Clarky

Where do you start? Nice "starburst" finish

[quote name='lozbass' post='1217626' date='May 2 2011, 03:09 PM']Very cool indeed Clarky - I've been getting excited about the CS 2011 P/J hybrid but yours is the real deal. Looks like nitro to me too[/quote] Thanks Loz, I am so smitten anew with this bass that I have decided (for the second time!) to sell my other fretless, my Wal (which is leagues ahead of the Fender in craftsmanship and sonic options but is not so "me" [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=133369&pid=1217532&st=0&#entry1217532)"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...;#entry1217532)[/url]

[quote name='hillbilly deluxe' post='1217468' date='May 2 2011, 12:55 PM']Again. Is this nitro or poly ?[/quote] Thanks! I assume its poly as I thought they had phased out nitro by 1971? Although it does have a patina and wear patterns that look very nitro-ish.

[quote name='hillbilly deluxe' post='1217442' date='May 2 2011, 12:37 PM']Fixed.ish[/quote] Thats 90 degrees the other way ... but thanks for trying matey, it looks better this way than in my pic

I got this bass a few months back from Beedster (who else?) and it had previously been owned by Shaggy and BassBod. Although I loved the mojo'd looks, I didn't bond with it fully for some time as I kept using the wrong strings on it (too light gauge) and couldn't get the playability right. Recently I shifted to heavier gauge La Bellas and it became a whole new bass for me. I swapped for some Rotosound TruBass for a recording session I did on Saturday (as I needed a DB type vibe) and I've found it hard to put down ever since. Anyway, I had just laid it down on the sofa in our kitchen (which Mrs C has adorned in all manner of bright velvet-y cushions) and it was just crying out for a porn shot! So here it is (edit: for some reason the attachment function has rotated the photo 90 degrees anticlock-wise, but just cock your head to one side and you'll get the picture!) [attachment=78834:P1040211.JPG]

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='1217213' date='May 2 2011, 09:21 AM']It's only like tuning down to C# and then not playing below the third fret.[/quote] But I rarely play [i]above[/i] the third fret

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='1217205' date='May 2 2011, 09:12 AM'] [/quote] Thats the first time I've heard a RA Mouse and I have to say it sounds wonderful. Not sure I could cope with a 30" scale length though

Its pickup only from Manchester and cash on delivery (so no Paypal protection). I presume thats why limited interest so far

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Very rarely see these come up for sale. Bidding already quite high (nearly £800) [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ROB-ALLEN-MOUSE-30-BASS-FRETLESS-BASS-USA-JAZZ-UPRIGHT-/160578457631?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item256338d01f#ht_2030wt_1141"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ROB-ALLEN-MOUSE-30-B...#ht_2030wt_1141[/url]

If you're not especially loud and have no drummer, a piezo pickup should do the trick and will sound more DB-like than a mag pickup. There are dead cheap ones on eBay (owen has one of those FS on the forum) or better quality ones include Shadow, Underwood etc. My TM (short for Taco Man, I believe!) is a US home produced pickup which sounds great (oldslapper has one) and slobluesine knows how to source these. Cost me £60

[quote name='bob_pickard' post='1216355' date='May 1 2011, 09:35 AM']look up one of my posts earlier on the thread about playing loudly - all the KA contact details are there as well as the newer sound composite pickup[/quote] This is the thread Bob is referring to [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=131128&hl="]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=131128&hl=[/url] FWIW I am using a TM piezo pickup (not tried it live though as only got it from slobluesine this week) and am probably going to end up using a mag pickup live as my band is loud (14 of us, and I'm competing against drums, sousaphone, guitar and brass section)

[quote name='Jigster' post='1216125' date='Apr 30 2011, 08:44 PM']well done dude - did u go straight into the desk or get to use any of yr rig?[/quote] Went straight into the desk via one of these D-TAR preamps [url="http://www.d-tar.com/solstice.shtml"]http://www.d-tar.com/solstice.shtml[/url] (it was all set up by our band leader, who is a proficient DB and electric bass player in his own right) - the rest was done with EQ and compression from the computer software (although the 71 P/J fretless was left reasonably unaffected) For the gear geeks (like me) I had Rotosound TruBass strings on the 71 P/J and it sounded better than the DB for the smoky jazz-esque song, so we ditched my attempts at DB for that particular song and switched to the fretless. The 63P (with La Bella standard-gauge Flats on) unsurprisingly sounded perfect for the Northern Soul song

Not for a while I think. The two solo singles are planned to come out later this year, the first in the next couple of months. The Rattlin Bone songs (at least the original one with DB) I presume will be on our next album which will be a while as we only launched the first one a month or two ago

Did a recording session at our band leader's home studio today and achieved a few personal milestones - my first recording with a double bass, my first recording with a fretless bass and my first recording playing fingerstyle (I was always a pick player until I joined Rattlin Bone). Laid down four tracks - backing bass-lines for our lady singer's two planned solo singles (one a Northern Soul, stomp-along using my 63P; one a smoky, slightly jazzy Carol King-esque song using my 71 P/J fretless) plus DB for an unfinished Rattlin Bone song and fretless for a cover that we plan to do in the band. Took a while (and a fair few takes) to get in the swing but am feeling chuffed with myself as I do not think I would have the nerve let alone ability to lay down those lines 12 months ago.

Dennis Gahjgqdkwr99b&$2[q9a is one of the Master build team in the Custom Shop. You quite often see his name appended to one-off CS basses. Think there have been one or two of his builds for sale on BC Edit: here's one [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=104060&hl=Dennis+Galuszka"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...Dennis+Galuszka[/url]