pete.young

Lovely. I'd say these are uber-rare even inJapan, and hard to price - CIJ Q serials date to 2002 - 2004 and this was likely a not-for-export model. I found a 2002 catalogue on line and it isn't listed, don't have a 2003 or 2004 catalogue. It doesn't seem that unreasonable to me. Tom Bowlus has one! http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f8/fender-tele-bass-368407/

The very first response to a google search for 'jon camp double neck' returned this: http://renaissance-fanfare.net/forum/topics/jon-camp-interview-2012 which confirms that it was made by Dick Knight. Interesting interview.

There's a thread in 'Amps and Cabs' , might be something in there. I'd be inclined to take it to Dave Lunt in Stockport, he's not so far away from you and really knows his stuff.

[quote name='Mottlefeeder' timestamp='1374663570' post='2151419'] The Maplin one does not appear to specify the battery size, but a similar looking one on Amazon gives it as 17 Ah, so your 10 W rig should last half a day on that! [/quote] A bit of digging shows the Maplin one as having 2x 6v 5Ah batteries. Quite impressive to get a couple of hours out of that, for comparison the PJB Briefcase recommended fitment is a 12v 7.2 Ah battery, said to be good for approx 1 hour. I'll get one for mine eventually and do a proper test.

I don't have a gig on the 21st yet, so I'm a distinct possible. Not sure what I have that people might find interesting - any requests from Yamaha BB NE2, Fender PB70US with East P-Retro, various Bass Collections Bass Briefcase, Burman Pro 4000, VB-99 (still trying to get my head around this so I'm not sure about demos!) Can also take people from Ipswich - Dave.c, if you're interested we can find room for the Vigier collection!

The neck pocket won't be stamped US. The 'US' pickups are not made-in-USA items - they're Fender Japan's attempt to make a US-spec pickup, which isn't quite the same thing. There are no markings on the pickups to identify them. The bass looks kosher but I don't believe the shipping costs. There's a stickied thread somewhere about importing basses from Japan and you'd normally expect to add on roughly £100 to the price to cover costs of shipping and import duties. Edit: it's here. http://basschat.co.uk/topic/139-importing-guitars/

[quote name='Dave_the_bass' timestamp='1374002272' post='2144170'] Just to clarify, my follow up question was: When using my octave pedal on one of the channel effects loops, in mix mode (Shuttlemax amp), why do I get a delay/echo effect? [/quote] Because you have a parallel effects loop, and you're getting a blend of the clean and effected signal.

Are we talking about the effects loop on an amp? Often these are set up in parallel, resulting in a blend of clean and effected signal. That way if the pedal chain dies you still get some signal. Some amps allow you to switch them to series, for instance if you want to modify all the signal all the time with something like a rack compressor : my Little Mark has a jumper inside.

Biggest difference is probably that most tuners will mute the signal if placed between the guitar and the amp - using the tuner out won't.

Wonder what the spacing is on the 330, that has soapbars.

[quote name='markinthegreen' timestamp='1373918351' post='2143211'] Im surprised no one recognises her from the Bass Cellar on Denmark St, She worked their for years. I got a couple of basses off her. [/quote] Oh, that Simone? That's really good news in that case, she was the most pleasant and helpful person in that shop by a million miles and it's good to see her having some success.

http://basschat.co.uk/topic/212137-portable-solution-for-busking-on-bass-new-amp-or-batteryinverter/page__pid__2142216__st__20#entry2142216

Very nice, but where is the Surdo! Give my regards to Gione when you see him.

Cheap invertor from Maplins will do the job. The problem is the battery - car batteries really don't like deep discharge cycles, you really need a leisure battery and these tend to be more expensive. I doubt that the volume setting of the amp will have a huge difference to the battery life - I'd be very surprised if the relationship was anything like linear.

A Yamaha THD10 might fit the bill, it works off batteries and has the bass amp modelling that apparently makes it sound OK with bass, unlike the THD 5. I say apparently - I've not tried one in the flesh, went for a Bass Briefcase instead.

I tried using 12" drivers, but they couldn't see over the dashboard or reach the pedals so I went back to the normal size. Well someone had to say it ...

Many moons ago, my guitarist mate and I had a gig backing a local C&W singer / guitarist. It was fun while it lasted, but we both were awarded the DCM (Don't Come Monday!) after switching to the reggae version half-way through a particularly maudlin performance of "Help me make it through the night" .

I guess you have to decide which is more important: having a 33.5" bass with the markers in the right place, or a 34" with them slightly out of line. I suspect the difference between 33.5 and 34 isn't going to be much tonally or in terms of string tension, and there are no intonation issues with a fretless (other than those introduced by the player!)

I've answered this in 'Obscure Musical Backwaters in more detail, but mine's 34" dead. This is looking really good. I'm just beginning to wonder whether my SB310 would benefit from similar treatment, except with a Stingray pickup in the sweet spot. Just put a Nordy pre-amp in my SB465 and I'm very happy with the results.

OK, fair enough. Apologies for being flippant, I should have just got the tape measure out rather than trying to be clever. Blame it on the shiraz! The distance from the nut to the string saddle break point on the 'G' of my factory fretless SB320 is exactly 34 inches, and the intonation is spot on. The saddle is almost as far 'forward' (ie towards the pickups) as it will go. The distance from the nut to the centre-line of the two dot position markers at the 12th fret is 17". Could it be that the fret markers on your bass are in the correct position for a fretted fingerboard? On my fretted SB310, it's 16.5 inches from nut to the centre-line of the dot markers, 16 3/4 inch to the furthest one from the nut.

Um, the saddle is adjustable.