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[quote name='alyctes' timestamp='1460847566' post='3029344'] Since nobody else has mentioned John Cage... [/quote] By 4'33" isn't silent. The musicians don't play but there are always plenty of noises going on during the performance.

That's very nice both in looks and sound. Good job!

[url=http://www.vinyl-on-demand.com/-1-402-507.htm]"Electogenesis" by Vice Versa[/url]. Just about every other album that I couldn't live without has been re-issued on CD by now, although I'm still missing all my Freur B-sides.

And the timing's all over the place. Even when he's not pointlessly noodling away when a single note would have sufficed, it sounds like a beginner playing - each note is played as and when it can be reached and not when it should be. This is a thing I notice a lot with solo bass pieces irrespective of the technical ability of the player. There's no flow between the phrases.

Why would you even post that?

Right having had a look at the bass in question (from the link in the other thread), which of the two pickup positions are you planning to keep? IME the closer to the bridge you get, the further apart the two coils will need to be for them to sound different in single-coil mode. The usual options for the type of humbucking pickup you have is to either go with series/parallel or series/single coil, neither of which can be achieved with the standard 3-way toggle pickup selector switch the you have. Having said that I did have a guitar with a single humbucking pickup which I wired using the same type of selector switch as you have to give me single coil A/parallel/single coil B, but I also angled the pole pieces of each coil so that one was biased towards the bass the strings and other to the treble and used it mainly for playing chords. The result was threes very different and useful (to me) tones from a single humbucker. That's probably not going to be as useful on a bass where you'll mostly be playing single notes. You could replace the pickup selector switch with a similar-sized Two Pole, Two-Way switch that will give you the either of the usual two options described above. However this is normally done with a mini-switch and IME the larger ones tend to be fairly clunky and stiffer to operate. Alternatively you can go the whole hog and fit a 4-pole, 4-way rotary switch which can be wired to give all four coil options: single A, single B, series and parallel. It might be worth connecting the pickup directly to the output and trying all of the various options hard-wired first to see if you get enough tonal variation between the two single coil options and parallel mode first before doing anything else.

Surely if it's a parametric pedal the frequency sweep control should cover a big enough range for it not to have to be bass-specific?

To answer the OP: Yes. But not as much as those of the instrument(s) I play. TBH at the average venue under the average venue "lighting" conditions the majority of amps and speakers will be reduced to a series of anonymous black boxes with the odd LED stacked at the back of the stage. So long as there's no obvious damage/tattiness to them and no large ugly brand logos on display. I don't really mind what they look like. For someone who is so particular about how their instruments look I'll take functionality, ergonomics and sound over looks when it comes to amplification. I have at various times played with the idea of having my rig a fancy colour rather than the anonymous black, but it only really works if the rest of the band follow suit and IME trying to persuade guitarists to recover or paint their amps in something bright is a complete non-starter.

Unusual! Especially the "German carve" on the top. Was that a standard option or did you do it yourself? One question, you've stained the top of the body but not the back or sides. Why leave them natural? I realise that this is most likely simply a matter of taste, but I've seen it a lot recently and especially with instruments finished in a blue or green stain, which I personally think looks peculiar alongside the natural wood.

I really can't see the point of using expensive headphone with portable personal music players. There's alway too much ambient/background noise unless you have the very good sealed versions and in that case they insulate you from your surroundings in a way that I consider to be dangerous. I just use some cheap non-in-ear (in-ears don't fit in my ears properly) phones for about £15.00 and replace them when they stop functioning reliably. I do gave a good pair of headphones for use when I'm recording, but these rarely leave the house.

I don't get all the Carlsbro Stingray hate either. The bassist from one of my favourite bands of the early 80s had one (the green and black version) which he used with an Aria SB1000. Great sound and you never had a problem hearing him despite the fact that his band also had 2 guitarists and a synth player. Compared with the pricier amplification that's come since it hasn't aged well, but in those pre-Trace Elliot days it was IMO unbeatable.

Yes you'll get get a humbucking combination with both coils on (provided that you wire them up the right way around) but only with the coils in parallel and not the more useful, and tonally different series configuration. You can get quite different sounds out of two pickups close together but only if they are wound differently which the two coils of a single humbucking pickup will not be. I'd consider replacing the pickup selector toggle switch with one that is capable of giving you the more useful single/series/parallel combination.

[quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1460644142' post='3027538'] Having just typed this makes me think - are 'lipstick style pups' a particular type or is it just any old single coil with a curvy metal cover instead of a rectangular plastic one? I have a Dano Longhorn and had a 59DC, both with lipstick pups, both sound alike, neither sounded much like a Jazz, which would be my main point of reference for single coils pups. [/quote] IME lipstick tube pickups are only similar if they are on instruments from the same manufacturer. My Gus guitar and basses have lipstick tube pickups which are very high output. I also used to own a Hohner 12 string guitar with them and that had probably the lowest output of any guitar I've ever owned. All of them sound great and completely suit the instruments they are fitted to put they have nothing in common except the style of the casing. A bit like P90 guitar pickups in that it's all about the style and the basic design only.

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1460556145' post='3026774'] neither a pedal nor simple! I nearly choked when I saw the picture of that thing [/quote] True but only one quarter of it is the tremolo - you also get a really good tap tempo/MIDI sync Flanger and Delay as well as a rather nasty fuzz/distortion. I haven't come across a better featured tremolo unit in any form factor.

[quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' timestamp='1460637735' post='3027467'] What's the connection between Danelectro and Eastwood? Very different instruments. [/quote] I think it's that both make vintage styled instruments that take advantage of modern manufacturing techniques.

[quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1460619668' post='3027232'] My immediate thought was to wonder what they bring to the party that a Danelectro doesn't. But I am still curious [/quote] IMO the danelectro instruments are much more accurate when it comes to recapturing that vintage vibe. The other guitar manufacturer worth looking at from that PoV are [url=http://www.hallmarkguitars.com]Hallmark[/url].

[quote name='basshead56' timestamp='1460583982' post='3027134'] I am hoping they reissue the Rocket Bass soon. They were cool. Still on my hit list from 15 about years ago! [/quote] [url=http://www.ekoguitars.it/en/hp/Ekoguitars-Acoustic-Classic-Electric-and-Bass-Guitars]Eko[/url] did a reissue of the Rocket Guitar recently, but it's been discontinued so it probably wasn't very popular. Therefore don't expect a Rocket Bass any time soon and certainly not from Eastwood.

Electix MoFX has probably the most versatile Tremolo I've come across - complete with both tap-tempo and MIDI sync.

Which ever one has the best look for the band. They all sound like basses in the mix.

[quote name='ash' timestamp='1460545505' post='3026624'] My first bass was a Musicmaster and it was a fine instrument perfect for me at the time. It cost £85 secondhand from Kingfisher Music and I got it in the January sale. This was in 1978 so with inflation... Ok there are lots of lovely basses out there for less money but if I saw my old one - and it was in worse condition than this one was even then - I'd be happy to pay £500 for it. A case of 'what price nostalgia' or 'A fool and his/her money'? [/quote] That's fair enough. Back in the late 70s there wasn't a lot of competition at the sub-£100 price point, and I totally get the nostalgia thing. But IME they are not particularly rare and unless you've upgraded/mod'd the bridge and pickup, they are just another cheaply made short scale bass.

Is this only for home use? Sometimes having two separate stands gives you more options for fitting them in on stage, and if there is a catastrophe it is less likely to affect both instruments.

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1460547907' post='3026651'] I assume they will still have the high pass on one side for better dispersion? [/quote] All the Barefaced cabs with 10" driver mounted side by side have this so I doubt the 4x10 would be an exception. Slightly OT can you turn this off on the Two 10 if you stack it vertically? Alternatively is the full range side marked in some way so that you can have this one higher up?

Custom version? No reason why not. It's just an Eight 10 cab split in two.

Nice to see a "vintage" recording studio which actually features some decent quality vintage gear. I've seen too many studios recently buying up all sorts of old tat, that I wouldn't have even considered for use with my Portatstudio back in the 80s because it was simply rubbish. Just because it's old and analogue doesn't automatically mean it's going to be any good.

£500 for a Musicmaster Bass? That's a lot of money for something that will be out-performed by pretty much any modern sub-£100 instrument.