LukeFRC

I recently made a setup change on one of my basses that breathed new life into it. It's great, I knew it was a great instrument but it just seems to reward playing it- I've had it and played it for a year and I've still got more to learn about how it reacts, how it sounds in certain positions and right hand attack styles. It made me think. My main bass I had for about 3 years, stuck it up for sale on here a few times too, before I fell in love with it. I wonder for a lot of us if we don't spend enough time with new gear before deciding to move it on? (amps are a whole another thing, with even more knobs!)

can you solder?

I think your late 70's-early 80's output Japanese from Ibenez, Yamaha and Aria (and bassassin will probably narrow it down to a load more brands and specific factories) are pretty awesome. Early Yamaha BB are good too.

Must resist!

This thead aint helping me

this might be interesting.... If you were making a well respected product that wanted to model a load of cabs with it you probably would get reasonably close to what they should sound like... so if someone then took the Zoom B3 (a nice sounding bit of kit) and measured the cab model responses... well they wouldn't be spot on but would possibly be a good comparison to what you've built! http://www.zinfanus.com/zoom_b3/cabinets/index.htm

[quote name='stevie' timestamp='1446144144' post='2897341'] Indeed! You were in fact the one who made me write "near unanimous". It's so easy to be bamboozled by what you hear - measurements are more reliable most of the time. Except that I'm still hearing prominent mids from this cab, which the measurements are not showing. Pulling back around the 500Hz mark takes out the "boing" overtone that I've also heard with some other 12" cabs. I was going to calculate a filter to put a notch in the frequency response, but as nobody else seems particularly bothered, I'm going to leave it alone. [/quote] have you got a commercial bass cab to hand that doesn't sound prominent mids? I wonder if you measured that and your cab side by side you would be able to see on the charts what the other cab was doing that made your build seem "middy"

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1446116031' post='2896963'] And I speak as someone who once bought a guitar at a car boot for £7.50 and sold it for £250... [/quote] and that's the one you'll tell us about!

[quote name='Left Foot' timestamp='1446052037' post='2896547'] Well, as ive asked for, could you be helpful in high lighting how my opinion is wrong on a legal basis. Do you kmow how this has been tested? If you know about the legality of this scenario then please share. [/quote] I think the term [i]Caveat Emptor[/i] would be apt. (and it seems way more legal when we use latin doesn't it?)

[quote name='hookys6stringbass' timestamp='1446148245' post='2897383'] Ha!!! Was I really that transparent! [/quote] do you think we need a vintage Yamaha thread in the bass porn section?

It's lovely - if they used the same serial numbers as the BB basses it's not that far along the production line from my 1977 BB1200 - you've got one of those too haven't you?

sound clips too if you have them! L

[quote name='leroydiamond' timestamp='1445776756' post='2894019'] Really wide neck, string spacing was all wrong and fretwork not the best. I discovered that Lace use the exact same neck on their 4 and 5 string basses ( mine was a 4).Fantastic [/quote] seems to be common thread... yeah lace pickups are probably nice... just they stuck them in some helix bass i couldnt wait to get rid off...

hello on this side too!

[quote name='leroydiamond' timestamp='1445533698' post='2892246'] A couple of years back I got a Lace Helix bass at the right price with these pickups on board. A very good sounding bass indeed but it had a neck like the flute of a donkey so it had to go. I was rather taken by the sound, so I purchased 2 alumitone pickups for my '62 RI jazz bass directly from lace as drop in replacements. However the routing for the pickups was too shallow to take the pickups as they were slightly deeper than the standard jazz pickups. i was not prepared to adjust the routing to accommodate the pickups. I then got back to lace and after some protracted discussion, I got a refund. [/quote] good shout to check the depth! how would you describe the sound?(based on the Helix obviously)

Lace alumitone pickups ... look intreaging. Anyone on here got any or a bass with them in? How do you find them ? Looking for some new pickups for my main bass and loojing at options. Its a warwick ss1 with acg preamp

[quote name='cameltoe' timestamp='1445372809' post='2891069'] I've heard complaints about the JV p'ups before but the stock p'ups on my JV '57 are monsterous. Vintage tone but with a hint of grit. Loads of output and even tone across the strings. They are the raised 'A' pickups. No signs of any mods so I'm assuming they are as standard. [/quote] i had a jv with a duncan spb1 it was awesome - i then tracked down an original raised A pickup... monsterous but so so vintage - it sounded like an old p bass should... however the more modern duncans fitted better in modern music i was playing

though if carlisle there is hope. Hopefully we never see it online again apart from in someones gig photos. I does look nice doesn't it?

[quote name='roman_sub' timestamp='1445374136' post='2891087'] It was someone called Roy and bass is now apparently sold (not to me) [/quote] Theres a fat idiot who I think is called Roy, lives in Livingston who buys stuff up on gumtree and then flogs it for profit the next week... watch ebay...

what year JV? export domestic? Fender/squier series logo or Squier logo? Also try raising the pup to change the tone Unless it's a very early one, switch the pickup and just play the thing. Keep the old pup though.