stevie

As far as a programme is concerned, I don't think it's absolutely necessary to organise an entertainment programme, especially as this would be the first Hampshire Bash. The SW Bash has relied on @Phil Starr to provide a floorshow in recent years. The SE Bash has been able to call on some high profile players to give a talk. There might be a player based in Southampton who could give a talk or demonstration. Inviting a commercial entity like a shop to attend could also work.

Who do they recommend?

I agree with @PaulThePlug The usual place for coil to go open circuit is on one of the leadout wires to the bobbin. If the wire is broken on one of the windings on the outside of the coil or, more commonly, on the leadout of the outside wire to the bobbin, it's fixable. So, it's worth checking where the break is. It will need a rewind, however, if the break is on the leadout wire from the inside of the coil.

The first thing to say is that there is noticeable HF rolloff on the recording compared with the live sound. Also, the bottom end was very dependent on where you were standing in the room. I initially stood a few feet to the right of the camera and everything sounded boomy. Once I realised I was standing in a node, I moved back a bit and the balance was better, although still not great. On the first track, the 310 system sounded very spitty and edgy - unpleasantly so. However, this is not reflected in the recording - nor is it how I remember hearing the 310s on previous occasions. The 745 seemed to reproduce the attack and body of the guitars better than the other systems, but the vocals sounded more natural through the Evox. I heard an annoying chesty resonance on the 745s during the demo that I didn't hear on the recording. The guitars and vocals sounded thin on the Wishbone Ash track through the 310 system. The 745 sounded more integrated than the others and, again, reproduced the guitars with more body and attack. I couldn't listen past the boom on the Evox on that track, but it did manage to reproduce the gnarly tonality of the bass guitar better than the others. My takeaway from this is that, despite the benefits of the bass and top cab configuration, it's not easy to get the balance right and very easy to end up with a sound that overemphasises the bass.

Ooooooh!😁

I'm not quite sure what this bass face is saying. 😀

Here's the 250W model from the new BlueLine range of LFSys bass cabs. Plus a bare cab showing the interior details, with the crossover.

A pair of Basschat DIY designs built by @chyc

Phil's excellent PA shootout.

The prize for the skinniest rig goest to .....

I'm loving the TE1200.

Ah, OK, John, thanks. I'll see if I can get rid of the largest ones.

Can't you up my allowance, @Woodinblack, you being an administrator and all? I think most of the photos I've posted here were on the cab build threads years ago.

I've reduced my photos to under 200kB but am getting a message saying "1 file would exceed the total allowed size of 22.443kB, and was skipped". So I can't post any more.

Another superb Bash organised by Mike and family. Many of the regulars were there, along with a few new faces. Here are some photos. They're a bit random, I'm afraid. A bit quiet here. I think @Phil Starr must have been giving his speaker building talk.

Welcome to the club, @BlueMoon!

He did a really nice playalong of Rabbit. There were some very tasty licks in there if I remember correctly.

Here's your cab being finished off right now, @eude.

The 8-ohm version is the only one available unless you're a manufacturer, I'm afraid, @SimonK. The only 16-ohm driver I can find that would work is the Eminence Basslite 10. I'd be reluctant to use that personally because it has a nasty resonance at around 1.5kHz that will tend to dominate the sound - based on the info in the spec sheet rather than experience in this case. Faital Pro make some decent 16-ohm tens, but nobody stocks them in the UK and you'll have to order them specially.

Yes, it's not great. Too dark. Also, avoid the SPB-3 is you want a realistic Precision tone. The SPB-1 has always been my go-to Precision pickup. It sounds wonderful and I can't imagine anything bettering it. Unfortunately, it's a bit pricey and I don't doubt there are cheaper options that sound just as good.

As is Aberdeen. 😁

A pair of Celestion Pulse 10s will work in your cab and is likely to be an upgrade to the original drivers.

I'd love to attend and make a weekend of it. Everyone should support these Bashes.

Latest list: scrumpymike - everything he owns unless he sells it between now and then Rich- Shuker 5-string, probably Status S4000, Genz Benz Shuttle 9.2, Barefaced Super 12T cab. Kateplaysbass - Ashdown CTM-100 and LB212, Pawn Shop Mustang, medium scale ACG Finn, and maybe also ACG Recurve and Bass Collection 5 string fretless, since I'm thinking about offloading both of those Woodinblack - Bongo, because its lovely and uncommon, Acrylic bass, for shits and giggles, Chapman stick, Lava Me guitar Richard R - Brawley 5 string, as usual, HB 5 String thing with Roland hex pickup and V-bass COSM synth. BreadBin- something interesting chyc - Double bass, Ashbory Bass, GSS 06B400MKD combo, BC 112mk3 cabinet, and on the request any of Warwick Streamer fretless, Sandberg Custom 5 with Delano XTender, Sandberg TT Marcus Miller rip-off, BC 110T cabinet, , Acoustic Image Coda TRBboy - Frost Custom Basses PJ5 (my first build from scratch), Sandberg California TT5 Passive, possibly my customised Yamaha BBN5, Markbass Stu Amp 1000w, GR Bass GR 410+ (1200w, 4 ohm), a fairly unexciting pedal board 😅, & converted Trace 1x15" cab, if it's in a satisfactory state by then Stub Mandrel - Joyo BadASS & PJB C2, American Vintage II 1960 Precision & Squier 40th Anniversary Precision for side by side comparison. Teisco/Kay Tulip for sh*ts and giggles. Sire P10. obbm - '71 Jazz, '73 Precision, Sadowsky HPJ, Genzler Magellan 350, BF One10 x2, Pedals plus TBA plus raffle donation. Chienmortbb - Fender Aerodyne Jazz Bass, Sire Marcus Miller M2, Bugera Veyron. LFSys Monza Cabinet, Zoom B2Four. JapanAxe - Fender Precision 1973, Fender Precision 1963 RI, Dingwall NG2 5, Dingwall D-Roc 4, Demeter VTBP-M-800D, Fender TB600, Barefaced Super Twin, Barefaced One 10, DIY Ampeg B15 clone, deal to be done on for-sale EBS HD360 30th Anniversary MichaelDean - Dingwall Combustion 5, 76 Fender Mustang, Revelation RPJ-77 (maybe? Still haven't finished that build 😅), pedalboard, Laney Digbeth DB500H, Zilla 212 MoJoKe - three JVs, Sandberg VM5, Caveman BP1C and BC1, and some other hopefully interesting stuff spyder - Serek the Grand, Serek Midwestern 5, GR bass Dual 1400, GR bass AT212, Warwick Gnome, Sonic Farm 2di4, Vovox instrument cables Stevie - a selection of LFSys cabs, including a brand new model and a prototype for which I will be canvassing opinions. Plus a modified Squier CV Precision and a Trace Elliot TE-1200 amp.