Twigman

[quote name='DavidMcKay' timestamp='1444860048' post='2886867'] I get that for the more 'way out' specced guitars but a lot of the boutique basses are a combination of high end components configured to suit, as opposed to crafted by angels from 'golden unicorn horns' and such like! [/quote] And many with figured 'coffee table' tops....and fancy woodwork...and then there's the crazy shapes (eg Ritter) and the FAT neck profiles (eg Spector)..... I guess I just like 4 strings/ slim profile narrow necks and plain colours...and I guess I'm not alone. Demand for the boutique basses is lower than the usual suspects and so the secondhand price has to reflect this. basic market economics.

[quote name='DavidMcKay' timestamp='1444859339' post='2886856'] I guess I'm saying that the bespoke stuff bottoms out lower than the trade names / usual suspects. [/quote] Same is true for many of the luxury cars...BMW 6/7 series go for less than high specced 3 series after a few years....

[quote name='DavidMcKay' timestamp='1444859339' post='2886856'] I guess I'm saying that the bespoke stuff bottoms out lower than the trade names / usual suspects. Seems like people are prepared to pay a bit more for 'labels' than a comparable custom job once they are in the second hand bracket. [/quote] Bespoke is just that though...the original buyer's specification...one man's heaven is another man's hell. The one thing I notice with a lot of high end boutique basses is what appalling taste the original purchaser must've had...rarely do any appeal aesthetically. With the 'usual suspects' you know what you're getting.

It's like any other market....the high end stuff depreciates quicker than the mid range stuff. Take cars for instance ,luxury top of the range Mercs and BMW 6 or 7 series, even the likes of Ferrari and lamborghini take huge depreciation hits as soon as they hit the road. Why should basses be any different?

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1444818104' post='2886278'] Watch out for down tuning. If you find yourself needing low Eb and D and some of the runs seem very awkward to play then the song may well have been recorded with non-standard tuning. OTOH there's more than a few songs I know of that have been recorded with the guitars tuned to Eb which are easier to play with the bass left in standard tuning rather than down-tuned to match. [/quote] more than once, in the old analogue days we changed the speed of the tape when mixing down - as a result the song sounds in a different key to the one it was recorded in Live we'd generally play it in the key it was recorded

What I mean is.....I have 'Original's in 3 of my basses. I've got my hands on a new CS62. If I swap the pickup out in one of the basses will I notice a difference between the two, given it's the same bass? Is it worth the effort ? (complicated by the fact that i would have to desolder the pickup from the brass plate and resolder to the cut down brass plate in the bass I want to try this in as the chosen bass does not have a pickguard and so has closer fitting rout that doesn't take the full size fender plate). Or should I just save the CS62 for my next build?

[quote name='scojack' timestamp='1444392682' post='2882849'] Tsk tsk young man !! We are not allowed to mention the great one...just look and be astonished [/quote] So what's the back story here? A couple of years ago almost every MDP masterpiece was linked here for critique / ridicule. Is it really not the done thing anymore?

Mick Karn only sounded so wobbly because his intonation sucked - he could never hit the note. Edited to add a smilie but can't find anything appropriate

[quote name='gary mac' timestamp='1444764246' post='2885805'] [url="https://flic.kr/p/fhJnhd"][/url] My 9lb 6oz of Wal loveliness. No neck dive, no neck twist and I happen to think it's a loverly bit of wood This will be my one and only contribution to this thread. [/quote] First thing that entered my head on seeing that pic was ' toilet seat lid' I think Wals sound great (in the right hands) but look pants.

Fender seem to nowadays have a variety of preceision pickups available. They all look the same. They have vastly varying prices. The 'Original' and the 'Custom Shop 62' both have an DC resistance of 10.5kOhm.... I'd expect them to sound very similar yet many suggest they prefer the CS62 to the 'Original'...is there a placebo effect going on here? What are the differences? The 'pure vintage 58' has a DC resistance of 10.4kOhm - is this going to be much different? - It has the raised A pole pieces for 'period authenticity' i suppose. The 'Pure Vintage 63' has 12.0kOhm so i assume this is a hotter output. How different do they sound from each other?

They do exist allegedly: http://forums.fender.com/viewtopic.php?t=40953

[quote name='Macker5' timestamp='1444677320' post='2885050'] Twigman - This guy is so full of it .............did you accidently miss off a couple of letters from the last word? [/quote] It was quite deliberate to defeat the language bot...

[quote]I have got or have had Fenders and Squiers from every production location they have ever used (including India and that one really did have an aroma of curry!).[/quote] When did Fender EVER have a factory in India...... This guy is so full of it

It's a crazy world.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Unique-Road-Worn-Jazz-Bass-Guitar-Right-Handed-/262075394066?hash=item3d04e92812 Where do I start? Just look at the bridge saddles - I bet that intonates beautifully.......and it's supposed to have had a setup.

Feeler gauges work better than allen keys IMHO

I answered a thread the other day in which I had expressed my dislike for the Gotoh 201 bridge as I found it impossible to get a nice action without shimming the neck. Some bright spark 'joked' that my action must be something like 1mm at the first fret, obviously thinking 1mm at the first was stupidly low. To me that seems sky high. Am I wrong? I generally setup as follows: Nut cut to fret height plus 0.1mm Relief (capo on 1 finger on 20 - yes I know I should use 16) a tad under 0.5mm at the 7th/8th Action 2mm at the 17th What setup measurements do you use?

http://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/Ampeg-BA-210-V2-Combo-and-Free-Sterling-by-Music-Man-Sub-Ray-4-Black/1DOX?utm_source=benchmark&utm_medium=email-marketing&utm_campaign=email-250915#full-des get that Ampeg combo with the free Sterling. Bargain!

[quote name='LayDownThaFunk' timestamp='1444503205' post='2883769'] Your action must be like 1mm at the first fret lol. [/quote] I don't think it's quite that high tbh It's way lower than that. The nut is cut 0.1mm higher than the frets. The relief is a tad under 0.5mm at the 7th fret (capo on 1 finger on 20). The action is a tad under 2mm at the 17th

[quote name='ChunkyMunky' timestamp='1444407002' post='2883059'] r and had a limited budget of about £350 or so, what would you get if you had a gig in a week or two? [/quote] a better job

[quote name='Jazzneck' timestamp='1444397499' post='2882918'] Thank you. I take it that it also means it is a computer?[/quote] Probably [quote name='Jazzneck' timestamp='1444397499' post='2882918'] Sorry for being a pain again, but what does HTH mean? [/quote] Hope that Helps HTH

[quote name='Jazzneck' timestamp='1444396150' post='2882895'] Can someone tell this old duffer what DAW means, please? [/quote] Digital Audio Workstation HTH

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