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[quote name='AndyTravis' timestamp='1459864064' post='3020340'] Doubt they had a huge spend for an April fools? [/quote] It's all about image and marketing even if it is only an April Fools post on Facebook. And for a company like Fodera that pride themselves on the quality of their instruments and attention to detail, if a job is worth doing then it should be worth doing properly. Besides if they spent even a little time on it they would have been able to find plenty of Photoshop artists willing to to a completely realistic looking job for under $50.

[quote name='Ghost_Bass' timestamp='1459863665' post='3020337'] Appart from that being posted on April 1st the "relic" job is photoshopped. It's easy to notice if you have the picture big enough. Here are the most notorious tells: In this pic, the worn on the body on the arm rest not only removed the clear coat but it also removed the hole top wood leaving it with something with a different grain.... Even though the neck is worn and descoloured it still can shine a flash like a mirror??? It's obvious that Fodera wouldn't ruin a $$$$ bass just for an April's foul joke, it's cheaper to pay for photoshop but they could have paid a bit more for a more beliavable job. [/quote] If they paid anything for that Photoshop work then they were done!

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1459857498' post='3020268'] But... some genres of music do benefit from harder compression, bordering on brick wall limiting. [/quote] Have you heard the Sleigh Bells album "Treats"? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iI606ERE6Y

But tone is entirely personal too. Especially judging by the number of threads I see on here purporting to show off killer tone, most of which leave me thinking that if I sounded like that I would be seriously re-evaluating my playing technique and choice of equipment. And a good tone IMO very much dependent upon the type of music you play and how the other instruments in the band sound - what works with one type of music and musicians doesn't automatically work with others.

I don't understand the question. Having grown up in the 70s with basses (and guitars) that only just qualified as musical instruments in terms or sound and playability, my experience is that just about every single modern bass performs perfectly adequately in a band context on both counts. And judging by what others say about playability and tone, both attributes are entirely subjective.

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1459787532' post='3019631'] This is what I see when I log on to my Soundcloud page. [attachment=216199:IMG_0694 (1).JPG] [/quote] The "Upload" is right there next to the search. What is the problem?

According to the OP he's on a Mac Mini so AFAIK there shouldn't be any "app" and certainly nothing using iOS. OT. IME unless it has been designed first and foremost to run under iOS I find the browser version on a proper computer to be superior to the "app" version for pretty much everything.

[quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' timestamp='1459762374' post='3019209'] Will let you know later. The soundcloud app is rubbish also IMHO . Looking for the upload section is difficult , when before it was was easy . [/quote] What's this "SoundCloud App" you are talking about? Are you not accessing SoundCloud through your normal web browser?

Sometimes bands can take a long time to get going. I've been in a couple that were over a year from inception to first proper gig, but in those it took a long time to get a complete and stable line up and in both cases the music relied heavily on pre-programmed backing which takes a lot longer to arrange than simply getting a bunch of musicians together in a room and jamming them out. Also these bands existed at a time when to do what we wanted we were really pushing the technology that was cheaply and easily available to the limits of what it was capable of.

[quote name='RockfordStone' timestamp='1459758674' post='3019161'] all but one of my start up bands have played shows, one in fact had a full set written, cd recorded and gig performed in the space of 2 months... does this make me some miracle worker? [/quote] Easily do-able if the band members are all sufficiently motivated. The Terrortones went from being just an idea of Mr Venom's to playing our first gig with a set of new songs written specifically for the band in 8 weeks. We had a demo of 7 songs recorded the following month, and a few weeks after that we were supporting The Meteors.

If money was no object, then I wouldn't be looking at a single multi-effects unit, but range of units - some multi some single effect pedals, all fitted into a large rack case and controlled via a custom MIDI router.

[quote name='ivansc' timestamp='1459584826' post='3017795'] Correct. I was there. And I knew Jim Burns. Oh and I briefly owned a Sonic bass and an Artist guitar from the very early days. AND a Fenton-Weill bass from around the time Jim started getting involved... [/quote] I really like my sonic bass - it was my first bass and saw me through all of the 80s. I'd probably be quite happy with a 1960 Artist bass. Is there any way of accurately dating them? The books don't give any indication that there is for the early models, and my Sonic had already been so heavily modified by the time I got it, if there had been a serial number or date sticker, it was long gone.

If you are buying "off-the-peg" then you can't go far wrong with a Pedulla Pentabuzz. The only improvement you can make to it is to replace the supplied pre-amp with an ACG EQ01.

[quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1459507228' post='3017189'] I asked Sheldon about the headstock and he replied that it needs to be so small to avoid the dreaded T-bird neck dive. Not a hint of neck dive here... [/quote] True. But he is wearing it about 18" higher than he should!

Wow! Back from the dead... I exchanged several emails with Bas Extravaganza, as I was looking for a luthier to build me my ultimate fretless bass and I liked a lot of his designs. One thing that became very clear during this was that his basses were all pretty much one-offs and he wasn't very interested in revisiting an idea once he'd done it. I would imagine that even if he was still making basses, the chances of getting him to make another Jigsaw would have been pretty minimal, so even then your only opportunity to own one would have been to buy the one he'd already made. Do you know who owns it now? Some of his other basses are (or have been) owned by Basschat members (IIRC the single sting bass and Punk Rock bass). BTW the massive list of links to other luthiers that was on his site went a long way to providing the source material for this thread.

I'll see your out of control guitarists and saxophone players and raise you out of control drummers. I know that noise problems mean that it's not easy for them to practice between rehearsals, but IMO these simply no need to bash away at your kit while the rest of the band are trying to sort out the arrangement - especially if what you are "playing" has no relevance to the songs being rehearsed.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1459440364' post='3016625'] They made 45 of them? Why? I mean, Devo, yes, I get that. I imagine that looked quite good against a white boilersuit in a video shot on location in Akron Ohio. But who were the other 44 who thought this was a good idea? [/quote] The original La Baye instruments pre-date Devo by many years, as they debuted at the Summer NAMM 1967... More info [url=http://www.vintageguitar.com/3681/la-baye-2x4/]here[/url].

Eastwood re-issue of the La Baye 4x2. The originals are massively rare since a total of 45 guitars and basses were made. Popularised by Devo. Edit: The re-issue isn't as rare as the seller suggests. Unless the original custom shop run have anything special about them. You can now buy this model as a standard from Eastwood for $599.

Firstly everyone is different in what they find musically fulfilling and how much variety they want from their musical endeavours, but this is what I have found and maybe my experiences will be helpful to the OP. 1. If I find myself contemplating other musical avenues it generally means that either I am not sufficiently enjoying what I am doing musically at the moment, or I am not busy enough with that band/project etc. That generally means I need to step up and take control of the band and make sure that they are doing enough of the right things to keep me interested or it is time to move on. 2. When it comes to music, I am very much a "serial monogamist". I like listening to and playing lots of different kinds of music, but I find it best if I concentrate on just one musical project at a time. I've tried being in more than one band simultaneously, but I find that I either do a half-arsed job for all the bands, or that one takes precedence at the expense of the others. Both situations I think are unfair on the other musicians I am working with, so I won't do this anymore. Maybe if all you do is turn up and play your instrument at gigs/rehearsals/recording sessions, or you have a strict hierarchy of importance to your various musical projects that your fellow musicians are aware of, then you can make the multiple band thing work. My experience is that it very rarely does to the satisfaction of the other musicians you are involved with. Also no band is going to last forever. At 6 years and counting The Terrortones are the longest-going regularly working band I've been involved with. Before that 5 years was a good life-span for a band. Of course the duration of a band is no real indicator of how much they do. I've been in bands that managed to achieve more in 9 months than others did in 4 years... 3. Finally I have never bought into the complaint that people can't find other suitable musicians to work with. Maybe if you live out in the sticks with no transport, then you have a case, but IME i's mostly down to inertia on the part of the person doing the complaining. As I've said before if I (as a musician of considerably less than average technical ability, with some fairly strict rules about the kinds of music I want to play, and living in a city that while it has a healthy music scene IMO punches considerably below its weight compared with others) have been to find interesting bands to be a part of for the last 35+ years, then anyone who is prepared to put in the effort can too.

Shouldn't Fender humbuckers have split pole-pieces (bottom 3 towards the neck and top 3 towards the bridge) or are these particular after-market models?

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1459334980' post='3015494'] Shurely shome mishtake? Russ Ballard, maybe? [/quote] Your are quite right. The perils of trying to use a phone for bass chat instead of a proper computer... [IMG]http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n249/BigRedX/RB%2020_zpsojzp8saa.jpeg[/IMG] More photos of the original Strat in question can be found [url="http://www.umumusic.com/artist_gallery.php?artistId=6#start"]here[/url].

Made to resemble Jim Rodford's Strat IIRC.

I'm liking that as well. Have grabbed all the photos so I have some reference in case I'm ever flush enough to commission a custom-made 5-string version.

It's made of wood. Every piece is different. If you want an instrument that is a consistent weight from one example to the next it will need to be made out of a material that is consistent such as carbon fibre/graphite or aluminium.

Out of all the modern budget 8-tring basses IMO the Schecter one is the best. Apart from the body shapes they are all pretty much the same bass in terms of hardware etc.