Owen

Fair play, those look great and if they function well then you are ahead of the game. My bass would need some intense refinishing on the headstock to make them work, but the ones I have rattle and are ........ not aesthetically pleasing. Thanks. For anyone else wondering https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/365106722801?_skw=Double+Bass+mAchine+heads&itmmeta=01JTQEHN08J5M25206R42QRCPW&hash=item55020e77f1:g:8gIAAOSwrZVm2r58&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA0FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1fhSXTR5Srbf%2BCuT9UGOVXQcC8OlSQhuoT82xWLRwddAqMmMO9bQOGaojMzsxWczyMtu%2FKkToWrnEX0CBGbMJI1N2otvyU1GxJ9DL4Z7ppMpd9jZwBKlJeRKgaeBXeaurNqcB3TfrEZNgj5q6l8R%2Boiu%2BQTmJ6cMr1RACOMtJT7lvgt%2BIrxDbZ%2BK69U5ipk6jtk%2Bbf0m5QNNu2Xnmnl7zezhEzxkCCdkF7N7xy%2BDqluJiIVCaR2uXNqesB%2BMeroDwY%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR6TQxu7VZQ

£59 at Andertons. I got quite excited when I saw it at £113 on eBay, but decided to check further. Tough not to take a punt at that price. https://www.andertons.co.uk/aston-element-cardioid-microphone/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=surfaces&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=20740064305&gclid=CjwKCAjwiezABhBZEiwAEbTPGA5ZdGR_IB7_lA-I3f84O9ALZEjD1oIgz7EJODuJE2A9j_L4pZaVoBoCs2wQAvD_BwE

Interesting. Any links or pics? Thanks

Read the brief Chris

That is the large diaphragm. That will do the meat and potatoes, I am just looking for the redcurrant jelly as well. It is lovely though

..... any ideas? To sit in with a large diaphragm condenser for detail work on acoustic guitar or Double Bass. TIA

Thanks. I shall persevere.

I am being really brave. I am adjusting the truss rod on my Telecaster (guitar - sue me). It is at the body end. I have slackened the strings. I will confess to having initially turned it clockwise to bend the neck to provide more space for the strings to swing. Don't judge me, I am learning. How hard can it be, right? So anyway, I am now turning it anti-clockwise and getting less of the string buzz. However, I seem to have run out of road. The screw end bit is sticking out in such a way that the neck will not sit in the neck pocket. But I am still experiencing string buzz. The bridge is maxed out upwards. The guitar used to wear flatwounds, and I have now gone to 9s. I like to shake it up now and again. The neck is SUPER fat C shape. 26mm from the face of the fingerboard to the back of the neck. Do I just need to accept that something this chunky is going to need something heavier than 9s to provide a bit of fight to tame the neck? Or am I missing something here? TIA, as usual.

If that were chocolate, it would be the correct colour. However.......... But I am grateful for the heads up. Thanks

You are, of course, correct. I have dropped the price by 30%.

Just to provide context, I am a tightwad. I could pick up a 2nd hand, abused P body for not much. A 5 string P body would mean spending proper money. By the time I have dropped £450 on a body, I am entering the world of spending what a decent bass could cost if I add all the hardware. I am more than capable of talking myself into overspending. I do not even need another bass; this would just be a fun project. And you know how I feel about you calling me Shirley.

So, this is sitting in the corner looking at me, saying "come hither". If I were to buy a 4-string P body, what would be the good reasons not to widen the neck pocket? I am aware that there would be an overhang on the G side. This would not concern me in the slightest. I never go up there. Are there any other good reasons not to do this?

Lots of good things happening there then

P bass vibes. I was hoping for Bravewood reliced goodness

Yeah. We will be needing a picture of that.

After all that thinking, I bought a Moog Sub Phatty. I am fully aware that it is WAY more expensive than anything I was considering in my post or anything else suggested here. Am I having a wonderful time? Absolutely. I shall never be able to play killer funky fills. I am just not wired up that way. But I can lay down big fat pedal tones and open and close the filter for different articulation. That is what I wanted. Doing an octave smear gliss to open proceedings makes me sound like a total boss and the portamento function gives me a veneer of smoothness I do not deserve. I was looking at cobbling together something which would do all that as cheaply as possible. Then I realised that it would be another 15 mins set up when I got there and it would all be relying on tiny conectors. The Moog cost me the same as a 2nd hand Mexican Jazz would cost and I am totally getting VFM for it. Will I keep it forever? A Subsequent 37 would be nice.......

Have you considered writing and recording your own stuff? Not for public consumption (necessarily), just for the craic. I started doing this a couple of years ago and really enjoy it. I am more than aware that the world is not waiting for what I have to say. But I am hugely enjoying the process.