NancyJohnson

I'm just going to throw something into the mix here. A few years ago, I installed a John East retro unit into a Jazz bass and experienced something similar to what you're describing. From memory I recall there was a couple of trim controls on the active unit to allow a bit of balance/parity between active/passive output - it was something as simple as adjusting a pair of tiny screws in the active part of the circuit. I know all these things are different...if it's working in both modes, perhaps you simply need to tweak the output settings (if there are some). Also, try a new battery! P

Umajets. Two albums, first one great, second so-so. The Merrymakers, pretty good; Bubblegun is brilliant. There's also a rarities collection available online if you search hard enough. There's other associated stuff. Bleu, Moog Cookbook, LEO. Redd Kross? If you want to hear stuff that sounds like Jellyfish, then check out Sensory Lullaby, Millicent Friendly, Mike Elgert, Taxiride, The JTG Implosion, The Superficials, Straw, The Tories. I would wholeheartedly also recommend the sadly defunct Sugarbomb as well...pretenders to the Jellyfish crown.

There's a load of good information elsewhere on Basschat...one post has a very long list of builders/techs. Umm, be a bit more specific as to what the issue is, what needs doing, what bass it is etc.and no doubt someone will be right along. P

Looks wonderful! Great job!

Wikipedia is your friend I just wish they would put their differences to bed and go out live again.

I remember issues with Spilt Milk being released over here. My parents got me a copy in the US...jeepers, my dad died twenty years ago today and my mum still reminds me not to forget I owe her for that CD!

Any Jellyfish fans out there? Omnivore Recordings, who are handling their back catalogue now, have announced [i]Bellybutton[/i] and [i]...presents Spilt Milk[/i] reissues for January 2015. I don't believe that these will contain anything that wasn't already on the Not Lame 4CD Fan Club set, but the remastering will be worth the ticket price alone. Omnivore actually seem to care about what they're doing...good label. Paul Here's the trailer: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIuJylga2FI&feature=youtu.be&app=desktop[/media] Spilt Milk period Ghost At Number One (from Later): [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP1SkB-Sny4[/media] and Bye Bye Bye (also Jools): [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymPQ_LtRpTY[/media]

There's a ton of gear there. The buyers premium thing is a bit frightening...total of 41% markup. According to their spiel: Bid price 100.00 Buyer’s premium @ 17.5% plus VAT = £21.00 VAT @ 20% on £100 = £20.00 Total £141.00 I wouldn't have minded putting in a bid for a Crest Pro-lite, but there's not one!! P

The 550 and 800 are fairly recent...the videos were added to You Tube at the start of October, so a couple of months tops. You do wonder why the Gumtree guy is selling so quickly. Trader maybe? Paul

Sorry...I've edited this post completely! Right here goes. I'm curious about how transparent these amps are. While I love the size/weight and the concept of adding effects via the Tone Port, my front end/desired tone [dirt] is shaped by a handful of Sansamp units. While I suppose it's feasible that there may be a close overdriven effect available via the Tone Port, my preference would generally be the Sansamp RBI/BDDI/VT Bass units and I wouldn't want to drop them, As there's no effects loop, the Sansamps will go in front of the amp...these units all have independent tone controls, so my question is when the amp's tone controls (bass/mid/treble) are at the noon position are these heads tonally flat? Cheers Paul

Fancy a road trip? I'm not buying but it would be good to look at some different product. I can swing past Windsor en route!

I haven't found anyone else, so I guess there's a good chance they are.

I had a G3 donkey's years ago. Aside from some niggly issues with the electrics (intermittent cutting out), I have nothing but pleasant memories of it. It played well, balanced nicely, sounded growly. All good. I trawl eBay regularly and parts don't really seem to be that hard to obtain, but be patient and buy well. **Neeph is rescuing a Ripper BTW, not a Grabber...Rippers are a different beastie entirely; set neck, varitone control, two pickups, nasty three point bridge. Good luck with it if you buy it. P

I've played a couple in stores...really nice but couldn't get past how hideous the headstock design is.

[quote name='tonyxtiger' timestamp='1416128396' post='2607033'] Do it. [/quote] Bass Direct have a red one for 'only' £3K. I'd have to shift a couple of basses, but in truth I'd only go for the black model. I have an American mate who visits these shores on business a few times a year...that alone could save me a few ££s. Ack, we'll see. P

Nope! There's plenty of businesses that do parts - you could easily do a scratch build from one of these - but there's really nothing that offers the depth or off the shelf availability/customisation options of Warmoth over here.

[quote name='gary mac' timestamp='1415792222' post='2603759'] [url="https://flic.kr/p/q2J9zt"][/url] [url="https://flic.kr/p/pKn9PB"][/url] [/quote] I've never owned a G&L and profess that I've always been put off by the headstock...I didn't know until quite recently that the original headstocks were smooth babies like these. Now I'm getting a bit of GAS. P

If you do just one (other) thing, put a Mustang bridge on it...a Squier one will cost under £30. P

[quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1415397560' post='2600041'] Well, you should. We'll all be longtime dead soon enough. [/quote] I'm doing some hard thinking about this...very hard thinking. The thing is that I'm pretty happy with what I've got in the arsenal; I wouldn't be happy taking a Lull out to many of the sh*thole gigs I do with the Johnsons.

BRX: Thanks for doing the link. discreet: I really can't bear these guys rat-a-tat-tatting in these videos; I don't slap, I don't know how to or want to. On the bass front, the body and headstock are 20% larger...I'm probably 20% bigger than your average person, so it should look normal on me! P

...no, I haven't pulled the trigger. Just wanted to post this link to a You Tube video of Branden Campbell of Neon Trees doing a piece for the Chicago Music Exchange. (How do I post the video here?) I just find it very refreshing to watch a regular guy just play [i]simply [/i]so you can just hear the tone of the bass and amp combination; it's more honest than all these blokes who just showboat and slap like crazy men. P [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdOe_wq7_oU#t=281"]https://www.youtube....Oe_wq7_oU#t=281[/url]

From my perspective, I have a main 1TB drive on the PC...the Beta Monkey loops take up 4.8GB of space, the other stuff (Loopology/ProTools stuff etc) takes up 13.8gb, so around 2% of my drive. When you create a session, you simply import the loop into the session, work with it and save the session...the original loop remains unchanged and (in my case) Audition creates a smallish session file (perhaps less than 5mb) that you can double click to reopen the session; this retains all the information pertaining to the song, including whatever you've done to manipulate the drum loops. To be honest, the thing that sucks drive space is the saving of guitar/bass takes you're never going to use...you record, make a mistake, delete it from the session. Audition saves every single take. P

With a drummer who simply didn't want to go into the studio, it was left to the rest of us to capture the songs on an aging Dell PC in the comfort of my spare bedroom. I use a bunch of drum loops - all WAVs - from Beta Monkey and Loopology and found the process quite fulfilling; OK on occasion you may listen to our back catalogue and hear the same drums/fills, but it's better than nothing, eh? My software is pretty old (Adobe Audition 3.0 - now free kids), but I know it backwards so see no reason to change it. I found that if you set the session tempo for each song and used loops at a [i]lower [/i]bpm to the session rate, the results were more than acceptable - the drums will fit the bar/tempo automatically. (You don't seem to be able to slow down a loop though...it goes all funny.) Obviously you need to work on putting in cymbals and other poop, but it was great getting the songs just how I/we wanted them. I finished this about half hour ago - it's just audio...no vocals: [media]http://www.nancyjohnson.co.uk/_2014%20Demos/11%20%28Scratch%29%202.mp3[/media] P

Yummy.