rwillett

Perhaps somebody on Basschat is local to you who can help with the cutting? My knowledge of the East Anglia area is zilch so can't comment. One option might be to clamp or screw down a length of straight wood on the inside of where the cut should be and to slowly cut through with a hand saw. That's how it used to be done anyway. If you go off the edge, at least it's on the waste side of the wood. That's one of the most difficult bits, the others (to me anyway) are cutting the large hole for the speaker and the port hole. I used a cheap trim router, but it could be done using a small hand saw. I am very happy to print you off the port pipe for nothing and post it down. If you are concerned about making a mess the speaker hole, I can also print you a little cover for the edges to hide any mistakes, that's the thing below. Its amazing what you can hide if you try hard enough There may be other options that people can suggest. If you were closer, you;d be welcome to come round and do it here or take some tools off to try. Rob

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THis is yesterdays split of decades and here's todays Every decade has seen a decrease in % apart from the 1970's and 1990's staying the same. So as we move closer to the top 70 or so, its the 1970's that are starting to dominate as evidenced by Black Sabbath starting to catch up with Queen. I never thought of that, that's a good use of the analysis. This is it so far And Massive Attack has been updated to 2016 rather than 2026 Personally I know very few of these bands so will look into them. Rob

All the credit should go to all the people who did this before me. I didn't do anything clever but just followed other people and make my own mistakes. There's an awful lot of help here, freely given, for how to make it and make it work well. You don't need lots and lots of specialist tools, it can help, but a lot of people have found cheap and easy ways to do it. (That's a compliment BTW). I will be doing a second cab, and it will be made slightly differently as I have learnt what works and what doesn't. I may list all my mistakes so you can learn from them, but that might require a lot longer thread. For anybody who is thinking of building one, do it. Enormous satisfaction at the end which is nice, but you also get a good insight into what's needed. If I can do it anybody can. Rob

Here's the latest and broken down by Decade. The 1970's and 1980's still dominate. Queen are still top with 17 Black Sabbath are now second with 14 R with AC/DC and Led Zepp on 13

The more I played, the more i liked the cab. The Gnome (which is technically a bass amp) suits it very well for both bass and guitar. I don't have any experience with other small amps so can't comment on the Elf but suspect it would be equally nice. Putting a bass through it, no compression or any pedals sounded great. The gain on the Gnome does make a big difference. It's far better than my Ampeg practise amp RB-108 but it's about twice the price in parts alone with the Gnome. I'll put some pedals on it as well as try it with some modellers, a Tonex and a Mod Dwarf. I'd like to get the Gnome set up with as flat a respective as I can. If I put a microphone into a Mac and ran Audacity would that be a good way to check the frequency response or would there be other recommended ways. It's great to have the Gnome attached on the top or the back as it's basically a small but loud combo. Hopefully a small and decent quality speakon cable will be coming soon. I showed it to the other half and she said how small but perfectly formed it was. The children (19 and 16 so not really children) thought it looked like Lego as well. Definitely a plus. Rob

Thanks for that. I had forgotten about that section, looks like the last time it was touched was nearly ten years ago I've plugged the Tele in, will plug the active Strat (heresy on heresy) in later and just have a play. The 8" cab is (to my ears) a very good cab for both guitars and basses. I would like to say it's my playing but I'm not that stupid (or egoistical). Rob

Not sure if I should even post this here... It might offend some people so I've hidden this below. If you are easily offended, then don't look. You can't say you haven't been warned

In a more serious vein, a second cab allows me to keep one connected in my "office" and one I can take out easily to jam with. I hate undoing all the connections and redoing them each time.

It sounds very good. Lots of midrange tone and very loud. I suspect I need to spend some time with it to work out the sound I like the best. Rob

My guess as to the top 10 is Stairway to Heaven Bohemian Rhapsody Freebird Hotel California All Right Now Highway to Hell Comfortably Numb Paranoid Sweet Child of Mine Smoke on the Water No idea to be honest... If there is anything from 2000 onwards, I'd be surprised. I make no claims on the merits of the songs. Rob

I agree, it's completely rational and perfectly justified hatred. I'd put it on the same level as Bennie Hills "Fastest Milkman in the West". Mind you that song might come in in the Top 100, so we need to be careful for what we wish for. Rob

Not sure how Massive Wagons have a song in 2026, but thats the date Planet Rock have put down. Most of these are "newer" than 1970's and 1980's but I am no expert Rob

If @neepheid is going to the show. I'll need to make sure I'm away that weekend lest he entice me into bad ways such as buying things 😊

An updated list based on yesterdays plays. By year This is the new one, slightly more in the 1990's than before. Queen still has the most entries with 15 followed by Black Sabbath with 12 and AC/DC with 11 and Led Zepp with 10 The 1970's and 1980's still dominate Rob

The cabs are stackable so relieving the stress on my two slipped discs 😁

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Finally got the top coat on and the other bits attached to the speaker. It's basically finished. As it's really a deep black, there's not a lot of detail that can be seen on camera. The Gnome goes on the top or at the back You can see the rails here for front and back with the grab handles Here's the grill attached It definitely has a chunky Lego or kids toy vibe to it That's one down, I need to mull on the lessons learnt and then do Cabinet #2. Rob

So far: Alice Cooper - Schools out - No Aerosmith - Dream On - No Thin Lizzy has five entries but not Whisky in the Jar (which they hated) No adverts for MacDonalds though

People are welcome to come up to the NW Bass Bash, but it'd a fair old trek from down south.

Its at 189 according to Darren... I thought you'd want to know.

I only managed to come to the last one but thoroughly enjoyed it. I had actually started to plan for the next one. Thanks very much for all the hard work that the whole team have put in. As I organise the NW Bass Bash, I know it doesn't just happen and the more effort you put in, the easier it looks to everyone. Yours looked very easy Hopefully somebody might want to pick the SW Bash up for this year (he says hopefully). Rob

And here's the list to date based on tracks per year. As previously suggested the 70's and 80's dominate and by decade Rob

Just crunched the first 256 songs. The average year is 1983 (so far) The band with the most is Queen with 13, followed by Black Sabbath with 8 and AC/DC with 8 Rob