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Wow, this has been a fair time coming, but I think we're just about getting there! Here's some pictures of the refinished body: [url="http://imageshack.us"][/url] [url="http://imageshack.us"][/url] You may notice a couple of issues, there's a slight discrepancy in the paint on the top horn, so it needs to be 'stripped back a little, repainted...' and blah blah blah.....I'm such a woodworking 'tard! lol The other, slightly larger, mistake is that I asked the person undertaking the refinish to fill in the 4 small screw holes surrounding the rear pickup, so obviously he's filled in the pickup screws holes within the rout haha, so they need to be re-routed. He says no problem with that! Oh and here's the revised neck spec: Flame maple neck with birdseye maple fingerboard, Black side dots only Truss rod adjustment headstock end 34" scale with 22 frets Typical Jazz bass rear & fingerboard radius I also got went a bit geeky the other day and photoshopped what the bass might look like when finished: [url="http://imageshack.us"][/url] Everything is purchased now except the pickups and scratchplate, so if anyone has some DiMarzio UltraJazzes and a Black scratchplate hanging about, help a brudder out! Just to re-cap, the idea of this particular project is to build a passive solution for my originals band First Signs Of Frost, the material is fairly 'hi-gain' and the DiMarzios are the highest output passive pickup I can find. The bass will be tuned C, F, Bb, Eb. The bass currently filling the void for this band is my butchered OLP 'ThingRay' with Barts & 2 band 18v East pre. Updates soon! Si

Well I live in High-Wycombe! So if you ever play here, let me know! Si

[quote name='AndyMartin' post='219136' date='Jun 15 2008, 11:01 AM']I used a 410L with the ABM for a while. The bigger Schroeders don't have the mid hump of the 1212 and 1210 and are more of an even sounding cab but are still a good match with the Ashdown. It's a great single cab setup[/quote] Thanks for that mate! Oh and I just wanted to say that I didn't think that the Ampeg I had sounded bad, I liked the tone.......just thought the Ashdown was a step up is all Si

Yes, rest strokes and 'wandering thumb' for me! It helps towards muting and keeping all the notes you play nice and clear! I used to think and play like you actually, rest strokes being weird, but once you have them down, you will find that you play a lot more evenly, stronger & faster than the way you're going now, because your fingers have a point of reference for each attack. And with regards to wandering thumb, if you look at the shape of your hand as you play each string while your thumb is anchored to the pickup, it changes, its almost like 4 different techniques. Whereas if you change the position of where you rest your thumb based on what string you're playing, you keep the hand shape similar to when you're playing the low E. So although it seems like more work, you're actually making life easier in the long run! Si

I'm a long time advocate of Ashdown, never had a bad tone from mine regardless of what bass I put through it! It does make me wonder what other people are hearing, wouldn't ever call my sound Wooly! I use a 4x8 cab along with a 1x15 sometimes. Although I am kinda on the lookout for a one cab lightweight solution, and the 4ohm Schroeder 410 keeps catching my eye, so it's nice to hear that someone thinks they match the EVO heads well! Si p.s. As it happens my Ashdown rig superseded an Ampeg rig also, consisted of a B2R, a 2x10 HE & a 1x15 H. Smaller, lighter (although not neo), louder to my ears, more pleasing tone etc etc

I'd be there date pending! Reading is a preference for me because it's closer, but whatever suits! Si

Was just comparing the frequency responses of the Schroeder 410 and the Zoot 410: Schroeder: 40hz-18khz Zoot: 38Hz - 5Khz I know that the Zoot is 6-7 lbs lighter and about £200 cheaper (new), but sound wise what do we think? Cheers Si

[quote name='dlloyd' post='218004' date='Jun 12 2008, 10:56 PM']If you're an unsecured creditor of Sound Control (which is what you are if you've paid a deposit for an item or paid in full for an item that you haven't received), you've lost your money for good.[/quote] Are you sure? Shouldn't you be able to contact whoever is handling the Administration and request a 'Proof Of Debt' form!? Si

Bump for the FSOF show flyer for friday. Si

Pub chains usually book their bands through an Agent, go into a branch near you and see if they'll give you the agents details perhaps Si

Poster for the coming weeks FSOF mini-tour with Casino Brawl Si

Well the stage is quite small i guess, but no barrier around it!? And yeah, it was quite a rowdy place actually, fights as you mentioned, but in all honesty, since the smoking ban it has really calmed down! Whether its a result of the ban, or just a coincidence i don't know! Si

Ah see I quite like the spinning wheel, its The Fox that is generally pants lol, but will be good to see you Dave. Yup still Steve booking them! Si

I use my EVO II 500 pretty much flat with my passive USA Jazz bass through my 4x8 & 1x15 and i get a bright but full, growly sound. The only slight EQ I use on the amp is to compensate for the room/stage, but its never anything extreme. Si

Lol, thats almost the complete opposite sound to what i get out of my exact same rig! Maybe it's your bass Joke! Si

[quote name='Lfalex v1.1' post='196882' date='May 12 2008, 07:37 AM']Are the two mutually exclusive? Can you not be both a player [i]and[/i] a collector? I would if I could afford to (with regard to vintage instruments...)[/quote] I think the general rule is that if you're a 'player' (which i take to mean you earn a vast bulk of your income from music), you can't afford to collect really rather expensive vintage instruments, and if you're a collector chances are you went down a job route that didn't allow a music career. Also, most hardcore 'collectors' wouldn't buy something that was too 'mojo'd, or not all original, so again....lotsa money There are of course exceptions to the rule, musicians who have done exceptionally well in their career who can afoord such things, but they are few and far between! I was looking at WoT's Jazz, but couldn't shift my upright in time, gutted indeed! Si

I've always loved the bass parts in a lot of the Disney films music! Lion King and Little Mermaid has some great lines! Si

i HATE music as a competition lol (that's not bad grammar, I needed the 'i' to be lower case to highlight the capital HATE) haha In any case, if there is no voting for a winner and just a feedback system, isn't there already a forum for this? The 'Recording' forum, where people can upload videos and tracks and get opinions etc I'm much more likely to upload into that forum Si

I use whichever finger or part of my hand that does the job best for that note.... .....so yes....i do use my little finger In fact even more so then other people perhaps, as when i'm in 'Groove' mode, I use my Index and Little finger to fret and use my ring and middle to mute the strings. When the playing is busier or more 'scale' based, then it's one finger per fret. There always exceptions to the rule, but thats my general rule of thumb........no pun intended Si

How are you finding the DiMarzio steve? I have the same p'up in my white Precision project! I really like it, growly but a lot hotter! I love the grain in that body, and the custom pickguard is growing on me! Si