LukeFRC

oh and tone wide open on all clips

you came here for sounds and pictures didn't you? comments if you want. I just played the first thing that came to my head! [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN9CC0_K9bA&feature=plcp[/media] Well today I took delivery of a lovely bass that kennyrodg sold me. I'll be honest, I only bought it as it had a pickup in it that's from a JV squier P bass and I wanted to reunite that with a JV squier p bass. Build on this thing is mental, it was actually a bit of a struggle to get the neck in properly it is so tight, a nice thinnish rosewood fretboard, very good tuners, chunky bridge... not a bad bass. So played around with it, re wired the humbucker (it had been wired out of phase, oops!) and then swapped the P pickup out. while I was about it did some sound samples.... REALLY BAD ones and going straight into the mic socket of my iMac and into garage band. not the best way to record anything. playing is all over the place... and to even sure I checked they were in tune! The warwick currently has no preamp until I get around to buying a blend pot, and is wired straight to the jack. The warwick has some DR blue peacocks on, (6 months old?), the JV has some 2 year old DR fat beams on, and I have no idea what the Kramer has on, not too old, not brand new either. Then swapping them over found some odd things. 1) the JV pups on the kramer didn't really fit in their covers, the covers seemed too big. sure enough they were too big for the holes in the JV bass scratch plate. odd. so keep using them on the kramer. 2) the brass bottom plate on the Seymour duncan pickups is too big to fit on the kramer. Not sure that this is normal or not.... further complicated by the fact that looking up online..... the Seymour duncan SPB-1 doesn't come with a grounding plate! But mine has one. did they ever come with a grounding plate? or is it original from the bass? 3) the SPB1 and the JV p pup have very different coil sizes. If I was sensible I would have taken resistance readings when I had the chance. the SPB1 was very short and fat. The JV was noticeably taller and thinner. odd. anyone have any photos of the insides of various fender P pickups anywhere?

some blend pots will be 50/50 in the middle MN pots will be 100/100 in the middle I want an MN one!

[quote name='giamma' timestamp='1340988897' post='1712574'] Hi guys, I urgently need a technician how knows about wal's electronics cause I need to check out what happens to my wal pro. I'm based in London, do u know someone how can help me? [/quote] wal pro schematics are floating around the net if that helps

[quote name='kennyrodg' timestamp='1340975913' post='1712314'] I just visited the Warwick site and looks very similar to this one [url="http://www.warwick.de/modules/produkte/produkt.php?submenuID=14667&katID=22125&cl=EN"]http://www.warwick.d...tID=22125&cl=EN[/url] I'd agree, a Thumb. Thanks for helping out. [/quote] going by pausing at 2:11 it's a neck through not a bolt on. If you're ever up in edinburgh, or indeed leeds from the autumn then you can have a shot on my Streamer stage 1

[quote name='Ou7shined' timestamp='1336665229' post='1649195'] SD SPB-1 [/quote] [quote name='cameltoe' timestamp='1340982889' post='1712441'] I've heard the Antiquity 2's are very good. In a sense, I guess I'm after a more compressed sound than the fenders gave me. I need that low-mid chest-pounding thump that precision's do so well. I had a 2005 USA I traded on here which I liked the sound of, but the low end was a bit beefy for me. Had a tight sound though, which I liked, but could be a bit overpowering in the mix. The RW pickup does what I'm after but lacks character. [/quote] I *may* be selling a SPB-1 sometime soon if you are interested. Might not be, we will see.

probably a west bury les paul bass guitar init?

Just bought Pete's Kramer off him. I asked ages back for a heads up when he sold it, and true to his word he gave me first dibs. A true gent with a skill in uber packing everything so it would survive a bomb! brilliant coms and all in all a really great guy to have bought from thanks!

[quote name='yann' timestamp='1340923562' post='1711730'] Thanks for saving my time, but all i need to know is allready in my experience,i'm no youngster,and as i wrote before i'm a luthier, not someone who does the job with the instructions of the mass industrie,and i can get any wanted sound without the need of any active cirquits... Well,it's eather my skills....or the woods,hmmm...or both! (and i don't mean me only,but every other luthier who really does the job, electrics or acoustics,basses or guitars,no matter). -The reason i want to read that thread,is i want(ed) to see how this "war" (between wood "believers" and "non believers") is doin in the UK. Now i know there's no difference with Greece,i'm a member in a Greek music forum,and i allready gave my local "battles" about it,i've even challenged professors of physics about it,and guess what.....they really can't answer my questions...(but i can,answer any of their questions too,unless theories or math i've never studied)! I've offered my woods,my (private) workshop and myself for ANY experiment about this issue. Yes,they stepped back.... (I might not make it in English,it's is not my language,and i've never studied anything but praxis!) -Here's a common question: Why instruments from the same series,all with same parts,woods,even same finish sound different? Some players hear no difference at all between exactly same models,... -...here's an answer to them: Every healthy human ear can hear the same spectrum of frequencies.But not every brain can analyse this incoming info.This is a nature's gift,can't be teached... This difference makes a good or bad sound engineer,luthier,producer,whoever works with sound,including players who really know what they want for their playing style(s). Talking about differencies,it's details that make them... What i know about people who don't accept that woods matter in electric sound,is they eather can't understand the details in sound,or.... they have interest NOT to accept it (mass production makers,untalented "builders",untalented players, etc..) -I never said that woods sound.Strings sound! What i say (and make it praxis everytime i make an inst) is that woods RESPOND (or not) to the string vibes,each single piece with another way, and different frequencies in different levels (even different tonality) cut in exactly same mass from the same log,one (by width,by length it's well known) to the next. Here's an example with ebony: [media]http://youtu.be/y8oyi3yg1rE[/media] Anyway,sorry for the "offtopic",this thread is about Bassmachine's unique bass,not wood's sound properties or anykind of "defness"! edit: P.s: There's another thing i'd like to say here: People have to understand someday,the difference between "handmade" and "handcrafted",it's quite big..... [/quote] you need to start making instruments again. export them to germany and the uk

there are different ranges too....

they still make them.

can they hear themselves? when doing PA and you had a "bad" backing singer you had two options. turn them down so they wouldn't ruin the whole thing, or turn them up (esp in their foldback) so that they could actually hear themselves.

I have a 3 guitar warwick one, metal frame cost about £20. the thing doesn't leave much space for acoustics and the headstocks of basses go back a fair bit backwards (if that makes sense?)

well.... my two bass rule didn't last long....

[quote name='karlfer' timestamp='1340822364' post='1710182'] So damned tempted [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/280907862677?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649"]http://www.ebay.co.u...984.m1423.l2649[/url] [/quote] it's been on gumtree a while. maybe talk to him through that for a better deal?

Sold Ruairidh a book, a lovely easy transaction, wouldn't think twice about dealing with the guy! Hope you enjoy the book pal!

Sold Richard my delay pedal. He wanted it, sent me some money, I stuck it in the post, he got it, everyone happy! a lovely simple easy sale with a great guy! Thanks richard!

no no no tecamp are class D Im not convinced Thunderfunk are. It probably won't do 'creamy' warmth. not in a valve style

maybe your noting all the info is telling the fingerprint software....

[quote name='PlungerModerno' timestamp='1340714746' post='1708434'] Are these good? I've read that some people adore these amps (thunderfunk & puma). I'd need to try a used amp before buying though. I've heard there are known 'signs' to look for (esp. with valve amps). I might miss them (assuming there are any!). [/quote] Go look on talk bass, there is a guy called kjung or something who has owned and reviewed almost every lightweight amp it seems. He used to have lots of great videos up but took them all down Tecamp are very very well built. I've been told using military spec parts but can't vouch for that as never opened mine up, so not the same risks as valve amps. One thing they are good for is having a good bottom end. very clean, but not in a clinical way. I like them and think they sound fuller than other micro amps I've tried. Thunderfunk are also well loved but I don't think are class D and super lightweight.

http://basschat.co.uk/topic/178335-fsft-price-drop-tecamp-puma-500-l440-shippedon-hold-pending-payment/page__p__1705869__hl__tecamp__fromsearch__1#entry1705869 there you go

there is a secondhand tecamp puma in the for sale section. That is all I need to say