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  1. Here’s what I used from Amazon, it’s not available right now but gives an idea. Obviously just the smallest dots… https://amzn.eu/d/iAYoLYk
  2. Following with interest. Any photos of the actual installation would be great.
  3. As the one who started this thread, I’ve pretty much given up on this idea, for several reasons. 1. As well as being the bass player, I’m now also the unofficial lighting engineer in our band, so I always make sure there’s a spot pointing in my direction:) 2. Seems that any passive luminous material has a limited life of maybe 10-12 years. I have some basses that are nearly 40 years old…not that I would drill one of those, but if I did fit Luminlay I’d expect it to last the life of the instrument. 3. I’ve had reasonable success with simple luminous spot stickers bought on Amazon. If you carefully clean the oils off the neck first, they’ll last several months and are easy to replace. If I know I’m going to playing in a dark hole, I use a bass with those on. I do find the FretFX approach interesting and might consider that in the future, although if they shine brightly towards the front/audience then personally that’s a no-no, as guitars with bright LEDs look pretentious and stupid in my humble opinion.
  4. I bought one of these a few weeks ago - https://www.multiform-store.com/products/multiform-intucon-lc400h2-f2-preset-controller-set So far I’m pleased, previously we’d used a Chauvet Obey 3 with our rig comprising four par cans on a bar, a Stairville Show bar (which we would either fit on a stand or sit on the floor) and a single 7Q5 spot (ditto). The Obey 3 controller just sat in sound to light mode and worked ok, but the foot switch on this new one means you can blackout the lights at the end of a song or use a quick strobe burst (neither should be over used of course). The Multiform also seems to extract a wider range of colours from the same lights, and it’s easier to use. Also, their customer support in my experience is responsive and friendly.
  5. I have two of these, they’re brilliant. Surprised this hasn’t been snapped up yet.
  6. Yes I was aware of flow rate and you’re right, silence comes at a price. Unfortunately the original fan label model number didn’t reveal any info via Google apart from 24v and 0.11A. I made sure the new fan was at least that power rating (it’s actually 0.12A). I think I will just have to accept that a noisy fan is the price to pay for a powerful yet light and compact amp like the Minimax.
  7. Black basses, eh? Its made me realise that I’ve had a few over the years despite it not being a particularly favourite colour. My current favourite gigging bass is a matt black G&L SB-2 (Tribute) that I swapped over the neck from a Kiloton, as I like maple neck. The others are a Stingray, I didn’t have that for long, it just didn’t float my boat. G&L M2000 custom, lovely looker but I sold it. Yamaha RBXA2 that I modded with carbon fibre vinyl wrap (then sold it). Oh, and a 5-string Sterling Sub that I only bought because I felt I should try a 5 string. Sold it… I also have a Hohner B2A stick bass in black that I take to every gig as a spare and have never used.
  8. Here's a family photo from a couple of years back, been a few changes since.
  9. My old and new rigs. I lucked in to the Scott Dixon 2x10 cabs on eBay last week, I’ll be selling the Ashdown rig once I’ve done a couple of gigs with the SD’s and they’ve passed the acceptance test. My goal (aside from just GAS) was light weight, I’d bought the Ashdowns a few years ago for their low-ish weight, but they’re still heavy – luggage scales put the combo at 20.5kg (Ashdown claims 18kg) and the 1x15 cab is 17.4kg. The Scott Dixons are 11.4kg each without the lids! Bliss!
  10. I have literally just finished putting my Peavey Minimax amp back together having found, after a long search, a suitable fan. I had to go for a 25mm deep fan in the end and chamfer the bottom edge to clear the main PCB. It is supposedly rated at 27db. Sadly, having just fired it up, I don’t think it’s made any difference to the noise. All the ultra quiet fans are 12v as they're for PC use, but the Peavey fan is 24v. I see that its set blowing into the amp, and there are vent holes on the other side where you can feel a draught exiting the amp. Would turning the fan around make a difference? Or am I taking too big a risk? Maybe next I’ll look at fitting a fan controller somewhere, so I can turn it down when rehearsing at home. Or, a thermal switch but that’s beyond my skills and I wouldn’t know where to place the sensor.
  11. Thanks for all the answers. I’m not convinced that surface stickers will stand up to 3 hour pub rock gigs with sweaty hands. I tried these - https://classical-guitars.plus/product/rosette-premium-fret-dot-markers/ They’re more like slide on transfers, they worked very well but only lasted for a few weeks before rubbing off; they’re designed for classical guitars after all. It sounds like I’ll just have to wait for Japan to revise its shipping routes. Frankly I think that Luminlay could try a bit harder – Japan Post says some letter-post items are accepted for air, and surface mail is less affected. They state generally that “there may be delays in the delivery of posted international mail “. https://www.post.japanpost.jp/int/information/overview_en.html That website also says "We will resume service for some kinds of airmail letter-post items to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Germany, France and Belgium effective March 18, 2022. " It’s a tiny 3 inch stick of plastic that would go in a letter envelope, its not like we’re trying to ship a whole guitar. Oh well, I guess I'll just have to wait.
  12. Yes, I’ll try that, thanks. Like the look of those knobs!
  13. Apologies if this is in the wrong group. I decided to buy Luminlay luminous fret markers, the one that comes as a stick that you cut and glue into carefully drilled holes. I tried to order from the Japanese manufacturer (https://luminlay.com/) and they tell me they can’t/won’t ship to the EU at this time (Covid…). They also confirmed by direct email that they don’t have an agent over here. Does anyone have any, or know someone that might?
  14. So, now that I have opended up the amp, I have discovered that the fan is 24v not 12v, and there is very limited clearance between the outer wall and the circuit board, which means a (more common) 25mm depth fan almost certainly won't fit. The current fan is 15mm deep. So I'm now searching t'internet for a 60x60mm fan, 20mm deep, and 24v. My theory is that a deeper fan (20mm instead of 15mm) will be more efficient and therefore won't need to spin as fast. The current fan just screams at full speed all the time, I've not been able to find the specs online, so I've no idea of the rpm its doing, its just a cheapo generic chinese OEM fan. My current Ashdown RM500 also has a fairly noisy fan, I assume that manufacturers just choose the cheapest they can find.
  15. In a quest to build a lightweight rig to save my ageing back I’ve just bought a (used) Peavey Minimax 500. So far it’s great apart from the loud fan noise, which reviews had led me to expect. It seems to be a standard 50mm fan, and there are several so called silent 50mm fans around online so I’m going to try one. I also have an inline 12v fan potentiometer from a PC that I built, which would slow the fan down. Or, maybe I can fit a thermal switch so it’s not constantly running? The noise will be less of an issue onstage but is too loud when playing at home. Has anyone ever done a fan swap or thermal switch mod on this or similar amps, to reduce the fan noise? Did it work? TIA
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