Low End Bee

I've just had a Wizard Thumper put in my 2007 MIA Precision. I got the shop to ditch the S1 and put in a new CTS vol pot. When I took it to rehearsal I noticed the volume knob on the bass is silent below 6-7/10. At max volume the red clip light on the amp didn't come on until the input was at about 3 o'clock where the original Fender pickup was doing this at just after 12 o'clock. My DiMarzio equipped Precision clips at about 10-11 o'clock. I was expecting this to have a similar sort of output. That said it sounds lovely. With more of a thicker warm P Bass tone than before. Have the well known guitar shop in Kew done something wrong. Is it a faulty pot/wiring. Or is it the pickup? I'm rubbish with electrickery me.

[url="http://www.myspace.com/magicshipband"]Magic Ship Myspace[/url] Knocked out in an evening. Don't expect Jaco Band name is changing in December too. It's all go.

I could get a Morry Thou' for that.

I imagine that there isn't a lot of difference in output on there own. The 715X will only belt out it's 500w with an additional cab. From memory the 715 doesn't have the compressor or the tweeter (as you said) I would think the 715 will be OK for small gigs. Anything larger you'll probably DI anyway. As an aside there are often lots of nice Trace heads and cabs in the classifieds. I kinda wish I'd gone down that route now. The 715X is a big old lump.

I love it. A Sansamp in SVT'ish mode for recording and a Bad Monkey pedal for live. Obviously it's got to fit in with the song. I don't have it on for everything.

I built my own precision with maple a jazz neck from scratch from bits sourced from ebay and the result is rather good for around the £300 mark. It's a lot of fun to do too.

Looks a bit like the 'frying pan'

Hi Snip. That makes my giving up fro 18 years look like a gash story now! Thanks

The four ferrules on the back of my precision look like the 'speed holes' on a 50s Buick. Therefore string through is definitely cooler than top loading. I can't notice any difference in tension between it and my top loading P though.

I didn't say there was anything wrong with self indulgence Bilbo. Hell I bet at least 99.9% of us on here are.

I went to see the Mott reunion at Hammersmith with my best mate (who's not in the band). After seeing Overend Watts performance he said that I'm exactly like that at gigs. I'm sort of chuffed and embarassed at the same time.

[quote name='bilbo230763' post='638788' date='Oct 28 2009, 09:14 AM']Interesting point: I grew up a prog. fan in the early to mid-70s and one of the criticisms levied at prog and rock in general came from the 'anti-guitar hero' sensibilities of the Punk/New Wave movement. Guitarists were as culpable as anyone and criticised Steve Howe, Steve Hackett, Richie Blackmore, Leslie West etc etc as 'self indulgent.[/quote] That's 'cause they were!

That Nordstrand P pickup made my eyes go all funny.

[quote name='WonderHorse' post='638087' date='Oct 27 2009, 04:09 PM']Never owned a bass solo album. Not interested in them at all. As a bassist obviously I have massive respect for these guys, but I jsut find the sort of stuff they do on bass albums (Jaco especially) boring.[/quote] Me too. I'd rather listen to a song than a technique. I find them unlistenable at best. I hate show off music.

I was a plug and play when we were a 4 piece. Now we're a trio I have gaps to play with. I've added a chorus and an overdrive. Used sparingly they fill it out nicely here and there. Fuzz is next on the list for two songs that will benefit from it. Then I'm calling it a day......Honest

ToP. Much hipper.

Could you get a landlord (who pays you cash in hand out of the till) into trouble if you declare income from him?

[quote name='pantherairsoft' post='553540' date='Jul 28 2009, 08:33 AM']I use something which I doubt many others do. You would have to fish around eBay to find one though but I doubt it would cost you much! DOD Ice Box Stereo Chorus (FX64). It was made for guitar but worked a million times better on the bass. Cost me £40 new about 6 years ago. Still works perfect and sounds stunning!!!![/quote] I got one of these on ebay a few weeks ago for £18. It's really very good. Very subtle but useable.

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As I've said before. If someone gives me a plectrum with a giant plastic thumb attached I might have a go.

When I was a youngster and the world was all in black and white I bought a homemade 1x18 cab that had been built for use with blues party sound systems. It had a badly panted pop art revolver painted on it on a red, yellow and green background too. Sounded very individual when hooked up to an HH VS100 head with full 'valve sound' engaged. Huge low end. I quite fancy another one to stick under my Trace 1x15 combo.

Why not dress up in the most shocking stage gear you can and give them a monotonous single chord, fuzzed up wall of sound while the singer quotes from Revelations. You might as well have a laugh and go out with a bang.

[attachment=34924:DSC_0063.JPG]In the rehearsal room with the scary looking open chassis aircon. I'm still getting used to the old BV game.

Looks very nice. I'll have a black single pickup one with a mirrored scratcplate for under £600 please. Well when they do one I will.