paul_5

Congrats on your first bass, lovely looking instrument, but then I’m a sucker for black blocks and binding on a maple neck.

Ooh, I’ve got something similar going on with my Jazz basses. I put a 3 way on/on/on switch to use either coil, or both in parallel to get the classic MM tone. Nice job on the routing by the way.

01 Ever played a gig sitting down? Yes, lots on piano & keys many moons ago, pit gigs on bass. 02 Ever gigged on a different instrument? Piano, keyboard, t'other guitar, mandolin, recorder(?), Trombone, drums (but only once). 03 Ever shared a stage with a musical hero of yours? No. 04 Any fan ever had a tatoo of your band's logo? No. 05 Ever signed an autograph in a dressing room? No. 06 Ever cried on stage? No. 07 Ever worn a hat on stage? Loads - mostly fancy dress stuff, but occasionally a 'sensible' hat. 08 Ever gigged with a band you hadn't met before the gig? Lots. Tons of dep gigs back in the day, I'd met most of the players in the local 'pool', but occasionally an interloper would pop up. 09 Ever been in a relationship with a fellow band member? Yes. My twin brother. 10 Ever played in different bands on the same day? Yes. Festivals can be great when you're a dep. 11 Ever had anything thrown at you while playing? An item of clothing (but not an undergarment!). 12 Ever crashed on the way to the gig? No. Once had my courtesy car vandalised at a gig though. 13 Ever left a band over the choice of set list? No. 14 Ever slept in the venue despite it not being a hotel? Yes. 15 Ever been supported by a band clearly better than you? No. 16 Ever played a gig suffering from some debilitating medical condition? All the time. Tendonitis, a chest infection and depression. 17 Ever been in a band where the guitarist was your favourite bandmate? Yes; my twin brother. 18 Ever played in the grounds of a stately home? Does Alton Towers count? 19 Ever injured yourself on stage? Cut fingers, broken nails etc... 20 Ever been told that your bass isn't loud enough? Yes.

DHA VT1 into a solid state power amp does it for me!

I absolutely LOVE the colour sound bass fuzz. I went through about 15 different fuzz pedals in one year trying to find one that I was happy with; Muffs of various stripes, MXRs, and a few others. Eventually I found a demo online and fell in love. If you're handy with a soldering iron then there's a 'paint by numbers' layout for strip board on tagboardeffects.blogspot.com I think I made mine for a fraction of the price of a new one!

Remember those earthquakes a couple of years ago that were attributed to fracking...?

Today I routed and drilled for a tweeter in my home made 1x12”, as it was hella bassy without one. turns out that my ‘true bypass’ tuner pedal was sucking the top end off my signal, and I probably didn’t need one in the first place. oh well, at least I have it when I need it!

That 160v capacitor might be over specced...

What do people recommend for fitting a tweeter into my 1x12” 50l cab? It’s got tons of heft, but I need more snap and definition. My woofer goes up to 3kHz.

“I got rhythm”. Again and again.

A fine maxim for life!

This bad boy: 2 piece ash body, fretless Jazz neck and round wounds. owes me the better part of £250.

Tone controls on passive instruments are a low pass filter, they work by cutting frequencies above a point defined by the tone knob; any passive circuit can only cut frequencies, not boost them. If you want to boost the top end then you’re going to need an external power source to create enough electrical energy to do that , so that’s an active system or outboard preamp.

I use the box amplug - dead amp day, cheap and various models available. I went for the ‘clean’ guitar one, as the bass one was ok, but coloured the sound too much for my liking.

Kreuger? Is that who does the woodwork?

Fixed.

Looks like it’s initially been roughed out by freehand routing, then left.

“Do I need new gear or am I just bored?” you’re kind of new here, aincha...

Just solo the neck pickup and you don’t need to buy another bass!! Ye gods, what am I saying?!

The Frizzle Fry album from Primus. as you were.