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The software has got better as well I'd be very interested in your views on the bass systems in there. I suspect others would as well Rob

I shall speak nicely to @neepheid about this. I have zero issues with lending it out. I know he will have space for a bass from North Yorkshire to the Bass Bass, however that might limit his options when he passes near Guitar Guitar in Birmingham Rob

Also don't forget to run the cable in the right compass direction to get the best sound. Depends if the copper was laid east/west or north/south when it was made. Also check the moon phase, you will find it makes a clearly obvious sound difference. I had a some speaker cable and changing how it lay so it aligned with the Feng Shui in the living room made such a difference. I also only play the bass when I am orientated NW now because of this. Ask the retailer for the cable direction and orientation information. All the retailers have it, but they pretend they don't and tell you it's nonsense. You need to keep asking, if you went into the shop with a special hat made of Bacofoil, but make sure its shiny side in and not out, that immediately tells them you are special and can be trusted with the truth. Trust me on this. Let me know how it goes Rob

It's amazing how much can be missing and it makes very little difference. I saw a video once on YouTube (so clearly doing my own research and am now an expert in this) about a American who kept removing bits of his electric guitar to see the effect. Most of the guitar had gone and he was down to strings between two tables and pickups. Being realistic, had he cheated, I simply don't know, I do know that my 3d printed guitars sound to me, fine, a slightly different tone, but I suspect that the cheap pickups may have something to do with that. I have zero wood in the body of my 3d printed basses and guitars. I try to use a decent wooden neck, a decent bridge and decent electrics but that's it. I don't spend a fortune (or even a large amount). At the SW Bass Bash 2025 @Phil Starr did a great blind listening test with a range of speakers from a 6" to a 15" in various cabs. They all sounded very good but the 8" was very well liked. Perhaps somebody should organise a blind listening test of a range of basses at a bass bash, I have no idea what the criteria would be but it might be interesting to hear. I'll happily put my home made basses in. Rob

Definitely an option, I did like your blue cabinet at the bash, Rob

I'd have walked out as well, smooth jazz version of London Calling? Wow... Not sure on the colour, Blue Aran is wholly out of stock of Tuff Paint, but have now ordered the speakers and Speakon connectors from them. I suspect that black makes sense but red highlights would be good. However I still might look for red speaker paint or just paint it red and do a black port instead. Rob

And of course it's now pouring with rain today which is highly annoying. So I've made little jig to fit the Katsu router for making the speaker hole and the port hole. The two sections need to be bonded together and a a slide fits in the middle to act as a pivot and to lock the router in place. Just need the rain to stop now....

Or I might not....

Would people be interested in my 3d printed headless bass? Does that class as 'interesting' or 'different'? I'm not precious if people say "no"....<sob> Whilst I'm not coming, I may be able to convince @neepheid to fit it into his Tardis. Rob

I now have the wood to make three of these, so I think I'll make two and the third one will be the extractor fan box for a spray booth. I got some of the wood from Skipton and still ended up in Kendal for other reasons, so tried B&Q. Their website says they have loads of 21mm x 21mm PSE in isle 35. Nope not a single piece of wood 21mm x 21mm. I forget why I never liked B&Q but its good to be reminded. I have done the port already, clearly in red as I have an awful lot of that left Not sure how I'll mount it but suspect I'll try silicone or possibly wood glue or if all else fails, three screws through. I'll try and make the port using a small hand router and print a routing template so I end up with a nice finish. Pity I can't easily print the whole cab Am going out now to fire up the circular saw. Wish me luck....I may be gone some time.... Rob

Grassington is lovely, since they film some of the Vets stuff there it's a lot more touristy. We looked at moving there when we came from London but chose Clapham instead. Skipton is a small market town. It has a genuine old castle and a really good Saturday market. It also has real night clubs according to my daughter. I would have no idea to be honest. There's great walks along the canal both north and south. You can cycle from Leeds to Skipton along the canal side. Quite easy apart from the locks at Bingley.

Any recommendation for the glue to use please? Just off to Skipton to collect the Plywood.

Speaking as someone who has transported all @neepheid's basses to a bash, I would concur with his assessment of "Don't bring everything". The one very small advantage of bringing everything, including a full top box, is that when you do pop into a rather decent guitar shop in Birmingham for the first time in nine months, you are limited to only buying anything smaller than a box of matches as there is simply no space for anything larger, thereby saving money. I'm not bitter about this at all. Nope, it's not a problem at all, it's all behind me now. Rob

Thats a good point, thanks

Probably, but it would be good to actually get the speaker built and tested first....

I am thinking about how to do the same with a Warwick Gnome and the Basschat 8" as well, but that'll have to wait until we've defeated Skynet as my speaker evolves into a Austrian accented killing machine, so probably Sunday afternoon....

@Chienmortbb I've gone from thinking how to make a small box 400mm x 300mm with a speaker in, to looking at bracing and wadding, to 3d printed vertical braces (that are too long to be printed) to a newer diagonal brace which is sqrt(150^2+200^2)= 221mm (which is printable) and I haven't brought the plywood yet By tomorrow evening it will have probably evolved into a sentient life form.... Rob

Phil Appreciate the comments and I am absolutely not trying to make waves or cause a fuss, my questions are due to me being a complete novice/muppet/idiot* here. I will probably experiment as you say. I wouldn't think that 3d printed braces would help as the plastic would be lighter than the wood, also I can't print something 364mm high on my printer. However I could join two pieces together and try that. Perhaps that's an idea, so I've not actually even started and I'm already making changes and thinking about mods, why do I do this to myself? I'm fool/muppet/idiot* Thanks Rob * Delete where applicable

My idea of a good night out is staying in!

Also I just checked on what differences there are between the Tonex Bass Pedal and the normal Tonex pedal. There are no differences apart from the bass pedal packages are pre-installed and cosmetically different. You can install the bass pack on a normal Tonex pedal. https://cgi.ikmultimedia.com/viewtopic.php?t=55392 Rob

Is that the pirate thing based around the opensourced software? be very interested in your thoughts on that,. Rob

Good advice. Thanks Rob

Hi Chris I join the ranks of cab builders with great trepidation as any building that uses high speed rotating metal, scares me and whats left of my fingers. I definitely do not have better ears than you, I used to be a diving instructor (Jacques Cousteau rather than Tom Daley) and my ears are not in good shape TBH. I'll put some simple braces in and leave it at that. I'm not a weight weenie, so having wadding or not is not an issue, but I favour simplicity over complexity. I'm also making a spray cabinet so will use the spray cabinet to learn how to do things before I do this one. The cost of 2.4m x 1.2m 12mm plywood is circa £23 where I live, so I can get a spray cabinet and three 8" cabs out of one sheet. Thanks Rob

Phil Thanks very much for the comprehensive reply. I actually understand it an awful lot better now. Is there any disadvantage in more than one brace in the same direction? or using a sheet of plywood with holes as somebody else posted earlier in the thread? Or does this introduce all sorts of unknowns and a simple brace is better? Simplicity is best? Thanks Rob

Darn it. Missed that one. Good one