RIM Basses

Ive got to make it down to this one! Lets hope I have some DR Bass Cabs and the new TFB750-A. Nice one Ped, you the man! Robbie.

Just got this picture from Dave Funk at Thunderfunk amps, Its Stevie Wonder taking to Bill Dickens' wife on Bills Mobile at the recent Namm Show. Bill was playing the new Thunderfunk 750, how cool is that! Robbie.

+1 on the Dr Bass cabs, you know it makes sense!

My feeling is the paper will come away from the Aluminium over time, best of both worlds? More like jack of trades master of None? I think Stu hamm will leave Hartke next year, those hydrives sound bad on the youtube clips. [url="http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=doDfuaNizuU"]http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=doDfuaNizuU[/url]

Cheers guys, Im real happy that this bass is finished and Im back on track with the other two basses soon. Looks like the soundclips will be done this coming wednesday night and studio pics next week also. Might be going down to Brighton to deliver the bass in person to Alex, as he is busy on the DIY. Cheers, Robbie.

Delano pickups would be nice!

Hi All, Well I got the bass finished today, played her thru my Ashdown Five fifteen and she sounds great, loads of detail and clarity. It has a nice tones thru the dingwall switch when blended with the tone pot. Gonna get the soundclips done in the week either at home thru the Pc or at Marty's. Cheers, Robbie.

Hi Guys, Well I got the wiring nearly finished last night,the silver solder worked real nice with the mil spec silver coated teflon wire. Should have her all setup this weekend and ready for Alex next week. Gonna try and get some soundclips done next week and maybe even a video clip. Cheers, Robbie.

Hi Guys, Hope everyone had a great New Years, so we are into 2008 and the bass has the first few coats of wax on her. Ive now got the teflon coated wire for the pots, so we should have the bass all setup by next week hopefully. Cheers, Robbie.

Might be selling the Accugroove El Whappo, as I have Dr Bass cabs Coming soon.

Yes indeed you will be bud, just think a fretless and fretted RIM bass! Now thats cool.

Hi Guys, Ok So Ive now finished work for Christmas and i'll be working on Alex's bass for a few days during the break, Ive been sanding the bass over the last couple of night and she's looking good. Should have the cavity coppered out over the weekend and a couple of little jobs before I can get a couple of coats of wax on her. Ive ordered some Teflon silver coated wire for the pots and when that turns up from the states I'll be able to get the wiring all sorted. So things are all good! have a good one Guys! Robbie.

Dr Bass Cabs

No worries mate, its all good news. I'll just wait to hear back from you about having the first TFB750-A in the UK! Its great to hear the Thundefunk will go down to 2 ohms. Im hoping to order 2 heads in the New Year once ive sold some DR Bass cabs. Have a good one guys, Robbie.

Hoping to do the TFB750-A for £1050 tops. The Direct price from Dave is looking at $ 1795, so I should be able to save you around £250. I will need pre orders on these heads, so if you are interested please get in touch. Cheers guys, Robbie.

Nice looking AH300, they made them real well back in the day!

Hi Guys, Just found this singlecut by a Uk Luthier called Lee Evans, looks real nice! [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/6-string-frettles-bass_W0QQitemZ160191011636QQihZ006QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/6-string-frettles-ba...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url] Cheers, Robbie.

Hi Guys, This is a Quote from Dave Funk to me about the new TFB750-A For those who haven't heard, I received the prototype transformers last Tuesday, too late to use on Bill Dickens amp, but after firing it up I just listened to it for a day. I can't believe how much better it sounds. Deeper, warmer, fuller, bigger, cleaner, louder, more detail, smoother, shimmering cymbal detail.... a different amp altogether. Like getting a heart transplant. It sounds so much better I can tell you I don't plan on building anymore TFB550-B's after I use up the parts I have left. And Bill hasn't heard this amp yet. I'll let you know. For all those who have already ordered the TFB750-A you will be very pleasantly surprised. Thanks for your support, Dave So thats from the horses mouth! Looking forward to hearing one next year! Cheers, Robbie.

Hi All, Just got these pics from Talkbass, Bill Dickens is now playing these heads thru his Accugroove cabs, dave has told me they sound much better than the TF550B! Looks like we have a contender in the 750w range! Cheers, Robbie.

Hi Paul, How are things bud, glad to see you have got to do your bathroom suite also. Im starting mine in the new year and so is Alex, you gotta love the DIY. To answer your question about the Buzz Feiten system and zero nuts, ive not looked into them really, I love the wooden nuts, may look at them in the future, I just dont think you need that much fine adjustment for bass, maybe on multi string ERB's. Cheers, Robbie.

When I had my mesa 400+ at full power, I was told that to get the same power out of a solid state rig you would need around 1600w So basicly tube amps are four times louder? Ive been playing a Thunderfunk 550B and I dont really miss the Mesa anymore. So lets face it, there's lots of different amp and cab setups. Some will project better than others. Cheers, Robbie

Hi All, Ok guys so here's the latest bits done on Alex's bass, the nut is cut and the frets have had the slightest of dresses. I going to finish all the final sanding and then Foil the control cavity. Im hopefully going to be using a high quality teflon wire between the pots to give the bass the best signal, Ive been looking into turntable wire which has the best audio reproduction. Hope you guys like the update! Sperzels! Cheers, Robbie.

Hi All, The bass is coming along nicely now, got the tuners in, bridge on and the front Q tuner pickup in. It sounds real nice, lots of detail and a strong B string. I will post the pics tomorrow due to leaving my USB Lead at home. Cheers, Robbie.