BassBus

Watching Chic now. They and Seasick Steve best things so far. Looking forward to Bruce Forsyth on Sunday [size=4] [/size]

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-BCG0Dibw4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-BCG0Dibw4[/url]

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Sold a bridge to Lorne. Absolutely flauless transaction. Great to deal with. Thanks Lorne.

When I were a boy I used to save up for things. Still got lots of gear, no debt and never had the hassle of transferring balances or paying interest. Nowt wrong with credit cards but pay off the balance at the end of each month.

[url="http://www.bassonthebroadband.com/"]Bass on the Broadband[/url] played a David Hines tune yesterday. Not this one but this is given extra gravitas with Allan Holdsworth on guitar. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqD_hM5_wNo"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqD_hM5_wNo[/url]

Careful,[size=4] [/size][size=4]he has dogs. [/size]

Is this what you're looking for? [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUpGfj9ZJMA"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUpGfj9ZJMA[/url]

[size=4][quote name='Themrperson' timestamp='1371947319' post='2120045'][/size] My dad was telling me to watch this if it came on BBC 4 like you can watch the old Top Of The Pops, if I see it again I may give it a go but even if I knew Slipknot live in London in 2002 would have be too much to resist so I would have watched the samething! [/quote] iPlayer, dear boy. [url="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00dwfyy/Later..._with_Jools_Holland_Guitar_Heroes/"]http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00dwfyy/Later..._with_Jools_Holland_Guitar_Heroes/[/url]

As KingBollock says. I use a Zoom B2.1u which produces a great sound. I think most effects processors these days will allow use of headphones. Zoom B1 is cheap as chips or B3 if you want a few more bells and whistles.

I'm sure that would make the Gibson Thunderbird seem positively well balanced. [size=4] [/size]

It would have been a good idea if I had never found this thread, but I did. That's a MKIII on the wish list. [size=4] [/size]

Big fat old B string at 135mm. That's a steel rod. [size=4] [/size]

Lovely warm day outside so a chance to cut down the fills and sand the top. As Lorne commented the fills are going to be impossible to hide. Veneer is still an option but I'm leaning towards having the face planed and a new one stuck on. Shall inquire with a luthier friend locally this week about that. Seeing it sanded like this gives me an idea of what an ash front might look like . I like the contrast between the two woods.

I'm well aware that hiding fills is going to be difficult. That is why the idea of gluing a thin veneer on the front appeals. I have never wanted fancy wood on the front of this bass. If the front planed off any new face will be something simple like alder or ash. As for pickup routes, I would like a ramp on the bass. I'm toying with the idea of having a ramp made with the pickups inside it. That would mean less filling and just a bit more routing. I'l have to look into that a bit more though.

[quote name='threedaymonk' timestamp='1371323661' post='2112646'] Veneering the front face might be a simple and cheap alternative. People tend to veneer with fancy wood, but if you were to use something unassuming and similar to the body wood (whatever that is), it should blend in pretty well, and won't increase the thickness by more than about 0.6 mm. [/quote] Interesting you should mention that as I was just looking at that being done on youtube the other day. I've had a look around for supplies of 0.6mm veneer and there's plenty available. When I sand the face to remove the finish that will probably remove about half a milimetre. [quote name='rubis' timestamp='1371328774' post='2112698'] Very nice sound clip, why not fit a piezo bridge if it sounds like that Best of luck with your project Bassbuss Harry [/quote] The strange thing about this sound is that it only comes from the top horn. I tried the pickup on different bits of the body but nothing produced the volume or quality of tone that the top horn had. I can't even hear the same tone from any of my other basses, even my Spectorcore which is also strung with TI Jazz Flats. [quote name='Lorne' timestamp='1371333371' post='2112767'] Got any better pictures of the Badass, I bought one off t'internet to replace the original one on my 1987 neck thru B.C.Rich ST bass, and when it arrived, it wasn't BLACK, it was, well, Chocolate coloured! [/quote] I'll see what I can do. It won't be up for sale for a while as I have to find the right piece of wood to fill that hole. New bridge has been ordered.

Senior moment. [size=4] [/size] [size=4]Been there. The magnetic pickup on my beloved Status Electro stopped working last year. Had to have some work done on the nut so thought I'd have the pickup looked at at the same time. Repairer asks what the control setup was. Two volumes and two tones I said with much confidence. He starts tapping away at pickups, as you do, and lots of sound from the mag and the piezo. "There's your problem" he says, "that's a blend pot not a volume". I'd had the bass for about two years by that time. I knew it had a blend pot. Not for the previous few weeks I didn't. And since when has Rob Green designed a bass with two volumes. Never to my knowledge. [/size] [size=4]It's a long slippery slope.[/size]

That thought has crossed my mind. It just does not fit this bass.

Managed to get things stripped down to drill out the old control holes to 12mm. I decided to drill the small screw hols in front of the bridge too and fill with 6mm dowel. I'll leave it like this to set for 24 hours. Last night I was just playing around with it acoustically and happened to put the top horn up against my ear. Couldn't believe the sound that came from it. I dug out my old Fishman BP100 DB pickup and attached it to the top horn with masking tape. You might not believe it but [url="https://soundcloud.com/bassbus/acoustic-upright-or-is-it"][i][b]THIS[/b][/i][/url] is what came out. There is a small sticker inside the control cavity which looks like a serial number, 881970.

Because you're worth it. Obvious really. [size=4] [/size]

Like you need to introduce yourself here. [size=4] [/size] [size=4]And "...in case there's any interest". What? From a real bass player, not like the rest of us who just think we are. Well except wateroftyne and Guy Prat and Kevin Glasgow and...[/size] [size=4]Welcome on board.[/size]

Sir Bobby would be proud. Sound fantastic. Well done all.

Nuts [size=4] [/size]

This might help. [url="http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=beatles+full+album&oq=beatles+full+album&gs_l=youtube.1.0.0l10.9908.16769.0.20708.18.11.0.7.7.0.95.966.11.11.0...0.0...1ac.1.11.youtube.TH4_YZp7HD4"]http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=beatles+full+album&oq=beatles+full+album&gs_l=youtube.1.0.0l10.9908.16769.0.20708.18.11.0.7.7.0.95.966.11.11.0...0.0...1ac.1.11.youtube.TH4_YZp7HD4[/url]

That really is lovely with the plain satin finish.