Telebass

As a qualified electronics tech, I get a lot of tech queries. Quite natural, you might say. But telecoms and radar are not [i]quite[/i] the same as audio and PA...

Reading this thread made me fire off emails to Martin Sims and Doug Wilkes. I'm thinking of getting a slab Precision body made, a la '66 uncontoured split-coil slabs, and mating it to a MIM P neck.

Posted this on the FDP bass page a few days back. meant to put it here too, so will remedy that now! Had an hour to kill in my favourite local guitar store, Manson's, in Exeter, Devon. Took along the faithful '96 51RI, and did a straight comparison between it and the Squier Classic Vibe 50s in Butterscotch, and the new 60th Anniversary Prcision Bass. I used (for the first time ever!) a classic SVT rig. Squier: wow, that's a LOT of bass for the money. Pickup darker sounding than either of the others, despite having flats on the 51. Played really well and sounded great. Looked good, too, although I'd not in any way shape or form call that finish Butterscotch. Trans blonde, I would call it. Anniversary: Very nice bass. I haven't a bad word to say about this, except...the Squier is so good, it would be hard to justify buying it! Also a trans-blondy sort of finish. Lovely feel to the neck. Again, great sound. Neither of these felt or sounded better than the 51, so I'm not remotely tempted to replace it! The quality of the Squier was frankly astounding. Afterward, I had a quick clutch at an AV 57RI and a maple-board Standard Precision, MIM. The 57 had a large neck (ignoring the 'C' nut width, I like that), but the MIM? Absolute heaven, just like the rosewood one I already have. Thin from front to back, nice edges, just perfect. If I'd had the money, I'd have walked with that one without even plugging it in. Damn, but it was nice! So many P-basses, so little cash...

"We can't pay you much/anything" "That's OK, we won't play anything, then"

Absolute max 2 pints of the weakest lager on offer, thereafter lime/sodas. Alternatively, just the lime and soda. For 6 months of the last year, while existing on morphine-grade painkillers, alcohol was not even remotely an option. The first pint after that time was purest nectar! So much so, that although I could still justify a goodly proportion of said painkillers, I prefer the option of an occasional pint. This means a weekend's gigging is followed by three days of creaking agony, but hey... Buttressed by the 50/50 hope that someone's going to fix my back in the near future...

Howdy! And don't retire! Like Dolly Parton, I intend to drop out on stage with a bass around my neck...

Welcome from another oldie, into my 8th 'renaissance' year!

[quote name='Conan' post='1246598' date='May 27 2011, 08:04 AM']Sounds like you have a dilemma then. This is why a lot of musicians in original bands also play in cover bands. One finances the other as it were. If you refuse to milk the cash cow then where else are you going to get the money to cover your losses in the original band? Surely if they are good enough and you play at carefully selected venues you can expect to be paid? Other than that, you are stuck in a cycle that has no end and no way out. Don't shoot me, I'm only the messenger![/quote] What he said!

Nice, must check one out soon!

Nowt like a bit of chrome! Just put the covers back on the black P - looks the business!

Sometime over the end of 70s/ early 80s, when the Yamaha team (John McClaren/William Schultz/Dan Smith) were bought in by CBS. Insofar as it's possible to pinpoint, 1982 seems to be the year they finally disappeared for good on standard basses.

The 51RI has a full set of covers. The Pickup cover on these is only slightly wider than the strings, and is easy to use as a thumb rest. The standard Precision has the covers on sometimes. Not at the moment, The pickup cover is much wider to cover the split-coil, so is much less comfortable as a thumb rest. Similarly, the Jazz pickup cover is quite wide. Either pickup cover is good as a plam rest, of course. Damn, but they look good when they're on, especially on an all-black P!

Howdy!

Howdy!

I'd hate it, but reckon I would get by. But I always take my own basses everywhere, and always two, so, hopefully, this position should almost never have to rear its head. *crosses all fingers and walks away praying*

Haven't played here for a while - looking forward to it! Come and RAWK!

Howdy!

Howdy! Yep, Markbass does it for me too.

You need both a hard case and a muting floor tuner. If you're playing a gig, you should be permanently attached to a tuner, either straight through, or via the tuner out socket of your amp if that's your preference (and your amp has one, of course!). You should never imagine that you're only ever going to tune up once. If you can't tell that this is needed, then all the more reason to use a tuner.

Cool, congrats!

We're playing at the Quayside Inn, East Looe, Cornwall, on Friday 6th May, and the Arundell Arms, Lifton, Devon, on Saturday 7th May. Both at 9pm! Rawk!

Nobody's reading this carefully, are they? The clue is in plain view! Welcome, Mike, always wanted to visit Seattle. Hopefully, someday!

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='1208443' date='Apr 22 2011, 04:26 PM']We're working on it. [/quote] Excellent! Tried The Wharf in Tavistock? Mr Steve Court is the name to ask for, or Angela, his other half. If the name rings a vague bell, he was the guy who designed and built the big sound rigs (Court Acoustics) for Pink Floyd back in the day. The Wharf's sound system is impressive for a 400 seater! [url="http://www.tavistockwharf.com"]The Wharf[/url]

I'm in need of a lid for my Markbass amp. I have the CMD121H combo, but I have an occasional need to use the head on its own. If you have a Markbass combo and have ever removed the amp section, you will know that there is only a partial cover on top, doubtless as a production economy. For a gig this weekend, I cobbled together something out of card and gaffer tape, but plainly that's not a good solution. So if anyone has a spare lid (I'm thinking this would be something of a miracle) or would be prepared to make me an accurate template, I would be eternally grateful! Den

Missed putting this in before now. OK, OK, I was on the beach getting turned into a lobster, OK? Free!