Bassassin

[quote name='Musky' post='540561' date='Jul 14 2009, 06:04 PM']Ah, so it's not yours then Jon. Does that mean it's ok to call open season on that wallpaper? [/quote] If that was my wallpaper I'd deserve everything I got... J.

Just to clarify for the Hard Of Funny: P + Rick = Prick, a name, not a value judgement on either the instrument or its creator. I might build one so I can have a Prick of my own. And then stand it upright, like that one. J.

[quote name='BurritoBass' post='540478' date='Jul 14 2009, 05:05 PM']Works for me.... although I don't want to be quoted as liking your prick! Um, so to speak!?[/quote] Like it as much as you want - it's not my Prick! No idea what it is - it was causing furrowed brows over on (p)Rickresource & I thought it might provoke a guffaw or two over here. If it was mine, I'd let you all play (with) it, oh yes.... J.

Prick: Jon.

[quote name='riff raff' post='540131' date='Jul 14 2009, 11:00 AM']any info on how these sound bassassasin? anyone got one? got any info/advice?[/quote] D'you mean the Ibby or your Hondo? The Ibby pups are interesting - they look like Gibson Mudbuckers (it's the same set as the EB-0 copy oif the same era) but in fact they're single coils. I can't speak for the big square neck 'un, but I've got the same sort as the bridge one fitted in my Frankenbugger Parts-Box Special: And it sounds great - I'd say a lot more like a real Rick pup than the "accurate" Hi-gain copy on my Kasuga. Admittedly the neck pup on the Frank [b]is[/b] a real Rickenbacker Hi-gain, so that probably sweetens it a bit, but the chrome bridge pup is very bright, full & loud - it measures about 11k so like a lot of old MIJ units, it ain't subtle. Rick copies have been selling well lately - probably due to RIC's own price hikes, and £500 is pretty good for an Ibby - because of the brand name these are the most sought-after & collectable Rick copies. This one does have a neck/body split he's stopped mentioning in his ads, without seeing it, there's no real way of knowing if it's an issue or not - but this sort of thing can be a symptom of neck/body join warping, which can result in an unalterably high action. J.

[quote name='FuNkShUi' post='539972' date='Jul 14 2009, 06:48 AM']~Im thinking of a trip to barcelona soon aswell. Which part was he in when you went? Would love to see him play[/quote] He was in the Barri Gotic district, in a small pedestrianised square. The same spot was used by various other buskers at other times so there's plainly a "circuit" they play. [attachment=28876:barcelon...gbassist.jpg] Saw a variety of different performers at Parc Guell & I would imagine he plays there too. If you look at the Youtube vids, he's all over the place! Highly recommend Barcelona, it's a fantastic city & I want to go back! J.

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='539772' date='Jul 13 2009, 09:54 PM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ibanez-bass-guitar_W0QQitemZ130318521936QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item1e5796d650&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A10|66%3A2|39%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50"]Ibanez[/url][/quote] That's the one that was up at a grand a few times, before continuing to not sell at £500. I think this is the fifth re-list, must be costing him a fortune in fees. All the time he's too lazy to post it & too greedy to start it low it probably won't sell. J.

[quote name='silddx' post='540025' date='Jul 14 2009, 09:10 AM']Same with Geddy, he can slay many bassists with one finger.[/quote] He uses his index finger like a pick; up & down strokes. I read somewhere he has a mutant fingernail which allows him to do this comfortably. Wonder if he gets many know-all snotnoses telling him he's "playing wrong"? J.

Saw him when I was in Barcelona a couple of years back - his hair's shorter but I think it's still the same bass! Very entertaining & dextrous playing. I even gave him money! Jon.

I played pretty much exclusively with a pick for about 20 years - my fingerstyle was rudimentary at best & never got used live. I decided a few years ago to make an effort to develop good dexterity with my fingers, and have now got to the point where I don't touch the pick at home and when gigging it's about 80% fingers. At practice last week I got inexplicable right-hand pains & had to resort to the pick for a lot of songs I wouldn't normally, and on Friday we were playing a long set so I made the decision to play a 100% plectrum gig, for the first time in about 4 years. What I realised was that about half of my band's songs sound better with plectrum bass, and despite having developed a pretty solid fingerstyle, I still play more confidently & accurately with a pick. There were a few songs where my parts simply don't work with the pick but on the whole it was an eye-opening & somewhat liberating experience. I'm going to be reintroducing the pick for a lot of songs from now on - & I think this is a clear demonstration of the validity of all techniques. Learn 'em all. Jon.

[quote name='benwhiteuk' post='539687' date='Jul 13 2009, 08:43 PM']I think the funny thing here is that someone once paid £120 for it [/quote] In the trade that's what they call "a pack of lies". I'd like a pink bass, but not that one... Jon.

[quote name='Musky' post='538485' date='Jul 12 2009, 01:49 PM']I love the description of "sound calibration holes". [/quote] That's what's been wrong with my basses for all these years - incorrectly calibrated sound, because I can't find the holes! I wonder what on earth they mean? Couldn't possibly be making stuff up just to sound clever, could they? I might message them and ask for more details about these "sound calibration holes", how they work, and if the bass is supplied with all the necessary tools & calibration charts to, er, calibrate it. J.

I've been musing over the idea of a fretted/fretless double neck for a couple of years - I knocked up a rough idea of how such a beast might work: Theoretically it wouldn't be physically that much bigger than a conventional bass - my idea would be to make the body myself & everything else should be pretty easy to source. My band does have a song or two which would benefit from some slidiness - and the pose value is incalculable... Jon.

Better off grabbing this [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VINTAGE-MAYA-Precision-bass-neck-tuners-Japan-70s_W0QQitemZ320395966471"]Maya P neck[/url] & finding a body that hasn't been refinished with phlegm. Obviously a week for Mayas - just spotted this [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/70s-LEFT-HANDED-MAYA-JAZZ-BASS-in-TRI-COLOUR-SUNBURST_W0QQitemZ250458553308"]southpaw J[/url] ending in a few hours, currently at £122. Recession? J.

Here's a couple of under-the-radar 70s copies which might be of interest: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=140332609892"]Hohner P copy - £75 BIN[/url] This is apparently MIJ which means it's a Moridaira, not top-drawer JapCrap but pretty damn good. Might be a ply body or maybe a top/back veneer on butcher block. Collection only. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=320396472967"]CMI Jazz copy - 3-day stealth listing[/url] Unsure of the maker here but CMI is quite collectable. Zero-feedback seller, collection only, 3-day list & invisible description means someone will get this for buttons. If I was near Milton Keynes it would be me. Jon.

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' post='538103' date='Jul 11 2009, 07:47 PM']That crack in the back of the Ibanez will be the neck slowly creeping forwards due to the pickup cavity being too close to the end of the fingerboard. As it creeps, the neck angle will be changing and the action getting higher and higher. It happened to one I used to own - there just isn't much gluing surface with that huge pickup rout there. And the pickup on mine was a skinny little single coil under the cover anyway - what were they thinking when they chose that pickup for this bass?[/quote] Real Ricks were prone to this - possibly why the pickup was moved on later ones - and my Matsumoku copy has flexed at this point (no cracks) & has a very high action. All just symptomatic of 35-odd years of string tension, and other than filing down saddles & sinking bridges into bodies, there's not a lot can be done about it. Ironically the bolt-neck Ibanez has a sensible-sized neck pup, the same as the bridge unit on this bass. ChrisAngryman - got any pics of your CMI? Jon.

[quote name='guzzibass' post='537259' date='Jul 10 2009, 03:13 PM']'won' this Ibby Roadstar 11 today, - looking forward to collecting and checkin it out!! [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140331333460&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.ebay.co.uk%3A80%2Fitems%2F%3F_nkw%3D140331333460%26_sacat%3D0%26_trksid%3Dp3286.m270.l1313%26_odkw%3D14033133346%26_osacat%3D0%26_fvi%3D1&_rdc=1"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...%3D1&_rdc=1[/url][/quote] Great score for £120! Very surprised it went as low as that. J.