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The Mule by Bassworks


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Been thinking about this build again today.  What is the weight of your lovely ‘ray, @Sammybass?

Also, what was the reason for the massive chamber with just one control pot?  Future-proofing just in case you decided to go with a standard 3 control plus active circuit jobby?

 

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Just picking up on Pea Turgh's question. The control cavity is indeed designed "for but not with" a retrofit John East 3 band UNI Pre, one of my favourite circuits. The cavity is not so massive though. I deliberately left mass there by only routing down 10mm. Just enough to get a bearing cutter to follow the cavity profile with a manual router later down the line.

As it happens, the client having been an ardent fan of passive circuits for years, experienced a MM 18V active two band circuit recently and was suitably impressed. He pressed the button on a retrofit active circuit a couple of weeks ago. He picked the John East MMSR 2 Band EQ instead of the UNI Pre 3 band, but it all went in perfectly. If it was not for the copper shielding work, he could have waited whilst the work was done! The devil is in the detail folks!

PS: The EQ on this circuit is something else! Fabulous wallop of bass boost is available but it's really musical and the treble boost just sizzles! Leo Fender got this one absolutely right.

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