Born 2B Mild

Found via Google [i]..."Yup-that's right. It's a bass guitar with a midi keyboard mounted on it. Yes, the two are played simultaneously. The bass is played with the left hand alone by means of a guitar technique known as "hammer-ons" while the keyboard (which emulates a distorted slide guitar most of the time. among other things) is played with the right hand. This instrument has a weight equivalent to that of a small motorcycle, and as you might imagine, requires years of time and patience to "master"."[/i] [url="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/02/the_swiss_army_bass.html"]Video links 'n all![/url]

I see these and other shiny works of art, and yes, they are great eye candy. Then I see some guy down the local live pub with a worn-out Fender with just enough surviving bits of paintwork to reveal that it was once a sunburst, getting a fat, woody vintage growl... and I yearn to have that old simple, passive veteran under my shoulders, much more than a blinged-up object d'art with NASA electronics. I'll get my unfashionable old git coat...

[quote name='Exile252' post='224573' date='Jun 22 2008, 11:03 PM']You can buy the parts from Warmoth, I'm sure they do a double neck body. You'd be able to have it customized to you aswell.[/quote] I can only see a 4/6 twin body, but thanks for the suggestion.

See you there too. Last night's gig, we played his "Cheatin' on you" - so up my street.

[quote name='Mr Bassman' post='223509' date='Jun 21 2008, 11:52 AM']I've got a Washburn as in the photo, and I'm in Harrogate! I was going to take it to the bash next week.[attachment=9873:misc_084.jpg][/quote] You Dark Horse, you! I'd love to have a go on it some time Kieth. Unfortunately, I can't do the Bass Bash, as I'm playing at the Blues Bar that afternoon with an acoustic Angie Shaw threesome.

I've searched on the forum (badly, as I anticipate being informed after this), but haven't found anything about bass guitars with twin necks that have one fretless and one fretted (4-string). In my quiet band, I am forever changing from one to the other, and it would be so neat to have both to hand. Even to the point of playing with each neck in different parts of the same song. I guess you can commission such a beast, but I'm not in that market yet. And, the fretless should be the top neck too!

I have no basis to recommend these, but if it was me, and a Fender Mustang was out of the question, I'd look at a short-scale Jazz Bass copy, such as can be found at [url="http://www.rondomusic.com/bassguitars4.html"]http://www.rondomusic.com/bassguitars4.html[/url]

Not many four-string Modulus axes come up for sale in my county of Yorkshire, but here is one [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=120271414212&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=002#ebayphotohosting"]on fleaBay[/url] Perhaps the lack of decent photos and description have caused it to have no bids ? (shame the name of the model isn't spelt right either). That doesn't mean the bass or its owner are less than 100% . I've never played a Modulus and hope to one day. Anyone got any views/advice about this one? It's a lot of cash to take a punt on!

[url="http://www.reverb-store.co.uk/"]http://www.reverb-store.co.uk/[/url] is the splash page. It's a data-capture excercise, preceeding a full-blown site. Well it can't be any worse than the old SC website, which was my least favourite site to use out of all the music gear e-tailers. I suggest they ask end-user opinions about what we need in a website in terms of navigation etc.

I use a Schroeder 1210R and I know there are a few Shroeder users on BC. Maybe you could add them them to you research list? [url="http://www.schroedercabinets.com/home.htm"]Shroeder website[/url]

[quote name='odub' post='213956' date='Jun 6 2008, 04:42 PM']Use CD baby, or the slightly easier Catapult distribution. They'll sort out everything for you and get your songs on iTunes/napster etc. They take a 9% cut and itunes take there bit too. But you don't pay for aanything apart from the barcode and initial set up, anout £35. Then knock up a website and use paypal merchandise to create a paypal button. Here's my version: [url="http://www.felt-tip-records.co.uk/"]http://www.felt-tip-records.co.uk/[/url][/quote] Thanks. I'll check all of this out!

After a year of recording bits in our spare time, we ...[b]Angie Shaw [/b](band) have produced an album of original songs, entitled [i]The Other Side Of Blue[/i]. We have had a short run of CDs produced and our hope for these is to open doors ...to better gigs, find our audience etc. We aren't in it for the money, though wouldn't mind some revenue to pay for the recording/CDs, and recognise that some folk that aren't able to come to gigs, will want to either order a CD or download the songs. Can anyone who self-publishes, give us tips on what we should do to make this possible? We aren't able to do our own online things, bar MySpace (see link below), and so would want to use an existing payment/download thing.

I sold a SWR 6X10 to a guy from Poland with one feedback only a few weeks a go. His friends drove over to Harrogate from Manchester, gave me the £600 in cash and drove it away. Just goes to show eh?

I bought back with me a Sansamp Bass Driver. In 2005 it cost me the same in dollars as it would have done in pounds over here ...$179. It has proven to be a good buy. I don't use it much, but when I do, it really is gets me out of a hole. Nice thing to have in your gig bag, just in case.

Thanks for the tip off. I hope to go. I just looked at [url="http://www.picturedrome.net/music_events.htm"]http://www.picturedrome.net/music_events.htm[/url] and whoever is booking the artists, has taste!

I bought a pair of passive phones that were designed by a drummer, to keep noise OUT and they are terrific. Mine came in a hard carrying case, with plenty of flex and airplane connector adaptor (I do use them for travelling to). I got them via eBay. I've just had a quick search and have found one pair. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Direct-Sound-Extreme-Isolation-ProAudio-Headphones-EX29_W0QQitemZ160246931414QQihZ006QQcategoryZ3274QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]Direct Sound Extreme Isolation Headphones[/url] I have no connection with that vendor, or the manufacturer. But I do recommend them as a great alternative to pricey hifi phones.

This thread gives me a chance to say something about my sound, and it's not good news for the Big Budget Boutique Bass Bonzos. I've been playing bass live since 1975, and have been through a shop full of nice guitars in that time including two Rickenbackers, Arias, Washburns, a Gibson, a Warwick, and more Fenders than you can throw a pick at. That doesn't make me a good musician, but hey I've got away with it so far. Now I bought a 2nd hand Jap-made Aerodyne Jazz as a spare (for £375) last year. It soon ousted my T-Bird as my main rock bass. I keep thinking I need to get something made to a higher standard with sexy electronics, exotic woods and graphite limbs, but at every gig I say to myself Wow ...is that great, bright wirewound sound really coming from this humble black beauty? As it happens, I've been using various rigs and even a Pod once, and it doesn't seem to matter what I'm using, as long as I've got both the P & the J PUPs on at the same time. I use a pick for most of the time, and I keep the mids down on whatever amp, yet I get this 'near Ricky' sound. I drool over some of the £1000+ basses featured in this great forum, but this damn passive bass just keeps claiming its place. "Does the sound of your bass make you go, "OH YES!"?" OH YES!!

How depressing. Despite being an Old Git, I pride myself on keeping up with Good New Stuff. I just looked at my download library for inspiration, but my 'finds' of late are more acoustic leaning. Lots of good albums have come out in the naughties, but from acts who hail from at least a decade or two a go. One act that could make this thread though is Yeasayer ...with Ira Wolf Tuton making the bass a vital ingredient.