mcnach

[quote name='arthurhenry' timestamp='1360586668' post='1972681'] I did. No way was I missing out on the chance of a gig. [/quote] did you get paid?

SMB4A comes in standard 2 coil as well as 3 coil... The 3 coil could maybe be interested if you want it hum-free after a coil split... I really like the SMB4A, great pickup. I'd definitely consider a midsweep module from John East... even leaving the bass passive and just using the midsweep... It's really versatile, and if you like to control your mids...

Singer has a job already, and so do I... although this morning I'm a bit of a slow starter (making up for last night staying late ) Do give us a call still, you can sing with us via mobile phone next time he lets us down Hmmm... holograms. That's an idea...

youtube, a place for discussion? joke of the day! nah, if the pedal does not work welll for bass... I'll just not use it for bass. I really like low gain overdrives on guitar, so it'll be tested against another couple of pedals I have, and sell the one I like the least.

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1360817517' post='1976978'] I can't sleep either, funny enough! I've actually just decided to stick with it for the long run and got myself coffee. Hopefully i'll get my second wind in the late morning I intend to see you live You wouldn't happen to be particularly knowledgeable about electronics? Trying to solve the great mystery of how i will wire my JazzyMan. [/quote] and see us live you must! electronics? not really. I can just about follow a diagram. I'm just a keen solderer, and as a skint student I discovered that modifying the electronics of guitars was a pretty cheap way to entertain myself and change the sound of my guitar... so I have tried many many things, most of which were not better than the standard wiring in most instruments When I did the series thing in a Jazz, I wired a push/push pot for tone, and used the switch for series/parallel switching. I got the diagram somewhere online. Probably "guitarnuts", as they have a lot of basic but good mods (one I always do on a strat is move the tone control from middle to bridge pickup, extremely simple but cool, and I vary the cap value to focus more on the midrange... also adding a "always on" switch to a strat to allow the bridge and neck pickups mix... series/parallel is just another of the simple mods you can find there. Have a look)

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1360802698' post='1976931'] Me and my friend have like the SBK page. I liked it twice, because i have a facebook page You should be really proud though, i genuinely really really liked the songs! Can't wait to hear more, or catch a live show! [/quote] Thank you! I'm so proud I can't sleep tonight! Recordings are ok, but you should really see us live, if you liked what you heard...

Good news!!! Singer no longer has to go away and the gigs are back on schedule!

and you read it here first, ladies and gentlemen!

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1360801454' post='1976911'] These songs bloody rock man! If you want to be touring through NI (or ballymena) around, oh, i dunno, january 5th 2014, i can for sure get you a gig [/quote] Thank you and... NI sounds as good a place as any other to start the SBK world domination tour Our calendar is still reasonably free around that date

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1360800859' post='1976901'] Listening to your songs... On the one with the envelope filter at the start. I laughed That intro bit is just brilliant, but a bit funny. [/quote] You know what? It was supposed to be a silly melody once during a practice... but one of the guys said "oh! oh! oh! play that again!" and... they incorporated it into a new song. Lesson: only play it if you mean it! I utterly dislike that song. I hate it. We have much better than that and this one was chosen to be recorded...

Ha! Great! Although I really like the very low gain sound on the Ultimate Drive. It's just that the gain knob is too sensitive, and a little turn can be a lot. I was hoping a lower gain pedal would be a bit more "tame" in that respect. If it's nice on guitar I'd still keep it.

[quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1360751846' post='1975727'] Thanks for allowing me to hi-jack this sales thread. No, he doesn't want it. I, however, will pay double price for one that AS haven't had their [s]filthy[/s] clean hands on. Is it like this? PM'ed best, bert [/quote] wow, a bass that's part bongo and part accordion!

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1360771943' post='1976232'] just saw this in your sig. Do you know the URL of the other forum, the one God posts on? be good to ask him something [/quote] He told me he doesn't post there anymore. He got into an argument with a turnip and decided to go away before he got too tempted to send a swarm of locusts or something.

Remember to post pictures!!!

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1360784095' post='1976541'] HANG ON! that series/parallel switch, will that work without the polarity of one of the pickups being reversed? [/quote] Yes Do it already!

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1360452802' post='1970819'] But being out of phase would just mean they sound slightly out of phase? it sounded like that already. [/quote] like lettsguitars said... if they are out of phase, you WILL know. It would sound extremely thin and weedy and no bottom end at all, compared to each pickup by itself. If that happened... just swap the two wires (on one of the pickups only, obviously )

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1360448584' post='1970757'] So yeah, i've just got my OLP (Which shall be known as a MiltyMan from now on) all wired up and screwed together. So since my jazz bass was sitting in several bits already, i decided while i was at it, i'll stick some new pots on (500k CTS, instead of the 250k unbranded ones that came with it)... and then i also decided to wire it in series. It's wired and all. But the pot change was awkward, more on that in a little minute. Have any of you ever wired you jazz bass in series? what do you think? Oh sh*t, i just thought... one of the pickups is reverse wound, isn't it? will that affect things? Anyway, the pots. It turns out that the control plate had mini pots (GRRR)... and the pots that i had were regular sized ones. Ah well, they should still fit in the cavity. So i tore on. Took off the old volume pots, wire the - and + together, put the new pots on and... they didn't fit in the holes of the original pots. I drilled them out. Top job. Screwed the pots in, and once again, the control knobs didn't fit! Why do you do this to me, God, why!? Anyway, here's what i'm thinking now- since the control plate is all scratched up anyway, i want to put a black one on. Not just black... MATTE black And of course that then means that ALL the hardware has to be matte black (including the pick guard), so now this has gone from a simple upgrade, to a full blown project. I should also be getting another neck for it soon. This bass will be the epitome of cool when it's done, just wait [/quote] Black is the new black, do it! I have tried the series combo in my Jazz. It's a pretty fat tone that one. I find it more useable than the usual parallel configuration, but the output is noticeably higher, so that might be a problem. Or not.

Yummy! I have recently acquired a dual-P Thunder II and I am amazed at how good these basses are!

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1360584446' post='1972595'] Brilliant! I'm about to do exactly the same myself inspired by Mcnash's (and now your own) excellent results. Trouble is, I can't get away from that Capri orange colour either! Trying to convince myself that I should pick a different shade, but I keep coming back to the orange... [/quote] Yeah, it's like a boomerang... I used to discard the idea of orange, but it always came back Next may be... shell pink. Or surf green...

[quote name='tom1946' timestamp='1360581448' post='1972531'] Like McNach (in other words blatant copy) I've painted my sunburst Squier body in Capri Orange and this is the result: Basically flat down with some 150, then 400 then 800 (2 pieces of 400 rubbed together ) the about 6 coats of white primer and then a good flat off followed by 1x can of orange. This was painted in a cold garage and as a result there is some orange peel. I have flatted some of it out and it looks good to me.. The paint was £35 from the manchester guitar geezer but car aerosols are the same stuff and much cheaper. Now what can I paint next? [/quote] ooh! very nice!!!! and I had the same feeling afterwards: "what can I paint now???"

[quote name='Lifer' timestamp='1360768511' post='1976157'] I'm want to combine 3 signals; clean, OD1 and OD2 rather than switch between loops... [/quote] With the LS-2 you can combine clean and something else (OD1 or OD2), but not all three separately... so no good in this case. Two LS-2???

I'm weak. Today in my inbox I have an email from amazon showing me a bunch of things I might like based on previous purchases. There it was, a low gain overdrive at the right price and... of the right colour! (orange!)... So I bit. I wonder if it's any good on bass. I have not seen any reviews about that. Anybody? I have a Joyo Ultimate Overdrive that I quite like on both bass and guitar, although I use it for low gain stuff and I'm hoping the Sweet Baby will have a range that will suit be better. It's orange! Did I mention that? If the led were blue, it would be perfect

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1360664706' post='1974083'] I've just been directed to this thread by a certain spanish/scottish friend of ours. Could i suggest that people involved in the relay record themselves with the bass. So that would mean setting up with the bass, a few words about who/what/where/when and then gig footage. I would be happy to edit it all together in a montage sort of thing. [/quote] nice! I'll certainly do that when it gets here!