Recent content by mgazb

Checked last night. The two volume pots are marked B500K and the tone pot D500K. I had a play after reassembling it and the controls seemed to work better than before. Maybe a case of a good looking at. More worryingly maybe something got jiggled ...

Thanks for your replies. It's a passive bass. I found a site in the uk that sells guitar pots so I'll look into those instead. I measured the resistance with the bass disconnected using an ohmeter across the terminals of the pots. I haven't removed the pots yet. I don't think that it...

I started looking into the electrics on my bass. There seem to be two issues. 1 - the tone control doesn't make any difference. 2 - the volume controls are silent for 3/4 of the turn and then go to full. I checked the resistance and the tone pot doesn't show any change across the range...

I checked the DC resistance of my 4x12 - 5.7 ohms so I think that's a 8 ohm cab. Looking at the drivers available, it is a struggle to get a 15" (or 12") as low powered as 100W anyway. The attraction of the Fearfull is that it is a tested design (possible not the cheapest, but DIY rarely...

When I got the rig (errmm however many years ago) I was told it was an 8 ohm cab - which would make sense if they were wired as two parallel circuits of two in series. The kids removed the old (and now illegal) switches for voltage and impedence on the back. I'll try checking the impedance...

I really like the sound of the valve head and 412 cab. I was trying to get a second cab that was smaller and more portable than the 412. I am hoping to find something that would be good enough by itself but that could be used with the 412 as well. I always wanted a 15" cabinet so I thought I...

I have just started playing again after some years inactivity. My current rig is a 100W Marshall Superbass head and 4x12 cabinet. I am thinking about adding another cabinet that would work well by itself and also could be used in combination. I was considering a 15" driver, but I'm not...