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Rock Around The Clock - Cardiacs

You not liking your MX5 @petetexas ? Just curious as you’re looking to replace it with something else. Im possibly looking at a new (to me) amp and these things have come to my attention. Are they the way forward?

Otoboke Beaver

Not a particularly bad tune, I actually like it, but the bass line is ace

i was just looking at some of these after listening to a few Tim Lefvbre clips. How are they so expensive 😮

Cry Wet Dry Smile - Cardiacs

A Mark Hoppus pickguard ?

Sleep All Eyes Open - Cardiacs

I guess they are all hand made, but even compared to all their other handmade pickups they’re expensive £200+

It’s both I believe. And has its own built in pre amp which I presume is active? It was a new battery. Have to investigate further. When I got it the piezo wasn’t working and after dismantling the preamp and checking all the connectors found that the cable had been tightly caught and folded in half in the back of the E string when someone had put the strings on. Sorted this out but still nothing. Eventually I worked out that the bone nut on the bridge wasnt flat in the bottom end and had a bulge/curve over its length so it was wedged into the bridge slot and not actually making contact with the piezo underneath. An hour or so later sanding the nut and it now fits properly and it was working but has a really low output. While I’m here, what’s the action generally like on everyone’s Uke? Mine seems quite high I guess to allow the strings to vibrate freely, just wondering if could get it slightly lower without affecting the playability or creating a problem.

Yes please do Rich. Having a think about what to bring along. I’m meant to be having a major cull, this could be a good excuse to put that off a while longer 😄

Just found this, I’m not too far over the bridge in welshland so I might try and attend.

It arrived a few days. I’d some issues with it but hopefully resolved them now. I love it! Hardly put it down. I’ll do a nbd post probably but have a question in the meantime. I’ve had a piezo fitted electric bass in the past and didn’t notice any volume issues. This new Uke has a piezo fitted but I’m finding the volume is really low compared to any of my usual basses, and by low I mean I usually have the input and output volumes set at around a quarter at home (it’s a tiny PJB combo), with the Uke both volumes are almost at max to have a similar level to the electric basses. Is this normal?

I don’t honestly know, but repros by The Creamery, Stonewall and Curtis Novak certainly aren’t cheap

As @ped just posts on the other Mike Kerr thread there’s one for sale on Reverb £1399

Didn’t think they’d been released yet? The reverb link https://reverb.com/uk/item/71033929-fender-limited-edition-mike-kerr-jaguar-bass-tiger-blood-orange-incl-deluxe-gig-bag-with-tiger

Did I read somewhere $1500? Usual ends up a near as dammit straight conversion to GBP. I’d rather get my mitts on one of those Gold wide range humbuckers if their copies of the original Tele ones.

££££s 😑

Is This The Life? - Cardiacs

Yeah I caught some of him in something a while ago and was impressed with his voice and I’m a right fussy tart when it comes to singists.

So if it’s in a similar location and isn’t as boomy as the original tele pickup it has to be a different pickup. It can only be the pickup or location changing the sonic output.

That could be as much about pickup placement than the actual pickup.

Depends how they do it, I can’t say I’m a fan of shuffling the bridge 2” further up the body. I wonder if that’s an actual remake of an original Telecaster wide range humbucker or the later one that’s more muddy, like you get on the re issue Tele’s they’ve released over the years.