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[quote name='Linus27' post='439437' date='Mar 19 2009, 05:05 PM']Right, here goes, is that not just the same sort of thing as Maria Carey/Christina Aguilera doing all that voice warbling and vocal w*%£^^*%g. Is this just not fret w*%£^^*%g on a bass??[/quote] I'm with you all the way, Linus. I don't care how many notes you can play in a minute. I'd rather listen to BB King than Paul Gilbert. Still, I don't expect everyone to share my tastes - that would be boring.

[quote name='Jase' post='438827' date='Mar 19 2009, 12:38 AM']Talking of Hendrix [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F9bBAqb0o8"]Billy/Hendrix[/url][/quote] And yet another gratuitous, extended, two-handed bass solo from the master. If he doesn't watch it he'll go blind.

Given that you have the woodworking skills and the facilities, why don't you build your own?

I don't care how good he is, he looks like a frustrated lead guitarist to me. One of the many. (ducking)

[quote name='Pookus' post='437686' date='Mar 17 2009, 07:05 PM']I was going to ask about ports. Do I just cut some holes out and stick in a couple of 70mm x 125mm tubes? Or is there more to it?[/quote] It depends on how good your woodworking skills are, but yes, that's basically it. Even some professionally built cabs use plastic drainpipe (black's best). Special speaker ports with a flare inside and out and a lip to finish the hole off are my preferred type.

[quote name='Alien' post='436956' date='Mar 17 2009, 10:09 AM']I'd personally put it in a box of about 55 litres tuned to 60 Hz, which gives an f3 of 57 Hz and a slight hump in the 70-150 Hz range for a bit of low mid punch.[/quote] 55 litres will work, but I'd prefer to tune the box to 45 Hz rather than 60Hz to improve power handling. Use 2 x 70mm ports, each 125mm long. Or to tune to 60Hz use 35mm long ports.

I've had a very quick look and the speaker seems to be happy in anything between 35 and 60 litres internal volume. The bigger the cab, the more bass.

I'm struck by the number of times 'increased sustain' is mentioned in the web reviews, as if it's somehow desireable. Still, the Gotoh is cheap enough to be worth a punt.

The new Chinese-built drivers from Fane look quite good and are well priced. I've not tried them personally but the manufacturer is competent and the specs are OK if you choose the right ones. They're not neo though. The 15/400 watt is under £50 (http://www.bkelec.com/Pro/Drive_Units/Fane/Sov15-425.htm) and the 125W 10" is £22.50. Good if you're on a budget. The 15 will certainly be better than what's in your cab at the moment. I suspect the 10 will too.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='433233' date='Mar 13 2009, 08:23 AM']I put one on my Jazz 3 weeks ago and it has improved the tone and resonance 100%[/quote] Interesting. I quite fancy trying one of these myself. Has anyone fitted one and not liked it? The problem with this kind of tweaking is that it is very easy to kid yourself. You simply hear what you expect to hear. No offense, but you know what I mean.

That's a very swish homepage. Good luck with it!

[quote name='Musky' post='430648' date='Mar 10 2009, 04:11 PM']It's not PRS that have blocked any videos. YouTube have taken down the videos whilst in negotiations with PRS over the size of the royalties - it seems to be more a shot across PRS's bows in order to weaken their bargaining position.[/quote] Aha, thanks for the update. I withdraw my comment in that case. Bit hasty there.

Perhaps the PRS will see reason and allow videos that are educational and non-profit making. What are the chances?

[quote name='EBS_freak' post='430620' date='Mar 10 2009, 03:46 PM']Typical.[/quote] We had a thread on the PRS a while back. They don't seem to believe in encouraging young musicians to learn (and then going out to play tunes that will generate royalties). The tab sites seem to be under attack from the American equivalent, too. I thought MarloweDK embodied the whole internet ethos of helping out your fellow traveller on this planet. Still, we have to keep Elton John in flowers, don't we?

[quote name='neepheid' post='429477' date='Mar 9 2009, 03:43 PM']What about the Seymour Duncan Antiquity?[/quote] Never tried them, but I suspect they are the pickup equivalent of gold-plated taps.

[quote name='alexclaber' post='429401' date='Mar 9 2009, 02:27 PM']But if you double the cone area you also increase the suspension size by ~1.4 and thus reduce the compliance so it makes less difference than you suggest, all else being equal.[/quote] I’m not suggesting anything other than that there is a relationship between fs and cone size. Lest we stray off topic here, we were discussing the statement: “Driver size and Fs are independent of each other.” Lots of things change when you change the cone size. [quote name='alexclaber' post='429401' date='Mar 9 2009, 02:27 PM']And more importantly once you load that driver into a cab you raise the Fs due to Vas being greater than the box volume. As Vas is proportional to Sd (if everything else remains the same) then the larger the speaker the more Fs will be raised by loading it into a cab of fixed size, so what you gained by using a larger driver for the lower free air resonance is lost once the speaker interacts with the enclosure.[/quote] What you are saying is that if you increase driver size from 10” to 18” and then take that 18” driver and stick it in a box designed for the 10” speaker you are not going to gain much from the driver’s extra size? Well, that really is a bit of a doh statement and I can’t for the life of me figure where you are going with it. The bigger driver will clearly need a bigger box. How does this relate to driver size and fs?

[quote name='Clockworkwar' post='429404' date='Mar 9 2009, 02:33 PM']Well I just bought a nice Trace Elliot cab from Stevie, I got it out the packaging and put it on its side and heard a rattle. I immediately thought DHL had been throwing it around for sports. Until I got a small torch inside the cab and realised it was a 5p, luckily my hands are small enough to fit in the port holes and I got it out. Has anyone else has this before?[/quote] So, when can I get my 5p back?

[quote name='xgsjx' post='429418' date='Mar 9 2009, 02:51 PM']I was with you all the way there until you mentioned "Tesco's Value chocolate sponge roll." That killed a good thing. I'm off for a donut.[/quote] ROTFL You know, the best thing about this thread is the heckling. Priceless! (I'll back at ya in just a mo, Alex)