Owen

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Here is a bass I put together using a 73P neck and body (both of which had been abused) and various old looking (dirty re-issue stuff mainly) bits which I picked up here and there. It's come out rather well even though I say it myself [attachment=25418:08052009253.jpg] [attachment=25419:08052009254.jpg] [attachment=25420:08052009255.jpg] [attachment=25421:08052009256.jpg] [attachment=25422:08052009257.jpg] Obv my pink velour sofa is a thing of rare beauty as well!

Line out from the Lowdown until something you want turns up. You might even like it as it is.

[quote name='redstriper' post='486560' date='May 13 2009, 02:07 AM']I reckon I'm gonna have to get me some - have you tried the flats Owen ?[/quote] I have both strung up on different basses. You are welcome to borrow them.

TI Jazz rounds are THE BOMB. Bendy, rubbery (in a good way) long lasting. I love them very much and I was looking for just what you were looking for. Did I mention that they are THE BOMB?

Lots of fun. Zero resale. That might not be an issue, but worth bearing in mind.

[quote name='alexclaber' post='482804' date='May 8 2009, 11:10 AM']Is that the same system that Peavey licensed? Aussie chap, right? Alex[/quote] It was/is. I had a Peavey Midibase and really wanted to like it. The MIDI was excellent. The bass itself was SO horrible that I could not bring myself to use it. I mean REALLY horrible.

[quote name='bozzbass' post='482847' date='May 8 2009, 12:10 PM']Sorry, do you mean 7th fret on a low string tuned to E or B? Either way it sounds pretty good as that area of the neck sounds the best for using an octaver to my ear.[/quote] Realistically about 5th fret on the A, give the right patch is about as low as you will go, and that will be stretching it.

1. Do you know if you can program a patch on these synths to transpose the octave down (or up)? I have no idea! 2. Do you use a Librarian/Editor program? Which do you use? Nope. Much too complicated for me!

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='483040' date='May 8 2009, 04:12 PM']Wow, nice one. One question: I've noticed with a lot of software that tracks your playing, often when you release a note it can pull slightly sharp for a moment (which sounds especially awful if you've got a long release phase on the sound you're using). Does this do that? I thought I could hear it slightly on that guitar demo vid and I figure it'd be more noticeable on bass.[/quote] On open strings there does tend to be a slow vibrato thing happening. In a not good way

[quote name='alexclaber' post='482744' date='May 8 2009, 10:03 AM']That's always been the problem with bass-MIDI converters - they take roughly a quarter wave period to work out the pitch of the note, so the lower the note the slower the response. I believe one historical solution was to shift your basslines up an octave (piccolo tuning or go up the neck) and then let the MIDI system transpose back down. Even with doing that you'll have to play with topspin to land on the beat. Alex[/quote] The Wal system was the Steve Chick system where the frets were actually wired as individual switches - frets split into 4 on each fret on a 4 string and 5 individual frets per fret on a 5 string. Latency was not an issue. It did mean technique adaptation though as wombatboter has mentioned.

I tried it with 5 different basses (my wife has already told me I have too many). It was fine with them all really. I had to be careful with muting, but not to any excessive degree. If I was expecting full MIDI implementation down to low B then yes it was a duffer. However, I knew that would not be on so I was pleasantly surprised that it did what I expected it to do without overly having to modify my technique. Again, no use really beneath the 7th fret, but then we all knew that was was going to be the case.

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So, I paid my money and it came. The good news is that up above the 7th fret - for me - it works. The latency is certainly there, but I could happily play it without that being an issue as I adapted to it. I put a capo on 7th fret and noodled away for an hour this evening. A lot depends on the synth patch being used. I dusted off my old Alesis Nanobass module which I had been keeping for just the right occasion and with the right patch I was good to go. Not sure what else to say really - it is fun and useable. It will track down to just above an open D (depending on the patch) but is not really interested in anything beneath that as far as useable triggering goes. I know have sound module GAS. There is no sustain pedal input on the Alesis. Any questions?

[quote name='YouMa' post='479582' date='May 5 2009, 12:26 AM']No im waiting for you to buy one and tell us if the tracking and latency is any good.[/quote] OK. I just did and will report back.

[quote name='owen' post='479561' date='May 4 2009, 11:50 PM']£80? I might well take a hit for the team on this one.[/quote] I have taken a hit for the team and will report back when it arrives. I fully expect it to be useless beneath the 12th fret, but I'm sure I will have fun as long as I can get the transpose button sorted on my sound module.