Telebass

To get the bite, you do a simple electrical mod. The TEB101 humbucker is a 4-wire jobbie. Under the plate is a taped pair, red and white. Solder red to ground and the white to the green wire on the volume pot. This puts the pickup into parallel mode, halving the impedance from 22k (HOT!) to around 11k, not too far off a standard P-bass pickup. Voila, lots of zing and bite, enough for me to go get some TI Jazz Flats to fit it.

Went to visit my niece in Brighton. She lives 250m from GAK. There was no way I was not going in. Didn't expect to come out out carrying! Pawn Shop Mustang Bass, white. Pics to follow when I'm home!

All my gear lives at home, but I only eer play through a Tascam MP-BT1, except when testing stuff, then I use a Fender Bassman 25 combo. All the big stuff is for rehearsals/gigs only. I often have the basses out on stands, though. Got drool over them as often as is decent... KingBollock, get a Hercules autograb stand for the Warlock - pretty sure that will be solid, if a little pricier than average.

Went to see them a while back to get some tips, as we were putting our own FM tribute together at the time. Very good. Not really a look-alike tribute, just a musical tribute, and all the better for that, IMHO...

Being a three-piece has never really stopped us doing anything that takes our fancy! Just go for it.

[quote name='AnalogBomb' timestamp='1361276461' post='1983672'] This scenario is all too common to me.... I've lost count of the times that I have brought all of my gear to gigs (even when we're not headlining) to be asked 'ere mate, can I use your amp?' - this is when my face turns an ashen grey looking colour. My main reason's being, I like to think of myself as an easy going, nice guy, who doesn't like to upset people and so I have in the past pretty much said, 'err Ok'. This was until recently. We had a gig at a local club in Bradford and I took my then combo, (Ashdown ABM EVO ii 500) and set it up and for once in it's life, got a decent sound! Then ther other band turns up and all I can describe it as is.... 'Do you want to start a band?' 'OK, I've got some rad tunes and a zany haircut, do you know anyone who plays bass?' 'My mate plays bass, but she's only been playing for 3 months' 'no worries, how hard can it be?!' I think you get where this is going. So she turns up, doesn't even ask to use the amp, but just plugs in (which annoyed me no end), then has the cheek to say, 'I don't like it, it's not my tone'. I know that, because it's my tone. So she fiddles around with the EQ and then I come to plug in - nothing. Nada. Zilch. Turns out, she'd turned the input level up to max and completely blown the speaker, which cost me £100 to replace. Not good. I've also literally walked on stage during a guys gig in Leeds once and turned my amp down as it was in the red constantly. I also can't understand how people don't know how to use gear and I know this is a massive bugbear of people on BC! For example, when I had the Ashdown, folks would just plug in and turn the output dial...... and look perplexed when nothing happens! I mean, for me, if I was using another amp, the first thing I'd do is look for a mute button! I agree that gear share is sometimes necessary, just for ease of transition, but for gods sake, please just ask and I'll talk you through it! I also get that some folks maybe just can't afford to buy a decent rig for whatever reason, but I don't know if anybody else thinks this, but I tend to find that there are people around who if asked, will refer to themself as a 'Bass Player' and people who just play bass cos it's the only way they could get in a band. I class myself as the latter..... [/quote] This is quite enough justification for never sharing. If it's inconvenient - too bad. And no, I don't play at the bottom end of the originals circuit, nor, I hope will I ever do so if this is what it means. bad enough that there's little pay in that circuit, but getting gear trashed is, in so many ways, a show-stopper.

[quote name='Phil Starr' timestamp='1361549393' post='1987406'] The science of sustain is very simple. Any energy transferred from the string to the bridge will reduce the movement of the string. If the bridge moves over the metal plate then this would do it as would any flexing of the plate itself. The standard bent metal bridge of the traditional fender would appear to have several weak design features. The plate itself can be very thin and fairly flexible steel. The grooved roller bridges are mounted on very flimsy grub screws which finger pressure can move easily over the shiny chromed plate. The grooved roller doesn't seem to be the best mount for the string either as it runs through a length of groove rather than pivoting on a knife edge. Whether this adds up to anything significant compared to the losses in the neck and body I have no idea. [/quote] In my experience, no bridge betters the original in any way except being rough on your hand if you happen to play that way. So the design faults, in any meaningful sense, don't exist. If it's hurting your hand, change it. If it doesn't, don't waste your cash. PS I'd be willing to bet a large sum that no-one, ever, has ever been able to demonstrate any meaningful 'flexibility' in any fender supplied BBOT. Unless they used a hammer.

Grandad on H&S re PAT. It's not the law. Some places insist on it, some places' insurers insist on it, but PAT is not a legal requirement anywhere that I am aware of. That said, it's a very good idea to get things tested. All too easy to let things get tatty!

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1360872344' post='1977794'] I've tried it three times now, and on each occasion it has produced the same result - a five string bass in the for sale section [/quote] ^ This

Wowsers, how have I missed this thread? Great! Hope it's a great buzz! ***insanely jealous*** Even though I couldn't hope to be that lucky. Or that competent! Can't wait for your post-gig report! Den

No. I will not want to use yours, and you cannot use mine. Conversation over. Except for bass player friends, it will never happen. Even then, I rarely feel comfortable about it.

Nice!

Played a whole set with it! To make it comfortable, I actually kept the original 4" strap on as well as the slinger, so weight was really well distributed. Bit of a faff getting it on, but I could probably have done the entire gig. No aches or pains today either, unlike the first time I tried it! Result!

I have the strap! It seems to help, maybe I'll manage 4 songs before I quit this time! On a more irritating note, HMRC managed to skin me for £14.14 on top of a $50 packet. Bastards. Anyone who wants to see this comedy attempt, be at the Trout & Tipple in Tavistock around 9pm... [size=4]EDIT: this bass has already done studio service for RRO's first album of original material. It sounds great![/size]

At 60, I'm not too old for a see-thru Precision! Mind you, I can barely lift it...

I use Hercules guitar and mic stands. Pretty bomb-proof. Had them 4-5 years.

What WoT said. Badass = cash wastage. Gotoh 201 is fine if you must, but the BBOT does the job as well as any other bridge.

Should have read more closely! I use a wireless rig.

Are you looking at £150 for the whole rig, or just for the triple driver phones? Doubt it will be enough money. I paid £180 for a basic but good setup, and another £250 for custom single-driver monitors (ACS T3s). ACS triple driver monitors are £599 and up...but are very good. The badic phones that came with the rig were useless for bass, but seem ok for most other things.

Used for three years or so now. On all my basses. I don't bother with anything else. And they last a loooooong time!

I have ordered a Sling Strap from Slinger Straps and see if I can gig it a bit more using that. The only possible fly in that ointment is that it may pull my trousers down! [url="http://slingerstraps.com/sling-strap/#.UQL9iWd8N6I"]http://slingerstraps...p/#.UQL9iWd8N6I[/url]

No, it's one built by a Basschatter. For those that didn't see the build diary, here's links to the final pics from the build. It doesn't wear the Badass any more, but apart from that and some new TI Jazz Flats, it's the same. Swapping out the Badass saved nearly half a pound!

Four-inch wide plain leather. needs something much beefier!

It IS a shame. It will get any sit-down gigs. But too heavy to play for more than a song or two at a time. Ah well...