Sean

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I've got one. It's fantastic. Without it my board would look like a student's bedroom.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdfqZoz2ajE Ritchie Kotzen is amazing. Oh, and BTW the lord god Billy Sheehan features quite heavily too ;-)

This is my Jazz doing the sound Jazz basses do best http://soundcloud.com/belowtheghost/rebel-bass-drums/s-oaRVd This my P doing something that only a P can do (Valenti with J rolled off completely) http://soundcloud.com/belowtheghost/kenneth/s-LPvG5 A PJ combination is a different animal altogether rather than a hybrid or best of both worlds as is evident here (BB2024x) http://soundcloud.com/belowtheghost/harder-we-try-110814-novox/s-fsk68

[quote name='Stompbox' timestamp='1409562996' post='2540803'] I've always been a Jazz fan, and I've replaced the neck pickup volume control with a pull switch pot in the electronics on the so that when you pull it out it puts the two pickups on together in series giving you a big P bass sound. Two in one, as it were - excellent. http://www.guitar-mod.com/wiring/j_series.gif [/quote] Fire up the soldering iron, Bolly Knickers!

Are they going to do the same for the DJs?

This is a J&D 70s Jazz recorded by me today on a rock song. Absolutely brilliant instrument. https://soundcloud.com/belowtheghost/rebel-bass-drums

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1409332403' post='2538775'] The 55-02 is the budget version of the usa built 55-94, these new models are the same as a 55-94 but just a more limited range of finishes, other than that they are a £3.5k bass for £2.3k. [/quote] Interesting value proposition. Good on 'em. Bringing the USA Laklands within reach of the £2k budget is a significant move.

It's a 55-02 by a new name, surely?

[quote name='davedave' timestamp='1409304527' post='2538433'] I've got one of Martin's guitar amp. (Bantam head and 1x12), I went for burgundy snakeskin. They are great sounding amps and well built too. I saw that he was in the process of your amp Sean. Glad to see it's someone from here that commissioned it. I look forward to seeing the finished amp. [/quote] I don't think I've ever been as excited about any new toy! Martin's a great guy to deal with too, he's so passionate and unbelievably patient with me trying to explain what I want in a pre-amp section. I'm looking forward to doing a thread on it when it's done, I've already got a photographer lined up for the shoot.

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1409085044' post='2536255'] You'll be wanting stout, thick 'penny' washers on those transfo lugs, I should think. It's quite common on old amps to find 'em well bent up because the amp has suffered a bump, and your ones weigh the moon. Just sayin'. [/quote] All sorted. He's a pro.

Thanks to James for a cracking deal. Great experience with another top Basschatter

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1395747536' post='2405694'] Mmmmmmm ... chickenheads ... [/quote] I've decided against chickenheads as there are two rows of knobs and round ones look less cluttered. I do like chickenheads though, very cool.

[quote name='spaners' timestamp='1409080576' post='2536171'] And how much do they weigh ? [/quote] More than Stone Henge.

The custom built transformers have arrived. Pic shows the pair with a transformer from an 18w all valve guitar amp for scale. You just don't get the ooomph and heft without lumps like this :-) [IMG]http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd462/Stoker1/imagejpg1_zps2a971fc2.jpg[/IMG]

Nicest neck I've seen. That is all.

[url="http://s77.photobucket.com/user/PhoneyPoney/media/DSC_0002_zps17566895.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s77.photobucket.com/user/PhoneyPoney/media/DSC_0001_zps303cb1e0.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s77.photobucket.com/user/PhoneyPoney/media/DSC_0006_zps64fe7c9f.jpg.html"][/url] The battery cover, which is now redundant because it's all passive, has been replaced by a standard black one rather than the original black pearl which never looked right. I think it's finally the bass that it wanted to be. The parchment pickguard certainly brings out the wood grain and makes the blue look much brighter. I absolutely love this instrument, it's light and very musical and has a real character to it that few basses I've ever owned have got. It sounds exactly like a good P bass should, I keep it strung with Status flats and when it's played through the 400+ and BT2, it's absolute bass bliss. Spec as of today: [list] [*]Originally built 2004 [*]Maple neck (reprofiled by Jon Shuker and refinished in Satin 2013) [*]Maple fingerboard [*]One piece swamp ash body [*]Gotoh bridge recessed into body (another Shuker mod 2013) [*]Nordstrand NP4 [*]Bareknuckle J pickup (very hot, spec unknown) - routed by me* 2013 [*][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Swamp Ash Body (one piece!)[/font][/color] [*][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Transparent Blue Finish[/font][/color] [*][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Controls: [/font][/color][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Volume, Volume, Tone. [/font][/color] [*][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Hipshot HB-1 Tuning Keys[/font][/color] [*][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Hipshot D-tuner[/font][/color] [*][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Gotoh Quick Release Bridge[/font][/color] [*][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Black battery cover added by me 2013[/font][/color] [*][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Allparts 3-ply parchment pickguard added 2014[/font][/color] [*][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]44mm or 1.75"[/font][/color] [*][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Weight: <8lbs (it's the lightest bass I own by a noticeable amount)[/font][/color] [/list] [font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][color=#282828]You can see the original entry on the old Valenti blog [/color][/font][url="http://valentibasses5.blogspot.co.uk/"]here [/url][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][color=#282828] and you'll see it was originally bought by another BCer back in the day. It's certainly sporting a different pickup in those photos, the pole pieces look much bigger than the Nordy's. It changed hands a load of times on BC and I believe that was mainly down to the neck profile and pre-amp. [/color][/font] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]* - [/font][/color]under supervision from JS ;-)

Amazing looking. Jon's instruments are in another league. Can't wait to read the review; BGM are probably preparing all the spelling errors right now.

Hi all I'm stuck! Hopefully someone will have a solution that's easy to implement. My band has had some keys tracks recorded so we can do three of our songs live. I have wav files of the keyboard and also the click so I can mix and manipulate them to suit. What I can't work out is how do I get the click + keys tracks to the drummer's cans whilst the keys track goes out of the PA/Monitors? To my simple mind it's like the drummer needs his own personal mix of the three channels (stereo keys + click) and the PA needs just the stereo keys. How do I do this simply? Thanks Sean