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    The differences are theoretically measurable using pretty standard audio gear. But as you point out, basses are usually made of wood and wood is highly variable, so the only differences that could be measured usefully would be those for a single bass by - while keeping all else equal - switching the bridges and measuring the audio output. Frankly, I prefer to use my ears, on which basis I'd say that on probably 25% of the basses on which I've installed them a Badass has made a difference I can hear, tonally usually in the high mids/highs and harmonics, structurally in greater sustain which I tend to notice on the lower strings, and possibly a different envelope. As has been pointed out above, I'm sure that some of these effects have less to do with mass per se and more to do with greater stability/better engineering. So, here's my rules of thumb.... Instruments on which I would normally at least try a Badass Fretless bass especially with roundwounds Fretted bass using roundwounds especially on a maple neck Instruments on which I would normally not use a Badass Everything else
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    Beedster replied to sch3892's topic in Bass Guitars

    Done 👍
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    There’s a lot of negativity about late ‘70s Fenders, but when they got it right they really did get it right 👍
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    Beedster replied to JPJ's topic in EUB and Double Bass

    Standard mic pointed at the bridge these days, fed up with expensive, fragile, unpredictable, and ultimately dissatisfying DB PUPs. The mic in question was until recently a rather lovely Heil PR-40 but frankly for live work a cheaper Shure (SM57/58) works just fine.
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    SOLD
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    Martin Simms?
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    Temporarily on hold while I try a maple board 👍
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    Many thanks mate, that's really interesting. I was an early adopter of carbon/graphite as a cyclist in the 80's and we became quickly aware that there was good carbon and less good carbon, most critically with wheels where some give/reduced stiffness, although initially counterintuitive as carbon was being used to increase stiffness, was required to stop them failing catastrophically, which was not good for either the rider or on occasion other riders as snapped carbon was an extremely sharp thing to land on in a crash (I know from experience and still have a 3cm scar to prove it, which was one of the reasons I moved back to traditional spoked wheels until around 10-years later when the manufacturers had sorted out the stiffness/safety issues) 👍
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    Works on some basses, doesn't work on others. You take your chances 👍
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    Credit to @ead 👍
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    Honestly? Keep it, I doubt you'll sell it for much more than half what you're asking - certainly going by what I can see of what's under the PUP covers - and if you paid £500 for it you've already paid £200 over the odds. Even more reason to keep it 👍
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    ….and you’re asking around £300 more than going rate for the model for what I assume amount to two pickups (and it would have had one already) plus circuit?
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    Interesting bass, I see the attraction 👍 However, I doubt you’ll sell it unless you take one or more photos with the PUP covers off. Also I assume the switch is removable?
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    Many thanks Bill, that’s really helpful. I have to say it sounds bloody nice, but then I’m biased 👌
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    .....and your point is........ I've been doing some crude bi-amping recently using these two cabs (to all intents a Mesa 1516 albeit in two cab form), a bit of width to the sound field would be fun
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    I think @MattM takes credit for the quality and aesthetics of the bass, much as I'd like to 👍
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    A recent purchase from BC.... Original listing with more pics here..... It's a bloody lovely bass but mechanically and sonically too similar to my Warmoth FL to keep both (and I have allowed my bass collection to expand again). My memories of just how fast the Tony Franklin neck is, as well as the stunning '78 body, were my main basis for buying it, and I wasn't disappointed by either! I've rehearsed it three times and over and above being a very nice bass in terms of playability and core tone, the Geezers - which I've not played before - were a very pleasant surprise, bringing both a wide range of tones as well as being very responsive to playing dynamics, which i find even more important on an FL than on a fretted (all of this helped by the VTT controls which are WAY more useful than those on the Franklin sig). There's a very big part of me wants to put a maple fretless neck on it, but I'm trying to be sensible Collection/meet-up always preferred (I'm in Whitstable/Canterbury and travel to London regularly), especially if you like a bass gear chat over a beer! Courier is of course an option as there is a hard case of sorts that can protect the bass from even the most determined driver (I exclude EVRI of course) No trades thank you. Unless you've got a Mesa all-tube head.......... 👍
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    I'd love to try one of those, I've never seen one for sale used which suggests either there are very few of them or that those who have them hold on to them https://ashdownmusic.com/blogs/news/ashdown-cl-310dh?srsltid=AfmBOooR8Y_h0ZUB_tG64MKp25dBRC3KYvQyT4JjuqucthwsgkJg8aJw I also suspect if I had one I'd want two
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    All of the above are true, but taking the middle point, IME most studios are businesses, while most people acquiring vintage gear are either individuals or businesses looking to sell to those individuals. All the studios I've worked in over the last ten years or so - while using quality old school mics and desks - have been using digital processors, largely because thy cost less, require less space, don't require constant maintenance, are easier to integrate into workflow, and ultimately sound pretty much the same to 99.9% of the paying audience the studio (or more specifically the people paying the studio) are catering for. My gut feel is also that even given potential investment value, a lot of people will stay away from electronic gear simply because of the vagaries of electronics; when a Precision Bass goes wrong even an idiot like me can fix pretty much everything with the possible exception of a sudden and dramatic neck bow (which I once experienced with a 80's Fender), so wood and metal instruments feel quite safe in that respect. I'm not saying that electronic gear won't appreciate in the same way as instruments, but I suspect the market will be much smaller because of higher risks and lower returns. Also, when it comes to decor, a tin box with knobs on doesn't ever look quite as sexy as a '59 Precision
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    Perhaps as is the case with many orchestral instruments, and as raw materials become too expensive and in some cases prohibited, the quality of an electric/electronic instrument will win out over it's emotional/cultural value?
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    You get the sense that this seller has trawled celebrity auctions for decades, each time bidding on the items none of the other bidders wanted. It makes you feel a little unwell looking at them......
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    I guess the sad truth is that if you offer it for sale some prat will buy it. whatever it is
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    This is a bass forum
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    I guess their view would be "How are we supposed to know without taking the bass apart and checking everything", which I kinda get because there's a big cost in time - and I'd guess risk of damage - to do that with every instrument they get in trade/PX (and as well all know, with old Fenders there are a lot of variables and nuances). But yes, on this basis their initial response could have been "OK, we're sorry to hear that, we'll refund you and return the item to the seller as clearly not what he described it as to us". As is hinted at above, there are no doubt a lot of players out there with instruments that are not what they think they are because unlike some of us, they assume that the shop has done the due diligence
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    I had a tense standoff with a shop a few years back, very Fistful of Dollars (that's me walking to the shop in the pic below), about the fact that a bass they'd sold me wasn't what they'd said it was. Their initial stance was - this make you laugh - that it was a consignment sale so I needed to take it up with the original owner who'd clearly not told them the truth. Following a terse email this moved to 'We'll speak to the original owner and see if there's been a mistake' to 'OK, we'll refund you' following another email that pointed out that I'd paid them not the original owner etc. But what I was really surprised by was the fact that not only they hadn't checked the credentials of this particular bass, but that it was clear they routinely take the seller's word for it on all their consignment sales. I guess they get away with it more times than not ....
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