El_JimBob

What a beauty!
Just noticed tho - no headstock string guide/clamp - does that not cause any problems, even with the tapered tuning posts?

[quote name='silverfoxnik' post='238796' date='Jul 13 2008, 10:17 PM']Last year, I bought a cheap Jazz copy made in China and badged here as an 'Extreme'.. Cost £85. Reason was that I'd just traded in my 80's Tokai Jazzsound for a 5 string, so i was really missing that Jazz bass 'thang'..[/quote]

I think those were imported by Strings&Things (Ernie Ball distributor).... nice and solid - no frills - like a jazzer should be i guess.
Part of the thing with more [i]obscure[/i] brandings, is relying on a quality importer/distributor to cherry pick the best of the bunch. Unlike trash like 'Swift' guitars and basses, for example, which are obviously sold by someone who could care less
Chinese production is a bit of a minefield, but it at least pays to have a try sometimes, as you have proved....

That's my point - what there is available is generally 'vintage' styled....

I've had a similar experience - been playing full-scale basses for about 14 years now, and got myself some decent kit together - but recently playing has become more tiring and my hands cramp up alot (it almost feels like i'm stretching, where i wasn't before).

Anyway, to cut a long, boring story short, i was in my local guitar shop recently and there was a tatty looking 30inch scale Westfield P-Bass on the wall, so for a laugh i took it down and had a quick noodle on it, and bugger me if it wasn't the most comfortable playing experience i've had in a long time!
Really, i'm almost ashamed to admit it. Now it's not as if i've got short arms and small hands either, so what exactly made it so damned playable??

Needless to say i hung it right back up, grabbed me coat and ran away....

What's up with the lack of short-scale instruments on the market?
*or are we talking serious technique issues here?*

That's a beauty - exactly what i'm lookin for at the moment.... shame it's in the states....

I'm especially liking that L-1000 - it looks like a hell of a beast!!

If you're using a Multicomp, Tubesim mode is a must for a bit of extra bite and 'girth' to the sound - also make sure you're not compressing the bass frequencies too much - this will actually make your tone thinner and weaker. If you haven't already, it's worth playing with the trimpots inside to get the most from this great pedal....
There, advert done

Who sorted you out then?

Wow that's quite a price - it's a wonder anyone tries selling anything for a profit anymore - well done Bargain Hunter!

[quote name='2x18' post='233019' date='Jul 5 2008, 08:19 AM']I found with my LM2 that for home practise you just dont get the tone at low volume unless you set the master at 12 o'clock and use the gain for volume control.
For gigging I find I also prefer both filters at 9 or 10 o'clock, all other tones flat.

Regards

Will.[/quote]

Ditto - the Markbass amps don't seem to do 'quiet' so i often find myself setting the input gain and master at gig levels, then turning down on my bass to achieve a lower volume - generally i'm not too big a fan of soloed bass amps - they often sound much better where they belong - in the mix (or maybe it's my technique that's so poor )

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='232330' date='Jul 3 2008, 10:47 PM']It picks up the vibrations if there's a lot of loud bass going on in the ambient noise, so doesn't track as well.[/quote]
Ah yes, i see what you mean now, sorry.... you must be in a real loud band for that to happen tho

I agree - sometimes when i'm playing with my setup at home, i get a little dissatisfied with the sound, but as soon as i'm practicing with the band, i remember exactly why i bought it in the first place
Btw, those filters are extremely powerful, especially in a band environment - i have both at 9 o'clock, works great for me, but you may find different settings suit your setup better....

I got rack ears with my SA450 - I would give PROEL, the uk distributors, a phone call.... btw, where did you get one for £500? Second-hand?

Generally, clip-on tuners like this use a small transducer to detect pitch through vibrations, so should be unaffected by ambient noise - this looks very similar to a number of tuners doing the rounds at the moment. Good value, and i've found quite a few of them able to tune a low B as well. Some even have a standard 'microphone' mode built-in, so you're getting the best of both worlds....

The TI's won't give great 'mwah' - generally i don't think the sound is inherent in flats. I use halfrounds on my (rosewood board) fretless and they give much better results without the risk of too much fingerboard wear. Given that yours is ebony, give a set of nickel rounds a try....

not essential - it really depends on what gauge you choose and how comfortably it sits over the saddle - i have a G&L 5string and was worried that my low B was a little indistinct, so i had Picato strings make me some taperwound replacements - can't say i really noticed a difference - if anything, the taperwound is harder to intonate correctly, altho it does fit in the saddle better....
Give the stock strings a good play when it arrives and see what you think....

Cetera.... [i]Everybody[/i] does Remo And let's be honest, Spector is a [i]very[/i] recent acquisition....

Going riiight back to the first post - the deal with Cort and Elrick was a licensing one (much like Cort and Curbow) to manufacture an Elrick designed bass - they're soon to be discontinued tho (so a Cort rep tells me).

Arbiter do not distribute Fender in the UK anymore - haven't done for quite a few years now....
(in fact, they don't appear to distribute much of note at all these days IMO).

Cort licensed the design from Greg Curbow (who passed away a couple years ago). Cort originally built the Curbow basses for Tanglewood, who took (stole?) the design with them when they split from Cort a while back.
A Tanglewood rep confirmed to me that their basses and the Hudsons are 'one and the same'.
A Cort rep simply looked bemused

Before you start fiddling with the EQ, give the two filters (VLE and VPF) a little tweak - i've found them to be VERY responsive, and a quick way to try different sounds.
Also, if the tweeter on the 15" is on, turn it down - it's too edgy, and not suitable for a 'classic rock' sound.

Awesome looking rig - have fun!

*Leo's basses all seen to sound awesome through Markbass gear, don't they (just spotted the stingray) - try a little boost in the low mids to help bring the grunt and growl of the humbucker through for all to hear!*

Hope you don't mind me butting in here, but what impedance does a Omni15 Tallboy end up coming out at? This build diary has had me intrigued from the get go, and i quite fancy having a try myself, but i always prefer the flexibility of two 8ohm cabs....
Congrats on the build tho....

These things really are Cort's secret weapon - wear it high on a strap, tucked under your arm and you'll hardly know it's there. Super comfortable, and the necks are pretty sleek and slim, too. And best of all, it's about ten times cheaper than the real thing.... They need to bring back the six-string version, fast!

Enjoy Sir!

AXL/Johnson build the chinese Squiers for Fender - for what it's worth

I suspect these may be the last Korean Tributes that Aria UK had before distribution moved to FCN in the uk - i picked one up with a moulded US hardcase for silly money at the time - and at the same time distribution changed, Cort (who build them) moved production to Indonesia.
FCN have said nothing about production of Tributes ceasing, and it's probably the best-selling line - unlike the MM SUBS, the Tributes are built to a similar spec, but are all foreign parts (bar the pickups), so i cant see production ceasing because they are [i]too good[/i].