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@Cathode_Follower - great - thanks. I’ll give it a go!

How are we feeling about the byoc kits? I’ve never built one - I really like the idea of that one! And what is a good UK source? I found http://www.vibe-o-tronic.co.uk/products.php?brand=1&type=1

Nice I admire your undertaking! I really like the ocd - I liked the bass mod described here: https://shop.pedalparts.co.uk/Disorder_Drive/p847124_9537006.aspx

Me too - cool lockdown project!

The lowrider looks really good to me - be interesting to see some reviews! I'm sort of sad to see they've ditched the raked headstock design from the Lodestone - but I know I'm alone on that one! Jarring like a seventies living room? I don't mind it - it's got some character at least!

Yeah - the Vong! It really helps with recording. The last time I got into the studio my signal chain was Vong, Guma Drive and pumpernickel into Ampeg pre - so mainly schalltechnik04. The keyboard player and engineer went out of their way to comment on the tone being good. I really like that there is blend on both the compressor and the drive - makes life a lot less A or B! I'm sad now I didn't opt for his bass preamp too - maybe that would be a good project right now: https://www.musikding.de/Growling-Krizzly-Deluxe-kit

I'm really interested and if I had a grand + to drop on a bass a cutlass would be it! The pickups being single pole must make a difference to the sound - I've read a few different reason for the Fender double pole pieces but most consistently seen a variation on: But also on the Seymour Duncan site: https://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/swd-qa/why-do-fender-precision-bass-pickups-have-two-offset-coils Huh!

There is a clone of the preamp board - he went into some detail for the research: https://www.musikding.de/Classic-Bass-Preamp-Preamp-kit Here is a google translate link to the orignal article: https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fandyszeugs.wordpress.com%2Fmusicman-stingray-classic-preamp%2F

Yes and no - it was a special Warmoth order that I got 2nd hand from eBay, so the only routing is the front pickup and then electronics cavity routed at the back. Looks like this: Thread from when I got it and the previous owner here: Thanks!

I cheated and got it that way - it's Warmoth. Passive bass and treble with volume, and a pull on the volume for parallel/series - based on this: https://www.bassesbyleo.com/passive_l_series.html I couldn't get a reverse 1meg pot with the right taper so it works backwards - less than perfect!

Welcome to my world:

I did exactly the same thing - except I took out the preamp entirely - there was something I liked so much about the passive sound that dissapeared with the preamp - I noticed it especially when recording. I'm not dissing the John East at all - a great characterful pre and awesome on stage, or for that MM sound. For me, in this case, more was less.

I did, I did - I went with the passive treble and bass control from the G&L L2000. I just found it fascinating that the volume pot would have such a huge effect as well. I know this is old hat to you guys but coming from the world of modular synthesis I'm amazed and loving the passive electronics I'm finding out about. I just need to figure out the right cap value for the bass cut now as currrently it's frequency is a bit high.

Mate - formica is a very under rated tone wood in my book!

Thanks Dave - I'll give that a try. The lowest I can get the action is 11m at the bridge (measuring from wood to bottom of string), my other bass is more like 8.5mm - I know the neck, depth of neck pocket etc will all make a difference but it gives an indication of how big the thing is!

Thanks - I've tried as close to that as I can get - the bridge is big and high, so putting that as low as possible still gives me 3mm at the 12th on E! The nut is cut low so everything I do it a bit of a compromise. The bridge has a piezo pickup in it so non-trivial to swap out, though I'm starting to think in that direction. Frustrating that my fretted bass has a lower action than the fretless!

I built one of these - great pedal - I think it really cleans up the bottom end - yours looks great - mine looks like an unreadble heap in comparison! I've been going through my PCB backlog and it's all filters - envelope filter pedals and modular synth state variable filters - I reckon I have 2 months of build ahead of me.

Speaking of which - where are people putting their fretless action? Weirdly I have a bit of time on my hands and I'm thinking if I can just get the action right on my fretless I'll be able to play like Jaco (not).

One of the joys of fretless is the super low action

Ouch - yes - jarring!

I know I'm gushing now - but the sig on the headstock is one of the few I've seen that doesn't look cramped, or too square on a curved object, or like someone smashed something out on photoshop and asked 'will this do?' - it just sits in nicely - a piece of art. You're a lucky man!

Nice - I like the detailing - dots on the knobs - the bridge looks heavy! In a good way!

I have so many PCB's to do I've forgtten what some of them are - time to break out the soldering iron. I know I have a breadboard kit for an old envelope follower filter thing that Larry Graham used to use (in like 1970 something) that I want to build in a pursuit of the ultimate funk - I'll start there!

I've developed a sudden need for a cutlass - anyone sub me till after the crisis? https://guitarvillage.co.uk/products/music-man-cutlass-bass-black-ex-demo-rrp-1999

When I connected a nordy mm pickup straight to a jack it sounded great but had too much treble - subsequently my mission has been to just shave off the wince making treble but leave the rest untouched - a 250k Volume pot did help a lot. I wish I understood all this better!