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Indian Reservation - Paul Revere and the Raiders

Human morphology has not evolved much since 1950.

Haha, I suspect the reality may not live up to the hype! I will share the story about the origins at some point but at the moment it's too early and there are certain confidences I have to respect until order volume hits a certain level of consistency. Nothing dodgy, it's just that when business partners see volume, it can help provide them with some certainty that I'm not going to waste their time. Then I can formalise some key business and logistic arrangements. Once I have samples of the 5 initial neck types (JB4, PB4, SR4N, SR5N and headless 4/5) then I'll get a website set up. Once that goal is realised, I can start working on promotion in earnest. For now, the PB4 and SR4N moulds will be next after the SR5N and I'll need to test fit all the models to check measurements are within acceptable tolerances (and this could involve further development if not quite on point despite best efforts). The neck I'm looking forward to the most is the SR5N. The Musicman Cutlass basses I owned more or less set the bar for tone and a five string version of one of those, with an adjustable neck, would be something exciting for me.

If you're amp-less, how are you planning to hear your own bass..? From the rehearsal/gig stage monitors (if existant and capable...)..? With ear-phones, fed from the pedal..? Wired, or wireless..? How will the other players and (if relevant...) the FOH for the audience, hear the bass..? Standard practice for FOH is a feed from a DI box, which the bass plugs into. Is that all that you require, even for rehearsal..? The question needs fleshing out a little, I think.

@Paddy MorrisIf they'd made it in 5.8GHz back in the day I'd have bought it for sure But even so, no I've never had any issues with drop out or interference, even playing busy venues. I do notice a latency delay if I stray too far from the stage, which I have a habit of doing. Well more correctly my band mates do 😆. I've never regretted buying two of these ... very sad that one of the transmitters has become unreliable after all these years. And yep, input impedance is 1.4MOhms. Boom.

Some of mine are with white plumbers tape - they've been stable for at least 10 years. No headstock cracks or anything. The secret with that is to put slightly more on than you think as it compresses a little when pushed into the hole.

The left hand does it when tapping. 😉

So Gigged mine again Saturday night , Straight into PA using the GP-5 as my Amp and Cab sim , Setup was a cheap Yamaha Stage 300 PA ,supported by my Markbass cmd121P acting as a subwoofer out of the monitor send daisyed on to an 80's era powered peavy wedge for some foldback. Both guitarists were using sims ( one fancy and expensive the other cheap ) My only downside was that I couldn't easily tweak my EQ , my active 2 band couldn't cut any more out , if i'd had my phone connected i could have easily done so but i'd turned it off and shoved it in my gig bag to avoid that " Da da da " lesson is now airplane mode with bluetooth connected within reach. For anyone carrying a backup amp this device is a no brainer ... I have found that im struggling to find good quality combined Sim and Cab files even ones of tone3000 seem a bit " crap" compared to the out of the box option so im just using the fingerstyle or pick preset with my own tweaks , anyone got any that work well ?

I have this ! This’ll do the job ! If plugging into mixer etc , there is the option of using effects or going direct by the touch of a button at the back.

For bass: IE Nimbus has HPF and LPF for the effect, and they work really well. But it is quite hard to find and may cost a lot. Because the reasonable amount of the effect is small, any reverb is most likely good, but use it sparingly. That Behringer is worth trying. For vocals: Start from t c helicon. If the mixer supports stereo, consider a stereo unit, or mono for the vocals only.

Caline make a copy of the V1 BDDI as well. To my old ears I think the Caline is slightly less scooped. I still have both though!

I could make a board look and feel very professional, but those continuous changes... and I have three of them in use: for lo-Z, hi-Z, and fretless bass. I am happy with compressors and... wait a minute...

Having owned multiple tone shaping di`s over the years, I actually prefer the Behringer to the Sansamp. Cheap as chips and sounds good for what I want it to do.

I re-listened to the SY1 a few weeks ago. Jeezo that’s a bad sounding pedal 😅 (IMO). Si

When you get the bass, check the setup and do string set tests to find the right combination for you. If the bass feels good in your hands, the right strings can do miracles (playability & sound).

Yes, would be good to hear it fingerstyle when you get back.

It is through an Origin effects Cali 76 and a little Ampeg preamp too, I can get a dry sound in a week when I am back home.

Sounds brilliant. Clear as a bell!

Err not sure if this will work. This is played with a pick through my little GK combo and it is picking up a bit more mechanical noise than you would hear in real life. NBD SQUIRE SONIC CUSTOM.m4a

And I feel the same about those ancient surf basses. Sure here we talk about taste: a friend of mine hates the shape of the headstock of my Vigier.

Do you not think you could break even, cash-wise, or make a little on it? Labour excluded of course. It is a lovely thing just going by the photos. It certainly sounds like a zinger.

So i'm looking to get a 5-string as there are some songs I am needing to play that go below E. I'd rather play the correct note than an octave above on my 4-string. The problem is with the demise of PMT there are no instrument shops in my city, with the exception of 1 that usually only has 2nd hand gear in and can be very hit and miss in terms of what basses they have at any one time. I have found a nice looking Cort C5 Deluxe on Reverb that is within my price range so was wondering what people's opinions on buying a bass sight unseen from the 'net? It seems to be from a music shop in another city so I'm a little bit more reassured than if it was a private seller. Alos, how does a Cort compare to a 4-string Squier Jazz or Precision in terms of neck feel (I have one of each)? Thanks