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  1. fretmeister
    I didn’t ask I’m afraid!
  2. fretmeister
    Me too. I have the AG-4P 1960s wind P bass with the humcancelling J set in my Lionel, that P pickup alone in a Jim Deacon shortie, and the MM type in my parts Pingray with their 2 band EQ. Superb pickups - but they do seem to be getting more and more expensive these days! I was thinking about a set of their 1960s J pickups for my Sandberg TT4 but then along came a set of the Nordy 50s P pickup in a J shell in the classifieds for a very sensible price so I'm trying them first.
  3. fretmeister
    I don't think the stock preamp helps TBH. Ibby obviously assumed that they would sell more to the metal crowd who want a load of top end and when that is combined with hi-fi pickups like the Nords it's an excessively bright combination. You might have better luck removing the preamp completely and sticking in a passive loom. As they are still humbuckers I'd be tempted to try 500K pots rather than 250K but I'd put a 0.1uF capacitor in there so it can roll off loads of the top and and go super deep. All my passive basses have 0.1uF caps in them now for that reason. As long as you use a good tone pot that doesn't get in the way when it's at 100% there will still be plenty of brightness but with a little roll down it should work very nicely to tame that top end. It would be quite a bit cheaper than swapping pickups or the preamp too. I always follow the Duck Dunn school of tone settings. Back off the bass tone by about a third and then set the amp. Then I've got somewhere to go in both directions without having to tweak the amp mid-gig.
  4. fretmeister
    I had an RM800 Evo 2 and it was rock solid. The only thing I don't like about them is the notched volume control as I always seemed to want it in between 2 notches. I sent mine in to Ashdown and Dave swapped the vol pot for a smooth one and didn't charge me anything - not even the return postage! Top customer service. I went back to a Mark Bass rig in the end but the Ashdown was very good, lightweight, more than powerful enough and had a good tone. Even the very limited onboard compressor and drive were usable. I didn't rate the octave though - flubby and doesn't track well at all, but I have an OC-5 that is always on my board so no drama there. They are also remarkably good value used.
  5. fretmeister
    I emailed La Bella to ask whether the Super Polished strings would be available in short scale, and I've just got an email saying they hope to launch by the end of the month! I really like those so I am excited!
  6. fretmeister
    I'm still using my old Boss DD-6. Works great. I'm not sure delays have tracking issues at all though.
  7. fretmeister
    I used to really enjoy when songs were really influenced by the country of origin. That was interesting and entertaining. I still enjoy it greatly, but I miss that element.
  8. fretmeister
    I love it - but I'm not thrilled that certain entries have been allowed in at the moment. And I wonder what on earth the organisers will do if they win.
  9. fretmeister
    Viewing figures suggest otherwise - as does the amount of Eurovision parties that happen around the country.
  10. fretmeister
    I always have a compressor and an octave on my board, and often have some flavour of drive and envelope filter. Rarely have modulation unless a specific song really needs it and it would sound wrong without. For covers that had modulation but it's not important then I don't bother.
  11. fretmeister
    My Jim Deacon shorties were as cheap as chips and they are great, and the construction is more than good enough to warrant pickup and tuner upgrades. I love them! Hopefully one day I'll find the very elusive J version too.
  12. fretmeister
    Oh man I wish there was something like that closer to me! I did 10 years doing Big Band and loved it.
  13. fretmeister
    Errr, I started playing in about 1986 so I've had loads of sub £50 brilliant pedals as hardly anything went over £50 then! f*** I'm getting old!
  14. fretmeister
    I quite like that. Different colour would be nice, but I'm not really fussed about aesthetics if an instrument plays well. I'd probably bin the Ibby preamp as well and put something else in. Headless on shorties makes so much sense - the string clamp means that just about any string can be used - on the older slant fret one I had I got TI flats to work properly with it without them coming unwound. Care is needed, but it's do-able!
  15. fretmeister
    I didn't know they had dropped the cheap Barts - that's a very good decision as they were bloody awful and I ended up spending loads on some Aguilars instead. I didn't get on with the fan frets in the end but I might be tempted by 30 inch, trad frets and Nordys!
  16. fretmeister
    When I had a pair of them I used one of these as I fancied on the day Mark Bass (various ones) Ashdown RM800 Evo 2 Tech21 VT500 They all had qualities that I liked - but when I got a One10T with a tweeter I found that all 3 were much better. The Tweeter just allowed a little more crispness when needed, and of course could be turned off / re-EQ'd as needed.
  17. fretmeister
    What is the bridge string spacing on a Mustang? My Jim Deacon shorties are very narrow at the bridge.
  18. fretmeister
    Is there any point in putting a Mustang pickup in a shortie P bass? Is there enough of a difference?
  19. fretmeister
    It’s kind of up to the FOH guy. Usually as high as you can get it without overloading the PA desk. Once you’ve run your DI cable to the PA get whoever is on the faders to tell you if they want more or less.
  20. fretmeister
    £380 ish! Bargain!
  21. fretmeister
    I've had 2 basses from Japan, one from Ishibashi and another from a large ebay based outfit but I cannot remember their name. And a bunch of pedals. No problems with any order. The Ishibashi bass was a Japanese market Fender P bass (PB-62 or something?) and was actually in even better condition than the sales blurb claimed. Obviously like an idiot I sold it because at the time I didn't understand P basses. My most recent Japanese buy was from Effects Bakery - they make tiny budget pedals. I bought their "Japanese Butter Roll" vibe and it arrived in under a week, was under the import fee point and vat was dealt with so got to be for about £50 including the shipping.
  22. fretmeister
    I use Forescore (ipad) and a cheap Donner bluetooth footswitch page turner. I'm assuming Forescore has versions for non Apple kit. It takes pdf and other formats. It's very clever in that with a foot press it will turn pages, but if the tablet is in landscape for a bigger image it will will first move to the bottom of the page and then flip the page. Very pleased with it.
  23. fretmeister
    Nice! I love my regular sized one.
  24. fretmeister
    Impulse buy from Effects Bakery. https://www.effectsbakery.jp/en I had never heard of them and I wanted a univibe type thing. Most of their models are about £50 and available fast by ebay. It only took a week to get it from Japan and it sounds great!
  25. fretmeister
    I was a prop forward. I wasn’t that skinny in the womb!
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