LukeFRC

ahh glad that this thread had a happy ending!

[quote name='Jack' timestamp='1361467982' post='1986203'] People saying they're pro is like gear that's advertised as pro. As in not. [/quote] good way of putting it there. One of my pet hates is people wanting to be "professional" - super serious folk, trying their hardest to get into "the industry" with their crappy little band and bad attitude - not realising that they are now to old to make it in the "industry" they are aiming at and refusing to beleive that the highly derivative durge they put out was never good enough in quality or songwriting skill even 10 years ago when it still sound contemporary. Who seem to think art is all about yourself rather than the viewer*. I like the kinda professional that just gets their head down and works on what they want to do, cruise ships, theatres, teaching - making their living out of their musical skill. I like that kinda thing. Or other folk you see in bands- where they all have jobs in other things, and they all treat the music in a professional manner - but know that it's all about having fun. And you go see them and that rubs off on you, cos it IS fun and you enjoy it and it hopefully wipes the memory of the pretentious w*****ers who played first that evening. *or listener

I picked one up as part of a trade. Great wee bass. £180 I think we valued it at in the trade - but it was quite beat up. £200-240 propably the right value depending on condition and to a lesser extent body wood.

I've always held it and then drilled the holes through the holes on the body - making sure the drill bit can't physically go too deep. That way you ensure they are in exactly the right spaces.

ahhh AVB will be there too!

[quote name='Chris2112' timestamp='1361057248' post='1980596'] I've owned two Thumbs, a 4 string BO and my current Broadneck 5 string. Neither have had neck dive issues, mainly because I play them high-ish on the chest, like they were supposed to be played. Hence why they have that 'bowl back' cut on them. Also, I've never had a problem with the necks on them. Even my broadneck is very manageable, because it's relatively thin front to back, but with some width to let you right dig in and work your left hand. They suit some players, some players never get on with them. If you're one of those players who likes to wear his bass round his ankles, forget the Thumb. For everyone else, just play and enjoy. Nothing else sounds like a Thumb. It is one of [i]the [/i]bass sounds. [/quote] the fella they designed the thumb for.... and where he played his, it's not that high up

but the fella is insuring the thing... so if it doesn't turn up... ebay refund the buyer ebay ask the seller for money the seller makes a claim agianst the courier the courier pays out for having ballsed up their side of the bargin.

[quote name='Lord Sausage' timestamp='1361012953' post='1979705'] I've not bee able to play for the last months as i've had dermititis on my hands due to an allergic reaction. It's messed up back of my hands and all my fingers split open on my right hand. Also, the creams i've had to use have softened my fingers up. I'm just coming out of it now but my fingertips are like a childs, proper soft. Then last week i put my back out so, it's been a nightmare. Any one else suffered due to lame injuries! Oh yeah about 2 days before a theatre show i did when i was 18 i got bloody tendonitis in my my right wrist. the doctor said don't play for two weeks, but i had to. Agony! [/quote] I used to work in a coffee shop and I have an alergic reaction to anti-bacterial cleaners, that we used all the time. The constant hand washing and drying didn't help either. In terms of softness I can't suggest anything (skin hardening never happens for me) but you know the annoying splits in your fingers which make it too painful to play? Try electrical tape. It keeps the wound shut and plays just like skin. Many a time I used to turn up to play at church with half my fingers taped up!

[quote name='Kiwi' timestamp='1360960881' post='1979232'] Why Status in particular and what is it that you are hoping they will deliver? [/quote] +1 ummm I'm sure there are both better and cheaper options out there... depending what you're after

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1360958731' post='1979177'] I wouldn't be Milty if i didn't deliberately make things difficult for myself, then persevere through with it, [b]because i won't compromise on certain things[/b] But sure, i'll check it out. This isn't a bit money project though. Cheap as possible is what i'm thinking. [/quote] then why bother ask us lot?

It's all very complex to my mind... If I were you I would just go and buy a delano hybrid system... it looks very very nice....

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1360932873' post='1978496'] Cheers for the suggestions, i'll probably re-read this a couple of times over the next few days. Like i said though, i'll try this, then refine it if needs be. Cheers [/quote] sorry... I kinda pulled everything you were saying to pieces.... I do think you would do better blethering on here as what you want tonewise and what you're after and see what the suggestions are.... I'm no expert but i have a feeling that the pup set up you're after may not give you what you want...

I would give the benifit of the doubt... right up till I saw the text was a copy and paste job.... mind you it's gumtree so you can go and have a look.... unless you email and find out the fella has moved to Orkney or someplace

he's changed the decription a bit now there's another one popped up too at a fraction of the price

[quote name='Kiwi' timestamp='1360913119' post='1978170'] I don't think what you have suggested will give you what you are looking for. Choose either bolt on or thru-neck depending on your taste. But you'll need to make sure the neck is just about stiff enough, not too stiff if you want mids to be prominent. A stiff fingerboard will help keep things rigid if you opt for a higher proportion of softwoods in the neck but you'll need a super stiff spine. Maybe consider laminates of mahogany for mids and maple for rigidity and brightness with a nice and thick maple or ebony fingerboard. The body can be mahogany or alder. Chambering can tune things a little. For a broad frequency response in pickups, think about piezos and add a MM humbucker in the stingray position for extra bottom oomph, attack and graunch. You can coil tap it or make it series/parallel for variety. Just run it through a preamp with an input buffer to even out voltage changes with different coil combinations. Try a stingray with piezos out at a bassbash sometime just to see how you feel about it. If you don't like that combination, you can always have single coils added later. [/quote] ooh that's an good idea. I was thinking more towards an L2000 or similar pickup setup - but I guess it depends what kinda sound the OP wants.

nice bass that Roscoe. I've not really anything to add to this conversation, I've only ever tried friends 5 strings/in shops. I like the idea a lot, but 4 string necks like my stubby little fingers....

A friend did the same thing with his pickups, he had a yamaha with jazz pups and stuck a MM inbetween just to see what it would do. He seemed happy with it. One though... while theoretically two jazz and a MM pup would give "[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]give a great, throaty (steady on) sound, full of mids, bass and treble" it's possibly not going to work that simply, in the same way a jazz with both pups on has a slight mid cut, you may find you have all sorts of different frequencies being cut out(is combing the correct phrase?) also the way a pickup is contsructed has a massive effect on how it 'sees' the string. A humbucker with fat wide poles like a MM pickup sees the string differently to say a jazz pickup where the string goes between two magnets. Personally if I was going to have two jazz pups and a MM then I would go for jazz pups like the Delanos with the fat poles so they all were working off the same idea. But then I doubt personally I would ever run them all on at the same time.[/font][/color] [font="helvetica, arial, sans-serif"][color="#282828"]Also... stacked, humbucking, overwound jazz pups... could possibly give the opposite of "great treble response" ... ? that's what I would have thought, though what kinda great are you looking for.[/color][/font] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]But... reading what you write again... you want a throaty sound fill of bass mids treble.... so given that you are wanting more of the whole tonal spectrum... what do you want? My thought would be that a proper choice of woods, construction [/font][/color][font="helvetica, arial, sans-serif"][color="#282828"]technique and pickups and pickup placement would get you close to your sonic goals easier than a complex set up of J-MM-J ... what do you want it to sound similar too? what else bass wise gets into that sonic territory? what kinda music will you play with it? [/color][/font] [quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1360704682' post='1975220'] Now i'm looking for input on this. The body has to be built too. I'm thinking Ash, because i have no concerns about weight, but harder woods give a more bassy tone, and [b]lighter woods have more treble[/b]. I would say Ash was a soft working hardwood. Definitely doesn't have the same density as something like mahogany, or oak (an oak bass would be fantastic!), but not light and airy like alder. So should sound pretty bassy/middy. [/quote] err... if we accept that woods affect tone... I don't think lightness in and of itself give more treble. I had a fender '75ri, but made in a lighterwieght alder, it was darker than the brighter and snappier tone of the traditional ash '75ri. Things sound different but I don't think that their is a corralation between weight and brightness. Also wood weight varies depending on where in the tree it comes from, you can find some very light mahogany, ash, alder, whatever... and some heavy as fook stuff.