steve

I had a go of this at the 'nocturnal pre bash' on the Saturday night of the Moffat BB, it's a very nice bass, and looks stunning in the flesh

Great photos Peter, the only basses missing from the photos were the ACG singlecut Recurve 6 I kept going back to and Eudes Shuker, which was also unputdownable.

+1 to all the above, it was a fantastic do. Thanks to Alan, Dave and Peter for the organisation. Roll on the next one

interesting article, what I would love to come out of all this is an increase in the perceived value of live performance by musicians, the closure of all clubs and the public humiliation of all dj's (stocks and wet sponges would prolly suffice for this bit)

is the photo representative of the colour in real life? it looks like a really nice shade - I'm thinking of something like that or possibly sonic blue for mine, but I've seen some examples of daphne blue that were considerably stronger shades

looks great, what colour is that you've used?

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='634879' date='Oct 23 2009, 09:41 PM']I sanded my infills down with a sanding block... but then again I love sanding (dunno why - to me it's kinda like meditation but with sore hands) The only thing I say is give the glue a few days to go off properly as mine retreated a bit after sanding down too soon and you could see the glue line. I was left to fill it with successive layers of primer and paint.[/quote] I'll bear that in mind, it'll be a couple of days before I get the chance to get the router out so the glue (no nails actually ) should have gone off by then. Unfortunately, I don't share your passion for sanding, so I'll be doing as much avoiding as possible - I'm intending to keep the existing lacquer finish as the base coat and just scuff it up for the primer to key to. [quote name='Rayman' post='635368' date='Oct 24 2009, 03:56 PM']Nice lump of wood there Steve, which plate fits it best from those few I had?[/quote] Some of the bits have really nice grain, but there's some not so nice bits and some strange laminations. Coupled with the fill I've had to do, it'll have to be painted. I ended up choosing the one with the reddest, most 'focussed' tort pattern (it had no notch cut for a trussrod) - not only was it the best fit, it was the nicest looking one IMO

made a [i]tiny[/i] bit of progress today [attachment=35014:Photo056.jpg][attachment=35015:Photo057.jpg] I think I'm going to bring the plywood flush to the body with my router, unless anyone shouts up to advise against it, I don't particularly want to do it with a sanding block.

I've always liked them, thay have a nice retro vibe going on, I'm not sure about the grey headstock tho - I think I need to see the whole bass in one pic to see how it all fits together

[quote name='jonny-lad' post='633169' date='Oct 22 2009, 09:07 AM']I use a Korg Pitchblack. It has a nice clear display, it's simple and easy to use, it picks up the low B-string of my 5-string bass easily, I can use it as a mute switch as it's a pedal tuner, it doesn't add any noise to the signal, it's compact, and at around £55, it's good value too IMO.[/quote] +1

[quote name='Bass_In_Yer_Face' post='631607' date='Oct 20 2009, 06:12 PM']Anything by the mighty Mick Karn[/quote] +1, especially tribal dawn, IMHO the best fretless bassline ever (which I must get round to learning myself one day)

[quote name='cheddatom' post='630089' date='Oct 19 2009, 09:40 AM']The zoom B2.1U is an excellent starter effects pedal.[/quote] +1

[quote name='lateralus462' post='627827' date='Oct 16 2009, 01:09 PM']And scaring guitarists is a bad thing? It's one of my main aims in life!!![/quote] +1, I'm just lulling them into a false sense of security [quote name='lateralus462' post='627827' date='Oct 16 2009, 01:09 PM']I may see if I can get hold of some 109's in that case to see if they help - I suppose the other option is to give the blend circuit that Al posted up on here a go and see if that works.[/quote] I'm not sure if the blend circuit will cure your problem tbh, if it sounds crap unblended, the sound through a blender + mammoth will be clean sound + crap mammoth, so at best you'd hear less crap mammoth. Have a go with some 109's - if you have a breadboard you can muck around with different resistor/cap values - you may find a few mods you can add. If you want to try a couple of 109's and struggle to get some, send me a pm, I can prolly help you out there.

[quote name='lateralus462' post='627803' date='Oct 16 2009, 12:57 PM']I just used 3904's - they're what were on the schematic Al pointed me in the direction of.[/quote] Yeah, I think I used the same schematic - I either 1) tried both transistors on a breadboard and preferred/got a decent result with the 109s or 2) didn't have any 3904's at the time and had some 109s lying around, either way, they did the job for me and the pedal needs taming with a blend circuit otherwise it seems to scare guitarists

What transistors did you use in the circuit? IIRC I ended up using BC109's (can't remem if I changed the resistor values tho') and it seems to work fine with my TRB1006

Russ very kindly dropped off not one but three tort guards and a set of fender mex pups at my gaf for my Antoria revival project. Didn't want paying either, a great example of the community spirit on Basschat - cheers mate, very much appreciated

really impressive, + for some vids

[quote name='thepurpleblob' post='623735' date='Oct 12 2009, 08:57 AM']Cheers... I think that was one thing I tried but I don't seem to get the feel right at all I'm just too fussy:lol:[/quote] IIRC it took me a while to settle on that, I just went on the lack of raised eyebrows from other band members and that version got the least It's very difficult to hear what's played on the recording tho, so as long as what you play doesn't clash with what everyone else is playing you should be ok

try A - - - - C B A Ab - - - C Bb Ab that's what I use and it's always sounded like it fits

thanks fellas. I've been looking into aging chrome, I think I'll look into using pcb etchant (as I already have some) as detailed [url="http://www.stewmac.com/tradesecrets/ts0017_agedtuners.hzml?jrl=355336&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ts0017&clk=81341"]on the stewmac website[/url]. I've got some old bits lying around I can try it on

I might well be interested in the set of geddys, how much are you looking for (pm me if you like). I'll investigate the aging process - I might need to do that with the control plate anyway. As for the hondos, I think I still have the original set of tuners that came with my P bass where the plates are too small - they may well be similar to yours. Fitting them might be an option but it'll mean I'll have visible filled screw holes or have to refin the back of the headstock. I don't particularly want to go down that route tam, but if I did, I would probably go the whole hog and have the front matching the body