warwickhunt

Considered this but it would mean butchering a genuine body or sourcing an aftermarket job and costs for luthiers to do this start to step up considerably. If I can source a used 'downsized' MM/EB that I know the weight of then I'll not have any of the vagaries of chopping up and devaluing a bass. Added to which I'd need to use my MM neck but add light weight tuners... costs keep mounting. Not my cup of tea really, the MM headstock is iconic and the Sandberg just leaves me indifferent. I'm sure they are great basses though. It seems the short scale MM basses are a significantly smaller body (going off their sizing v the full size Ray that I have). This could be my way forward but I'll need to try one on for size (and weight).

In theory that is a great idea and one I've used in the past... in practice I have had basses that have put on 0.5kg between being weighed and delivered to me. I have a 'custom' bass that the manufacturer/luthier quoted the weight of on their website (bearing in mind this is custom order, one of a kind), the bass is a full kilo heavier than they stated! Private sellers are worse; I've asked for 'accurate' weights (going to the extreme of specifying kitchen digital scales not bathroom etc) and yet basses still put weight on during shipping. Though one of our very own BCers was genuinely shocked when he weighed his bass (which he though had to be under 9lb) and apologised profusely before we had concluded our deal. I'm also still interested in what models are downsized.

My head is battered in trying to navigate the various Musicman/Ernie Ball ranges to establish if they do a downsized body of the Stingray model. I figured it might be quicker to ask the collective hive mind that is Basschat! I realise the Sterling is smaller but tbh they still tend to be on the beefy side with regards to weight, hence considering a scaled back Stingray... I wouldn't be concerned if it was shorter scale but I don't know that shorter scale models are smaller bodied (ergo lighter). To clarify: I'm looking for a light Ray or Sterling but I would ideally like the body to be a reduced size. Cheers people.

B*ll*cksy ba5tard health! Wish you the best and hope it gets better... or no worse.

How a 4x10 should look!

My head hurt just trying to work out his 'options'!

Musicman Stingray 3 band EQ - on first powering up has a very faint distortion but which within seconds builds up and after about a minute sound goes off and there is a pulsing tone. Has anyone encountered this before? Fresh battery (twice), leads, cabs and amp swapped and tested so not them. Bass has been stored in its case (sans battery) for about 4 years. Any insight gratefully sought.

Yes the TC RS 12" cabs 1x12 or 2x12 are deeper than the 10", so the 10's on top sit further back... there's some science time alignment jiggery pokery behind why that works. Saying that I had the 1x12 as well as the 2x10 and for the hell of it I moved the 10's flush with the front; no discernible difference that my ears could hear.

My TC RS cabs were designed to be stacked either way but I gigged them vertically.

The fan is also noisy on the Bugera Veyron?

Judas Priest go fuzzy!

How did that mic stand idea not take off?

To be fair I'd not want a quality unit like that to be associated with Ashdown.

I did something similar back in the late 70's. I took a neglected Marshall 4x12, cut out the baffle and installed a new one with a single 15" speaker. 2 things I later took from this; what the hell was I thinking cutting up a 1960's Marshall cab and who the hell gave me it? I do recall it sounded monstrous. Thiele parameters etc didn't exist back then ( ) but I'm sure the box size exceeded the drivers needs.

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What? I have a twin?

This bloke reckons it's a doddle!