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To continue my Fdeck love in, I have found that I have not needed the extra eq that I needed with either the platpro or the headway.

I have owned 2 of the basses. They were really nice. I would happily own another.

The PlatPro is nice, but I have never tried anything (and I have tried them all) that makes a piezo sound as natural as an fdeck.

That is VERY fine!

Hi Y'all, I would like to change the metal ears/buttons on my Gotoh GB707 machine heads for some nice ebony ones, or perhaps some other nice wood. Gutarists seem to have that option. Can anyone point me in the direction of ones for basses? TIA

The distance makes an awful lot of sense. I was pretty tight in on the mic for the recording which inspired this thread and it was just not a cool sound and certainly not what I am used to hearing when I have done work in "proper" studios. Having said that, the usual venue has a Neumann something or other (U87?) and monitor on 15" ATC monitors, so I am unlikely to achieve that level of lushness

Ooh! Thanks for that Si. I have the small AT condensor on a gooseneck which has always struck me as underwhelming. Perhaps I should try it further away.

Joseph Kay seems to be doing interesting work https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.560491584011147.1073741848.142235195836790&type=1

He used to be around here (or the old place) and he seemed sound and plenty of people were complimentary IIRC.

Forgot to mention that I have actually owned one as well. It was the 63 P up on his site. It sat next to my original 66J more than happily and ticked all the same boxes for me. Do I feel stupid for selling it? Yes.

Get someone to build you the wood bits - there are plenty of guys on here who would do it. Buy the hardware on here. Every pickup ever made crops up eventually. Get https://www.facebook.com/Retro169?fref=ts to paint it. I am in the process of doing this with a J5 http://basschat.co.uk/topic/192744-relic-j5/page__p__2062347__hl__relic__fromsearch__1#entry2062347 If Bravewood built a J5 I would have him doing it, but he does not, so I am getting it done another way.

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1390154642' post='2342043'] I trust you said "Thank you"..? [/quote] I was very gracious about it!

And then my brother turns round and says I can have his AKG C12A on permanent loan.

I must admit the PR40 does look attractive.

I need a new piezo strip pickup. The difference in prices is staggering. Are all piezo pickups much of a muchness or are some better than others? I am fully aware of the pre-amp side of things having been amplifying my DB for decades, but I could have one of these http://www.ebay.com/itm/TONE-MONSTER-SAU-Ukulele-Uke-Under-Saddle-Piezo-Pickup-Flex-Design-High-Quality-/111248949316?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19e6f44044 or I could pay £100 + fpr something more mainstream. All I want and will use is the strip, I have a pre-amp ready to go which does all I need it to do. TIA

Thanks for the input so far everyone. I have spent some time reading reviews and stuff and now have a clearer view of what is out there.

I have had lots of nice mics waved at my bass in the past, but find myself wanting to record at home. What to use that wilp not break the bank but will sound nice? I tried an SE2200 from work but did not care for it. There are all sorts of mics which would be lovely, but what would work for £150-£200? I am fully aware that nice mics are expensive for a reason.

Hi All, We have a super technician at work but his nuts and bolts knowledge about guitar set up and electrickery is not all it might be. Could anyone suggest a luthier who might do a bespoke 2 day course to get him up to speed. He is keen and easy to have around and does not smell. TIA

Ugh! I have just read about yours and spent some time reading a 14 page thread on the VM P5 on TB. I am struggling to think of a reason not to buy one and get it re-finished in Nitro black and relic it.

[quote name='Subbeh' timestamp='1389265443' post='2331999'] Absolutely love that! really is a fantastic looking bass, got any sound clips? [/quote] Who cares how it sounds? I just want to hang it on my wall!

The Carol Kaye thing is a reference to many classic basslines which people had assumed were played by bass player A but were claimed by Carol Kaye. It is kind of internet folklore - if you are geeky enough to have wasted a significant amount of your time on bass forums. I am that time waster.

Thanks ikay. Chamfering the entry hole makes a lot of sense. There is a nasty edge on it at the moment. I have used a headway and another similar (which I cannot remember at the moment). which are both flexible but obviously not made for sharp edges. I shall get the corner rounded and take it from there. Are all flexible piezo strips much of a muchness or is Piezo XYZ significantly better than Piezo ABC? I understand about buffering them and it is going into an Fdeck preamp which is lovely, but is there a difference between the actual strip from different manufacturers? I love this place

Very fine indeed!

I have a very long running project on. The build thread is here [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/104007-5-string-bass-ukulele/page__st__30__p__2190563__hl__ukulele__fromsearch__1#entry2190563"]http://basschat.co.u..._1#entry2190563[/url] . I think that we have managed to break 2 undersaddle piezo pickups. The hole to put the pickup through the body into the bridge slot is at an angle of approx 75 degrees to the actual laying flat of the element under the saddle and this seems to snap the actual pickup giving me bucketloads of hum and a rubbish weedy output. The second pickup worked fine and dandy before installation but once the saddle was on and the angle created it all went pear shaped. Can anyone suggest a piezo element which would be super flexible? It is either that or I will have to get the angle changed on the mounting hole which is I guess do-able but will be royal pain to get done. I could take it back to the luthier to get done and it might come to that, but given the 3 year build time, I would like to keep it in my hands if at all possible. I don't want to get into the whole "it should be right before I get it" argument. I am aware of that but by now I just want to be able to use it and the luthier's time scale does not match mine. TIA