Recent content by Dave Walker

Hi. I too like to make all my own cables/snakes etc to save on costs. Having said that, flying a cabinet is one area where I would not cut corners. Eye bolts can be bought cheaply but they are likely to be cast and prone to crack, break altogether, or the threads strip. The more expensive...

A Luthier friend of mine told me if Lemon oil is used on a fingerboard too much, it's possible the board can become saturated and loosening of the glue can occur.

Warwick straplock failed twice in one night at my Nye gig. Managed to catch the bass both times tho' :)

Aria SB900.

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That system is probably Uhf, I've read that these systems don't come into the changes, at least not here in the UK. Cheers, Dave

Hugh Reed and the velvet underpants. Rich Cliffard and the Sadows. Think Floyd.

Thankyou all for your replies, and especially to Larry, hows that for customer support! However, I took the head to a local amp specialist (I'm in UK) who has been fixing amps for many years. He found a small capacitor on the power supply had burnt out and taken the mains fuse with it. Also...

Hi all, I just did a gig with my 13 year old Hartke 3500 head. It has been in storage for a while and worked great for about 40 minutes then it died and there was a burning smell coming from the back of the amp. Does anyone have a similar experience? My guess is the Caps have dried out in the...

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I work with a vocalist and he always likes to stand right next to a PA stack to hear himself. We fed his Mic through a Delay pedal, sending only the wet signal to the PA. We gradually over the set increased the amount of delay until he began to sweat and feel quite ill, he came off the stage...

Just out of interest the bridge and the cup feet weigh a little under 8oz (200gm). I really must get out more............

And another pic.

Hi, I have a similar story, my Bass was used by my Uncle for many years and when I got it an alluminium Selmer bridge was fitted to it, i'll try to attach a pic. Dave

I spoke to the guy at stringexpress in the uk, he told me there is only one person making these strings at the Picato factory. If these strings are individually made I would think the quality control would be second to none but having just put a set of Silver Slaps on my Bass I think they will...