martthebass

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='2740' date='May 20 2007, 10:10 AM']My first two basses had plywood bodies and I couldn't wait to get onto a solid wood bodied instrument. I found plywood doesn't really vibrate all that well and it sounded a little dead at certain frequencies (the ones I liked to listen to for slap). So I saved up hard for an instrument which didn't have those problems.[/quote] The materials engineer in me keeps saying that something exotic, say a Wal Pro-something with expensive top and back wood facings is just 'expensive' ply-wood? The reactive stiffness of the piece would be related to the orientation of the grain, relative modulus of the materials, the difference (if any) between the thermal expansions of the different woods etc.... A tricky finite element analysis calculation I think

Had a jam last night. Usually use my 'wick Thumb, but for a change last night I decided to use my Sterling. The Thumb usually sounds ok whatever amps turn up. Plugged into an Ashdown Mag thing - sounded bloody awful, set it flat, played, no good couldn't mod it to make a decent noise. Thought it was the bass as I don't use it that often but then I plugged it into the Keyboardists expensive Roland kit - sounded excellent. Are some basses just more picky than others when it comes to amps?

[quote name='simon73' post='968' date='May 17 2007, 11:18 PM']I will allways regret not buying a jaydee back in about 1990 for £300.[/quote] Ditto, a £300 Wal pro 1 in 1991

They are seriously hideous................did they run out of wood?

Voted Warwick but could easily have put Musicman in equal measure. Every bass collection needs at least one of each.

Martthebass: Aging 40 something know-nothing who occassionally dabbles with the bass guitar. More money than talent when it comes to buying gear. In a trio playing 60's & 70's instead of punk which helps fund the habbit. Will happily shoot dead the next hacker at a jam night who plays 'All along the Watchtower'