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  1. Muzz
    Yeah, it was pretty much a staple back in the day. Listening to it again in the cold light of a YouTube vid (and the guy does a great job of recreating it), it's surprisingly rubbish.
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    Awaiting a set of SD SSB-4s for my Fenderbird, but the Laklandbird will have Nordy Big Splits. It'll change the sound, trust me. If you've a few quid to throw at the project for fun, Nordstrand will make you a jazz pickup in a soapbar cover. The Epi soapbar rout will take an EMG35, which is the size Nordy work with replacements for. I asked Wizard not long ago about making something non-humbucking in a soapbar shape, and Andy said it wouldn't work. I'm watching this one, though, interested in how it turns out
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    It's gotta look right, but it's also gotta play right. The sound (up to a point) I can sort out with pickups and electrics. I've got a Fortress that's just lovely to play, and it now sounds like I want it to, but (and I've whined about this before on here) the colour...sheesh, it just constantly niggles at me. If I could guarantee the result, I'd refinish it, but it's a maple body, and Gawd knows how that'll end up. I'll play the bass for a while, but then it'll go back into its case for a while, because looking at it bugs me. Yes, I'm shallow. On the other hand, I had a Ray in the right colours (black/black/maple), but I couldn't live with the sound, and the neck was too big. I guess if it had been just one factor I'd have worked on it, but both meant it had to go.
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    "[color=#000000][font=Arial][size=4]to emulate the iconic 1964 Rickenbacker 4001s of the late Bee Gee Maurice Gibb"[/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Arial][size=4]Now that's what I call a niche market...[/size][/font][/color]
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    [quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1328997434' post='1535958'] My fave JJ moment: When the bass comes in on Hanging Around. It really sounds like the bass amp is actually in your room, playing along to the track. Fantastic bass moment that. [/quote] This. The greatest bass guitar moment, ever.
  6. Muzz
    Aaaaaand again...
  7. Muzz
    I'd go for the Ibby every time - I've got the 500, and a friend has the 505. Great basses for the money, and the easiest playing instruments I've found: the ergonomics are just so right, although you need to like narrow, shallow, fast necks. Barts, too...
  8. Muzz
    Quick bump for the weekend...?
  9. Muzz
    Bit of a feeler, because I've no real pressure to shift this, but it doesn't get much use, so I thought I'd float it as a trade. It's a 2006 Corvette Standard (German) fretless with the active/passive EQ, Ocean Blue Oil finish, and according to Warwick the body is Swamp Ash, the neck's Ovangkol, and I suspect the board's ebony, although Warwick don't specify. There's a little light worming high up on the board (came to me like that) which has no effect on playability and is a bugger to photograph (see below), plus there are three very small scuffs I've photographed, none of which are anywhere near through the finish. Other than that, there isn't a mark on it. It's a very 'woody' tone, which I think suits fretless very very well. There's a functional hard case with it, too. Trade-wise, I've got/had enough Jazzes and Precisions for one life (although maybe a Lyte...), and I'm not looking for more than 4 strings. Unless you've got an eight... [attachment=99659:DSC02153.JPG] [attachment=99660:DSC02145.JPG] [attachment=99661:DSC02146.JPG] [attachment=99662:DSC02140.JPG] [attachment=99663:DSC02144.JPG] [attachment=99664:DSC02143.JPG] [attachment=99665:DSC02148.JPG] [attachment=99666:DSC02149.JPG] [attachment=99667:DSC02154.JPG]
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    Just completed a painless Hipshot-swap with Simon. Good comms, faultless transaction, top geezer and gent. Cheers!
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    Bought a bass from Stuart, completely stress-free experience, even when I forgot to Gift him a Paypal payment, which meant he was (slightly) out of pocket. Bass was well packed and arrived very quickly. Top geezer. Cheers, Muzz
  12. Muzz
    Is it just me who's got Toy Story 2 in his head while reading the OP?
  13. Muzz
    Very weird, over the weekend I was looking for a song to learn to show my 6-year old so he can play along (on his keyboard at the mo, but the bass is sitting there waiting its day), and out of the blue I decided Price Tag would be good. It might be the phase of the moon, or something in the water...
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    Well, I didn't post earlier because I honestly didn't want a set of Rotosounds, even for free. I [i]really[/i] don't like them. Top marks for customer service/promotion to Rotosound, though. OK, who's up for a 'discussion/begging' thread about DRs then?
  15. Muzz
    If there's an opposite of 'roadworn mojo', these basses have it. Have you SEEN that 64 'Bird?
  16. Muzz
    I've had good results with Mighty Mite necks, they're much better than their price would suggest, plus if you're going to have a go at relicing it yourself, it's less money if you make a balls of it
  17. Muzz
    Well, my 1515L is a 2x15 rather than a 2x12, but I can echo the reviews of the other Schroeders about their presence in the mix. An acquired and distinctive taste, but very very effective.
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    [quote name='billyapple' timestamp='1327831725' post='1517233'] I've had the same on my Bitsa P which has a Badass II, the solution is to shim the neck, which raises the neck height. BOD2 gives a pretty comprehensive tutorial here.. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/49897-how-to-shim-a-neck/page__hl__neck%20shim"]http://basschat.co.u...hl__neck%20shim[/url] It's pretty straight forward, and gave me excellent results [/quote] Yep, I'm an incurable upgrader, and I've had to shim the neck on a couple of basses when I've put different bridges on. Pretty straightforward as Billyapple says, and produces the results. The only tip I'd give is the first time you do it you won't believe how much difference a very very thin shim makes. My favourite is the Schaller 3D, because there's side-to-side adjustment to be had from one, but equally importantly, if you rest your hand on the bridge for any amount of time, they're the most comfortable I've found.
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    Yeah, normally I can't be doing with singlecuts, but this one...this one's niiiice. I'd never be able to wait 11 months, tho - I'd have some sort of seizure 3 months in...
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    I'd think a lack of info beforehand was a bit unusual - most musos I know are dying to ramble on about their band ideas, influences, plans, past history, etc, etc. Maybe it'll be different when you get there and get to chat face to face. The Precision is all you'll need, especially with that Acoustic rig. On the rehearsal time point, our originals band are having to go out round the pub circuit to generate some cash, so we're having to put 20 or so covers in. The first gig's next Friday, so the vocalist has sent round the list of covers this week, and we're having a 3-hour rehearsal on Sunday, which should do it. To be fair he and I play most of them in his other covers band, so two of us will be good to go, anyway...
  21. Muzz
    Good Lord...
  22. Muzz
    Here we go again... I've got a Warwick Fortress and a FrankenP with the same pickups in - Wizard P/Js in pretty much the same position in relation to the bridge. One bass has a maple body, wenge neck and board, brass nut, brass frets, two part bridge. The other has an ash body, maple neck and board, schaller 3D bridge, composite nut. Compositionally, they couldn't be further apart in terms of wood names. They feel and play very differently, and, acoustically, sound different. Plug them in and they're 90% the same. Once the band kicks in they're indistinguishable. And yes, I was surprised about that myself. As an addendum to that, I've got a Fenderbird with an alder body and the same neck as the FrankenP. The pickups are Epi soapbars, in different places to the P/J ones in the FrankenP. Amplified, it sounds very different compared to the FrankenP - that'll be the alder versus the ash, then...
  23. Muzz
    OK, so in the eternal merry-go-round of basses in our house, I have a spare Hipshot BT-2 in chrome, and now I need a GB7 in black. A bit specific, I know, but I'm ever hopeful... Trade only for now because it'll be simpler, maybe a sale later if I have to. Cheers, Muzz
  24. Muzz
    ...although we'd all love to see some pics...
  25. Muzz
    [quote name='waynepunkdude' timestamp='1328048842' post='1521082'] Not sure about any of this I can only judge with my ears and I find it dreary and depressing. [/quote] This.
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