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  1. tauzero
    While they're reasonable basses, they're hardly worth that, considering that with a bit of luck you can buy a real Warwick Thumb NT for £300 less than that.
  2. tauzero
    [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1360709682' post='1975354'] But they still go into the tone shaping circuit of the amp which ought to be more powerful than anything you can fit into a bass control cavity. [/quote] You're surely not suggesting a connection between physical size and tone affecting abilities?
  3. tauzero
    [quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1360500705' post='1971237'] The woodwork generally looks pretty neat to me, judging by the photos. I think what's causing the sadness is the replacement of the Wal electronics (the bits that actually make it sound like a Wal) with something very generic. [/quote] I'm surpised that the overseer or the experienced luthier didn't go for pickups which were at least similar dimensions to the originals so the body didn't need significant modification.
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    [quote name='Lowender' timestamp='1360081530' post='1964537'] Unless your instrument is being thrown in a truck by roadies or in a cargo cabin of a plane, I see no reason to use a hard case. That's one less hand you have to get your gear in and out of the gig in one shot. [/quote] It cost me a few quid to have my Sei repaired when I managed to let go of the handle of the soft case and dropped it from a height of probably less than a foot. It goes in a hard case now.
  5. tauzero
    [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1360069089' post='1964261'] I've always worked on the principal that if I can't still remember an idea the following day, it wasn't worth remembering. [/quote] I once wrote an entire song in my head when walking down to the pub and wrote it down on a brown paper bag as soon as I got there (this was about 25 years ago). Five verses, chorus, and all the chords. I think I'd have had trouble remembering that the next day. I know I've got a voice recorder on the phone but I'm more at home with the sight of words than their sound. I also suspect that if Wayne County had used a voice recorder in the middle of the office for the lyrics to "If you don't want to" [1], he might have had Words said to him. [1] The song title is a little different but that's the start of the chorus
  6. tauzero
    My Warwick JD Thumb - I'm another who has gone over to 5-strings, and on the odd occasion that I play a 4-string, I play my defretted custardised Thumb. I don't want to sell the JD though, I'm rather attached to it.
  7. tauzero
    I do, but I'm not as prolific as I'd like to be. I have a bunch of ideas that I've put down but haven't got round to actually concentrating on doing them. It's always useful to have something to scribble ideas down on. That's something I don't seem to have these days - a smartphone is OK for some things but I can't type on one as quickly as I can scribble. I do have more chance of reading it later though.
  8. tauzero
    From the Tamworth battle of the bands in 2012, the first time we'd done originals for a gig. The song is "Love lies bleeding" and Mrs Zero is singing it - an ironic state of events as the song is actually about when we split up in 1979 (before we got back together in 2004). [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EZXLKtb9Bs[/media]
  9. tauzero
    [quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1360010481' post='1963586'] Shorting the batter with copper wire will run it out fairly quickly, need a resistor involved. [/quote] Two wires separated by half an inch won't form a short circuit. When a slug bridges the two wires it will find a small current flowing through it.
  10. tauzero
    [quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1360003443' post='1963408'] Have you seen the near identicle warwick thread? [/quote] The one in which the OP hasn't actually said anything about having contacted Warwick as yet?
  11. tauzero
    I've got a couple of Hiscox cases. The Tsai 5-string fits in the standard bass one with a shortish (3m or so) lead coiled up in the headstock end and tuner and set of spare strings in the under-neck pocket. The strap (embroidered Planet Waves one) rolls up and fits between top horn and body. It has straplocks on so has to be taken off. The Sei headless fits in a Fender Strat one, with a towel folded a couple of times under it (very slim body), a couple of tools, spare strings, and tuner in the under-neck pocket, and another shortish lead and strap in the headstock bit. The shortish leads are for rehearsal so I don't have to bother remembering anything else.
  12. tauzero
    They don't actually generate sounds themselves - they send out MIDI signals which are then fed into a MIDI sound module or MIDI-compatible keyboard to actually make the sound.
  13. tauzero
    and 4th in the queueue...
  14. tauzero
    [quote name='jackers' timestamp='1359712434' post='1959060'] ....just...why. why would you do that, especially if it actually is a USA P bass [/quote] Perhaps because they wanted to increase the variety of tones available and they weren't bothered what people might think in two or three decades. Should have bought a better bass in the first place.
  15. tauzero
    [quote name='Bassdude BE' timestamp='1359231923' post='1952043'] Anyone here ever played one of these? they look the part,but i have no idea how they sound/play... [/quote] I have - this very one, in fact. Sounds good, the neck on this one is rather chunkier than I like. Heath's other bass for sale wasn't finished when I visited so I didn't feel what the neck was like with strings on, but it's a shallower neck profile than this one. They are lovely basses.
  16. tauzero
    Karaoke bars might be worth checking out. The singer in one of my bands is good, can play guitar (but so far we haven't actually made any use of this), but hadn't sung in any bands before. He had done a fair amount of karaoke though. There seem to be a reasonable number of people who can sing to a reasonable standard out there. The problem comes when you try to find a reasonable singer who hasn't got an unreasonable attitude.
  17. tauzero
    [quote name='Phil-osopher10' timestamp='1358855700' post='1945972'] To be honest if I could find a copy of a roya I would be sorely tempted! [/quote] Tony Tsai used to make Roya-esque basses - quite obviously not a Ritter as it's neck-through (which considerably reduces the weight as there aren't 72 screws holding the neck on).
  18. tauzero
    [quote name='gub' timestamp='1358794762' post='1945191'] Or is it more to do with not really hearing yourself clearly on stage ? Bass travels a long way and it could be everyone out front can hear you fine , think I suffer with this problem sometimes ! [/quote] I took a wireless to my last gig and wandered out front when sound checking. On stage, it seemed there was a huge amount of bass but once out front, it was just mids. Next time, I'll take the Gramma pad (forgot it this time) and see if that helps by getting rid of the stage boom so I can boost the bass a bit.
  19. tauzero
    [quote name='AnalogBomb' timestamp='1358767476' post='1944533'] Sort of making me consider my position really. I don't invest money and time in good gear and practice to be made to look like a fool. This happened to anybody else? [/quote] Yes, one band that I was in nearly split up because the rest of us couldn't bring ourselves to sack the singer, who was starting to get us a poor reputation. Eventually he left - mind you, he did ring the drummer up in two minds as to whether to leave or not, and the drummer gently persuaded him to go.
  20. tauzero
    [quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1358646045' post='1942880'] What's an " oscilascope "? Is it related to an oscilloscope perhaps? [/quote] Probably, but how he'd use one to set intonation I hate to think. Perhaps he'd hit the bridge saddles with it.
  21. tauzero
    Headed basses. WHo wants one of those horrid lumpy things weighing down the end of the neck?
  22. tauzero
    Mrs Zero has an occasional problem with wax build-up in her ears. A few years ago, she was actually seen by a specialist rather than simply having her ears syringed, and it turned out that due to the shape of her ear canal, syringing is a Bad Thing as it compacts the wax. They used some little scoopy device (technical term) to extract the wax.
  23. tauzero
    I know that there's an ACG out there somewhere with a piezo pickup at the nut. It would be worth seeing what string sounds that actually picks up, as presumably there will be some slight transmission of vibration along the string, even on a fretted note, as the fretting finger isn't a vice (some of my fretting falls short of being a virtue, mind). I suspect that the actual difference in sound is negligible, if not imperceptible. I do like my Just-A-Nut 1s on the Warwicks, though, and have put one on one of the Tsai 5-strings too. If I was having a nut made and the price difference was insignificant, I'd go for brass, but that's just a personal thing.
  24. tauzero
    [quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1355656082' post='1900920'] The bit I love is the carefully photographed pots & wiring, so that you can see that they're the original '51 Re-Issue pots and the original '51 Re-Issue solder is still in place. I really should check that the pot-codes authenticate back to a genuine '51 Re-Issue. [/quote] I just want to dust off the little bits of sawdust on the front of the body where he's undone the screws. Grrr, that's really got my OCD going.
  25. tauzero
    One BFM Omni 10.5 speaker. The details of the Omni 10 and 10.5 are now gone from Bill Fitzmaurice's website, but they were a 2x10 and 1x10 horn-loaded design with additional piezos. The driver is an 8 ohm Eminence Beta-10A. Originally came with a neo driver, but that was sufficiently physically deep that it butted up against the rear of the cab. There are two piezo tweeters in, unswitched. Sockets are two locking jack sockets. I put a single handle on one end - it's a recessed one so it doesn't rattle and I positioned it so it's well balanced. When I got it, I think it had some sealing issues. I put neoprene tape round the back join to seal that and also on the baffle joint, and I used bolts and inserts to hold the baffle plate to the interior mating surface. There don't seem to be any sealing issues now. Carpet covered with plastic corner protectors. Carpet is in good condition. There's a grille covering the speaker at the back of the horn. Weight is 13kg. Looking for £120 + shipping. I'll put some better pictures up soon.
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