ColinB

Even my 83 year old dad, who hated The Beatles, admits that 'The Beatles changed everything'.

Love this..... [url="http://youtu.be/yWP6Qki8mWc?list=RDyWP6Qki8mWc"]http://youtu.be/yWP6...t=RDyWP6Qki8mWc[/url]

[quote name='bartelby' timestamp='1438194763' post='2832483'] Any ideas? [/quote] I had to turn the transistors the 'other way round' to get mine to work. Some of the suggested ones have different pin-outs to each other.

Build Me Up, Buttercup - The Foundations Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond

Nice one! load up the spectracomp and leave it alone.

Sorry - no sound clips, but I'm really pleased with it.

After doing [url="http://www.sevenstring.org/forum/sevenstring-org-workbench/103276-tech-pimp-your-ibanez-ts5-tubescreamer.html"]this[/url] mod to my Ibanez TS-5 'soundtank' overdrive, and loving it so much on bass, I thought I'd try the same sort of thing on my Joyo JF-01. I found this scematic for the TS-5 online, and and then worked out which componants were mapped to which by following the traces on the JF-01: I removed the equivalent diodes D2 and D3, the resistors R18 and R19, and the capacitor C10 from the Joyo circuit board. Here they're labelled up as they would be according to the TS-5 schematic: So I replaced R19 with a 10k ohm resistor, R18 with a 3.3k ohm, C10 with an 820nF ( or 0.82μF ) mylar cap, and D2 and D3 with a 3mm red LED and a 1N4002 (observing the polarities). I had to solder in the capacitor on the underneath of the board due to size - but there's plenty of space to do that. This makes it so much more useable as a drive pedal on bass. C10 allows more bass through, R18 and 19 allow the drive to be turned right down so the pedal can be used as a clean boost if so required, and the diode combination sound great. I tried a variety of different combinations, wired into micro switches to see which I preferred, and the LED/1N4002 was best.

I did front of stage security for Slade and helped the load in and out when they played Nottingham Uni in the early eighties. Jim Lea 'borrowed' my glasses to wear on stage for a couple of songs - he was a really good bloke. This was when one of their roadies came up with the immortal line line when referring to a flight case with dodgy casters that I was trying to push in a straight line: [i]"Don't worry about that, mate, the f**king f**kers f**cking f**ked." [/i]Classic!

[quote name='lefrash' timestamp='1435778695' post='2812411'] Seems alot of faffing but I think you could just run the send from the bh250 into the return of the lh500.... unless theres a technical reason why that cant happen. [/quote] There is..... there's no send/return on a BH250.

[quote name='Phil Starr' timestamp='1435606079' post='2810561'] I was going to go for an even simpler to build design with a slot port and less elaborate bracing in 18mm 3/4" ply. The current prototypes are heavily braced 12mm ply with four tubular ports (plastic drainpipe). It's a simple job to cut the port holes with a hole saw costing less than £10 and once that is done it is an easy build, [/quote] What sort of bracing did you use on the cab? I've gone back through the thread and can't find a description or a piccie. I've just cut the wood for a 1x12 with an Eminence Deltalite II 2512 which I have, so I'd be interested in your design.

[quote name='ColinB' timestamp='1435405053' post='2808476'] The link I posted above your post has white pearl and black pearl ones. [/quote] This now makes no sense as the post I was refering to has disappeared??? eh?

The link I posted above your post has white pearl and black pearl ones.

[url="http://www.guitarselectric.co.uk/product/music_man_stingray_bass_4_scratch_plate"]These[/url] fitted my SUB Ray4 with a slight bit of filing around the p/up.

No idea..... but [url="http://www.donnerdeal.com/donnerr-alchemy-modulation-effect-guitar-pedal-16-model-true-bypass.html"]this[/url] is something similar with more effects built in for ~£30

[quote name='BassAgent' timestamp='1434532837' post='2800433'] And then there was the ultimate. A Squier JV Precision from '82, mint condition, all original that I got for...wait for it...€75. With an amp. And a stand. And a cable. And a strap. It was fantastic. Everything about it. Except I didn't use it. Silly me, I sold it (for a lot more than I bought it for)... [/quote] My dream bass. It exactly matches my '82 Squier JV Strat which is an absolutely fabulous guitar.

WOW! That's great.

I just love the [url="http://celestion.com/product/17/g12h/"]Celestion G12H[/url] and the [url="http://www.jensentone.com/vintage_ceramic/c10q"]Jensen C10Q[/url]. I've got the G12H in a Laney LC30-II and the C10Q in a Laney LC15R. I've tried a few other speakers, but nothing comes close. IMHO & YMMV etc etc.

I've just found a really good 'fuzzy' sound by turning both the 'mid' and the 'voice' pots on the Joyo American Sound up to 3 o'clock. This really pushes at ~800Hz and this into my ROG Ginger pre-amp pedal gives a great fuzzy/overdrive. It reminds me of Geezer's NIB tone (without the Wah part), starting at 0:42.... [media]http://youtu.be/TNKttMFgaf0[/media]

The Mooer Fog is a Wolley Mammoth clone, too. It's a very small pedal and can be had for £39 [url="http://www.hotroxuk.com/mooer-mbfz1-fog-bass-guitar-fuzz-pedal-q-q.html?utm_source=GoogleBase&utm_medium=organic&gclid=Cj0KEQjw-tSrBRCk8bzDiO__gbwBEiQAk-D31RaxVL1kJplE2j0s06bUhVTzlf2_euZJqqRd-T_--24aAke88P8HAQ"]here[/url].

[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1433759049' post='2793614'] The cheap Subs are great basses - my Ray4 is nice and light, great neck and smooth fretwork, very resonant and sounds great too. Only pain point is the preamp is rather hot which doesn't play well with some amps and most distortion pedals. It's not too difficult to mod though, and there is a thread somewhere on Talkbass posted by a company rep with instructions on how to do it. [/quote] I too have a Ray4 and it's great. I've done the Volume mod ([url="http://www.talkbass.com/threads/sterling-by-music-man-sub-ray4-and-ray5.871370/page-17"]here[/url], starting half-way down the page at post #339) and it makes a big difference.

[quote name='squire5' timestamp='1433707856' post='2793314'] And another.Oh and by the way,its "That stretch down South won't ever stand the strain". [/quote] See - totally unmemorable.

Oh! It's on a par with Sonney and Cher's "I Got You, Babe". Throw away dross. YMMV, IMHO etc etc. Glad we're all different.

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1433695736' post='2793160'] It's an absolutely fantastic song and performance by all concerned - in my opinion (and Carol's) [/quote] Nope. Just listened to it again and (in my opinion) it's absolute pants. Not a single redeeming feature.... and deserves an entry into the 'crap lyrics' thread for the bit about needing a small vacation - but it sure looks like rain - and if it snows the line down south will never stand the strain. Turgid.

Witchita Lineman?????? ewww!