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Short scale beauty with Aguilar ceramic P pickups. And stripes. Yum, competition stripes!!! Weighs zip all too.

Just arrived! This new NS Pulse II looks, feels and sounds awesome... the roasted maple neck & ebony board are lush! They've really nailed it with this model...👍🎸😎 Here are before & after inlay sticker application photos.... Looking forward to giving it a full run out through the GK800RB tonight!😀

New Ray Day!

1963 Burns Black Bison. In the words of Nigel Tufnel, "How much more black could this be? And the answer is none. None more black."

There is a P-bass in the studio next door. It's 1973, been refinished sort of bland and has 14 year old strings on it. Dead spots galore - but sounds great. It consistently beats visiting basses except a '65 era bitsa. As a project I tried to build a modern bitsa that replicated the thing - allparts rosewood and maple neck, nitro alder body, badass 2 bridge, roundwounds, pickups miles away from the strings (5 or 6mm), bespoke 70's style handwound pickup. It was not even close - it turned out well, a solid, even strong sounding p-bass, but maybe missing the growl and without the same mid character. So far so dissapointing! So anyway, the other day I was watching Pulp Fiction and drinking beer with my wife and spotted a bass come up for sale here, in bits from the excellent Mr @Turbineclimber (who provided a wealth of detail and hooked me up with some '74 pickups): I asked my wife, as it seemed like a good opportunity, and she, having a fondness for Travolta and maybe also a few beers down was feeling mellow and agreed, after a sigh. A couple of days later I managed to assemble the thing, it was dubbed the Travolta. First thing to do was to try it head to head with the studio bass. I'm still shocked by just how different they sound. I know, the strings (GHS Boomers on the Travolta, 14 year old Rotosound stainless steels on the other), maybe the bridge!? Any way - you be the judge - the travolta comes first and alternates with the p-next-door. Excuse my playing - both played with no foam, finger at the pick-up position, straight in on through a clean pre amp, 1 then the other, cut together and roughly normalised): https://www.dropbox.com/s/m7lerfbz466x5iw/PvsP.aif?dl=0 (Travolta is on the left - yeah I'm changing the cooker knobs!)

While the epoxy on @fleabag's neck is curing and the wood cutting equipment is still out, a great opportunity to make a proper start on this neck. There's a lot of careful measuring and re-measuring involved in this kind of thing. This is the headstock shape that @funkle has asked for on the maple blank: Because of the angle the headstock needs to sit at to give straight string runs to the tuners, even a relatively slim shape like this takes up a fair bit of real-estate. Given that there will be 8mm of mahogany splices added in, though, it looks fine at first glance. But there are lots of buts: - the 'straight edge' of the blank actually is cut on an angle which will need squaring up - each splice that is cut needs to be squared and planed to the correct size and for a dead flat glue surface - each stage of the the splices being glued together needs a check for squareness to avoid cumulative tolerance 'drift' - each cut loses around 1mm from the saw blade kerf width And each of those stages involves taking wood shavings off. It's very easy to lose more than 8mm! So check, recheck and check again is the name of the game To square up the top edge of the blank, I used the router table. The far side of the fence has a spacer bar fitted so that it is a mm proud of the nearside. The router bit is set to take a mm off and so the timber is supported by the fence before and after the cut. Result is a dead square and dead straight length Now I have a square straight edge, the centre section can be cut from the blank: The blank is a beautiful piece of flawless quarter-sawn and very straight maple. But as soon as that 22mm wide strip was cut, it already took on a teeny bow. So that's why Wal make the centre a two-piece! Yes - the rest of the laminations will more than hold it all straight...but if you don't have to have that extra modicum of stress in the wood, then why have it. So after a lot more measuring - because this would mean one more cut with more width lost - I sliced it down the middle, flipped on side over, squared it all up and glued it together, bow against bow. So yes - we are going for a 6 part neck, following Wal's method and, probably, for the same reason And here we have the centre 4 of the 6 splices (the two centre maple and a mahogany either side) gluing under the pressure of G clamps, two hefty bench clamps and as many sturdy clamping cauls as I could fit in the space:

I still have my leather trousers. Not sure why as I have the proverbial snowflakes chance in hell, of ever fitting in them again!

Thanks for the interest in the app guys. We're a really small development team here so one platform at a time is as much as we can manage. I'm going to put a 'request for android' section on the web page so people can sign up to stay informed of progress.

As if the Joe Dart announcement wasn’t amazing enough - this sounds fabulous as well (this guitarist sure is funky on bass!!)

Sorry in advance, rant incoming. Why to shops say items are in stock, when they aren't in stock? I ordered something from a well-known UK musical instrument supplier (probably not who you're thinking of though!) last week. The item I ordered was showing as "in stock" on their webpage. I ordered specifically from them because it was marked as "in stock" as I needed it for this coming weekend. Everywhere else had it marked 'to order' or 'back ordered'. It has been five days since I placed the order, so I've just given them a call just to check it will arrive in time. "Oh, it's been delayed coming from our supplier", was the answer. "But your website said you had it 'in stock'?' queried I. "Well, when it arrives with us from our supplier we will have it in stock, won't we?" came the response. "But that doesn't mean it was in stock with you when I placed my order on the basis of it saying 'in stock' on your website, does it?" quoth I. "But it will be when it arrives with us, won't it?" was the further retort. I mean? Whut? If it is not physically in their possession pending delivery, it is not "in stock". It is "on order" or "awaiting delivery" or "backordered". Even more clearly, it is a product which can be 'ordered on request'. It's now too late to get from anywhere else in time so I have to hope it will arrive with them in time to be sent to me. This sort of thing really boils my fosters. IT IS NOT 'IN STOCK' IF YOU HAVE TO ORDER IT FOR THE CUSTOMER!! THE FACT YOU CAN GET IT SUPPOSEDLY WITHIN A DAY DOES NOT MAKE IT 'IN STOCK'. IT IS DEFINITELY NOT IN STOCK IF THE SHIPMENT IS DELAYED FROM YOUR SUPPLIER!!! 😡 I have no problem with retailers not holding stock and ordering on request. In fact, it seems sensible to me. But saying you are in possession of an item when you are not I find really annoying. It seems to be very much particular to the music industry, too. And breathe....

Nice spectator sport seeing as my neck is being crushed in a clamp

At the risk of looking a silly billy and making a joke off my own post, maybe "in stock" ment 'in Stockholm '....... 🙄 Coat on and Taxi ordered... 🚕

Mark always gets me to do a custom profile to the back of his bass necks. This profile is a combination of a Wal type V and a modern flattened C. The pictures show how I did this using my grinder with a 60G disc on it, a hand rasp, sanding block, some curved panel scrapers and finally some sand paper.

I like that they “decided to split the pick up on the original Joe Dart bass and move a pair of coils forwards - no-one’s thought of that before” 😂😂😂😂

"there are no tone controls to color the sound; therefore, the tone is manipulated solely by the user's technique and finesse" That's me f*cked then

Cannae beat leather jeans in a rock band in 80's.

Who is Poiil Eelsteorl?

Disc inferno. The trammps

Yes - I know. This is like watching paint dry - or more accurately, like watching epoxy set.... So, for those who aren't comatose from boredom, the heel is slotted, the overhang has been epoxied to the ebony back plate, and the whole assembly, including fret 22, is now being epoxied to the neck, with the cling film in the pocket to prevent the whole thing being epoxied to the test body: If this all works, it will be a minor miracle - I'll know in the next hour But if it does work, we're almost there...which, trust me, will be a blessed relief to all of us

I played the 210 500w version on a gig as it was the supplied back line (no ext cab so 350w ish) and promptly went out and bought one locally… I think it’s a great combo. All controls at noon is a great pedal friendly sound but the amp has enough variation with the onboard ‘voicing’ switches and the built in drive to make it fit in with a range of styles. It can sound modern and scooped or quite vintage and low middy all just with those switches. I can imagine paired with an ext cab it would enhance an already great unit. Maybe it’s because I played 212’s for so long but I find the 210’s to be a great sound and by virtue of having a 2xx over a 1xx it will help with perceived volume and projection. I’d love to add the 115 but not because I’m lacking volume it’d just be cool to have that ‘stack’ vibe! I was gigging mine at the weekend and although we had foh support I was running my master about 11 and gain at noon, all controls at noon in fact and was punching through nicely. I did have a pedal board with me using some eq/gain and occasional drive but I wasn’t pushing mad levels of addition volume - got a message from the drummer yesterday saying she liked the sound (I was using a new to me bass for that gig) she felt it cut through and sounded clear. I had no issues hearing myself either! *The pic was taken as I was setting up

I did, from 1965-1972. I could see using one today in the studio, or for small club gigs, but that's all. As far as vintage valve gear is concerned the Ampeg V4B is considerably better.

Hot Legs ～ Rod Stewart

Hello guys, I have an amazing Yamaha TRB5P but don't like a bit the electronics. Changed the preamp and fitted a Sadowsky 4 Knob, sound killer! Some time a go, I bought a set o MAMA pickups (they make them specifically for this bass). The P pickup sounds good, a bit too compressed for my taste but sounds good. The problem was always the bridge pickup. Hums like hell, thin sound and low output. Not really happy here... So, since I have a Nordstrand NJ5S sitting at home, I decided to solve the problem by building a pickup cover using the 3D printer and Tinkercad to design it. It's the first time that I use this kind of software and it's possible that everything isn't perfect but so far, is looking good. Honestly, I never post anything about my workl but I decided to post this project because I really hope that this 3D model solve someone's problem as it did for me. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5365871 As soon as I get this thing printed, I'll update the post with some pictures

Goodday all, I was wondering if there was already a thread dedicated to such hybrid basses and I found nothing, so I thought about starting a discussion. I own a Fender replacement tele/51 bass neck that was sitting on a Classc Vibe Squier body; I found an Italian relic split-model body and decided to try making them fit, since I really enjoyed the Fender neck but not quite much the tone of the overall bass. Being the body I found used and off-brand I decided to butcher that and keep the neck original, slapped a Fender re'62 pickup on the body and filled the missing parts with leftovers from past years coming un with this: The relic laquer body feels greats and incredibly resonant, the neck is and always has been simply amazing, the pickups are the same I've been using the last 12 years on my main bass and I love them.. This thing turned out to be a killer instrument and I look forward to make the body way more reliced with some real life playing. What's your take on this combo? Has anyone got anything similar?

Back to 1994 for me 😎

Right now our not-so-friendly neighbours are being entertained with some Killing Joke, more specifically the Pandemonium album and my fave track

that's the 500, it's only 350 watts at 8 ohms, 500 with an extension cab

Some good ideas here but I went with this... It's essentially a cross between a flight case and a slip cover. It stops my amp from getting beat up and also elevates it to the optimum working height, doesn't add much to the weight and nothing to onstage footprint. I'm amazed nobody's producing these commercially. I made this myself, as you can probably see, in no more than an afternoon even taking into account my lack of tools and experience. I don't recall the exact costs involved, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't so much - certainly no more than a Hot Covers or similar If I were to make another I'd make it slightly bigger so I could line it 6mm foam or similar, but other than that I'm pretty happy with it. It's stood up to 3 years or so of gigs without needing any attention, it's a strong as you like and does all the things I intended it to.

No comment but it wasn't coming from gig money. That was back when i had a 28" waist. Those days have long gone. Dave

Neck is slim and very smooth (satin). Will take a pic when I get a minute...

I've gigged mine quite frequently with two bands. Neither band is offensively loud, but both go through the PA anyway so the Elf is just for backline. Superb piece of kit, sounds just great, never lets me down, ludicrously small. Particularly handy for rehearsals in unfamiliar studios, where you never know until you get there what monstrosity is being passed off as a 'bass amp'. I like mine so much that, earlier today, I posted a Wanted ad for the Elf 10" combo.

Some fantastic toonage again this month. Well done everyone.

I think it’s safe to say that Cici quite likes that bass! Great review and nice to see such an enthusiastic viewpoint of an instrument.

I always wanted to be leather trousered but couldn't afford them. I thought about getting spandex trousers but couldn't find any. Thank Gawd!

I have a Keeley Bassist that is better than most 'on amp' compressors I have tried and has been on my board for six years. Not flashy, easy as hell to use, very transparent. I haven't needed anything more than that. I think that EBS makes one of the best 'one knob' compression circuits on an amp. The compression on my old EBS Fafner is brilliant and every EBS amp I have tried has been as good. Though this circuit is pretty much derived from their MultiComp pedal. I generally prefer a pedal compressor on account that it means that I always have an option to add compression even if I am using shared/provided backline at a gig.

Yup - happy with that: So left to do: - Tuner holes - Side Luminlays - Fret level and recrown - Final sand - Fiebings stain **post post - trussrod cover magnets - nut/spacer cut and groove

I’ll not hear a bad word against Tom and that track! Granted, Tim Hardin arguably wrote a better song about wood crafting with If I Were A Carpenter, Marvin Gaye (What’s Going On) with social injustice and the need for change, and Cabaret is right up there with songs about performance art, but what about a song that combines all three?! There are none, I hear you say. Well, my friend, that’s where you’re wrong. Enter Tom…

One person's cacophonous din is another's Mariah Carey... 😁

Thanks for all the replies everyone, I'm not sure how many gigs, if any, I will do in the future, but this might be just what I'm looking for.

In case you need any thoughts about separate comps: www.ovnilab.com/

this happened

Whether or not "relic-ing" in general is your cup of tea, this is just really poor work.