Conklin GT-7 Customised (Now with sound!)

[metalmaniac]

Hey guys,

Some of you may have seen my plans to build delay and compressor into my conklin.
Well, I did.

I ordered 2 modboards from guitarfetish, spent 3 days drilling, filing and soldering my basses guts with my good tech man Dan (of whom I owe many thanks).

And this is the result.

3 Concentric Pots and 2 single pots and 2 switches.

This gives control of bass, treble, master gain, pickup balance, delay time, delay feedback, compressor gain, compressor threshold, delay on/off and compressor on/off.

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Ill record some examples tomorrow for you hopefully so you can hear the boards in action.

Cheers.

Edited February 8, 2008 by metalmaniac

[7string]

Now that's just bloody clever 2 of the most usable effects on-board the bass..

I only learnt how to solder last year !!

I admire your taste in both the bass itself and the colour. Great minds think alike and all that


Photo courtesy G. Jones

[6stringbassist]

I remember you talking about this at Christmas time, that's a neat job, well done.

[ARGH]

YEEAAAHHHHH!


Thats SEX!!!
\m/

[Johngh]

Thats very nice, well done with it !

[daflewis]

hey ash,

nice work man! very neat - it's good to see that bass getting the love and attention it deserves!

i look forward to hearing the clips...

hope you're doing o.k. - be good to meet up again sometime soon.

daf

[metalmaniac]

Cheers Guys,
Nice Fretless their 7string!


Daf - Definitely, I been real busy with uni, are you going to the bassbash?

Oh I intend to record some examples soon, i'm just in the middle of exams at the moment.

Edited February 1, 2008 by metalmaniac

[daflewis]

[quote name='metalmaniac' post='131693' date='Feb 1 2008, 02:37 AM']Daf - Definitely, I been real busy with uni, are you going to the bassbash?

Oh I intend to record some examples soon, i'm just in the middle of exams at the moment.


[/quote]

hi ash,

not sure if i'm going to make the bash, but i will definitely try - it's not exactly a long way for me!

hope exams are going well and not too much of a bore!

talk soon...

[majo57]

Great beauties

[paul, the]

SO cool. Although 5-strings scare me.


And awesome wall-hanging mathingma. It makes my batiks look sh*tty.

[cheddatom]

Very cool project! I've thought about doing this many times! Can you link me to the site you got the boards from? I'd love to put a delay in my backup bass.

[metalmaniac]

Thankyou again guys.

Cheddatom.. www.guitarfetish.com

Its got the g word in it

[7string]

[quote name='metalmaniac' post='131693' date='Feb 1 2008, 02:37 AM']Cheers Guys,
Nice Fretless their 7string![/quote]

Thanks !! It was de-fretted and ramped last year by Jon Shuker. Sounds better than it did when it had frets

Edited February 4, 2008 by 7string

[metalmaniac]

They sound great either way.

A later project for this will be too add a purpleheart scratch-plate. I find it easier to slap with a plate, plus I love purpleheart and it will fit in with the theme of the bass.
Yours has such a nice finish on it.

I was thinking maybe one day to get it refinished too. Break away from the 2 colour options there are.

Edited February 5, 2008 by metalmaniac

[metalmaniac]

Cool band btw. You got any cd's.

[metalmaniac]

Silly me! I found them.

[metalmaniac]

Ok I recorded a little demo for you.

Intro and first section shows the delay extensively. The main tapping theme is full delay and feedback, whilst the bass over the top of that is the delay time being changed about. The interlude is just some delayed tapping, then the funk bit shows the compressor on the slap and funk bass, as well as delay on slapping. Also with the delay time relay small, but with lots of feedback the lead bass gets that funk guitar tone.

Edited February 8, 2008 by metalmaniac