GreeneKing

I've finally reached a happy number of basses. Down from 20 to 12. I thought I'd just take a break from essay writing to photo them all. First off from L to R Rickenbacker C64S 4001 Macca bass with reversed headstock and tuners. Next my CS4001 Chris Squire.

Yo! and welcome. Whereabouts in Essex? We've a few Essex folk about, although I live bleedin' miles away nowadays. Peter

Yep bassists that can do no wrong suggest to me bassists that don't upset anyone. That can be done by just doing the minumum. Me? I'd rather cause some upset, like Les Claypool. I agree that Phil Lynott wasn't a great bass player. A good front man maybe.

New to me, never heard anything negative about Mick Karn. Peter

Some great idea coming out, much appreciated. Peter

[quote]I'd go for a Mahogany body with Sycamore facings, a Maple neck with an Ebony fingerboard[/quote] Have you been reading my mind? [quote]Semi Parametric / filter-based pre.[/quote] [quote]two pickups[/quote] [quote]Trouble is, you lose the flexibility of having 2 pick-ups, and that nasal "honk" from a bridge pick-up.[/quote] Yes I agree [quote]neck thru would be nice.[/quote] Piezo bridge? Peter

Mick Karn would be a start! Bringing a Wal into the 21st century Pedro

What do you reckon? What makes for a good fretless bass? Humbuckers/single coils, mahogany? piezo? What would you go for if you were having your dream fretless made? Suggestions on the back of a saucy postcard please. Pierre

[quote]until I noticed the E string had been wound on the opposite way.[/quote] I have one bass with reverse tuners (Ric C64S) and it confuses the hell outta me Every Bass Collection I've bought (3) has be incorrectly wound on one or two strings. Peter

Side cuttings pliers where the jaws meet are not ideal. The best cutters are one's where the jaws slide passed each other. or

Great news, Ibanez make good basses. I'd say go with the tab too but try to work with those dots occasionally as well. They give more rhythm info. No photo no bass tho

Yes the wiring looks like it took some patience to get done I'm loving the Kiwi in MoP too. A very sweet piece of work. Ped do you have the new V Bass yet? If not is it worth the move? Oh and I hope the photo wasn't taken while it was falling off its stand Peter

Immense, nice one. What next? Peter

Thanks Chris, I've rehosted the lot in another post.

I'd say go for it

This probably isn't your problem if you have a standard Fender bridge but... I've twice had odd things with my E and both times it's been because the vibrating string has been just touching the edge of the bridge. Peter

Yep Hohner have pretty much done it already Peter

Interesting that quite a few folk are dissing this bass before seeing/hearing or playing one. If they are made in the East the 'bang for the buck' could be good. The general ergonomics has real potential too. Making a short scale to encourage kids to get playing bass makes a lot of sense. I prefer bright colours to sparkle myself. I'm reserving judgement until I know a bit more. Peter

I've hosted the samples on a faster site and split the bridge pickup sample into 3. It was painfully slow downloading and the samples were the lowest quality I can record The low pass samples are from the neck and bridge pickups with the filter being incrementally opened with 3 settings on the resonant peak boost, min, mid and max. [url="http://www.plunder.com/-download-7e45661f.htm"]Neck low pass min[/url] [url="http://www.plunder.com/-download-6bd5ec60.htm"]Neck low pass mid[/url] [url="http://www.plunder.com/-download-1a6ffbb2.htm"]Neck low pass max[/url] [url="http://www.plunder.com/-download-ca166d0c.htm"]Bridge low pass min[/url] [url="http://www.plunder.com/-download-4db791c8.htm"]Bridge low pass mid[/url] [url="http://www.plunder.com/-download-9eac5039.htm"]Bridge low pass max[/url] and finally the high pass with boost set to maximum, both pickups set very 'dubby' incrementally wound from high plus all mids to just high. [url="http://www.plunder.com/-download-16931b9d.htm"]High pass demo[/url] That's it Peter

I'm going to try with a different host - watch this space Peter

They are working okay, just checked. They may take a while. Has anyone else had problems. Any recommendations for a better sound file host? Peter

You Sir have taste, and all of it good Peter

[quote]So is yours more Killer Whale or Narwhal then Peter?[/quote] To me it's more like a porpoise