Kiwi

I'm not into using distortion at all, but I tried a Danelectro FAB tone distortion pedal and it was really nice. Raw, crisp and no mush.

Basschat isn't going to be encouraging more guitarists to join.

My 3rd Symphony, 4th Movement, Prelude in Dm with a cockney twist at the end, Bill Bailey style.

he definitely didn't make any mistakes that affected the final price!

[quote name='Jerry_B' post='705818' date='Jan 8 2010, 05:51 PM']The bass player from Desmond Dekker's band once borrowed my old cheapy fretless bass for a gig when I was at poly'. He actually quite liked it and was a nice bloke in general.[/quote] I used to be in a band with the keyboardist from the same band.

Nope but I haven't given up hope yet. At least I have a one that sounds perfect (and a couple more that are close) even if the ergonomics are only 90% there

[quote name='bubinga5' post='769513' date='Mar 9 2010, 06:08 PM']and the doctor calls... CK, do you have any recommendations of what i should look out for? what sort of winding/design, give a low end resonancy peak..im in awe of some BC'ers knlowledge [/quote] If its technically possible, Andy at Wizard will know how to do it. There are little tricks and things that can be done using switchable resistors to alter the impedance so its not just down to wire and magnets. Give him a call and don't be afraid to ask for exactly what you want. In the worst case scenario he will be able to tell you what can be achieved and put you in a position where you can choose what trade offs you're prepared to accept.

All pickups have a resonancy peak, that is to say a hump where some frequencies are more prominent than others. The centre of this hump and the degree of prominence and width is controlled by the overall resistance in the windings and the voltage of the pickups output. Coil split pickups can have a lower voltage than single coils in split mode, if they're designed to be roughly the same loudness as a single coil when in humbucking mode. That might be why the nordies sound like they lack low end maybe. With a single coil pickup you have one fixed design. With coil split pickups there's a compromise of sorts, either the pickup is designed to make humbucking OR single coil mode sound better.

I'd suggest that most of the time most semi pro players won't actually need or use the features on offer in that Markbass unit. How is someone going to use a USB programmable eq in a real situation? Are they really going to have enough opportunity at soundcheck time to use their laptop to tweak the eq for the stage acoustics? Are the rest of the band going to play long enough just so the bass player can get their sound right? I seriously doubt it if there are deadlines involved for setting up. For what its worth though, a Behringer Ultracurve does the same job of flattening out the response curve.

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='768491' date='Mar 8 2010, 09:44 PM']and the cultural continuity underpinned by our founders' vision.[/quote] Cheers mate, cheque's in the post. All please stand now for a rousing chorus of Land of Hope and Glory.

the domain name is taken, I looked into it about ten months ago and its being cyber squatted.

I think its an interesting idea but it should be separate from Basschat. Give me the weekend to figure something out.

Nice, is the body core maple with walnut laminates under the facings?

Melvyn Hiscocks wrote a book on guitar making. He also makes his own guitars, if you're on Facebook you can hit him up here: [url="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Melvyn-Hiscock-Guitars/198415699967"]http://www.facebook.com/pages/Melvyn-Hisco...rs/198415699967[/url] No way of knowing if that signature is his or not but if you send him a link to this page, he might be able to help perhaps?

I really don't get why powered cabs are so much more expensive than combo amps. It doesn't make any kind of logical sense.

[i]"Chocolate frog? Chocolate FROG? For this old thing? That's worth a newt if anything..."[/i]

The only single cut I like is the Fodera Beez Elite. All the others I've seen have been a bit wonky looking.

Welcome aboard Mike and hope you enjoy the forum. You must be pretty busy with 5 bands!

If you have a dremel or similar multitool they can often make short work of sanding the finish off the inside of the control holes and pickup routs.

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The truss rod probably needs to be tightened to introduce a little extra curve into the neck.

[quote name='Bassman68' post='765548' date='Mar 5 2010, 07:54 PM']Yeah, go on...I'll hold my hand up too! Either Monkey business in Romford or The bass centre in Wapping (when they were still upstairs). Reckon they'll be asking what shoes we gazed at? in 20 years, either that or what Wooten lick we ripped off![/quote] I suspect it might be more of the jazz based widdly stuff. Basschat 2030...[i]"Were you a widdler?"[/i]

[quote name='josh3184' post='765454' date='Mar 5 2010, 07:17 PM'][/quote] LOL I've been searching for a photo like that for years!

Hell yes, people liked listening to it when I did it in the 80's. In the 90's it was a bit ho hum and now I don't do it much at all, but slapping is still a good way of finding out what the bass can deliver in terms of attack and frequency response. I stand unashamed. In twenty years time what questions will be asked of how we play now?