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Today's job is to turn these parts into a working bass. Got to cut and polish the finish first without going through it!! Quite a bit to do but should get it done in time for the bash tomorrow. Apparently, when this is done I need to return the dining room table back to it's proper use (whatever that is), tidy up then 'put all my sh*t in the garage where it belongs'...…….Mrs_the_gut is very tolerant of my hobby so don't want to push it too far. Don't think too many others would put up with this in the corner of the dining room for the past 6 months.....!!

Wow, that's what my darling wife said to me when we first met !

Gotta applaud his honesty... 😆😆 https://www.facebook.com/groups/guitarexchange/permalink/2221801644566124/?sale_post_id=2221801644566124

Egg, chips, beans and a finished shortie. Who says the dining table can't be used for both? Had a few issues getting this done - just went through the finish slightly in one place so will redo that after the bash. Apart from that it works, needs a little more setting up but I'll do that at the bash tomorrow. See you t there!

I understand, but when we are playing in a band we have 3 things to do: play our instrument well, play in the band well and play the songs that an audience wants to hear. There is only one of those that is important for an audience. There are songs I play that I like and songs I definitely don't like, but whichever one is liked by the audience will have my vote to get into the set. If you are good enough you can make an audience like what you are playing but most semi-pro bands aren't that good or interesting enough, so covers it is. The era of self-indulgent bands has long gone. Ignore your audience and you'd be better restricting your playing to rehearsal rooms or taking up golf. If we're not putting bums on seats, or selling beer (however you want to describe it) were are failing as entertainers, because and at the semi-pro level that is what our job is. . . entertainment and sales.

Had a first session with the drummer and one guitarist today 🙂 We managed to make a basic showing of most of the songs we had lined up and a couple were within reach of decent. Main thing is we all seem to have a very similar attitude - we all brought 'ordinary' comfy instruments rather than the flashest kit, all happy to play at ridiculously low volume, same taste in music, and all prepared. I did need to here a few things played back to get the groove right, but more practice will sort that. We even managed stay with me which sounded half decent once we realised we were playing it far too fast. Found it very easy to jam along together - my ear is much better than it was, I never used to be able to drop into the right key so easily - that's what practising to the radio does for you! Now, where's the spandex?

For those who have followed any of my other builds you expect me to change something mid way through!! So this build is no different........... I kept on seeing White thunderbirds and I much prefer them in White than Black so I'm changing the color to White! I'm probably keep the mirrored pickguard and the Chrome hardware............ 😀

Right. That’s me packed and heading West, see you tomorrow.

DHL have booked a pickup and re-delivery. We are moving closer. Hopefully.

Not a pic of me alongside him, but this is a pic of Pino when we were out grabbing some breakfast together.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b08gk664/the-secret-science-of-pop If you haven't already seen this, then make a 60-minute hole in your busy schedule for it. An excellent piece of work, highly entertaining, really quite thought-provoking, and with a great ending.

Hmmm... for me Agi as a company is not what it was, and its more recent products don’t appear to have the reliability of earlier gear. I use a db750 and love it but I’m not sure I’d buy a more recent amp. An OBP3 just failed on me - out of warranty and impoosible to repair because of the epoxy seal. £200 to replace with fitting - Agi didn’t appear to give a toss. To the OP, I hope that you get this issue resolved at reasonable cost - £200 is a lot of dosh

Definitely a Black Eagle neck, probably the Antoria version as it's UK. IIRC these had a black headstock face with a decal logo, so it's just been sanded back. It's pretty uncommon to see these headstocks in an unbroken state - considering original Black Eagles are quite scarce, the neck alone on this is probably worth a few quid. Looks like this has been some sort of custom build done around the Antoria/Ibanez neck - the body looks well-crafted & professionally finished but I don't think it's from a donor bass. Hardware looks decent, if unusual - don't know if the Shadow humbucker is by the same company that does piezos & preamps today though. Sort of hope some geek picks this up for a Black Eagle resto project.

The Funk Lite is my favorite at the moment. But it's really hard to compare with the Fwonkbeta, because the Mr Black is insane, it has a terrific resonance and it is pure funky. The Funk Lite has a really tight sweet spot, and almost a single useful sound: but that sound is amazing. I'll try to describe the differences between the 3 pedals, but I apologize for my english (it's not my first language), and I'll try to comunicate only my impression in a band situation, because at home the Fwonkbeta still unbeatable. I personally use the Funk Lite for all the syncopated 16th notes stuff, I set the knobs at 9 o'clock (and eventually put the "freq" nob at 11) and I literally "play the filter" with a syncopated short note right hand pattern: in this setting it's the best filter you could try, present, effective, and really good sounding. It plays really good with octavers, but I definitely don't like it with slap technique. The Fwonkbeta is my go to envelope when I need a super juicy, insanely resonant and rich autowah sound, I like the responsiveness but it's really hard to control due it's tendency to generate big volume spikes. The Wonderlove it's a really great pedal, very versatile and I use it with all my slap stuff and with the Doom in parallel mode for the synth-style stuff. So I use them for 3 distinct purposes, and with them I have my MXR BEF definitely out of the board Cheers!

Shuker Custom Warwick Thumb Maruszyck Jazzus Fret King Perception Lodestone Primal Artist Ibanez SR400 BC Rich Mockingbird 3 Ibanez Acoustic Ortega D- Walker Today i played every single one of them !!!!! The results : The Shuker looks the nicest The Warwick plays the nicest The Lodestone sounds the nicest !

I never realised how much Billy Fury looked like Paul Gambacini.

9 basses.... 1 Westfield P (my first bass) 1 Fender MIM P - customised 4 Yamaha BBs 3 Yamaha Attitude basses

Here's my super-funky & super-juicy mini-board

Sex appeal and a rock n' roll type dangerousness😉. Not usually relevant for a folk trio but you can't help being what you're blessed with

Good question, I'm not aware of one but given the interest and research out there (various fan forums etc) you'd think such info will exist. Here's what I know and best recall - in the early 70s I was a kid who absolutely yearned for a Precision. Closest I got was the big stores anywhere near, the secondhand basses of 60s vintage hanging on the walls out of reach (they were only say 8 years old then, no big deal) and the brochures. Back in those days the 60s Ps weren't modded or messed with, nobody bothered. Some got beat up a bit, but they were straight. What I very clearly remember was the basses of this period (around 64s) were either burst with tort, or one of the few colours offered, with white plate. I have no recollection of black plates in that period (doesn't mean they didn't do them, just never remember one). I remember seeing the first paisleys in Leeds - there was a shop window with an imprint of my face on it. I do remember the list price in (I think) 67 - cos I got an old brochure from a dealer in Leeds some years later as a gift - guy on front holding a red Jazz, standing by a Bassman (100?) and a tall cab, maybe a 215 but don't recall. The Precision list in around '67 was £168.19.10 (yep, 19 shilling and 10 pence). Around '71 I paid 125 for my first (a 68), then 95 for my beat-up second (a 60) then 105 for the lifer, my '64 in blue with WHITE plate. Personally I don't know where all these plain colour 60s Fenders with tort plates came from. Certainly in the period I was obsessed with, tort was unique to sunburst.

Appreciate that Ricky but i just love looking at basses. If they play well even better. That Ric is really interesting tho and such a rare find. Def a keeper there i would think. Not tried the Vintage basses but they get some seriously good reviews. The blue bass also looks interesting too Bet you haven't shown her this comment or you'd be wearing a frying pan on your ear Dave

You’ve still not even plugged the FI into your PC yet? Get on it, man! Even if you don’t create any patches, at least browse some of those that others have created. The beauty is twofold: browsing patches is done from files on your PC, the one you’re auditioning gets loaded into a buffer on the FI (and doesn’t overwrite anything on your pedal). You can instantly see all the settings of the patch you’re currently hearing.

One of my bands does; Britney Spears - Toxic, Beyoncé - Crazy in Love, Girls Aloud - Love Machine, Katy Perry - I Kissed a Girl, and I'm on doublebass. No that's correct, I have no shame 😁

And done. One down and ready for Sunday...... Not the best picture - I'll get some better ones done tomorrow. On with the shortie bass now!!

This covers master vs channel volume for the general Helix ecosystem: https://helixhelp.com/2017/04/28/tip-master-vs-channel-volume/

Hi all! Just bumping an old thread to say that Tommy's been ill and had to down tools for quite a while, but happy to say he's back in the saddle...

Here are some more pics of my lovely Limelight No. 00230 😊

Took some snaps this morning. You can see it's a real 'players' bass! I've got it set up just right now and have been really enjoying playing it. I'll record something soon! The neck is a really nice golden colour and it feels excellent. In terms of the grounding issue, tbh I'm not sure it's not just shielding that could be added; my lamp adds some noise and with that off it's OK - also the patch I was using on my VB99 was basically the one I use with my Smith (which is pretty much clean) so this morning I made a dedicated patch for the SB1 and after tweaking the limiter and amp settings for this bass it's fine. I may still get some shielding added at some point but with a bit of noise limiter on that patch you can only now hear it on long sustained notes and definitely not in a mix. Really pleased with it

Here is my video review of the excellent Kaka U-Bass or Uke-Bass. You need one of these! They are so versatile and you won’t believe the sound when they are plugged in. You can hear me play my U-Bass acoustically and plugged in. This unique instrument is well worth checking out. https://youtu.be/fnSdJjwvXDU

Absolutely right. I would have no idea how to get a sound out of it I'm sure or even which way around to hold it. Definitely need to leave that sort of thing to the experts.

Banning punk = good idea! Can’t stand it!

There’s a fella near me who has the most amazing preEB stingray in root beer colour. I’ve not played a more ‘alive’ bass - he wants more for it than I can justify but if I won the lottery that I don’t enter.... that and an El toro

Nah, Peter, I'm definitely sticking by my previous recommendation(s) to get a pedal board to put your loose pedals on and an amp and cab rather than headphones to listen to them (and your synth keys and basses) through. Just the way I would do it. But your choices are yours alone and it really doesn't impact me one way or the other. So...any recommendations for window polish? The glass on my house certainly could do with a clean! 😂🤣 PS the factual position on your previous thoughts on the FI are all correct and fair (for the official record )

@Graemeross kindly dropped over his pair of BB2s and I've been ramping things up. The AO certainly suits the BB2s over the Aguilars, so I'll concentrate on these for the review element. It's a truly lovely head...despite the 900w rating, this is into 2ohms, so expect 375w into an 8ohm configuration. I'm leaning more towards the Alpha side tonally; it just has more scooped mids and is more dUg sounding. It's very suprising to me how different my basses actually sound through this; the 5 string Lull is way phatter than the JAXT4 despite sharing the same pickups and loom. The old Aria P-bass is just gnarly. Of the head itself, little tweaks make so much difference. A touch of anything affects everything elsewhere. I prefer to run things flattish tonally, but the graphic is very sensitive. The cabinet emulation/shaping option on the rear doesn't seem to have any real effect, maybe in a bigger room it may. Anyhow, that's it for now.

Thanks buddy, didn’t want to derail your thread!!! you can go a little more subtle too - this one had judicious blow torching Here they are side by side finished articles For a quick ref. @Jimothey yours looks pucker 💪🏾👍🏾

Of course. We understood that much. 😃 ...but it was kinda like an open goal, and the goalkeeper being on holiday in New Zealand. 🙂 I just had to do something. No malice intended; just a bit of innocent fun. best, bert

This is also a good explanation of balancing input gain and master and channel volumes in the Helix https://line6.com/support/topic/32285-controlling-gain-master-volume-and-channel-volume/

wow that authentication "certificate" looks likes its super-dooper official and defo not a forgery or been knocked up in a teenagers bedroom..

All of the amps on the Stomp, for me at least, had the drive controls too far up and sounded too muddy on the presets and when the amp is selected into an empty block. There is a chap by the name of Jon Willis who has done a lot of work providing bass patches and settings for the Helix series within a couple of groups on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/669957523419623/ and https://www.facebook.com/groups/145604946038429/ If use you Jon's settings in the images below - for which I take no credit and that are available via the first group above - the amps are much cleaner and it's possible to work from a more useful starting point. These 'clean' settings come into their own, I've found, at proper volume through an amp (via the FX return) and cab.

@GisserD when I eventually get an FI you’ll be hearing from me about rehousing!