paul_5
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Gett off -O+>
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Jesus! That’s not even close!
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Obviously that could change depending on the knob playing it. I was offered a fretless Wal for a staggeringly low price years ago. Not buying it is probably my biggest regret (well, as far a basses go) as they now change hands for significantly more than I'm able to spend on an instrument. Having played it I can see why they are so expensive; if you think it looks good, just wait until you play one. -
Trace Elliot AH350SMX bass amp - *SOLD*
paul_5 replied to Grezza 1's topic in Amps and Cabs For Sale
Buy this amp and stave off infection due to its Anti-Covid properties!! 😄 -
500k volume pots will give you a brighter sound, but won’t make your bass any louder. what I’ve seen done to supercharge passive pickups is to place s bar magnet underneath the pickup, so that it increases the magnetic field.
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I can't stand his music but follow him on Twitter just for the barbed replies.
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Pssst, Rickenbackers can now be sold in BC classifieds!
paul_5 replied to Downunderwonder's topic in Bass Guitars
Yeah, is that actual buckle rash, or is it erm, knuckle rash? -
Assembling/building your own is absolutely the way to go with fretless, unless you're prepared to drop some serious coin on having a luthier do it. The beauty of the Fender bass is that necks and bodies are pretty much interchangeable, and if you don't mind putting a bit of work in you can reward yourself with an amazing instrument that's significantly cheaper than it would be anywhere else. My main squeeze looks a lot like yours - oiled and sealed wood is my favourite finish too.
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Awesome 'Faux'-C2 pedal. built like a tank too! -
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Because then would be too tempting! -
Made this in a whim as I got into a debate about whether it was the best bass fuzz in the world. I still reckon it’s a close second to the coloursound bass fuzz, so I’m offering it up for sale. Gated octave fuzz with clean blend and toggle switches for harmonics and filter. I managed to source original specc’ed transistors and transformer, so it’s as close as you’ll get without paying £200 for one. no Velcro on the back, and a delightful (but not too bright) blue indicator LED. sold.
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Fixed
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Very. well, quite. My finger technique is very aggressive, so that doesn’t change, but all of my stuff has been built me to do specific things, so it’s fairly essential.
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That would be Slash surely, since he pinched his ‘Appetite’ LP.
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indeed - I struggled to source 3 MXR style (and size) knobs in a garish purple. They were to go on my equally offensive Yellow pedal. How else would you decorate a ‘Prunes and Custard’ clone?
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The ‘squelchy’ feel of this comes from them being optical filters, instead of OTA chips, as well as a couple of other things, but an optical filter will always respond differently to an IC.
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I used mine as an experiment board - different pickups, tone caps, defretted it. It ended up in a skip cos it was made of chipboard, but it served a phase.
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The single best bassline for testing envelope filters, although ‘sir psycho sexy’ is a close second.
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That video - I can smell the bullschüt from here. https://reverb.com/item/49175471-1979-wal-pro-bass-rare-plain-face-earliest-example-frets-removed-to-play-fretless
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This ^. Mine mostly get used for funk/disco/ 80s synth pop. I’ve got dirt boxes for rock etc… but most of my work is functions stuff, where there might not be a keyboard player for those sort of sounds.
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FWIW I have an Aulos and Yamaha descants and altos, the Aulos sound slightly warmer to me, but they play the same.
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Rotosound Nexus on my fretless and Rotosound swing bass on my fretted.
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So, just to summarise: we want more knobs on our pedals, but we hate more knobs on our pedals. We like multi FX units, but also hate multi FX units. welcome to Basschat!! 😆
