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Yeah I've contacted Ampmaster about getting one of their replacement bridges. Hopefully they will be able to ship to New Zealand. From what I can see, they are an excellent solution - drop in replacement but woth added functionality for intonation etc. Just ran the bass throughmy Darkglass AO900 and it sounds monstrous in both A and O model- the original pickup seems to thrive in OD territory. Doesnt seem to be tone of annoying hum either. Amd the only crackles I get are from the tone pot which I suspect needs a good blowout. Will wait till I have a new jack organised before pulling it apart

Here's my entry. Just in time for the deadline. This is about Quantum mechanics, specifically that quarks are never found alone — they are always stuck together in particles like mesons, which are made of a quark and an antiquark, or baryons — like protons and neutrons. When you try to pull a quark and antiquark apart, the force between them gets stronger, like stretching a really tight rubber band. If you keep pulling, you give it so much energy that instead of breaking apart, new quarks appear from that energy thanks to E= mc2. So instead of ending up with a single quark and antiquark, you now get two new pairs each comprised of a single quark and antiquark stuck together. The song is divided into four verses, with each one focusing on a specific topic: 1. Quark Confinement Basics 2. The Rise of Confinement Energy 3. Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) 4. The Hadronization process All instruments apart from the bass were programmed in Logic using logic's built-in instruments and all processing was performed by logic's built-in FX. Alchemy was used for the 303ish Acid loop that repeats throughout. There's also an analog sounding pad plus transistor organ and electric piano. I used a text to speech app to make the lead vocal and fed this into the EVOC 20 vocoder on the repeated chorus. The bass part was recorded using my Rickenbacker 4003, with each pickup recorded on a separate track via the Rick-O-Sound output. This allowed me to use the bass pickup consistently throughout the song, blending in the fuzzed treble pickup for eight bars after eight bars without.

I'm looking forward to hearing peoples thoughts. Its cool unit which I'd probably be more excited about if it had more non-DG effects which I typically don't get on with. I'm particularly interested how people find the interface, some of the demos make it look a little faffy. I know I'd get annoyed with the controls being above the screen so you're constantly covering it when you're making amends. I'm gonna sit on the sidelines patiently and see if they expand their suite of drives and fx further. I'd also love to see them create a workflow that makes the capture process easier. I've made AIDA-X profiles of pedals and found the process extremely trial and error. I like ve how easy it is to capture on the QC. If you can use the FX loop and desktop software to capture and it can take care of accounting for any latency etc automatically itd be a big win.

Yeah, I think their intention was to update the functionality while allowing it to be a drop-in replacement so it’s definitely not a vintage-styled copy. Same applies to the Ampmaster basses, they’re basically refined Musicmasters without the issues that can affect the originals (noisy pickup, intonation, neck dive etc) but all the individual parts fit Musicmasters perfectly.

Nice rendition. It's only when you hear an enhanced bassline you realise the jazziness (is that a real word?) of the middle eight/bridge section. 👍

Can someone post a link to the original build diary for the Psilos? It's a great build I'd like to read it again

Yeah. I want to say 41mm

Splish Splash - Bobby Darin

Mine has arrived. Studio should be ready by Saturday to start assembling. I got so much to hook up it's gonna be a hot minuet.

I'm being lazy as I could look it up, but are the nut widths all the same, just the profile different?

Shower of love - Huey Lewis

That's is awesome buddy, congratulations!

For silent practice on an instrument that feels close to an upright to play the Yamaha SLB-100 is hard to beat

Yes. We always do or you end up with random stuff

I would say that the old iGig is as good as the Mono Vertigo (I've got both). The thing about the iGig bag is that it has more storage, which is very useful. I don't think that you can get hold of them new these days, but someone is selling one in the classifieds on here. As I said before, a GruvGear GigBlade is up there as well.

I have a NS NXT which is passive and to listen through headphones I use a Blackstar Headphone amp. I believe the later models are now active so may be ok to plug in the headphones direct.

All going ahead though a 2 year wait, counting down the days already.

So Fresh So Clean - OutKast

So is the idea a modular combo, allowing you to choose amplifiers and different power sources for different options? If so I doff my cap to you sir, if not, I still doff my cap as it looks great. I'm impressed, Rob

Just got home from rehearsal with my instrumental classic rock band. Used my Fender JMJ Mustang strung with Elixir nickel rounds into the rehearsal rooms Ampeg SVT350 & 810, sounded great. I was very pleased to be using the JMJ again, over the last couple of years I’ve developed arthritis in my left thumb and my playing style was always thumb hooked over the neck, true punk style, so I’ve been working on my playing technique to the classic thumb on the back of the neck, and am pleased that after a 4hr rehearsal no issues with my thumb. I had been using my Fender Japan Mustangs and although they’re great I prefer the sound of the JMJ, more Precisiony. Band wise we’ve now got about 90 mins of material and all sounded really good, overall a great rehearsal.