The PBG B46.....Behemoth bass and guitar kit.

[ozzbike]

Blue looks great - how did you like the ubeaut stain? They make it near where I live, might be worth a try

I have used it before. It is easy to use...but you need nearly a full bottle to make a stain strong enough to bring strong colours out.

They have a smaller and slightly different range of colours to the StewMac colortone range, but it is way cheapr to buy the U Beaut stuff.

Use gloves...paper towel under everything....it is basically coloured water and the colouring sticks to anything.

Yeah...I like the stuff.

[stan]

Cool, thanks, will have to try it soon

[Drummerdude]

Looking good Ozz where did you find the glue spots.. I swear the Chinese glue has some special hiding power. It always pops out when you least expect it. My IB5 kit I am working on now has glue creepingnout everywhere on the join lines and the more I get rid of it and sand the more it sneaks back out.. uggg anyways love that dark blue the clear should really make it look deep..

[ozzbike]

Drum,

The glue just turned up in random places....not seams. Like a glue stained hand picked up the body. It is better to find and deal with it now.

[Drummerdude]

Oh man.. well I'm sure you will make them disappear.. I wish we could get the workers to take a little more caution with the glue.. but then we wouldn't have the challenge of finding those pesky things and making them disappear.

[ozzbike]

I got rid of the glue and two scratch marks I found. I have begun some interesting Blue and Black fade options.....re-wet twice...sanded once so far...only a little sand...not a bare wood one.

Got this little number in the mail today. Plugged in a strat copy and pounded away on two Amps on two different power sources....not a murmur in the house. Works great too...no clicks burps etc as you change from A to B to Both. Seamless.

Made in Australia...on the Gold Coast as well. It only needs power if you wish flashy lights.

[Simon Barden]

Two different power sources is far worse scenario for creating ground loops than a single power source. It's always best to run connected equipment from the same power outlet using multi-way distribution boards (unless the equipment uses balanced signal cables and has shield ground lift switches available).

But you're unlikely to run into any serious noise issues until you start using digital FX pedals, which is where the multiple ground paths can really make a difference. Using a PSU with isolated power supplies certainly helps here, but even then, using two amps, you may then need to use a switcher with isolated outputs.

[ozzbike]

Two different power sources is far worse scenario for creating ground loops than a single power source. It's always best to run connected equipment from the same power outlet using multi-way distribution boards (unless the equipment uses balanced signal cables and has shield ground lift switches available).

But you're unlikely to run into any serious noise issues until you start using digital FX pedals, which is where the multiple ground paths can really make a difference. Using a PSU with isolated power supplies certainly helps here, but even then, using two amps, you may then need to use a switcher with isolated outputs.

I think I will be fine...it is just so I can plug this guitar into a Bass amp and a guitar amp at the same time.

The second paragraph makes no sense to me. This is just for me to use at home mate. Thanks for the info though.

[wazkelly]

Hi Simon, for what it's worth a lot of Aussie properties seem to have a couple of 240v sources, very few have 3 or the industrial grade 3 phase outlets.

Just a humble muso with no electrical or engineering background however I remember 30 odd years ago playing in many old crappy pubs where we had to run long extension leads all over the place to stop the PA humming as it was worst when everything was plugged into the same source. Maybe things are different in the UK but from personal experience across many venues in Qld Ozzie has done good to isolate his humming problem by plugging his amps in through 2 different outlets.

[Simon Barden]

More likely a different earth connection method then. UK typically has an mains/earth ring arrangement, so each socket on a circuit is connected to the same common earth wire. A break in one part of the ring main cable still allows power and earth protection to be provided to all the other sockets. It's economic and works well but does lead to ground loop issues. If it's more standard in Australia to star-wire out from a single distribution point so that each outlet has it's own ground cable running directly to the main building ground, then that could explain it.

Certainly it's UK recommended practice to use a single outlet if possible to reduce ground loops.

It's also not unknown for the electrical wiring in old venues like pubs to be of a poor standard, often with grounds missing, though things have generally got a lot better recently as regs get tightened up and safety inspections have to be undertaken.