dannybuoy

Ok, putting my mechanical engineering hat on: When trying to match a body and neck, if both pieces have a similar resonant frequency, then that would enhance the amount of vibration you feel through the guitar, making it 'sing' more, but perhaps it might also make deadspots more common, since the body and neck transfer energy away from the strings at this resonant frequency. So you might have two design aims in mind: choose two pieces that are as close as possible in resonant frequency; or the opposite, choose two pieces that are as far apart as possible. His method however does not fit with either of these two aims. Matching the highest pitch neck with the lowest pitch body, and the lowest pitch neck with the highest pitch body, would end up with a wide range of results, with some pairings resonating together and some not. I'd be less inclined to say it's bollocks if he actually explained things properly, but he doesn't appear to understand what's going on well enough to do this.

He contradicts himself ask over the place. The first time he taps the necks, the quarter sawn neck is lower in pitch but he says it's higher. The way he mixes and matches necks and bodies of different resonant frequencies makes no sense, except maybe in his own head!

You'd be right. I put wah first in line usually off the board anyway so it's ideal for me (if it sounds good). Looks like it has a fixed lowpass filter in parallel with the wah, which is exactly how I set up my Wahoo, but simpler and pressure activated. Could be a winner! There's a few more pedals too: http://www.ehx.com/products/od-glove http://www.ehx.com/products/east-river-drive http://www.ehx.com/products/hot-tubes-nano

Could be good! http://www.ehx.com/products/crying-bass

I don't know how I got there, but I was flicking between desktop and mobile versions on Chrome for Android. BTW, the only reason I have too constantly do this is when viewing large threads like the one above - the mobile version often takes me to page 1 and only offers a next button; I have to switch to desktop mode to get the button to appear that lets me jump straight to the last page of the thread! Any chance of fixing that since it's the only thing that annoys me when browsing BC on my mobile?

I have the AMT. It's a cool pedal, but the sweep is a little hard to control. It can get really deep and subby on the lo setting though, and the hi setting is more classic wah territory - the mid setting I feel is not so usable. Doesn't beat the Wahoo for sound, but it's size is very convenient on a small board!

Just browsing this thread and at the bottom or says I am on page 13.33333333 at the bottom! http://basschat.co.uk/topic/216825-spiritualismmediums/page__st__370

Standard mineral oil is generally recommended over lemon oil from my research. Apparently you can get it in chemists and hardware stores, I need to track some down! Lemon oil apparently dries your board out after a short time, which I'm inclined to agree with after using it myself, it never seems to last long, after which it's dry as a bone.

Looks like they're priced just under the American Vintage range. Boring colours though - need to start a campaign to bring back transparent Sunset Orange! At least the inside of the case is orange! Specs look very interesting: [quote]The Vintage Hot Rod ’60s Precision Bass is a dual-pickup beauty that gives you the best P/J Fender bass tone, style and performance of both eras—authentically vintage-style design touches straight from the 1960s and hot-rodded modern mods ideal for today’s players. Premium features include an ash body; maple neck with “C”-shaped profile, Posiflex™ graphite support rods, vintage-style heel-end truss rod adjustment and satin back finish; and a[color=#ff0000][b] compound-radius (7.25”-12”)[/b][/color] rosewood fingerboard with 20 medium jumbo frets, bone nut and aged white dot inlays. Richly versatile and powerful tone comes from its American Vintage ’63 split single-coil Precision Bass (middle) and ’64 Jazz Bass® single-coil (bridge) pickups. Other features include a three-ply white pickguard (Black model) or three-ply black pickguard (Natural model), three knurled chrome control knobs (volume 1, volume 2, master tone), Fender Hi-Mass bridge, side-mounted oval output jack, vintage-style tuners with tapered shafts, Stealth “A” string retainer on headstock, locking strap buttons, and engraved Vintage Hot Rod neck plate with crossed checkered flags emblem. Available in Black and Natural gloss finishes. Includes vintage-style blonde case with orange interior, chrome pickup cover, 8’ cable, thumb rest and vintage-style leather strap.[/quote] Compound radius eh? That's not something you see every day. Would that be flatter by the nut or up at the dusty end?

Spotify doesn't have all of the bands I want to listen to, so I quit my premium subscription after a while. I download a lot of music for free and use the free version of Spotify to check out new music then buy the very few albums I actually like. Over the course of a year, I probably spend the same as a Spotify premium subscription, but I know that a greater proportion of the money is going back to the artists - they will end up with at least £5 rather than 5p. I buy a lot of stuff from smaller bands via Bandcamp (who take a 10%-15% cut), or CDs at gigs where you can buy direct from the band to cut out the middle man!

I know how to change strings, set up the string height, intonation and neck relief, but that's about it. And that's far more than most guitarists I know who don't know how to do any of the above! I do have a bass that I want to get taken in for a full setup though as it's my favorite one and I want to get the best out off it. I'm talking nut slots, fret dressing / PLEK, smoothing the fret ends and rolling the fingerboard edges. I'm not confident in doing any of those things and I suspect 95% of players are the same!

The difference would probably be far more noticeable with a passive bass I reckon.

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The G-Lab Bass Wowee Wah is pressure activated and true bypass: http://www.glab.com.pl/bass_wowee-wah_en They also make a true bypass pressure activated pad for wahs: http://www.glab.com.pl/true_bypass_wah-pad_en You don't need a chunky 3PDT switch for true bypass, these use relay switching instead.

They do feel like plastic, and the VM Jazz I briefly owned had more of a harsh rattle as the note decayed rather than a warm 'mwah' sound.

[quote name='Ghost_Bass' timestamp='1380710246' post='2229214'] Can't you get the sound you want with the blend turned more to the P pickup without having to lower the bridge pickup? My favourite solo pickup sounds don't work very well when balanced on the center detent, i always push the pot a little bit over the detent to the neck pickup side. I got used to it very quickly. [/quote] This is a BB - it doesn't have a blend!

I've often seen Precisions where the pup is screwed almost flush to the body on the E and G sides. Needs to be far higher!

I got my hands on a new Yamaha BB1025X yesterday, and at first wasn't bowled over when I plugged it in. The bridge pickup sounded absolutely monstrous compared to my BB415, but the P pickup sounded flat and lifeless, without the low end thump the P is known for. Both pickups together sounded very scooped and not what I was used to from my 415. Luckily I decided to experiment with the pickup heights - I raised the P by only a very small amount and it was transformed, with bags of thump and growl! I found I got the best blended sound with the bridge pickup lowered slightly so unfortunately I have to compromise between having either a beastly solo bridge pickup or a tamer sound that blends better with the P. Shame there is no equivalent of the Hipshot D-Tuner for pickup heights! This is just a reminder for those of you who rarely fiddle with such things to give it a try, especially if you play a bass and aren't satisfied with the sound! Honestly, if I'd tried it as it was in a shop I would not have bought it, so I was amazed how sensitive these particular pups are to small changes in height.

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The ebanol boards are a bit marmite though - I hate them and far prefer a bit of rosewood or ebony!

Wow - just as well Alex is no longer using them in his Barefaced range eh?

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