mcnach

Nooo What a coincidence that last week I put a whole lot of Donna Summer in my car's MP3 player... I had a huge crush on her when I was 12 or so.

I doubt he'd like me to just walk in to play with it for a few minutes and leave... and I cannot lie and act as though I am a possible buyer, because at this minute I am not. Pity, because he must live like 3 minutes away from me!

I sold my ASAT style bass to Mike. Good communication, reliable. A real pleasure. I hope you enjoy the bass!

I'm growing an interest on those Squier VM Fretless Jazz basses. I have two P-style fretless [1], and I would let one go to entirely or partially fund the fretless Jazz. The thing is I would like to be able to try one first. Tried in local shops but they seem to never have one when I show up. I was wondering whether there is anybody in Edinburgh (or reasonably close) who has one and could let me have a quick try. I could bring along my fretless P for them to try too. This is not with a purchase/sale motivation, it's simply for curiosity. Although obviously I could entertain offers to either buy or sell, but that's not necessary. The two fretless P basses I own are very different: #1 cheap Sue Ryder P-bass. White/white and maple. Defretted and slots filled with sycamore veneer (pale). DiMarzio MOdel P pickup. D'Addario nylon tapewound strings. #2 not so cheap Fender Precision CIJ 70s (2007). Natural/black and unlined maple. Original everything. Status Hotwire flatwound strings. I love the feel of the Fender, but the sound of the Sue Ryder. Oh, and the Fender is a stunner, with my all-time favourite combination of natural/maple. So I'm really not sure what to do about this... which one would I let go? I should try the Fender with the D'Addario strings, and perhaps the DiMarzio pickup. It feels great, and I like that the side dots are at the fret positions, not in the middle, so I find it very easy to play. Just not as exciting right now as the Sue Ryder to listen to. If it can sound like the Sue Ryder... then it looks like a winning combination: looks, feel, sound... However, the Sue Ryder is not bad at all, and I don't play fretless very often... I would get very little money for it, but if I keep it, it can do the job and I would release a decent amount of cash selling the Fender. The thing is I really prefer the neck on the Fender... Decisions, decisions. If I end up liking the Jazz so much, I might just let both fretless P-basses go! so... anyone around Edinburgh with a fretless Squier VM Jazz?

I had some time to kill, so I did it... but the results were disappointing. I mean, what dd I expect? To get a result saying "you hate music!" Enthusiasm for music - 96% "You probably also spend more money and use more of your free-time than average on music-related activities." No, really??? Musical Perception - 99% "You scored high for perception, which suggests that you have a good ear for music. You can probably sing in tune and are better than average at keeping a beat. You can also tell the difference between types of instruments and musical genres. People with high ability are often able to create music on their own or with others. You are likely to have performed well in the other musical tests." I have rehearsal in an hour, the band will be happy to hear I didn't have them fooled until now! Emotional connection - 70% I'm frankly surprised only 70% But then, if this just indicates what percentile of the population you are in, it's not so surprising. A lot of people do feel an emotional connection with music even if they lack musical skills. "Your results suggest that certain music can reconnect you to past events and memories, but that generally music doesn’t have the power to completely change your emotional state." Well, it almost can! Social creativity - 88% again, playing in a band... (or bands) Musical curiosity - 94% I am a bit eclectic, yes. The "group the music" task was not so easy. A couple of the microsecond clips had me confused. I got all down except I mixed up a "rock" and a "hiphop" one... On "match the beat" I failed 2 of 8... embarrasing. But they were early on where I was not paying good attention and thought they were going for obvious mismatches, not slightly off-beat... ah, got me! On "tap the beat" I got most of them high, but one was "low". Embarrasing... I will blame the keyboard! On "melody memory" I got all... except the very last one. I said it was different and it wasn't. To be honest, I was not entirely sure and I was a bit tired of the exercise by then. Ah well... time to get ready. Tonight I'm inflicting the fretless on the band. I need to get better at it and nothing like being put on the spot a bit

[quote name='Ska Man' timestamp='1337028176' post='1654403'] Hi Guys, [attachment=107957:098.jpg]Ive got an OLP stingray for sale. Its a natural wood finish with 1 pick up and 3 band passive eq. A guy is interested in it and has asked if I would give him €200 and the OLP for his Tokai Jazz. The Tokai is 80's and mint. Can anyone tell me if this is a good deal? How much are each of these bass's worth. Sorry if these questions are a bit lame but Im not really up to speed on whats what as Ive owned and played a Fender P for the last 18 years. Thanks for any help gentlemen. Mick [/quote] 3-band passive EQ? I wouldn't call it that. Yours looks like one of the very first OLP MM2 basses. They did have two (passive) tone controls and one volume control. I would have assumed they would work like G&L L2000 passive tone controls, but the one I had didn't: both controls worked very similarly, but perhaps a previous owner had replaced the caps with the wrong values, as the wiring did seem to have been messed with. Those Tokais have great reputation, and as much as I love OLPs, those very first ones tended to be heavy and not that inspiring. It seems like a good deal to me.

Thank you!

[quote name='Bigwan' timestamp='1336715016' post='1649815'] Limiter? Rubbish!!! It's an easy mod. Don't put the pot just before the output jack - that'll control both effected and uneffected signals. You want to put the volume pot between the output of the circuit and the footswitch so you're only controlling the effected volume. Done this a few times with mini qtrons (actually have one in my work bag returning it to Gareth Hughes of this parish today - although for this pedal I removed the rotary switch, hardwired the pedal to low pass and put the new volume pot where the rotary switch was - stealthy, makes the pedal much more useable and there's no change in tone that I can hear). [/quote] aha! indeed, that sounds like a great mod to the micro QTron with its volume bump... and I only ever used it on Low Pass anyway... I must try this with the Bassballs... when I gather the courage to open it up and mess with it

Make sure there's no football on!

essentially like a passive guitar volume? I thought of something like that, but I am not sure what kind of value pots would be appropriate, and fear it would change the tone too much while turning the volume down (a compromise I could maybe live with, I can do a test before drilling any extra holes and see if I like the results), so I was wondering more about an active option... probably much better to use the LS-2 for that, eh?

I love my EHX Bassballs. In fact, I just bought another. I had a nano version originally, and just bought the larger USA version which has been modified to give you access to the two internal trim pots with two externally mounted knobs. I love it. But I find it a bit frustrating that as you increase turn the main knob to the right, the volume increases, especially with the distortion switched on. This pedal would improve a lot if there was a way to adjust the final level. I can put it in a loop of a Boss LS2, which is what I normally do when I have a pedal that gives me trouble level-wise. But I was wondering whether it would be easy to add a level control. I haven't seen this modification described, so I suspect not, but... maybe I'm wrong!

John bought my beloved OLP MM2 with Seymour Duncan pickup and preamp ("Natillas"). Very pleasant communications, I can't be happier with the way the sale proceeded and I'm happy this bass went to a good home. I hope you enjoy the bass and play it like it deserves A real pleasure.

I bought Nic's modified EHX bassballs pedal, he posted it very well protected and arrived very fast. He even put a new battery in it! Great communications before and after, when I asked him a question about power supplies. Top marks Loving the pedal, thank you Nic!

matchstick in the hole, screw back on. Done.

The BT-1 is the one that fits directly onto MusicMan Stingray and SUB basses. However, I am not sure whether the Sterling By MusicMan use the very same tuners. For instance the OLP basses use very similar tuners, but the screw positions are slightly off, so when fitting a BT1 on an OLP you need to make new holes. Not a big deal, but you have to be careful and it adds a few minutes to the installation. I would go for it regardless. It really is not a big deal if the holes don't match up.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1336116630' post='1640993'] The important thing to check is that the Squier's control cavity is deep enough to take the P-Retro. Squiers tend to have slightly thinner bodies than their Fender counterparts and consequently a correspondingly shallower control cavity. I had to very carefully route out another 2mm depth when fitting a J-Retro in a VMJ. [/quote] I had to shave some wood to fit a J-Retro in a Westfield jazz once, but the P-Retro will fit without a problem in the CV60 P-bass. I know because I did just that. here's the thread I started at the time [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/132430-squier-precision-cv-series-with-john-east-p-retro-preamp-first-impressions/page__hl__squier+precision+mcnach__fromsearch__1"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/132430-squier-precision-cv-series-with-john-east-p-retro-preamp-first-impressions/[/url]

I'm thinking of spraying my red Squier Jazz in shell pink. Right over the red. I don't mind if it's not perfect, I don't think I'm going to spend £2-300 paying someone to do a good job, and I do not have the time or patience to do it well myself. I stripped one body once and... neevr again! There is a reason why it is expensive. It's a horrible job.