wishface Posted February 9, 2016 Author Share Posted February 9, 2016 i do want to, i just don't have 3 hundred to spare right now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LewisK1975 Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 If its any use to you wishface - the special in the for sale section used to be mine, it's a lovely bass, in very very good condition. And Ade who's selling is a really nice bloke too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 [quote name='Mattpt85' timestamp='1454934246' post='2974273'] Mine's the Attitude Special, one of the cheaper ones but with upgrades, awesome. [/quote] Seth Rogan. Is that you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlfer Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 I had a Special, like Matt has posted a link to. It's still on my avatar. The original owner did over 800 gigs with it. I did over 200 with it. I only sold it after I seriously bashed it twice in one night (clumsy). Coludn't bear to look at the damage I'd done. Unlike the very high priced Attitudes 1,11, 111, these don't have DiMarzios, scalloped frets, detuner, push/pull treble cut or two outputs. They do have a generally easier to play neck, at 40mm nut as opposed to the real baseball bats on the Attitudes. The generic Yamaha pick ups are truly excellent, giving you from lovely smooth Bad Co with just the neck pup to more growl than a pissed off Rottweiler if that is your thing. VASTLY UNDER RATED BASSES, imo. And frankly at £300, you would be extremely lucky to find a more versatile, better built bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wishface Posted February 9, 2016 Author Share Posted February 9, 2016 I'm not disputing the value, just the contents of my piggy bank. Unless someone wants to buy what I have right now (i can't afford to advertise right now). A revelation rbj67 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wishface Posted February 9, 2016 Author Share Posted February 9, 2016 what are and why are scalloped frets? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobthedog Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 [quote name='wishface' timestamp='1455040891' post='2975341'] what are and why are scalloped frets? [/quote] https://youtu.be/i2K8-LMTDuo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wishface Posted February 9, 2016 Author Share Posted February 9, 2016 [quote name='Bobthedog' timestamp='1455042954' post='2975378'] [url="https://youtu.be/i2K8-LMTDuo"]https://youtu.be/i2K8-LMTDuo[/url] [/quote]But isn't Billy's bass scalloped on the black frets? Whats the point of that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 (edited) From memory Billy's sig bass is scalloped from the 17th fret onwards but only on the D & G side of the fretboard, but it doesn't always come out in photographs, so the ones on the maple are harder to see than the ones on the black fret markers. As mentioned above it's to reduce friction on bends so the string is only touching the fret & not the fretboard. I've never played anthing with a scalloped fretboard, but I've heard you need a very light touch otherwise you can pull the string out of tune (by pushing it down past where the fretboard would normally be) just by playing with normal pressure. I'd guess that's why he only has scallops at the top end of the neck. Edited February 9, 2016 by Cato Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AttitudeCastle Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 [quote name='wishface' timestamp='1455054814' post='2975570'] But isn't Billy's bass scalloped on the black frets? Whats the point of that? [/quote] Google is your friend! Plenty of information out there The bass is only scalloped on the top 5 frets only the D and G strings, it's not scalloped on all of the black frets, the scallops are to allow more freedom when bending. I've owned an Attitude LTD II 25th anniversary since they came out, love it! Looking to make a cheap-y replica from a P-bass or similar, but finding something with a similar neck is proving difficult. Happy to try and answer any other questions you have on the basses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AttitudeCastle Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 [quote name='Meddle' timestamp='1455051221' post='2975518'] If I had to build a 'Wife' on a budget then I would probably start with a cheap P bass and fit a hotrail pickup in the neck position. Billy hasn't really used a mudbucker pickup for a while, and his latest Attitude design has a pickup that looks a lot like an old Dimarzio X2NB in the neck position. I wager it is differently spec'd though. The two pickups are designed to run on different circuits, so phasing issues and blending issues would be less of a problem. Billy's basses, and the Attitudes, are wired with two push/pull pots. One pot mimics the original 'baritone' control featured on the Gibson EB2 and EB2D basses (and some Guild basses) that switched in an inductor and RC matrix to either cut all the highs or all the lows from the pickup. The other push/pull simply combines the two pickups so that the outputs become dual monos. There is only one tone control which, from memory, is on the neck pickup circuit. The gist of the bass is to get a gnarly P bass tone (without tone control) and then be able to have a consistent dubby low-bass coming from the other pickup, even when soloing far up the neck. Quite idiosyncratic, and Billy often preaches about the dangers of worrying too much about gear; a tad hypocritical when he uses an idiosyncratic rig and promotes a bass, a pedal, and is a vocal proponent of Hartke amps... The scalloped frets are a great idea. I've done it to a couple of basses and the low-friction bends up the top of the neck are lovely. [/quote] The neck pickup on the ATT III is a Yamaha designed pickup, it was their idea to use it in the neck instead of the DiMarzio, although DiMarzio still make the Model One and the Willpower Neck pickup. Not played an ATT III much but the neck pickup is a bit smoother, and "tighter" it's also not recessed so is a bit firmer sounding. That's a long winded way of me saying it's not A Dimarzio/ X2N design. haha! Yeah the controls are Volume + Tone for neck pickup (Tone is a push/pull with a high cut) and Volume for the P pickup (with a push/pull that combines the pickups to dual mono). The P-pickup doesn't have a tone as you get a bit more output / "push" from the Pup without one, and Billy wasn't using one so removed it on the older ones. Apologies for nerding out hard, it's what I do. And I've been trying to plan an Attitude alike build for a while but never known what the best route to take is... I find anything with less than a 40mm nut very uncomfortable, 42mm is pretty good, but 44mm or so is my normal after playing the Yam for years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 At some point I'm going to build one too - but I'm going to do a 5 string. My far off plan is to use a Sandberg VS5 passive as the basic instrument and work from there. There are some small pickup builders who will do custom pickups to fit. Maybe in 2020! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnwarrior Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 [quote name='Mattpt85' timestamp='1454934246' post='2974273'] Mine's the Attitude Special, one of the cheaper ones but with upgrades, awesome. [/quote] Where did you get the replacement woofer pup and pick guard Matt? Just picked up a Special myself but it needs some TLC! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattpt85 Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 I got it like that from Bassman666 on here, drop him a message i'm sure he won't mind, was a great guy to deal with. He certainly did a great job on the mods! If I'm right he got it from our very own Karlfer on here, so it's staying within the basschat family which is cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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