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Whatever it is, it doesn't need to be so thick. Sealing can be solved with a quick spray over. I suspect it might be more of the plastikote primer originally used on Fenders since the early 60's. Basically a dip that seals and levels in one go, ready for final coat. It's chemical cured so impervious to any solvents.

Yeah I've watched videos of the 519/509 which attracted my attention and even when Paul was demonstrating the 'single coil mode' I thought it was a bit raw sounding. Once I have a bit more disposable income, my eye is on a Custom 22 and maybe a 503. The guitarist in a band I was once in back in the late 80's had an early PRS Custom 22 and a Boogie Mark IIc. You could see they were his holy grail and with good reason. It was in a different league to everything else I had heard - Jems into 5150, Strats into Marshalls etc. The overdrive was so tight.

I tried my first PRS this time last year in Hong Kong. I was blown away by how playable the Santana SE model was. Played like butter. But they don't sound that nice clean, kinda harsh. Fantastic overdriven though.

You like PRS then.. Why did you sell? I was actually looking at photos of my past low end purchases and wandering whether to post something similar. I've only offloaded two guitars from the 6 I have though, a sunbust Yammy MSG and I gave a Wolf 6 string away. Pic of the Yammy later, I don't have any of the Wolf.

Steve Stine is a fantastic...gifted teacher. The way he explains things just sinks into my head with no effort and he tells you why things are the way they are as well as what they are.

Phasing is normally due to polarity. Can be checked with a magnet or can be checked by disconnecting and reconnecting speakers until the phase effect is created. Could well be that each brand of speaker has a different polarity.

Yeah on my guitars by the time I'd finished faffing about with setting the trem, the original tension had returned regardless of the gauge. Could be different for a hard tail though.

I'm just wondering if some unconnected earth contacts might have been accidentally reconnected during the installation process?

Any pics?

Two weeks ago it was Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World but I ran out of time to learn the solo. (BTW Dave Price is my favourite Youtube tutor right now. He covers pretty much every single song I've wanted to learn. I even bought the Alan Murphy pack off him a few years ago.) Last week it was Flesh for Fantasy as I'm on a bit of a Steve Stevens thing right now. This week it's Rebel Yell...

Thanks for your support...

I decided to teach myself about 10 years ago. There's no magic solution, it's just practice, practice, practice practice and more practice. Its important that I choose songs I want to play over and over again. So I flit between Alan Murphy, Steve Lukather, Steve Stevens and Nile Rogers tracks. My main problem is I don't practice often enough as playing is something I do when my kids aren't asleep or needing to be supervised and I have at least half an hour to myself.

Good grief I'm dreading to think what power supply is needed. My Effectrode PC2A compressor has a 'submarine' valve and that needs a 12v 1500mA supply.

A bit late to the party here but I have a Mooer Ocean Machine and it's a very nice bit of kit. Mooer seem to be lifting their game and price points but that means their cheaper pedals are built to the same standard as their expensive ones. So yeah, have a look at Mooer...and Joyo too.

Update time for mine: Two changes... 1) I took the DS1 away and put the Joyo American Sound back 2) Rewired the entire board to take greater advantage of the Tight Rock side chain and effects loop. So now the signal chain goes wah-> chorus -> TR -> Ocean Machine -> amps The TR has the following loops: Side chain: (Clean) Empress Para Eq -> Effectrode PC2 comp Effects loop: (Dirty) Joyo JF14 -> Freq Out

Could be a wiring problem. Maybe the speakers are wired out of phase?

I've been looking for a replacement speaker for my recently purchased Princeton Reverb II. I'm not sure if there are other manufacturers but Jensen have produced a 12" speaker designed for Fender Tone Master amps. It's called the N12K and it only weighs 2.4kg. Apparently it's not going to be available for separate purchase until now...but given the situation with Coronavirus, it could be delayed I guess. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41_fw7YR9Pw

Great taste in gear! Welcome aboard too. Keep coming back and you'll get to know other members too. I started playing seriously about 8 years ago and I'm still crap.

New amp day, Rivera-era Princeton Reverb II on the way in. Concert II out as it's going to be way too loud for my needs. Hit me up if any of you might be interested in it.

I've just come into possession of a more home friendly Fender Princeton Reverb II, the younger brother of this amp. I bought it about 2 years ago but haven't had a chance to play it as I've been out of the country. It's been looked after by Ped until I got around to collect it and ship it with other stuff out to China. Features include: 1) Point to point hand wired, amongst the last amps to come out of the Fender factory like this 2) 60w available from 3x 6L6 power tubes, the usual 12AX7's in the preamp section 3) 2 channel footswitchable preamp with reverb, presence for both channels 4) Ch 1 - bass, treb + volume with bright boost 5) Ch 2 - bass, mid, treb, gain + volume with mid boost 6) Stock 12" speaker replaced with an Eminence. Will need to confirm the exact model but it's probably the biggest improvement in terms of bang for buck. 7) Transformer is set up for 240v AC mains. Great cleans - classic Fender with thick mids and chimey highs. It takes pedals well according to other owners. PDF version of the user manual is available here: http://www.stratopastor.org.uk/strato/amps/twoseriesfenders/Concert%20%281982%29.pdf Can't really ship it due to weight so collection in the western vicinity of York preferred.

You may have seen it already on the first page: https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/26098-the-alembic-thread/?do=findComment&comment=270629 Photobucket doesn't do us any favours these days however. Repost here: https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/333124-rare-basses/page/7/#comments

Me too - haven't needed to try an acoustic yet but I love watching the process and techniques applied!

Gosh, I'm a bit limited in that department. Good luck with it though.

Yes, everyone has a path to explore in finding what works for them. For some people the path is pretty short and direct and for others it gets esoteric. If a guitarist wanted one bass to fit most genre's, a p bass could probably sit in the mix better than most. I think the elephant in the room is some of us play instruments for entertainment value. They're toys, not tools. Guitar wise my headless Kleinberger and Hitmaker fits that mold easily. I could get by on the blue HSS strat and Yammie MSG easily.