Post by CheshireCat on Jul 26, 2005 19:05:48 GMT -5
johnh said:
Its cool Chesh - and that oblong look is quite appealing.Thanks! BTW, "oblong look"? Don't follow.
johnh said:
How small a space do you need to be able to squeeze the bass circuitry into?Honestly? Well, here's my take on it. I'm willing to turn my Utah into a Taylor T5 in terms of routing out wood if I need to make room for everything I want to put in there, or, at least, a semi-hollowbody, just so long as I maintain the core wood.
Now, that said, there is so much great technology out there, especially in the miniaturization aspect, that I'm thinking I don't need that much. IOW, starting with Mk 3, for instance, we're looking at maybe 2" by 2" for just a bit of perfboard. I'm also seriously considering having a local specialist make the design into a miniaturized circuit, akin to the kind of work that EMG does with their accessories.
Not only that, but I just got a copy of Craig Anderton's Projects for Guitarists (on loan
- I soooo need my own copy) and there are a lot of things I think I want to incorporate, like a special low-drain battery checker, using an IC driven LED display, where I can just press a momentary switch and know exactly what kind of battery life I have for my batteries. I'm having two different batteries - a hot burn and slow burn - and while I can trade out the slow burn battery every 6 months (no brainer), the hot burn battery will need to be monitored on a more regular than periodic basis. So, that's one project. There are others.So, with all that, I'm thinking of having a lot of circuits custom made so as not to take up much space. I don't mind losing wood as a last resort, but I'll avoid it if I can.
Chesh
