stevie

Cloth grilles are normally fixed to a wooden frame and fixed to the front baffle with Velcro. Carefully levering with a flat screwdriver or something similar will normally remove it. Before replying, I waited for someone to answer who has actually done it, as I have no personal experience of this cab. However, someone will surely now come along and tell me how wrong I am.

[quote name='Marky L' post='739104' date='Feb 8 2010, 04:49 PM']I have been reasonably happy with the 1x15 & 4x8 combination, typical rock style pub gigs, except I have always felt I don't quite get the projection of sound out front. So as an interim option, what do you think, 2x10 and 4x8 together?[/quote] As long as the 2 x 10 extends as low as your 15, I can't see that there is any difference in theory between a 15" with a 4 x 8" and a 2 x 10" with a 4 x 8". The Mini 15 doesn't go hugely low in the bass anyway.

Bought a bridge from Paul. Easy, smooth transaction. Thanks.

[quote name='2x18' post='734496' date='Feb 3 2010, 09:03 PM']They are both quite solid and chunky, well made and similar sounding, but I prefer the looks of the Gotoh! I have a Badass 2 on my Geddy Lee and I have the 201 on another Jazz and also on a Precision. ( + The Gotoh is also cheaper, which is very important to us Yorkshiremen )[/quote] Thanks for that, Will. It's going to be an interesting comparison when I get around to it.

[quote name='2x18' post='734107' date='Feb 3 2010, 02:51 PM']I personally prefer the Gotoh 201 to the Badass 2 for my Fender Jazz and P-Basses[/quote] Why's that? I've got a Gotoh 201 fitted and have just bought a Badass 2 to try it.

[quote name='Conan' post='733080' date='Feb 2 2010, 04:04 PM']It just shows how subjective sound is - in hearing it and in describing it!![/quote] On yer bikes the lot of you! This is growl, and I don't think you can get anywhere near it with a Jazz: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StP0_zbDIMo"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StP0_zbDIMo[/url] Correction: Josh's France video, upon reflection, is very growly indeed.

[quote name='Ancient Mariner' post='731057' date='Jan 31 2010, 08:42 PM']I'm sorry, but that's not true with a normal soldering iron. The wire used on pickup coils is copper, and it won't melt at normal soldering temperatures. The only thing you might do is burn off the lacquer coating if you heat it for a prolonged period (more than the couple of seconds necessary to make a joint).[/quote] I can see why you would say that, Ancient Mariner. Maybe the copper is burning rather than melting, in the same way that iron filings burn at quite a low temperature. Something to do with their surface area to volume ratio. The burning insulation could even help the process along. I really don't know. But I observed it happening some time ago and have always been careful whenever I've worked with pickup wires since. I do know that pickup wire is extremely fine and it wouldn't surprise me if a soldering iron could pump enough energy into the wire to push it to ignition temperature, if only briefly. Still, my advice was based on no more than an observation. I'd go into the workshop and check exactly what happens but that would mean wrecking a perfectly good pickup.

[quote name='mrcrow' post='730823' date='Jan 31 2010, 05:26 PM']be as fast as you can to avoid the heat going further into the bobbin[/quote] I second that. The wire used on pickup coils is so fine that a soldering iron will melt it like a fusewire if it's held on for long.

[quote name='Baxter' post='730975' date='Jan 31 2010, 07:15 PM']Pop Ashdown Mag300 115 combo Didn't replace with another, got a celestion instead.[/quote] We seem to be getting one of these reported every week now.

[quote name='silddx' post='729059' date='Jan 29 2010, 06:54 PM']Just been listening to Stanley Holloway.[/quote] Get me to the church on time?

[quote name='oldslapper' post='728905' date='Jan 29 2010, 04:39 PM']Haha be nice to see the old OHM amp again ...and you Steve, of course!![/quote] Oh, I don't think I'll be bringing that with me - I've got something much more interesting.

I've been toying with the same idea myself. I've got a Jazz pickup behind the P-bass pickup, but it requires extreme tweaking of the eq to get a good sound because its position close to the bridge makes it very middy. If I didn't have 3-band eq on my bass it wouldn't be very usable at all. In theory, fitting a MM with a coil tap switch should give you a Jazz and a MM sound. Unfortunately, the existence of the P-Bass pickup means that you can't fit the MM in the same position as a Stingray. Not sure how much difference that will make. By the way, I had the Nordy pickup and didn't like it at all on my Vintage MM copy. The original Wilkinson pickup (which looks and measures the same as the later OLP pickups) sounded loads better.

Nice to see this being resurrected. I'm definitely up for this.

[quote name='Jateca' post='728564' date='Jan 29 2010, 12:06 PM']I'm going to inspect them properly tomorrow but I'm not sure what I'm looking for. I'd guess that I've fried the voice-coil somehow, but how do I tell if this is the case?[/quote] Push the cone in using even pressure all round and listen for the coil scraping behind the dustcap. If you smelled burning, it's likely that the driver is damaged. I've just noticed that MIJ has already suggested this. Still, great minds and all that .....

Frankie Miller - Love Letters album. IMO, the best singer ever to come out of the UK. I remember seeing him with the Stoics, which really dates me.

Very belated feedback for Colin (sorry!) who bought my Trace head. Lovely guy to deal with. Thanks!

Matt bought my Stingray copy for his sister. (It's only now that it's gone that I realize how good it was.) Anyway, the transaction was very easy and communication was first class.

Sold a Musicman pickup to Kurca. Everything went smoothly.What a nice chap! Recommended.

Bought an OPL bass from Tim, which is in great nick with fresh strings. Tim went the extra mile, arranging for his drummer to deliver personally to my door. What a star! You don't get this quality of service very often. Thanks, Tim.

Behringer has just launched some new 1u lightweight amps. The EPQ1000 looks perfect (2 x 500 watts, 10" deep, 5kg) at an RRP of £240. There are no independent tests yet, but these could well provide a killer bass amp with a suitable pre. Bridgeable, balanced input (XLR or jack), unbalanced input, limiters, built-in crossover - well worth checking out when they arrive in the shops. The usual UK retailers are advertising them already, although I doubt they have any stock, as Thomann isn't even listing them yet. [url="http://www.behringer.de/EN/Products/EPQ1000.aspx"]http://www.behringer.de/EN/Products/EPQ1000.aspx[/url]

[quote name='johnbass57' post='725048' date='Jan 26 2010, 12:42 PM'].... if you do combine cabs that have phase issues then the only solution is to change one of the cabs. This is more likely to happen when mixing cabs from different brands.[/quote] Exactly why is that?

I could be interested in buying the empty cab from you. Let me know when you have decided on the way forward.