tried flashing, multicoloured ones....that is a step too far for me!!

I like the look of that first one - any more pics?

I think you should make a thread in the gear porn section of all your completed builds.

On 29/06/2018 at 09:49, jay-syncro said:

This sold on the bay yesterday but the transaction was cancelled. The reason given was - 'The buyer is not registered with eBay.' Not sure how they were able to buy it in the first place then!? 

🤬

They seem to be having an issue with that at the moment- I’ve “sold” the same thing twice, but both times I had that cancellation outcome. Infuriating! Sorry to hear it’s affected you too - have a bump as a commiseration.

Thank you Mr Fleabag for the Peavey 2x10 cab modded with Beyma drivers!

Good communications, speedy delivery, well packed - A smooth transaction.

i heartily recommend!

Love a good back story!  They look quite a bit like Bass Collection ones, don’t they?