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  1. neepheid
    Bumparoo!
  2. neepheid
    Bump!
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    It's a little more scuffed on the sides than I remembered. Price reduced accordingly to £25 posted.
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    Pics as promised:
  5. neepheid
    Pictures soon bump (ran out of steam after recording sound clips )
  6. neepheid
    Bump for soundclips
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    For sale is a bass I put together from a body/neck I got from eBay and parts I collected up to put this together. This is the only pic I have to hand, but I'll get some better ones up (and hopefully some soundclips) soon: The skinny: Body: Unknown woods - nice bookmatched top on a lighter, plain wood. Shellac (french polish) finish. Neck: 20 fret maple/rosewood, P width. Shellac (french polish) finish. Hardware: Hipshot: Ultralite tuners, string retainer, A-style bridge (string through or top load) Neck pickup: Seymour Duncan Alnico MM Bridge pickup: Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound Jazz EQ: Artec SE-2 2 band EQ Controls: Volume, Treble, Bass, Blend, series/single/parallel switch for MM pickup Things you should know: Whoever had it before me thought it would be a right good idea to glue the neck in, even though it's a bolt on. No shims for you then. There are several holes in the back of the headstock where various tuners have been installed. I put this together before I even knew what I really wanted from a bass and as such I rarely play it these days. I am feeling a little skint, so I can't afford to be sentimental about it, despite my wife's warnings that I'll regret selling it. If it doesn't sell then I'll be breaking it up for parts, but if you want to save it from that fate (or at least save me from doing the breaking up - what you do with it after you buy it is none of my business ) then I'd like £200 all in for this. Sound clips: [attachment=66445:jazz_eq_flat.mp3] Jazz pup, EQ flat [attachment=66446:mm_series_eq_flat.mp3] MM pup (series), EQ flat [attachment=66447:mm_single_eq_flat.mp3] MM pup (single coil), EQ flat [attachment=66448:mm_paral..._eq_flat.mp3] MM pup (parallel), EQ flat [attachment=66449:both_ser..._eq_flat.mp3] both pups (MM series), EQ flat [attachment=66450:both_sin..._eq_flat.mp3] both pups (MM single coil), EQ flat [attachment=66451:both_par..._eq_flat.mp3] both pups (MM parallel), EQ flat [attachment=66452:jazz_max...min_bass.mp3] Jazz pup, max treble, min bass [attachment=66455:jazz_min...max_bass.mp3] Jazz pup, min treble, max bass [attachment=66456:mm_serie...min_bass.mp3] MM pup (series), max treble, min bass [attachment=66459:mm_serie...max_bass.mp3] MM pup (series), min treble, max bass [attachment=66460:mm_singl...min_bass.mp3] MM pup (single coil), max treble, min bass [attachment=66461:mm_singl...max_bass.mp3] MM pup (single coil), min treble, max bass [attachment=66462:mm_paral...min_bass.mp3] MM pup (parallel), max treble, min bass [attachment=66463:mm_paral...max_bass.mp3] MM pup (parallel), min treble, max bass [attachment=66464:around_the_board.mp3] - something different to the above file I think it was both pups (parallel) flat EQ
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    [quote name='Bassnut62' post='1056543' date='Dec 12 2010, 09:02 PM']I have all three being discussed here - a pre-CBS Precision, a pre-EB Stingray and pre-BBE G&L Asat Bass. ... I can't rate G&Ls highly enough, due to quality and sound not marketing. I also hope they remain a musicians' secret so the tourists don't start collecting them and putting them out of reach of the pocket of us mere mortals.[/quote] THE FOLLOWING TEXT REPRESENTS MY OPINION, NOT FACT: The perpetuating of the ridiculous "pre-whatever company came in and messed things up in my (attempt to influence popular) opinion" nomenclature will not help. While CBS arguably dropped the ball a bit in terms of quality control, this pre-EB and pre-BBE nonsense is just bandwagon jumping ridiculousness perpetrated by people wishing to see an artificial inflation of prices based upon something completely arbitrary (being the ownership of a company) and trying to make out that their older instrument is somehow superior because of this. The value of "pre-Volkswagen" Skodas must be going through the roof by that logic. They just don't make 'em like they used to.
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    With the help of Rich I got the correct pot fitted and the licorice allsort knob back on. The 1Meg tone pot is an unusual choice, it's basically on/off, the only appreciable differences happen in the last quarter of travel. Oh well, that's what it's supposed to be, I might experiment with other caps and/or resistors to see if I can improve things. I said I'd do some sound clips, so here they are. Usual apologies for the standard of playing and the boringness of the content. I'm not going to blow smoke up you and tell you this bass can ape a Precision or a Jazz or a whatever, I get really tired of all these proclamations. Listen and judge for yourself. Tone at max [attachment=66185:Hodad_po...max_tone.mp3] [attachment=66186:Hodad_po...max_tone.mp3] [attachment=66187:Hodad_po...max_tone.mp3] [attachment=66188:Hodad_po...max_tone.mp3] [attachment=66189:Hodad_po...max_tone.mp3] [attachment=66190:Hodad_po...max_tone.mp3] [attachment=66191:Hodad_po...max_tone.mp3] Tone at min [attachment=66192:Hodad_po...min_tone.mp3] [attachment=66193:Hodad_po...min_tone.mp3] [attachment=66194:Hodad_po...min_tone.mp3] [attachment=66195:Hodad_po...min_tone.mp3] [attachment=66196:Hodad_po...min_tone.mp3] [attachment=66197:Hodad_po...min_tone.mp3] [attachment=66198:Hodad_po...min_tone.mp3]
  10. neepheid
    I sold Mart a set of TI Jazz flats - a smooth, easy transaction with a prompt payer, can't ask for more than that.
  11. neepheid
    [quote name='Dom in Somerset' post='1054126' date='Dec 10 2010, 03:08 PM']jazz bass , treating each coil as neck or bridge pick up?[/quote] Effectively, yes.
  12. neepheid
    If I remember correctly, OLPs are VVT - there's a volume control for each coil in the humbucker and a single tone control.
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    The lightest bass I have in my current arsenal is the Danelectro Hodad. Any Danelectro will be light - they're masonite (hardboard) top and back on a plywood frame A surprisingly light bass from my past was the Traben Chaos. I had the Attack version.
  14. neepheid
    Bump!
  15. neepheid
    That depends - what kind of sound are you wanting?
  16. neepheid
    Could fit a Schaller M4S - check the technical diagram here: [url="http://bass-machine-heads.com/hp135297/Bass.htm?ITServ=C75066bd5X12cc6457d8cX7b65#tab_tz"]http://bass-machine-heads.com/hp135297/Bas...d8cX7b65#tab_tz[/url] I'll see if I have a photo of the back of the headstock of my Gibson Victory Artist, it uses Gibson branded M4S tuners. EDIT: there you go:
  17. neepheid
    Because I mostly buy second hand basses, I only change the strings if they're no good.
  18. neepheid
    Sold!
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    For sale is a set of TI Jazz flats which I haven't played much, a couple of hours tops. Unfortunately they were cut for a 2 + 2 headstock so they won't fit a 4 in line headstock. I did leave a lot of wraps on the D string so they should fit a 3 + 1 arrangement a la Stingray, but I'll give you the measurements here: E string - ball to silk 37" total length 43" A string - ball to silk 37.5" total length 46" D string - ball to silk 37.5" total length 45.5" G string - ball to silk 37.5" total length 41.875" The gauges are 43, 56, 70, 100 I could keep a hold of them and throw them in a drawer until I get bitten by the flatwound bug again but I could do with realising some funds and it's better if they go to someone who'll use them. They're around £35 new, so how about £15 posted? An inexpensive way of getting a set of flatwound strings - if they fit your bass!
  20. neepheid
    Using a brand new battery?
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    Hi there For sale is one Boss LMB-3 Limiter/Enhancer. I don't have a pic of the actual one right now but here's the guy: In good condition, only a few scrapes here and there. No box but will be securely packed. I'd like [s]£30 plus postage[/s] £25 for it, postage included. Cheers Matt
  22. neepheid
    Is something on the board touching copper when it shouldn't when it's assembled? Does it work fine when the board is lifted free from the body and plugged in?
  23. neepheid
    I flirted with lipstick pickups before when I put one in a Squier Bronco I had at the time. I liked the tone but one on its own was always going to be a little low in the volume department. I've also toyed with the idea of trying out a Danelectro, but I'm not playing short scale basses any more, and their long scale ones always looked a bit meh to me. Until I stumbled upon this: the Hodad bass. Now this is a different proposition altogether. A lot of the Danelectro basics are there - lipstick pickups, semi hollow construction (plywood frame, masonite top and back, "binding" tape round the sides to hide everything) and quirky styling but it's a long scale neck, it has a bridge with individual saddles for more accurate intonation and there's a flexibility here - all 7 combinations of 3 pickups are available. The controls are as follows - there is a 6 way rotary switch (called a Select-O-Matic) which gives you the following settings - 1: neck/bridge, 2: neck, 3: neck/middle, 4: middle, 5: middle/bridge, 6: bridge. The switch next to it bypasses the rotary switch and gives you all three pickups. Finally there's a concentric volume/tone. I'm going to reserve judgement on the sound, when I got it the concentric pot was bust and I replaced it with what I had to hand (a 250k/500k) but the bass actually needs a 100k/1M pot which I have procured and will be fitting shortly. This may or may not affect the tone of the bass. Suffice to say there is a good variety of tones from the various settings. I'll update this later, perhaps with some sound clips. The finish is very hard to photograph, it changes colour from almost black to blue/purple sparkle. I've managed to get some blue out of it in this pic:
  24. neepheid
    Many quality alternatives exist. Assuming you're replacing a 5 screw Fender bridge - as well as the Schaller 2000 (also the Schaller 3D should fit a 5 hole Fender), other direct replacements include the Gotoh 201, the Hipshot A-style (Fender mount) and of course the Badass II.
  25. neepheid
    I seem to recall having teased everyone with talk of switches but only provided a spurious, blurry phone camera photo as proof. You would be well within your rights to disbelieve that. Well, it isn't the Loch Ness Monster, but it is a monster:
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