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    [quote name='bassintheface' timestamp='1387402208' post='2311669'] Hi mate, you're more Mid than North then!! I've decided to go for a new one now. Thanks anyway. Best. [/quote] Well the locals describe it as north and appear very sceptical at the mention of the word 'mid' Glad you're sorted mate (a 100 mile drive up here is not to be taken lightly), all the best for the festive season C
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    Nice one Ashdown, great to see such a quick and helpful response Chris
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    [quote name='chardbass' timestamp='1387363052' post='2311025'] I love this thread. [/quote] It's gonna cost me isn't it...?
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    [quote name='owen' timestamp='1387357899' post='2310951'] Aaron Armstrong made them. They are just a couple of MM5 shells, because the one which was in there already was an MM5. The J ones should be in where they need to be. The P will be slightly spaced out and it is an experiment but it will work, even if it is not "pure P". I have put an Armstrong P5 into my MTD Kingston which is in the MM spot, and in the thick of a live band I have not felt that the position being a few mm to the left of where it "should" be is an issue and it still does "P". I was originally going to put one big cover in with multiple magnet options in there but because the original rout was MM5 with ears it would have to have been the size of a bus to cover all the holes. If you are putting a new block of wood in the middle, then you could put a large one piece cover in - like the monsters you were considering earlier, just with your own configuration in there. [/quote] Very interesting, another option to add to the mix, many thanks Owen. Seasons greetings to you also mate C
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    [quote name='owen' timestamp='1387354641' post='2310922'] I am in the process of changing a single pickup instrument into a double pickup. I wanted the best of both worlds so have gone for 2 x humbucker pickup covers with 1 x J and half a P in each. They are mounted fairly close together and that way I can get either 2 x J, 1 x J or P options running. Just an idea. [/quote] Interesting idea Owen, but the PUPs would surely have to be extremely close together to get a decent PBass tone (even reversing the order of the two PBass PUPs so that the treble side is closer to the bridge than the bass side makes a substantial difference to the tone)? Will having them that close give you sufficient separation for the J-PUPs to give a true J-Bass tone. I guess what I'm asking is whether it allow any of the PUPs to sit in their respective sweet spot? Having said the above, who's making them for you, I'd like to see how they look? C
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    Thanks for your input folks. I've given this project - especially the PUPs - a lot of thought, and I've come to the conclusion that I need one thing and one thing only, versatility OK, joking aside, what I want tone-wise now may not be what I want tone-wise in 5 years or even next year, so I will be essentially looking for 2 PUPs Active circuit Wal-like aesthetic (i.e., humbuckers, ideally black) Relatively low cost (£400 total) Thoughts? C
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    The more I think about this....... Cockups and equipment failure, fair enough. Lying to a customer about what they were doing with his legal property, property that he had every right to expect was being legitimately repaired under warranty but which was in fact being repaired by someone who may not only invalidate that warranty but - if the fret story is anything to go by - could leave an unsafe piece of electrical equipment....... It's a job for Luca if you ask me. [attachment=150623:lucabrasi.gif] Again, name and shame
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    I'm in the lucky situation of having bought a mutant fretless Wal that I'm going to fix up/restore to my own specifications, likely with an East pre-amp although I'm undecided about PUPs. I loved my old MK1 to play but wasn't the greatest fan of the tone, which was to my ear a little synthetic. Perhaps I simply never got to grips with the pre-amp?
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    [quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1387300939' post='2310473'] Are they an authorised repairer for the amp? If they did a dodgy fret dress I'd be very worried about them repairing a £1,000 amp and voiding the guarantee. [/quote] That's the real problem. I would go in there with a pickaxe to be honest, and then get Watchdog involved, and then put a horse's head in the managers bed. And then I'd really go to work on them. Name and shame and save others the pain?
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    [quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1387298645' post='2310439'] [pedant]Un coulis is a preparation, somewhat liquid, normally fruit, poured over a desert (un coulis de framboise sur glace à la vanille...). Les couilles du chien are part of their genitalia. Just sayin' [/pedant] On topic, and simply my tuppence-worth... To get o/p valves to give their crunchy overdrive sound, they need to be driven quite hard (depending on the circuitry...). This normally means high volume, hence Marshall stacks, cranked. The 'classic' way of getting [i]that [/i]sound without the volume involves placing the cab in the next room, or face down on carpet, or a 'power soak'. A 200w valve amp, pushed into 'crunch', will start cracking concrete. There are valve amps that break up earlier (Orange, Matamp...), but it's still damned, ear-bleedingly loud. If you really want [i]that [/i]sound, so be it (and the tinnitus that eventually goes with it...), but you'll not be popular in many pubs. I use such an amp (Hiwatt...), but with the opposite 'need'. I want to stay 'clean' for ever; my KT88s will not break up at any humanly-sustainable level. I don't play that loud, of course, I just have headroom to the sky. For 'grit' I would use pedals. Be sure of what you're really after. If you want 'clean', then 200w is magnificent. If you want o/p valve 'grit', then 200w will cause physical damage to buildings in the vicinity, and lasting damage to ears. Subject to correction, completion and/or contradiction from others. [/quote] Spot on, Dad3353, with my old 300w all tube Ampeg I could play Glastonbury without leaving North Wales. Even my current 100w Ampeg is way too loud for nearly any small-medium venue clean, let alone when it gets gritty C
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    [quote name='walbassist' timestamp='1387208625' post='2309357'] Hmm, if my Veillette sells I am on this. What's the weight and balance like Chris? [/quote] Weighs in at a rather lithe and supermodel-esque 8.5lbs on my bathroom scales, and that's with the ashtrays fitted
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    [quote name='bassintheface' timestamp='1387235797' post='2309842'] Lovely........where you currently based Chris as I'm also in N Wales.......would love to try it if poss! [/quote] Hello mate, work in Aber and live near Mach, is that of any use to you? C
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    Some pics of the body wear, serial number, headstock and tuners as requested by various folk [URL=http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/IMG_1576_zps92fcf022.jpg.html][IMG]http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j199/Beedster/IMG_1576_zps92fcf022.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/IMG_1577_zpsfd5db16a.jpg.html][IMG]http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j199/Beedster/IMG_1577_zpsfd5db16a.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/IMG_1580_zps1999af3a.jpg.html][IMG]http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j199/Beedster/IMG_1580_zps1999af3a.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/IMG_1582_zpsabbb9f2e.jpg.html][IMG]http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j199/Beedster/IMG_1582_zpsabbb9f2e.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/IMG_1584_zpsf6c54c30.jpg.html][IMG]http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j199/Beedster/IMG_1584_zpsf6c54c30.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/IMG_1585_zps61ab9823.jpg.html][IMG]http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j199/Beedster/IMG_1585_zps61ab9823.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/IMG_1586_zpsf5aa3e6f.jpg.html][IMG]http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j199/Beedster/IMG_1586_zpsf5aa3e6f.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/IMG_1589_zps05f5f1b0.jpg.html][IMG]http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j199/Beedster/IMG_1589_zps05f5f1b0.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Please ask if you'd like more of anything specific Chris
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    [quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1387290365' post='2310290'] Incidentally, I have yet to take my GT100 anywhere near full volume playing pub gigs ... just saying. [/quote] Yep THE 200 valve watts for 500 solid state watts suggested above is perhaps a bit crude, I've played 600w of solid state that wouldn't get anywhere near my 100w of Ampeg tubes. Speaker efficiency is a big part of the equation. C
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    [quote name='Daveyboyrooster' timestamp='1387204489' post='2309275'] This was my main gigging bass for 5 years and it's just awesome! If I had the money I would definitely buy it back. BTW unless the tuners have been changed they are original Fender USA ones that came off a 1971 P Bass! Good luck with the sale Chris and if it doesn't sell by the New Year give me a PM. [/quote] Thanks Davey, it's a lovely Precision, and if there's one thing I know about it's Precisions! Thanks for the info, I didn't realise the tuners were vintage, I'll bump the price up by £100 In true Disney animal road movie style, it would of course be nice if you could get it home for Christmas [quote name='walbassist' timestamp='1387208625' post='2309357'] Hmm, if my Veillette sells I am on this. What's the weight and balance like Chris? [/quote] Very light and very good respectively is pretty much all I can say here Gareth. I've promised another BCer that I'll take some further pics tonight, so I'll weigh it at the same time. As I suggested above, I defy anyone to be genuinely disappointed by this bass. Selling this is allowing me to keep my '78 Fretless guilt free (I'm sure you know what I mean), which al things considered, is the best path for me. I appear to fall into that rare category of bass players who, for whatever reason, not only prefer to play fretless but are actually more skilled on fretless than fretted (Jaco was another. This is, trust me, the only thing Jaco and I have in common. Far from suggesting that I'm a genius fretless player, it's in truth indicative of the fact that my fingers seem to find their way around frets with about as much ease as the average England striker find his way around a German defence). My loss = your gain blah blah blah
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    [quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1387195245' post='2309140'] These Barefaced threads are getting very dull and repetitive. If people don't like something, make your point and move on. [/quote] Ain't that the truth, I know that bass forums exist to allow folks to talk bass, and I know that most discussions go around in circles to an extent and then reappear in new guise down the road, but this is largely just dull. So what if player A has a roadie and doesn't understand why player B values lightweight gear, so what if player C values aesthetics and doesn't understand how player D could take to the stage with anything but a design classic. I think Luke's post (113) was spot on though so perhaps this thread is useful after all
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    [quote name='mikeswals' timestamp='1387147624' post='2308821'] Look at this rare odd, apparently factory made MkI with a single pickup in the 'StingRay' position and not in ether Wal position. [/quote] I like that, and I also like single PUP instruments generally
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    Loosen the capo slightly? Tighten it slightly? Try slightly heavier gauge strings? Learn to play the piece without the capo?
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    [attachment=150536:78 Precision 1.jpg]
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    I'm doing a lot of thinking about this! I've decided to hang onto my '78 maple board fretless Precision which has the flatwound P-Bass retro thing covered. PUP-wise on the Wal I'm going to be looking for an active option likely with rounds in mind. I'm tempted to go for a single MM-style humbucker at the bridge and an East circuit, or possibly an HS. Thoughts?
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    Thanks Nik, had a lot of PMs about this case, mostly saying I'd be an idiot to sell it even if the Wal in question is something of a mongrel so the case is withdrawn for the time being whilst I work out what I'm going to do with its contents C
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    Sold pending the usual
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    I'll be driving down to the southeast (Sussex/Kent) over the Christmas/New Year so would be able - in fact would perhaps prefer - to hand this over in person if the buyer happened to live en-route or within a reasonable distance. Chris
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    I'll be driving down to the southeast (Sussex/Kent) over the Christmas/New Year so would be able - in fact would perhaps prefer - to hand this bass over in person if the buyer happened to live en-route or within a reasonable distance Chris
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    Right, house move agreed today, so this - along with a few other instruments and cabs - will need to go. Serial number indicates it's 1997-2000 CIJ, it has Lindy Fralin PUPs, non-reverse tuners, and what I can only (and honestly) describe as a very sympathetic refin, that is, it looks and feels like a vintage instrument. The neck is absolutely outstanding. I'm happy to say that if you buy this and you're not happy, you get your money back, no quibble, it's that good a bass. I can install a Badass II for an extra £50 C
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