hiram.k.hackenbacker

Mmm. I don’t agree. Certainly not with the idea that she simplified the songs anyway. I believe Bowie encouraged interpretation. If he didn’t, Garson wouldn’t have been around for long.

Sorry to hear that. Kick it to the kerb 👊

I’m not sure the button thing was particularly well received either. Wouldn’t have bothered me personally.

I think the shape put a lot of people off. I tried one at a bass show and really liked it.

Fixed. I tried so hard to stop myself from doing that, but I couldn’t resist 😂

I know what I’m doing this afternoon 😀.

Mmm, ‘Alister’ you say? Welcome, I guess, but ‘Who’ are you really? 😉

Welcome back. Not sure what it is you're going through, but it sounds like you're on the up and looking forward to the rest of 2021 👍

#1 (left) now officially has my name on it.

Jon tells me that the one in the middle is classed as 5A and the ones either side are Master Grade. My initial thought was the one on the left as the one on the right has some broader stripes in it.

Just for you @Woodinblack.... Jon has just me some photos of a choice of three neck blanks to choose from. One pic is dry wood, the other is wet to give an idea of lacquer finish.

Yes, I think that was the trolley I remember being spoken about. Not sure if Lidl are still selling them though.

In fact, looking at @Happy Jack’s link, it may well have been that one.

I seem to remember reading a thread about trolleys here a while back. From memory, I think was a sturdy affordable option that a lot of users liked, but I can’t remember what it was or how long ago. I’ll see if I can find it.

Having watched quite a few videos over the past hour, I would be very surprised if the SA C-4 couldn't do what you want it to do, but, it has a fairly hefty price tag from new. To get the best out of it, you would probably have to use the interface. If you could get your head around that, I'm sure it would nail the P.Y.T. sound.

There will be pictures soon I promise 😀

I've waited longer. It'll do me good. I generally don't window shop when I have something already on the go.

Erm, no 😂.

I just realised I should have probably listed the spec. D'oh! It's going to be a variation on the existing 'JJ Burnel Lite' model. The top of the range 'Carbonlite' models were a limited run and are all spoken for now anyway as I understand it. So, this is what Jon and I have agreed:

That's it. I'm officially out. Just paid the deposit on a Shuker 😎. Just don't let me put my name down for 2022. I'll only f**k it up 😂.

Flushed with the success of my Jazz Bass Build, I thought I would set about trying to put a Precision together. I have a chequered history with Precisions. I love the sound, but typically don't like the necks. I do have one P bass that has a jazz neck, but it has a single coil rather than a split. After a lot of internet trawling for the elements required, I became a bit weary of finding the exact pieces for the puzzle and kind of drifted off looking at off the shelf P's with J necks, then on to custom builds - as you do 🙄. Again, lots of reading and watching videos and after chatting with @Dood and then Jon Shuker himself, I decided that was the way I wanted to go. Jon and I have been bouncing ideas back and forth for a couple of weeks and we've now settled on the spec. In fact, I've just paid the deposit, so now the wait begins! The estimated completion date is around 6 months, so I'll be looking at late September/early October for delivery. It's only the second bass I've ever had built to my spec and I had a quite narrow set of options with the first one. All very exciting. There will be updates aplenty in due course.

Not trying to avoid answering the question, but the pedal is on my board with the rest of my gig rig and hasn't seen daylight for a while 😬.

Well, it has 121 modes, so I reckon you could get close. This is lifted from a review page.... 'Every sort of synth sound you can imagine is packaged in the classic Boss enclosure. Moog leads, Chicago House pads, Dubstep bass drops, String/Organ/Bell tones, sound effects and even a drum machine, it’s all there in Boss SY-1.'