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People who put Fender logos on non-Fenders like this are being dishonest.
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[quote name='Dan_Q' timestamp='1485525731' post='3224639'] Thanks man, i'll take a look on the facebook group Prowla- that's awesome. very well done [/quote]Thanks!
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Well, it's great that it isn't just a samey-samey P or J ass, but, to paraphrase Arnie, it sure is an ugly mofo!
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I may need a great cheap Jazz bass. MIM 70's classic Jazz.?
prowla replied to bubinga5's topic in Bass Guitars
[quote name='dmccombe7' timestamp='1485510166' post='3224416'] Have you looked at the Vintage Basses. Some guitarists i know have bought their guitars and swear they are better than any Gibson Les Paul they've had for playability and weight. I do remember their basses getting some pretty good reviews and think they do a Jazz type bass. Maybe worth a look. Thomann circa £260 Dave [/quote] That's a good point - some of the Vintage stuff seems quite good; I may pick one up at some point. -
I may need a great cheap Jazz bass. MIM 70's classic Jazz.?
prowla replied to bubinga5's topic in Bass Guitars
[quote name='SH73' timestamp='1485508344' post='3224403'] Hi, Out if interest, where did you get the parts as I am after a p bass body and p bass neck with tuners for a project. [/quote] ebay, and a couple of bits from random shops. I also got someone to make me a headstock logo, which I've not yet put on (it says "Prowla", not "Fender" - don't agree with counterfeits!). I've also built a Strat with a whammy bar from bits; it came in at around the £100-150 mark, with an Iron Gear pickup and decent machines being the most expensive parts. I bought an unfinished body and stained it a lovely dark oak colour, and then a couple of coats of spray lacquer. I'm not sure it's quite fit to gig, but it was fun making it. I got a Squier neck from a shop for a tenner (turns out it's quite a nice neck). The thing about the Fenders and Fender-based guitars is that they are made to be able to swap things and there are plenty of choices. -
It's worth checking whether the string sits in the bridge saddle correctly and also whether the bridge is correctly attached to the guitar body. I had both of those problems with a Badass (in the case of its fit, it was just sitting on top of the grounding wire and so not perfectly flush with the body). Switching from strings which have a narrower/tapered core over the bridge to uniform width ones like Rotosounds could cause the bridge saddle issue.
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So, I have a working bass! At the moment it's got some of the good bits on it, to get it up and running, including Schaller machines, a genuine Ricky treble pickup & surround and a Hipshot bridge; they're really destined for my next project (and are worth more than the instrument!), so I've got to get my copy treble pickup re-wired and find a straight bridge (as the original that came with it looks like a ski-slope!). I got the mono/stereo jack socket conversion done. I also plan to have a play with the electrics; I've got a couple of 330k (vol) pots & 500k (tone), a new Switchcraft switch to make them up. I also plan to put in a vintage/modern push/pull treble tone control (hence the 500k tone pots, as 330k onbes are silly money). I posted some more pics on the FB page. (I'm not happy with the "R" word on the TRC, cos it isn't one!, so I'll be changing that!)
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I may need a great cheap Jazz bass. MIM 70's classic Jazz.?
prowla replied to bubinga5's topic in Bass Guitars
If you're patient you could build... I'm working on a Precision and so far it's cost me:[list] [*]£52 for the Squier body, neck and a load of parts. [*]An old Badass bridge I had, but there are decent quality ones on ebay for cheap (even Fender Badass copies for under £50). [*]£35 for some Shadow pickups (the Squier ones were weak and a shop had this as old stock). [*]£20 for CTS pots, a Sprague cap and a Switchcraft socket. [*]£30 for a scratchplate (in a job-lot). [*]£50 for a Mighty Mite fretless neck, including machines. [*]£20 for a set of strings. [*]£10 for a pair of Straplock buttons. [*]£10 for a 4-hole neckplate with an "F" on it. [*]£55 for a Hipshot D-tuner (guessing you wouldn't need one of these). [/list] It is a very nice bass! I'll probably replace the body at some point - had been thinking about a Warmoth (as you know from my J-bass thread), the scratchplate isn't the best fit and I might go for better pickups if the mood takes me. The point is, though, that I've made up a good bass for well under your budget, so there's no reason you couldn't too! -
I'll see your LED fret markers and I'll raise you....
prowla replied to Painy's topic in Bass Guitars
[sub]I used to play in a band and we used thunderflashes.[/sub] [sub]Maybe an exploding guitar would add more to the music too![/sub] -
[quote name='markstuk' timestamp='1485451763' post='3224076'] Then you probably won't be buying one... [/quote] You might be right, unless I see one at the price; the bridge & head are £23.64 (free delivery) on ebay, so £36.36 might just about cover the rest.
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[quote name='markstuk' timestamp='1485435161' post='3223936'] Sure.. Although it's not second hand and is a Steinberger clone to boot... :-) [/quote] I reckon it's worth £60 though...
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I'll see your LED fret markers and I'll raise you....
prowla replied to Painy's topic in Bass Guitars
Very understated... -
That's quite a nice bass now - battered, abused, resurrected and lived to tell the tale!
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It's a lot of money for a copy...
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I think it's Wesley who do some; they have a small-bodied one, which could be less of a burden, so to speak. I've no idea what they play like (they are definitely at the budget end of the scale).
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I have to say, I've never been particularly keen on Yammy basses; I'd walk right past them... ...maybe I need to stop and try one next time.
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[quote name='Lw.' timestamp='1485360150' post='3223382'] My old band used to quite regularly gig with a band whose guitarist had an acrylic/perspex BC Rich Mockingbird - it was heavier than any bass or guitar I've ever picked up but did sound decent enough, I'd even say it sounded exactly the same as his wooden one - though this was a metal band so a lot of the guitar tone was hidden behind distortion. [/quote] Maybe he should've had a metal bodied one then?
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If you get the sender to pay the duties then you avoid the courier handling fees.
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I got the Dremel out this evening and it's much neater now; the Mono/Stereo-Sound twin jack plate is on. Pretty much ready to put the rest on it and make it into a complete guitar.
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So, I strolled into a shop and came out with a custom J...
prowla replied to prowla's topic in Bass Guitars
OK - a couple more pics... I started off wanting a bass to muck around with, so I bought a Squier P-bass in bits on ebay; the seller had sprayed it orange. Well, I then had a badass bridge I'd had for years on another bass, so I put it on the orange one. It's pickup wasn't great, so I bought a Shadow branded one from my local shop. I was debating putting better machines on the Squier neck, but was really keeping my eye out for a Status neck (I let one go on ebay last year). However, a colleague at work decided to upgrade his bass and sold me its fretless Mighty Mite neck, so on that went. I'd always wanted a D-tuner, so I got one of those and on it went too. So, I had a decent orange P-bass, but was looking to replace the body at some point, possibly with a Warmoth. I had in the back of my mind that I'd make it active at some point too. Then, last weekend, I walked into the shop and there was pretty much my shopping list hanging from the wall! So here they are: Aqua and Orange... Headshots: The Aqua body: Funny old world, isn't it? -
So, I strolled into a shop and came out with a custom J...
prowla replied to prowla's topic in Bass Guitars
Yep. Big Deal. Nice bloke there; I may have met him at a guitar fair previously. -
Well, I'm soldiering away with a hand file on the jack socket; maybe I should've got my Dremel out... However, I've also been a bit distracted by buying another (non-Ricky) bass on the weekend.
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So, I strolled into a shop and came out with a custom J...
prowla replied to prowla's topic in Bass Guitars
I've definitely got to spend a bit of time with the actives to get to grips with them. The active volume is roughly the same as another active bass I've got, so I don't think it's OTT. -
So, I strolled into a shop and came out with a custom J...
prowla replied to prowla's topic in Bass Guitars
[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1485045568' post='3220761'] I'm thinking that's an East also. Do you have any other pics of the unit. What's the tone like by the way with that Status neck. I presume it's very modern sounding.? [/quote] The preamp looks like this. The active makes a big difference; turning it off and it's about half as loud. I think I'd be unlikely to use it in passive mode! In active mode, with all controls on mid (and volume on full) it sounds characterful; turning up the bass and it goes deep deep deeper than Eddie Murphy undercover! The general feel is that it is a pro instrument, probably the most of all my basses; whether it suits my scrappy style of playing I'll have to see. I'll get more familiar with it over time and figure out its character. -
So, I strolled into a shop and came out with a custom J...
prowla replied to prowla's topic in Bass Guitars
[quote name='DarkHeart' timestamp='1485125928' post='3221463'] Love that colour and if anyone thinks gold hardware looks tacky on a bass.....think again! [/quote] I have to say that I've always thought gold looked tacky on a bass... ...now I'm not so sure, in fact I rather like it!