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According to what I believe is a trustworthy source on social media, this is the new Flea American Artist series active bass. As lots of us commented a while ago, it’s the signature bass we thought fender should have released. No news on preamp and pickup but is looking good.5 points
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Hmmm - interesting... Anyway, I'm promised they are on the way so I've been doing the final fretboard pre-glue jobs so that I don't lose time while I'm waiting. Truss rod installed and demarcation veneer applied: The smaller luminlay dots for the over-body dots (the main dots will be the larger ones) which are best done before the fretboard is on - because, trust me, these particular ones are a beggar to do when the fretboard is already fitted: And - as you may have noticed, I've decided in the end to do a 24th fret block. It looked a bit bare at the dusty end without. This looks better to my eye: I'm hoping the replacement pickups will arrive tomorrow so I can rout the chambers then get the fretboard on4 points
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So am I. Shame I'm 46 though...3 points
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Yes, good advice that. I have made a couple of stupid mistakes recently which would have been easily avoided, all luckily simple to get round. The nut I bought was too wide so I bought a blank, the machine heads I got got delayed so I got some more and I remembered last night I needed to get some knobs and springs for the pickups! I was lining up the bridge rails last night (which is what the red string was for, using the scale length from my other basses to work out the range of positions i need for them. I don't really need that angle but I think it looks quite good and covers the positions I probably will need. I still have to wire this up: Everything actually gets harder now I have got to the easy bit. Before it was a couple of chunks of wood and if I messed it up, well, it wasn't expensive wood. Now it is cheap wood, cheap components and many hours of work!3 points
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Haven't been here and done this as often as I'd like, but had an hour going begging, so here it is. PS: There aren't any 'wrong' notes of course - it's Jazz.3 points
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Warm up? Oh that must be a really old model when we used valve preamps in active basses2 points
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Well, they've been flying all the way from South Africa and only just arrived...I suspect they are kn******d2 points
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Due to a muck up ordering the Mother of Pearl inlays I'm still short a set so I can't proceed with the Rosewood board until they come but I did a bit of routing on the Ebony one. For my inlays I routed close to the line and then pared to the line with a sharp chisel, apart from one little bit shown below where I made a slight wonder over the line with the router. My excuse is there was too much dust around the cutter LOL. After that I put a bit of masking tape on the cutter to blow it away and it never happened again. Chiselling was the first time I really found a difference to real wood, I don't really know how to describe it but paring Ebony, it's a clean forceful sort of cut, the Ebano felt more like paring balsa but harder, that said it cut very cleanly, certainly good enough for me. Anyway, the inlays fitted a treat with no stress at all other than that one little incident of my own doing. It cut so cleanly I'm thinking I may get away with no real need for edge filling with glue and dust (apart from that one bit shown again with the inlay). The good news of the day was I got my sander back from being repaired at Festool, the switch broke and it needed a new set of gears but bare in mind it is 25 years old and has had a very hard life and this is it's first repair2 points
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Don’t get it: why is @mrtcat wrong? Poor customer service is bad PR, regardless of the customer’s intention.2 points
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They know and recognise me as someone who has spent a lot in there over the years, probably £5k to date and I've also sold stuff to staff. It was reasonably busy but it's not a customer's job to convince a shop and it's staff that they're worthy of being welcome. Everyone is a potential customer when you are running a business whether they spend today, tomorrow or years down the line. If they're having a bad day then they need to be professional and suck it up a bit like the rest of us in our professional lives.2 points
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I think what the comments in this thread boil down to is not whether analogue is better than digital but what are you favourite effects and what compromises are you personally prepared to put up with. Sound/tone is entirely subjective, and IME a lot of it is to do with familiarity, rather than actual quality (if that could even be quantified). I also think that term "modelling" does a lot of multi-effects (even the very best ones)a complete disservice. I don't know how close the emulations of the various effects, amplifiers and cabs on my Helix are to the originals (because most of the time I've never tried the originals), and in all honesty I DON'T CARE. All I do care about is that amongst the various different distortions/choruses/EQs there is one that will give me the sound I am looking for to fit into the band mix of a particular song at the particular point. Everything else is irrelevant.2 points
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Two too many knobs? It's supposedly like a Stingray - one knob for volume and two for active EQ. It's as simple as you can get for an active bass.2 points
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Not this so much, but the guitarist in my old band ran a 20 year old Les Paul into a 30 year old Peavey; soundwise he'd be on the money, but not before spending an age knob-tweaking to actually get there. I could never understand how he would sound brilliant on a Friday gig and so utterly shite 24 hours later. And yes, tweaking happened between songs.2 points
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And of course, when you inevitably sell it on here, you can claim that it "plays like buttercream"...2 points
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Too many changes of electric guitars, then having to fiddle with his amp to get the desired tome. While I appreciate different guitars sound differently (i.e. Strat v Les Paul) there has to be a degree of practicality to keep the momentum going (I.e. chose a guitar that has both SS and HH pickups if you must). Our rhythm guitarist just uses a tele all the way through the gig and its sounds great. I usually being 2 basses to a gig but what ever I decide to play, that's it for the gig unless i have a catastrophic failure or unless a song 'really really' needs a fretless or upright bass, and I've never had this situation.2 points
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I think I have finished the finishing now, so I just need to bolt it all together (and wire it etc)2 points
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Today I cut the fret slots into the fretboards and scribed one of the neck joints to the body. I also played around with the Rocklite to see how it worked compared to real wood, in short, easier but I'll update the Rocklite thread with that The fretslots look as if they don't line up in this photo but they do (honest ) Marked out one of the fretboards for the Mother of Pearl markers. Here's what I did: Stuck a bit of masking tape over each fret gap to be inlayed. Marked the centre line of the board, marked the centre line of each fret gap. Marked the fret number on each inlay and the centre lines of each. Stuck masking tape to the bottom of each inlay and cut off the waste with a scalpel. Marked the position with a pencil of each inlay on the fretboard. Put a blob of superglue on the masking tape and put the inlay masking tape down on the fretboard and squared it off with a set square. Marked the fretboard with a scalpel very carefully. Peeled off the masking tape, the inlay and removed the masking tape from the bottom and put t hem carefully to one side. Tomorrow I'll rout out the inlay holes, I ran out of time today2 points
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Here is my contribution to the June 2018 Basschat Composition Challenge, inspired by a picture chosen by last month's winner: Mornats. Not a good month for me; there are only strained, tenuous links to the picture (the 9/8 rhythm and the virtual 'cats'...). All Kontakt stuff: a 60's drum kit, a nice nylon guitar and some Blue 'singing', created in Reaper with minimal treatment, and mastered with AAMS, 'Country' preset. Modest; it is what it is. Thanks for listening, if you already have; if you're about to, enjoy.2 points
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Well, quite, but I came to this thread to watch/listen to a band I knew nothing about, and so gave it a go (otherwise why post these topics at all..?). It turns out that, like Lenny, I was, let's say,.. unimpressed, and chose to post in that vein. It's just my opinion, and for my part I have no wish to change the view of anyone at all, but it's comment on an open forum on a subject of interest to several. I'd have thought that all loyal views would be welcome, whether for or against. I'll post again in the same spirit on any similar subjects if I feel inspired to.2 points
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Ibanez SR1300E Premium EDIT 20180927: I will be taking this to the South East Bass Bash No.12, Saturday 29th September 2018! if anyone is interested in looking or trying. I'll take £500 on the day for it. £600 collected from SE London. Weight: 7lb 15oz Ibanez SR1300E Premium Natural Flat (high res pics in Google photo album) Specs (on Ibanez website) NB. The link above gives the 2017 neck spec, which is Panga/Purpleheart. This is a 2016 model with the 5 piece Wenge/Bubinga neck and includes the KTS titanium rods in the neck, which appear to have been removed from the 2017 spec model.1 point -
No trades please 100% original in amazing condition (very rare to see a Smith of the 80's in such condition) Plays and sounds as it should . No issues here. Solid Maple Wings Quilted Maple Top and Back Neck trough 5 pieces Maple Neck Ebony fingerboard 2 bands preamp Original hardcase Feedback: http://basschat.co.u..._1#entry15428581 point -
Fender Precision Bass Deluxe USA Nice Fender five string P deluxe in a delightful cherryburst finish. P deluxe V basses seem to be fairly rare now. These are very versatile basses with a lot of great sound possibilities, which cover a lot of styles. I wouldnt compare this bass to a standard passive precision. The body has some nice grain to it. The fretboard is made from pao ferro which looks awesome. Its smooth and shiny. The serial number dates this bass to 2005, though the neck is dated early 2006. So its got the anniversary label on the back of the headstock. It's defenitely not a heavy weight champion. I did weigh the bass on my kitchen scale, which says it weighs about 4.1kg! Some pictures: As you can see on the pictures, a (original replacement) black pickguard is fitted. The original pearl pickguard is included in the sale. The bass is in good used shape, with only light user marks (scratching on the back). It still looks and feels very fresh. Elixir strings have been fitted. I got this bass in a trade a while ago, as I did want to try a fiver again after a few years. I think its an awesome sounding allrounder, but I still dont like to play fivers it seems... A Fender molded hardshell case is included in the sale Now £1.100 with fender molded hardcase, or £1.050 without. Trades/partial trades are certainly welcome! I like traditionally styled basses, 4 strings only. I would especially like a vintage lightweight precision (could add some money) from the early 70s or late 60s per example, or a vintage mustang bass... Otherwise; surprise me!! The bass is located in the Netherlands. I am willing to ship within the EU (includes UK) at buyers risk and expense. Costs will be about 60gbp with neck attached or 30gbp with neck seperated. Price is firm. I wont include shipping in the price.1 point -
Nah, it's too close to the bridge.1 point
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I think that's the one I was looking for, belting performance.1 point
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How about a British made GUS G3 or G5 bass? Ever so slightly different and head turning1 point
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That is beautiful, love the fretboard!1 point
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I got an email from the courier first thing the next morning and another to confirm delivery a few hours later. Remember that I bought the bass over the phone rather than online. If I was you I would give them a ring to check on progress / delivery.1 point
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OK there's going to be another change to this bass, I now decided to convert this into a 5 string Tele or Precision I need to order a 5 string neck, bridge and pickups, I'll custom make the pickguard to fit this body The body I'll keep white and I'm still going to do the pickguard orange I'm not sure about whether to change the hardware to black or keep it chrome I'm then going to use the neck off this one on my telecaster shaped body build 😀1 point
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Jesus, can't a man buy a plushy pig....?1 point
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That is fabulous H.1 point
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I'd get on better with an old kipper hanging off of my rear view mirror. Those air "fresheners" have a stench that really gets up my hooter.1 point
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I knew it was going to be a slog when I explained (it was my amp) that there was a slight lag in switching between clean and dirty channels, so if there were any songs where he needed to change channels mid-song he would need to select the clean channel and use a fuzz box (which he had) for his dirty sound. He launched into a (I kid you not) five minute rant about how that was unacceptable fault with the amp and that I should take it back because he knows about building amps and there's no reason why there should be a lag, just going round and round in circles about how this was appalling and what a terrible company the manufacturer must be to have made such an awful amp, etc. Just completely focused on making this one point over and over again, that he shouldn't be expected to change what he was expecting to do in order to make up for some deficiency in the amp. His drummer had to shut him down and explain (like you would to a five year old who refuses to get on the bus because it's blue and he only likes red ones) that this is the only amp that he will be able to play with for that gig so it doesn't matter how good or bad it is, he's going to have to use it. And no, he wasn't going to drive 45 minutes home to get his own amp and 45 minutes back again when they were already late for the soundcheck and due to be on stage in an hour.1 point
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Oh dear. That is all.1 point
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Ibanez SR370E Bought in 2016. (Serial No is 2015) £150 collected from SE London. Ibanez SR370E Aged Whisky Burst (high res pics in Google photo album)1 point -
I had a James Captain, 197cc villiers engine and it was a great bike along with my Francis Barnett Plover 150 too. I've played an Aria 12 string since buying new in 1983, small world.1 point
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Altogether very meh...1 point
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That’s for switching channels, eg switching between two different basses or amps, or playing both at once. Remember that if using two fx pedals, the signal needs to be split, sent to both and then combined back into a mono signal. This pedal doesn’t appear able to do that.1 point
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True, I've played entire gigs with a Stingray, a P bass or a Jazz bass and while they sound different, I've never thought 'this song sounds terrible with this bass I simply must change' I love the sounds out of all these instruments and it can make gigs interesting when you have to 'make do' with what you have in your hands. A bad carpenter blames his tools.1 point
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So it's essentially a Stingray masquerading as a Jazz Bass. Oh, and two too many knobs.1 point
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Any time. To be fair it was a toss up between piggy bank and Peppa Pig for me. I went with what I assumed to be the lesser of two shames1 point
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Very impressive from your mom, but what about you? When was the last time you heard that song and why do you think it came back to haunt you like that?1 point
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As they say, clean the switch. If that doesn't work, put a resistor on the output (or input if that is unswitched) of the preamp. The thump, if it isn't a bad switch, can be caused by the fact the output is floating around until you switch it into circuit. As there is no load holding it down, it can get quite high and is suddenly discharged by the load dragging it down. Also the input (although this is often still connected) which can be floating.1 point
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You lot leave toys and plunging out of my thread!!1 point
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Ah, well if it comes with a brass neck, that's a big difference from the old fashioned wooden one that the Standards sport.1 point
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'Lick my love pump' in D minor, the saddest of all keys?1 point
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New video this morning. Scott Whitley (on SWB Pro) and Danny Sapko (on Retrovibe Volante) lay down some funk in our studio.1 point
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Absolutely beautiful. I wanted one of these in this spec for ages and ages and then found that the 74 neck profile is chunkier than the 75 (which I love) and couldn’t get comfortable on it.1 point
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Pre-amp valves are pretty robust things with long lives. An orange glow is a healthy valve (generally speaking).1 point
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Soooooooo, I've been flying BA with my bass for the past 4 1/2 years (I work cruise ships) and always taking it as hand luggage. Last month, I got to check in as usual, and check my bags and they spot my guitar. Usually, I give them the, "it's at the cabin crew's discretion" line but she showed me the updated policy and told me it was up to me to check that before I flew. They forced me to buy a £205 seat for it or I don't fly and they can't check it as it wasn't in a hard case. It was in a Mono M80. I call my work and tell them my predicament. They're far from sympathetic. "We'll pay for it to be checked". This went on for a while. All the while, the lovely lady at check in is reminding me that check in closes in two minutes and I need to make my mind up fast. I handed over my credit card *big gulp*. On the phone, my work refused to pay for it. Tight cnuts. I got to plane and of the 130 seats, around 60 of them were filled. I stuck in bass in the overhead and the nice cabin attendant told me to contact BA and ask for a refund. I did with no avail. I passed on my plane ticket to claim it as an expense at work. If I do get my £205 back, I'll buy a bass safe for it. Lesson learned I guess. Just to reiterate what people have said here: DON'T EXPECT TO CARRY YOUR BASS ON THE PLANE ON BA. Oh, and I have all that to look forward to when I head home from this contract. FML.1 point
