RichardH

I strongly suspect it will be a verrry heavy beast if made in 18mm birch ply. Even in 12mm birch ply a cab that size is going to be no lightweight. At a rough guess based on your dims, you'll be using 4096 square inches of ply. I just went and got an offcut of 18mm birch ply out, which weighed 1.2kg for a piece 330mm x 305mm - say it's around 12" square, so 144 square inches. So 4096/144 = 28. So your cab will weigh approx 28 x 1.2kg = 33kg just for the ply. Gulp.

Mike Walsh of Iceni Zoot/Purple Chili would be a good candidate, IMO. Here's a couple of pics of a Zoot bass he was just finishing off that I saw down there the other day This pic's not a great representatio of the colour, but shows it complete He's in Witham, Essex - so not too local to you, unfortunately.

How awful. Just to repeat what others have already said - thoughts with Tim's family and friends, as well as those of the guitarist. [url="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8473958.stm"]Article on the BBC website here[/url]

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='686107' date='Dec 16 2009, 10:05 AM']Or 'pays for the privilege of having a forum on Basschat', perhaps.[/quote] LOL - yeah, that would cover it

Maybe sponsor's the wrong word. "Helps fund" Basschat might be a better way of putting it.

It has to be said that I had assumed you sponsored Basschat, Alex - after all, you [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showforum=73"]have your own forum section[/url] within the Affiliates section - a privilege that others who have had similar sections have been asked to pay for. I know your section is not just about BF cabs and you offer advice on all aspects of cabs in there, but it's fair to say that probably 80% of the posts are on that subject.

That review in BGM seemed a little unfair to me. I got the impression it was criticising the cab for not feeling rock solid because it was so lightweight - "never might the quality feel the width" almost. They didn't compare it to any other equivalent cabs, and almost seemed to expect it to break the laws of physics - "if you're expecting big cab performance from a small cab, you'll be disappointed" - but did go on to say it was good for those looking for a light and portable cab for smaller gigs. I must admit I'm considering a pair of these for flexibility of running either one ot two together for bigger gigs. I should say that I do have a slight interest here - I know Mike (head honcho at Purple Chili), and know how much care and attention to detail he puts into building his cabs - and how well put together they are - so the comments about them not being rock solid really does seem unjustified.

Do you know what speakers they use in the 2x12?

[quote name='ped' post='670287' date='Nov 30 2009, 07:02 PM']Thanks mate!! As I said in my reply, they got my name wrong and chose an odd photo, but still!! Cheers ped[/quote] Sounds about par for the course [quote name='steve-soar' post='670288' date='Nov 30 2009, 07:02 PM']Don't be mean, share. [/quote] I'm not comfortable about openly sharing content from the mag without their permission, to be honest - maybe if it weren't the current issue, but I don't want anyone to get told off for copyright infringement. Sorry if that sounds mean spirited. By the way, I went out and bought this issue in my local WH Smiths - I'm not a subscriber. It does sound like the post has delayed many subscribers from getting their copies.

[quote name='ped' post='670242' date='Nov 30 2009, 06:15 PM']Got a scanner? hehe[/quote] You have mail.

It would also be interesting to see how it behaves using rechargables.

Yup - agree with that, great comms, simple payment and a super duper chap.

[quote name='The Funk' post='628088' date='Oct 16 2009, 04:48 PM']Yeah, details please! They look a bit like the tiny ZVex valve amp.[/quote] That's how it started. The guitarist emailed me with a link to a ZVex, and said "how about one of these as a practice amp", and I fell over backwards when I saw the price. I knew that over on the [url="http://www.ax84.com"]AX84 forum[/url] there was a project for a tiny amp, and a quick look round found a [url="http://web.me.com/calhoun/Site/Firefly_PCB.html"]pcb for it[/url]. Some jiggering around and some swearing later, these chappies were born. They're not clean by any means. [url="http://dustyend.com/audio/firefly/firefly_celestion65_sample.mp3"]Here's a sound sample[/url] with my chum on guitar, with me varying the boost and gain to give an idea of how it sounds at various settings. It also sounds totally superb as a harp amp - really saturated "Mark Feltham" sound. When I get some time I'm going to experiment with changing a few things to get a wider clean range for bass use.

I made a couple of 1watt all tube amps recently - more for guitar than bass, but they sound fantastic, and are plenty loud enough for practice!