Kiwi

[quote name='WishICouldWalk' post='175217' date='Apr 12 2008, 03:27 PM']I started thinking about the hassle of a girlfriend and all of a sudden I became gripped by the need for a 70s jazz.[/quote] LMAO Thankyou. I've just coated my keyboard in South African Chenin Blanc. The way your mind works is very disturbing but I like it a lot.

[quote name='Bullet-Rule' post='175167' date='Apr 12 2008, 01:51 PM']Lovely collection you got there kiwi![/quote] Thank you very much Sir, very kind of you.

[quote name='BassManKev' post='175097' date='Apr 12 2008, 12:05 PM']whats different about that bridge on the white cutlass?[/quote] Its chunkier, more like G&L bridges.

[quote name='NickThomas' post='175136' date='Apr 12 2008, 01:05 PM']Ok OK I'm in denial .... I still walk funny when I think about the beautiful SKB3005 Mark has at bassdirect lol edit: just checked the website and it's sold .. now I'm stumped lol[/quote] Sounds like a merciful release to me! There I am, thinking I've got everything I need - and I have. Then I spot the Cutlass 2 one day out of the blue and I've made my mind up that I'm going to have it (although not beyond a reasonable price)... ...I'm a slave to my own impulses sometimes. If I don't make a decision to sell some of this stuff at some point I'll probably end up amassing a series of examples that tell the story of early graphite neck design and manufacture in bass guitars (ie. Steinberger L2, a Strata bass (pre Status), another Alembic with a graphite neck etc.)

Here's one I took this morning - a trio of pre-EB Musicmans (men?)

Duracell Procells have been recommended to me and seem to be an industry standard. You can find good deals from bulk suppliers on Ebay. Before I was running rechargables and getting into all sorts of strife as they lost charge very suddenly.

[quote name='lowdown' post='174756' date='Apr 11 2008, 05:57 PM']Not seem them before kw..... Garry[/quote] Yeah, well you know how I like to spring this sh*t on people to surprise them.

[quote name='NancyJohnson' post='174647' date='Apr 11 2008, 04:07 PM']I like MM Cutlass basses. Post a pic. P[/quote] Like I need any encouragement. Forgot to mention my Alembic is ex-name Canadian band too:

Yes they are deliberately arranged in alphabetical order to make them easier to access, rather than by date order for the casual browser. How is it difficult to pick up, the reviews are on one page per section at the moment. Why don't you subscribe to the forum? That way if anything new pops up you'll be notified via email. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showforum=59"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showforum=59[/url] Look for it in the top right hand corner under "Forum Options" pull down menu

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='174451' date='Apr 11 2008, 12:00 PM']Very few non-bass players actually care or notice.[/quote] I'm inclined to agree with you in the context of covers gig work and I'm also inclined to agree with you on it being a bit self indulgent, again in the context of a cynical and overcritical perspective. I say so what if someone brings 5 basses to a gig? There's nothing wrong with them caring about their craft and getting satisfaction out of the job they do or how they approach the creative endeavours they undertake. I think you're making a few sweeping generalisations there. You're taking your set of values and judging unspecified others on how they match up to them.

[quote name='Musky' post='174390' date='Apr 11 2008, 10:34 AM']My Status Matrix used to belong to Guy Pratt - it appears to be a prototype. Didn't get to meet him though.[/quote] I did and I didn't like him very much. He was trying to be too funny and telling borderline rascist (IMO) jokes for one thing.

[quote name='alexclaber' post='174357' date='Apr 11 2008, 09:30 AM']I really like the signal buffering and impedance matching that a good onboard preamp provides and also the clarity and transparent reproduction of a good active pickup (Alembic, EMG, etc).[/quote] Alex, I've been told that Alembic pickups aren't active (at least according to John East who has had a play with my Activators). Apparently they're designed passive but very low impedance.

I was thinking that if you were using a tweeter in your rig, there was a chance it might actually be centred close to the clattering frequencies on your fingerboard. The other thing is that if your engineer was putting your track through a compressor, that might have also tamed your bass a little.

Lets try to keep a handle on the levels of excitement on this one guys, huh? We know what you lot are like when you start talking speaker specs.

And another thing, a wooden fingerboard removes the risk of the neck warping if the phenolic resin recipe isn't stiff enough. So you really DO get the best of both worlds. [quote name='Lfalex v1.1' post='174342' date='Apr 11 2008, 09:11 AM']When it came out of the desk, it just wasn't there at all. No studio jiggery-pokery, just clean and clear!?[/quote] Does your rig have a tweeter or HF horn?

Looks like Mr Prince got it then? I think that bass has been on Ebay before, I definitely remember that amazing back wood. Last Strata I played was a fretless in the Bass Centre which had a badly warped neck. Nice piece of history though

I expect everyone's already sick of seeing my Cutlass 1.

Um. ? Nothing else will take advantage of the head's ability to biamp. I don't know if its less than 30kg in weight but if you buy GK, you more or less sign up to buying their cabs too. I run a GK RB700 1x15 combo with their 210RBH and TBH I hardly use the 210. What some people look for in terms of sheer grunt I've found by making sure the wedge shaped combo or cab is pointing directly at my ears.

[quote name='JonnyB' post='174101' date='Apr 10 2008, 07:31 PM']I'm somewhat new to this bass world, but heroes include Mr Pastorius, Victor Wooten, Bootsy Collins and Robert Trujillo. I'm sure many more will fall into my 'heroes' category in the near future, but, well, there's a limit to the amount of CDs one can buy at any one time to check them all out![/quote] Blimey, thats a pretty wide cross section of styles right there! Welcome to the forum Jonnny.

[quote name='mcgraham' post='174110' date='Apr 10 2008, 07:47 PM']Thanks for posting the link to the article Funkmaster, I did enjoy reading that. Though I'm slightly sceptical of how the bass 'seems' to play itself, just because it was Jaco's Mark[/quote] Its probably haunted mate. Blimey, someone tell Gail Porter.

[quote name='AndyMartin' post='173859' date='Apr 10 2008, 12:51 PM']Perhaps treating other members with a bit of respect may be more appropriate, rather than your version of "honesty".[/quote] I agree.

the main advantages are 1) Less signal weaking when using long leads 2) More tonal flexibility (loads of options depending on how many knobs you want to play with) 3) Additional element of colouring if you want it (thinking of the mid scoop character of the Aguilar onboard pre's) 4) Additional element of compensation for pickups if you want it (thinking of John East's preamp buffers allowing the player to compensate for different pickup output levels). 5) More knobs to twiddle and blame when you play a bad note. The question of gain is dependent on whether you can set it via a trimpot inside the control cavity. There are some instruments you can switch the preamp in and out on, but if you're using large amounts of boost when you normally play anyhow, that feature is going to be of limited usefulness probably.

I've found they feel very similar in terms of stiffness. Shapewise, the Modulus necks feel thinner/shallower on the 5 and 6 string instruments which I'm not too comfortable with. The Sonic Hammer was very nice - lovely low action on it. Status necks have varied from quite chunky on early models to squarish on early 90s to fairly slick on the King basses. Also very low action. Both status and modulus have had issues with neck warping however because of the fingerboard stiffness. I think Status have switched to foam filled cores though on their stock basses which dampens the overtones nicely. Modulus necks still sound a bit clattery, not helped by being paired with ash bodies for the most part. If you're going for a Modulus neck, get the grenadillo fingerboard option.