RonC

Thats right! Its this one: https://shop.pedalparts.co.uk/product/mastodon Sounds great, totally different from the Duality Fuzz

haha! I'm in the Netherlands.. and i'm right handed... the only space left was on the left... i have a small riser for the top pedals, but there's no riser on the left so thats where the way fits best.. But i manage to "wah" with my left foot pretty good!

My current board.

Looks great! I really like the laminated neck! do you have more pics of the proces?

Thanks both!! So the resistor on the primairy side is also not nessesary?

then a ground lift doesn't have a function i suppose?

Oké, so would you advice to connect pin 1 of the XLR via a capacitor to the same ground as the ground of the jack?

Thanks! I've used the DI on my Wal several times in the studio and the result was fine. The Jensen is a 12:1 trafo (check PDF). I was thinking of connecting it without R2 and C1. Would R1 be nessesary? jt-db-epc.pdf

Thanks! They are without numbers or ridges and i like that. I never look at the numbers on my wal anyway and it looks very "clean" like this, what i prefer..

I’ve been reading this tread for quite a while now and it’s really interesting! Fantastic analysis of the preamp too! I'm building a copy of a MK1 too at the moment, i own 3 Wal's (MK1 fretted, MK1 fretless and a ProIIe fretted). As a Wal addict i've always wondered if I was able to build one with the same quality... This one will be strung BEAD. I'm gonna use a lusithand double NFP special preamp with Turner Multicoil PU's, i'm gonna add a Jensen Jt-db-e transformer fot the balanced output. An ABM 3704 MKII bridge. I just had aluminum knobs lathed and black anodized, and made a copy of the wal output (Neutrik chassis with switchcraft jack). Mahogany body with ebony facings.. Still a lot of work ahead! I will soon start a new thread with my build diary.

Great craftsmanship! looks very promising!

Gluboost works great! I already did a lot of repairs with it. You can even use it for lacquer, i recently sanded a complete neck and used fill and finish to finish it, then a bit of polishing and it looks like new!.

very cool, looks great! where did you get the knobs? they look original.

I recently purchased two slap lesson books of Barend Tromp; Next level slap bass. I've always had problems with double thumping, it just didn't work for me. Barend has a different approach double thumping and other slap techniques. Great books and video's! check it out! https://nextlevel-slapbass.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@nextlevelslapbassvolume1263/videos

nope... i think i've misread the post.. 😬

And don't forget the late Mick Karn..

I think about 3 Kg... i'll weigh it this week to be sure!

Here's a video a good friend of my made:

I recently picked up my new Safran Semi Acoustic. Umut Dal build it for me. This one is different compared to his "standard"semi acoustic. I wanted the semi acoustic as a single cut. This was a bit of a challenge cause the semi acoustic has a single coil mounted under the fretboard (together with a piëzo in the bridge). The normal semi acoustic has a bold-on neck so the PU can me mounted on the body before attaching the neck. With my bass the PU is glued to the bottom of the fretboard. It has a cedar body with a palo naranja top, maple neck with purpleheart centre stripe, ebony fretboard, bridge and tailpiece. Custom handwound PU, custom piezo in the bridge, John East MPM02 Preamp, volume & blend control in the recessed in the tailpiece. 34"scale. La Bella Deep Talking Bass 760N Black nylon tape wound string. It plays very smooth and sounds lovely, it sounds very "woody"and almost like an upright. Especially the blend between the magnetic and the piezo PU is gives a lot of variety in sound. Here are some pics of the building process and the end result.

I recently contacted Paul because I wanted to sand the fretboard of my fretless MK1 (83). Paul told me 4 strings had a 13.5 inch radius. I sanded my fretless to 14” now.

That's a great bass! i believe Percy Jones playes these too.

The original pots are Radiohm P20E, but they aren't available anymore. Paul used to have (or maybe still has) exact replacements for these. P20E.pdf

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