Another Jack´s from Argentina

[miguelbassi]

Hi all!

I´ve finished these Jacks about 2 months ago while I was in Argentina. Then I had to leave. I´m in Spain now, but I will go back to Argentina next week, where I will settle down for a while.

I had one only oportunity to test the cabs in a real situation (rehersal in a good sounding room). That s why I prefer to wait berfore writing a full review. My first impressions are that the cabs work really good for bass guitar. I would say that they compare to nothing I have ever played before. The low mids (where the horn acts) are powerfull yet sweet sounding, and the lows are smooth, without peaks. That´s all I need to have a defined sound (If I want it defined...because the opossite is easier of course).

I felt that the low/mid gain is very usefull at high SPL ´s.
At lower volumes, I was equalizing the cab just a bit, to get more lows. This situation, made me think about the "loudness eq" in Hi-Fi amps (....fletcher-mundson). A bit like the "contour" or "deep" switch in bass amps, but with automatic operation depending on overall volume.

The grill cloth and the piping was quite tricky to install, because of the frame exact size and angles. If anyone wants to know how I managed to do it, please let me know. I can prepare a text and some drawings with measures when I go back to Argentina where the Jacks are.

Cheers

Miguel

[wounded horse]

Lovely, all retro. That jazz bass is wonderful too. I take it it's a keeper.

[miguelbassi]

thanks. yes, great jazz bass. it s a 67. I had it for almost 20 years now. Only one previous owner. the neck plays incredible. and it s light weight!!

[Drey Chennells]

looks great man, nice description..

[spongebob1981]

big congrats on your rig AND your bass. Don't come anywhere near Santa Fe or I'll have to steal to steal it

Did you get the cloth for the grill in Argentina? what's its name?
see ya!

[miguelbassi]

thanks spongebob

I m flying to Argentina this coming tuesday... big move... hope to meet you some day.

The cloth is a fender silver face cloth. I bought it in UK, online at Allparts UK. I m not sure if you can buy something similar in Argentina. But a cloth is maybe something you can buy from USA and you don t have big trouble at customs.

Keep in touch

Miguel

[Gregory East]

Bring on the cloth installation tutorial

[JoeVictim]

Bring on the cloth installation tutorial

+1,000,000

I am getting speaker cloth orderred today and need some info on how you installed the cloth. It seems simple, but I always mess up simple.

[Frankie G]

Yeah, it would be great if you could share the cloth grill "How To". Was thinking of a cloth grill and piping for a couple of Jack 112's I'm building now. What you did looks totally pro!

[chrapladm]

+100 on the grille cloth tutorial.

Happy to see there are others out there that mess up simple also.

I might have missed it but what are you using for your preamp?

[ewetho]

Beautiful work. Go home and make them sing and dance already! Speaker cloth is outstanding!