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Not now the product regulation is so voluminous but who knows in 15yrs time , allegedly safe product that will do unexpected s*it . Not referring to GR Bass specifically. I would love a dubster too so no barefaced prejudice here BTW

By which I mean Bamboo had been used elegantly for a specific purpose for an extreme machine that was not being used as designed. See Y'all later

The rowing boats i waffled about up thread were a very well made hot moulded semi monocoque... marketed as nature's natural composite. Sure there are still Carl Douglas boats being made, see adverts on Google. Bamboo- I rode a Bamboo road bike the day before the London Brighton Cycle ride 10 plus years ago. This was designed for a time trialler sooo uncomfortable. The relatively unfit owner suffered badly and then scared the bejesus out of himself on the final / nearly terminal descent towards the sea. If you are brave you can get a lot of speed..... So Bamboo is a wonderful natural resource, how is it utilised by GR Bass ? I.e. what is the adhesive used to make engineered Bamboo laminate (for want of a better word) easy to finish prettily even a nice Veneer like ye olde boats. Nice talking to ya

I feel cuddly warm and virtuous...

Good remembering name of cheapo tonewood - Agathis

Sounded great on "Fangs for the memory" tho

This is why I was asking. Thank you for the response. Mods please close comments but leave this up if possible. Thanks Merton and binky and burns bass. @Burns-bass I promise I wasn't trolling, the guy seemed a nut and was on an fb group where people had a reasonably sensible debate about the Olympics and letts wades in....

I know there was a long thread about this gentleman but I can't find it ..... Had followed him on FB a while ago so he's popped up occasionally making intemperate statements and used a reform party logo as an avatar till recently. These are statements of fact and I'm not judging... had a polite chat on fb about why woke wasn't going to destroy the western world . Does the gentleman who was owed cash or a bass have either. Avoided even mentioning Basschat Mods , this can be placed in off topic if u prefer.

I saw a dude make a mistake with a carbon pole while I was in a Lincolnshire rowing event. He was walking up a side branch some way away and there was a woomph noise. He'd bumped a high voltage line and was history...

Insert Courier joke here.. I purchased an excellent folding aluminium parcel truck from Screwfix 35 quid or so a while ago. Highly recommended I know starting this thread was venturesome and cheeky... enjoyed it though. Like the estimable @la bam I'm a fan of Laney n series cabs. A friend is using an n115 for geetar they are great cabs tho Mr Fitzmaurice says the specs for the lavoce 10" speakers are iffy. . I don't use n410 much as too loud ha ha

For sure, especially since they are made here using a diligent and adept workforce. I've enjoyed reading ALL of the responses. Sorry if I've digressed/rambled. Tech and production engineering is always fascinating

Thanks for replies. I like to think that I'm not trolling gr bass or the enthusiastic users of their gear. It looks lovely but .... Next , does tonewood have to be expensive and if its not pretty but IS cheap is it still tonewood. Answers on a postcard via Ped at Basschat HQ . You also have a chance to purchase a guild x500 semi acoustic advertised on here for a respectful offer compared to B.i.N price folks or I've wasted 20quid upgrading my membership

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Irrelevant with all due respect cos the statement does not refer to my question, other than indirectly.

So if you want to gig a GR you'll need a high grade flight case made utilising similar material which means how light is your GR plus a REALLY expensive flight case. And you'll realise GR should/could be finished with fancy faced and finished ply wood or Tuffcab ....I'm sort of kidding btw

There was a dude called Carl Douglas no not that one who built laminated moulded "ply" racing sculling boats and would do a final finish of any fancy wood you chose. If you decided to pay for a finish you'd potentially slaughter when you'd run your boat aground 2 days post delivery. Still probably easier than doing a structural repair of a carbon boat. Not as expensive as a high end acoustic but only certain artists ought to be encouraged to chuck their prized heirloom into a river

A friend of my father's had two concrete sewer pipes with a rudimentary dispersal arrangement on top and a pair of wharfedale Gilbert Briggs (8" i think) that my dad persuaded him to use after telling him the enclosures would still sound like shit. Now we have audiophile people who think your turntable has to look like a gasometer designed by HR freakin Geiger.

OK you can turn out extremely high quality baffles elsewhere (ask an f1 team to lend you a modest autoclave ha ha) with adequate means to attach some high strength (simpleish plywood monocoques maybe) to interface with a slightly thinner ply shell plus a gentle coat of tuffcab or similar, then carry on from there. I've kept it short and you were polite as I might possibly know about some stuff. Thank you I'll read more later folks.mostly Bill Fitzmaurice

FWIW agreed as a dilettante/layman type person. I used to 'row crew' when tech became a thing in late 70s and wood tonewood or otherwise was on the way out. An Olympic crew got a silver medal in 8s in 'the carbon tiger' which didn't live for long as a functioning boat. Various German Chinese US Canadians now make long lived products at a cost. I know about current pre pregs and earlier honeycombs and stuff. I've even done a tidy repair on a boat called a janousek. So I excised damaged aluminium honeycomb and interior wall OK. Borrowed a pair of very expensive metal cutting shears and cut a bit. Used car glass fibre tape and ensured it would adhere. Skim what u call bondo and poorly matched aerosol. You and others might think I've gone on too long but I hoped you might be first respondent (cringe alert) cos you would know that I had to do a sensible repair in an emergency. I leave things with hefty capacitors to people with excellent expertise no names no packdrill... Last analogy coming up.... It's just that someone said something years ago about a light car called a rocket. A teeny thing with a big motorbike engine designed by a still famous ha ha ha F1 designer. It had carefully made free floating carbon fibre front mudguards, saved several grammes per side. This journalist said that as they would very likely get broken you should use aluminium Crikey hot topic but I'm not going to debate with anyone who pisses me off in their interactions with me if I bother to answer anyone else. Don't tell me I have all the gear and no idea either or I'll get v v tetchy and still not reply..ha ha

How light is really absolutely required / necessary ??

1) Does anyone know whether polished carbon finish on a gr bass cab is structural or decorative. No implied criticism. 2) barefaced are pricey because their workforce produces clever intricacy out of (mostly??? ) plywood.? 3) a carbon / kevlar / nomex / aluminium honeycomb , whatever baffle, incorporating the main internal framework of a conventional plywood enclosure . Is this a more appropriate use of modern composites ?

Yup. Greeny blue left handed count ? Picture to follow.