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Hello chaps. This pretty little set up replaces a 35 year old Peterson combo. Super heavy! I plugged the Ampeg in to the Peterson combo purely because it arrived before the cab, so it was a good A/B with the Peterson head. The Ampeg sounds cleaner, deeper and clearer. Now I'm plugged in to the Barefaced, it's just even more so. A nice balance. Our next practice is toward the end of the month (dammit), so I'll see how it fares proper there. There is a slight buzz coming from it, so I need to investigate further. I dropped Barefaced a quick email and they responded within a couple of hours with a really positive and logical set of things to try - fantastic customer service. I need to try some different bits tonight to see wher the problem lies. Doubt it'll be the cab, hope it's not the head, if it's the bass I can deal with that (by getting a new one!)

Ola peeps. Bye bye struggling in to gigs banging my knuckles on door frames!!! Here's to over twice the power at a third of the weight!!!

Patiently awaiting my 0ne 10. Hopefully will be here this week...

Fantastic! Makes me want to push on and get my build done with a big chunk of ash my dad gave me 20 years ago!

I play in a 9 piece function band, with a soundie and a good PA. The whole kit is mic'd. I think it's usually total overkill! When we rehearse, we use an active wedge for vocals, nothing else mic'd up. Always sounds great, always feels good. Why not this way in a pub?! My thinking is, I'm there to provide entertainment, to enhance a punters night. Not hold them in place with decibels/deafen them! It's not all about the band! I think if more people subscribed to a more modest volume approach, more people would enjoy the music (and form nicer memories chatting with their friends etc) and maybe there would be more gigs for us lot to play!!!

It looks familiar. Maybe just a case of bass-ja-vu! Tony Packer of Music Repair Services Wales who fixed my Peterson said he had a fantastic and enlightening conversation with the designer of the amp (guessing he was referring to Pete Tullett). Also said he'd suffered a stroke, poor fella.

[quote name='Kevin Dean' timestamp='1505517559' post='3372607'] Any car/van made for the UK market since 94 must have a immobiliser , Customs will make a import have one fitted , so someone got hold of a key . [/quote] Unfortunately immobilisers are only a deterrent. Merc Sprinters are one of, if not the most stolen van in the U.K. Having said that, it was an old one - the gangs tend to target newer stuff. Hopefully their kit will be returned and not just dumped down an embankment or something.

Hello. Nice bass there, did you post that somewhere else previously? I think my P120 just popped its clogs (again). Not sure I can face the £190 repair bill. Sad face. Last time it conked out I was just about to play pretty decent sized gig. Luckily the venue had a Trace 2x10 combo in the back so I used that. Had a wedding gig a week ago and I couldn't hear myself at all. The Soundie put a monitor up for me mid gig (ah, the luxury!) but he said it sounded fine out the front. I assumed i was in a null or something, but firing it up today I'm hearing distortion again. Not quite as bad as last time where it just sounded like farts, but still not a great sign. I have a mah-hoosive retirement gig next week (some loaded surgeon retiring) in a prestigious venue, so gonna have to borrow something. Still , every cloud and all, now that new rig is justifiable to the wife!

Just buy a load of loft insulation, but leave it in it's packaging. Stack it up, see if it makes a difference. If not, return to shop. Ps, you won't return to shop.

Yooze guys are damn cool! I've been messaging Chienmortbb about his earlier post - so if the CNC doobry wotsit fits in with his plans, then count me as another interested party! What lower priced cute little class D head do you think would suit? Because I'm shallow, I like the look of the Fender Rumble 200 and the Ampeg pf350. I play a P with flats and want to be just like James Jamerson when I grow up. Both unlikely events.

I'm lugging this heavy inefficient beast to gigs, it's aged nicely I feel...

[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1504447295' post='3364898'] Marcus didnt refinish his Jazz [/quote] Must have my wires crossed. I remember seeing an article in some bass magazine in the mid 90's where he (or so I thought!) was holding a lovely looking jazz with no scratch plate, and the holes had been filled in. It looked immense! Perhaps it was someone else's bass and he was just in the same issue!

Strip it to bare wood and clear coat it, like what Marcus Miller did like 20 years ago or whatever.

I like the bit in the description; "Great for kids or girls, even guitarists"!!! I'm going to call my guitarist "Little Princess" from now on.

So I'd been on the site constructing my perfect bass all yesterday evening (so many damn options!). Actually ended up dreaming of headstocks and delivery times all through the night! Damn it, I was happy with my bass til I started reading this forum!!!

Here's my three...

Ooh, time. It's in short supply! Still interested in doing one of these, but won't get around to it til 2025. Anybody building one fancy doing a second? Throw me a price for the wood assembled!?!

I broke a string mid-gig once. Now I take a spare. Only have the two these days.

My uncle gave me an Acoustic amp head with a Crate cab, Squire P and a Perspex strat when he moved to America. That was nice! Also won a valve mic in Sound on Sound. That was ace, but as I didn't have the fine acoustic space to take full advantage of its awesomeness, I sold it. Stupid me!

Cool - thank you for checking that out! I think I'll just go ahead and make the cab that has been tried and tested! I can keep the mahogany beast in the house to run my Pianet through. I can't believe how small amps are these days. It'll be nice to pick up a rig and not sh*t myself with strain. Gotta start looking after myself these days, innit! Thanks again, Pete.

Hello. The ports are either side of the amp, slot style. So 2x 3cm wide, 41cm high, 25cm deep, with a very small 1cm gap at the back (top to bottom). I've thought about removing the internal box bit so I could have the full 46cm internal width - that gives me another 10 litres! Will modifying this cabinet and switching to the Beyma be a worthwhile exercise? Or should I just build the BC cab, buy another amp and be done with it?! Thanks for taking the time to respond!

Hiya. I've been gigging my 2nd run JV Squire and my Peterson combo for a few years now. Would like a bit more juice, but we do have a hefty PA, so perhaps I'm just being greedy. Turns out both amp and bass came from the same music shop - John Ham's in Swansea (brother of Badfinger's Pete Ham). I like to think they were in the shop at the same time, though I bought them independently of one another. Recently fitted the gold anodised scratch plate - now I am the sh*t!

Hmm... just measured my cab internal dimensions- about 36 litres. Pulled the driver out to see what it is - it's an Electrovoice EVM12L. From what I googled, it's a guitar speaker. Weird. Would the Beyma be a worthwhile upgrade?

Hello chaps. Just read this thread start to finish and I'm kinda interested in having a pop at it. One thing first though, I currently use a Peterson P120 (and love it). Just need a little bit more oomph. Would swapping out the stock driver in my Peterson in favour of the 12" Beyma be sufficient? Currently the output volume dial doesn't go past 12 o'clock. If I had a higher rated speaker, I could put more wattage in. I know a low power amp can still total a high power speaker with square waving, and maybe the speaker in there already is more sensitive (doubt it as it's about 35yrs old). I also had a crazy idea of making a separate enclosure for just the crossover and had driver to sit on top of the combo (The cabinet is mahogany and looks the business). Thanks in advance, Pete.