Chopthebass

Mesa Boogie Titan V12. 
ran out of steam doing a pub gig and got so hot. Must have been a duff one.

You can buy an Aria pickup from Bass Direct for 80GBP. 
and Aria in Japan can sell you the current preamp complete with all controls. 

On 25/02/2025 at 16:58, EMG456 said:

Wooden neck or graphite neck?

Wood neck

2 hours ago, Franticsmurf said:

Just found this website which might help.

 

The body shape resembles my Spirit XQ2.

 

Agreed that looks like it!

I have a Steinberger fretless bass and I can’t find out the model. It’s been refinished and fitted with EMG electronics. I saw a XQSTD5 for sale and it looks very similar, except neck bolt arrangement is different. 
Any help is appreciated!

On 30/01/2025 at 12:42, Wizzz said:

I'd like one too, if you'd be so kind.

I now ask for a 20gbp donation for emailed files. 

What’s the rms output of the K12.2? 
they quote 2000w peak. So 500w rms?

Anyone else own a 48?

I acquired a heavy relic one. Looks great and sounds huge, but not getting on with the comfort under my right forearm. Shame because it’s plekd, and has a super low action! 
 

Hoping they bring out a jazz!

3 hours ago, basshead56 said:

 

Absolutely- the cabs are certainly not lightweight!!! Actually, neither is the head for that matter! hahaha

 

I am quite surprised that I managed to fit the lot into a Nissan Ariya haha.

 

Awesome set of wheels in that pic too man (even if the steering wheel is on the wrong side 😜 )

Haha ! Driving a LHD manual felt weird for a while! I’m from your side of the pond, but have no idea what an Ariya is 😂

I had the exact same amp cab setup. Epic tone! Cabs are heavy and an awkward one man lift. Still have the amp though! 

4 hours ago, Mediocre Polymath said:

Ooh, that's a nice thing. How's the stringing/tuning process?

 

The major downside I'm seeing is that every time you played a gig with one of these, you'd have a bunch of curious nerds down at the front trying to figure out how it works.

 

EDIT: I've also just noticed that there's a routed-in plug of wood under the bridge – did you have difficulty routing the (square?) through holes for the mechanism, or is that just an in-fill for the bridge that was there before

Haha I’ve had my share of bass nerds at gigs! 
 

The wood plugs front and back are just to repair wood defects. It’s meant to be experimental so I didn’t want to risk  messing up fancy wood. 
 

With the Riviera you can only tune through the body. There’s an anchor inside that rides up or down with the tuning knob on the front. I made a template for the mechanism.

I just picked up headless hardware by Riviera. Great quality, and doesn’t mean you have to compromise your body shape at the back. Good for retrofitting too. Here’s my test bass.

I also had a go at a mk3 clone, but I was more interested in the shape than mimicking the true Wal sound. 
But saying that, I did use Walbuckers and Lusithand preamp just out of curiosity. It’s a truly powerful bass for sure with lots of tonal variation on tap 

This amp really is killer! I’m really pleased with mine. 

17 hours ago, LowB_FTW said:

I have no advice or help for you, but I'm now following this thread, because I really would like a Sandberg Forty-Eight 5-String, but my god the price of them.

 

Mark

I’m getting it Monday, so I’ll give you my thoughts! How much are they new?

Does anyone own one of these? The cons could be upper fret access and neck dive. Apart from that, is it a great bass? I may be acquiring a heavy relic one blind. 

10 hours ago, agedhorse said:

Correct.

 

They are designed to work stacked vertically, not side by side. The mid coverage pattern is defined by the mid element’s vertical orientation of the mid-high frequency array.

Ok so if the cabs are stacked with the array horiz as it’s meant to be, it still means the four woofers end up in the non preferred arrangement. I assume this won’t matter? 

Bill I thought you’d mentioned in the past that four 10’s woofers in the conventional 410 arrangement isn’t as good a 210’s stacked vertical. So with 210 cabs that don’t have a tweeter array, is that the case? 

I’ve read many explanations why stacking a pair of 210 cabs vertically projects better than horizontal.

But, will this work ok for a pair of Genzler 210 cabs with the array of teeeters? Shifting the cabs in a vertical position makes the array horizontal. 
 

I nearly bought that! I ended up with the Streamette LTD! 
The KS is a fine looking bass! 

It is a very odd name, but not as odd as this…

On 28/04/2024 at 02:16, Shesh said:

Hi would you mind sending me as well? 

My email is [email protected] 

Thanks

Yup I’ll get them over to you 

I do. Let me know your email address and I’ll send them. I can do PDF or DWG/DXF. 

On 17/03/2024 at 01:42, Bolo said:

Don't pull down on the string when fretting it.

It's a playing technique flaw. If you can't remedy your finger placement it can be mitigated by replacing the nut with one that has the slot filed slightly more away from the edge. As mentioned earlier.

Nothing wrong with my playing technique. The 5 strings (on the ones I have seen) have been off center, with ample space on the B. Construction or design flaw.