Bridgehouse

Well this one was really light, resonant and sounded proper meaty. I was pretty gobsmacked to be honest

6 minutes ago, Jimothey said:

Great looking bass!! It’s made me consider a relic build!?!! Superb job!!

Do it.. it's a lot easier than you think. Plenty of advice on here as well. It's very satisfying. And a lot flippin' cheaper than a real vintage (ask me how I know  )

Ordered some pickups - cheap and cheerful to get it up and running. If it plays well I'll get a set of handwounds made for it.. this one will be vol vol only. 

A quick rub with some leather stain and then a bath in Lenon Oil  and look what happens!

16 minutes ago, Funkfingers said:

Was it part of a job lot sale from the warehouse of HarrySeven over on another forum that shall remain nameless? 

It was indeed.....!

Been a little while with this one... These relic jobs take a while!

Body has stabilised and nitro hardened, so it's on to final assembly. Tuners, bridge and screws aged lightly in vinegar bath and put on. 

Jobs left to do:

- Fit pickups

- Wire up

- String Tree

- Set up

Always fancied a mid 60's P but put off by the price? Build your own 

I'm in the "I don't get this type of question" camp.

Music is a personally subjective thing. One persons brilliant will be another persons awful.

And this question doesn't work if it's inviting a ranking system. I mean - who is going to be brave and answer the question:

"Who is the least talented musician of all time?"

2 minutes ago, Sean said:

BF does a tweed option now ;-)

But that's just more expense!! Plus the fact tweed doesn't do it for me...

4 minutes ago, Sean said:

Tweed.

Gonna look rubbish with my barefaced cab tho 

Looking forward to it @mjw amps 

I suspect there will be a lot of pictures up here - first things first - need to pick a colour scheme!

Yep. That's def. original 60s tort.

27 minutes ago, FuNkShUi said:

Do they supply a new set of ear drums for everyone on the way out? 

If it's like most studios I've been to only 2 of the 8 speakers actually work (intermittently)

3 minutes ago, Sean said:

What have you ordered?

Not finalised yet - but basically a B15 clone with a few surprises..

I'm second in his new queue for a build...

Now sold.

£275 posted..

Offers considered.

1 hour ago, Cosmo Valdemar said:

One of the new ones?

No, no.. a good old one 

Hah! It was actually a "beginner" guitarist Jam - I was on bass duties

Just now, stingrayPete1977 said:

So what we've learnt is that a speaker designed to relay an entire live band at volumes higher than the band itself can easily cope with just dealing with a single bass guitar, who'da thunkit? 

Well, yes. But, well, yes. And possibly no. But mostly yes. 

Mostly I was impressed by the noise floor, and just how much air it moved.

On a serious note, and for anyone who is actually interested - it held up very well with a drummer and 4 (!) guitars.. I was adjusting volume down quite a bit... 

No funny noises, no parping, and loads of bottom end. I suspect the k12.2 would have been far too much for the room. 

I was originally going to run it out to the PA as well - but quickly came to the conclusion that it would be total overkill

1 minute ago, EBS_freak said:

Man, you aren't doing this by halves.

Do you play for Taylor Swift now?

One does not simply play for Taylor Swift. 

Just now, EBS_freak said:

Did you replace the smell of weed and lines of coke with a Haze plugin and sherbet dibdab too?

You have a lot to answer for young man.

Don't worry, I had the studio owner remove all the blue smarties..

There was a distinct amount of trouser flap. Also much vibration and much rib cage rumbling.

There were quite a few guitarists there with some big big amps who all universally said "&)@;&) me that's loud.."

Rock n roll is dead, man.