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Ive been trying to resist. Failed. im in.

Well, better than Born Again anyway!

I think most do, and most have full time traditional jobs and families as well. I'm the odd ball. Blue

I'm not a fan of mismatching woods on the fretboard and headstock, unless the headstock matches the body. Give me a maple/maple neck or a painted headstock any day.

Looks like I've joined this party too late! Who are the band, I might have seen you? Hold the Line and Jump, I was worried it was my band but then I remembered I'm the bass player

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We don't need a Wurzels tribute down here, we have the real thing. My dad knew them very well 😂 I pulled the trigger and quit last night. The more sensible guitarist took it quite badly, but I expected that anyway. Got a singer, guitarist and drums lined up for the new project, which is basically 80s pop/rock for pub gigs. Bands down here seem to spread right across the decades, with the 80s being largely missed out other than a few def leppard or bon jovi numbers in each set, and I'm thinking something more focussed might have a good chance at getting going.

This thread is the sole reason for me withdrawing my Micro Thumpinator from sale...

Your research has missed some very important points. 1. No HPF will "cut off everything" below a certain frequency. What they do is progressively attenuate frequencies from the cut off point downwards according to the filter slope. Those frequencies will still be present but they are reduced in level more as you go further down from the cut off frequency. SFX have a frequency plot which shows the effect of the Thumpinator on their web site. 2. You have ignored everything else in the signal path including the human ear. While normal human hearing goes down to 20Hz, if you look at any frequency plots you will see that sensitivity drops off significantly from 160Hz downwards, so most of what you are hearing with your octaver on the open E string are the harmonics rather than the 20Hz fundamental - the brain is very good at filling in this missing frequency information for you. Also unless your rig includes PA style cabs specifically designed to reproduce signifiant levels of sub bass ( which case you should be using an active crossover and you won't need a HPF) your cabs will struggling to project these low frequencies at the same level as the higher ones. 3. Finally the design of the HPF itself is very important. IME a higher cut off frequency with a steeper slope (24dB/oct rather than 12dB/oct) is going to be far more effective at removing the potentially speaker damaging frequencies. Go too low with too gentle a slope and it won't be removing enough to be doing a worthwhile job of protecting your speakers. Also as has already been said many filter designs will as a by-product of the way they work add a slight peak to the signal at the cut off point - which is something you really want to avoid on one aimed at removing sub-audible frequencies. AFAIK only the Thumpinator is designed specifically to minimise this peak.

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The rest of the black hardware finally turned up I’ve just swapped over the tuners, strap buttons and string tree So now the bass is finished apart from a setup Sorry for some reason the picture has gone a bit grainy I’m happy with the finished look it’s no frills and simple!! (Bit like me!!) 1 down only 3 to go!!.........

The Headhunters, sans Herbie Hancock.

@D’AddarioUK D’Addario offer a string tension guide that allows you to select the correct gauge of string when tuning down to maintain the tension you enjoy. Check it out here: http://stringtensionpro.com/

Anything with a ridiculously oversized headstock with canoe accessories as tuners and totally clashes with the rest of the bass.

As Lee Pomeroy said somewhere, if you're a good bloke, play ok and get on with everyone, you get the call.

I dont question it. I'm stunning, and that's the end of it. Move along please

Maybe you should withdraw 'privileges' until she changes her mind. Oh wait, it doesn't seem to work that way round!

You’ll struggle to find any definitive temperatures/ humidity measurements for safe storage; but the general consensus for instruments and audio gear is... Cold: no problem Hot: not ideal Humid: very bad!

For the DIYers among us, Julian Pohler (Mr. Shalltechnik04 - the guy behind the Guma Drive, Guma Antique and Growling Krizzly kits) is bringing out a combined HPF/LPF + DI kit soon called "Vong" (no idea what Vong means). I've asked him to keep me posted on when it's to be released.

Eventually every design in existence will have been slagged off in this thread...

His bass needs a set up. Did you hear that rattle?

Loving it!

Yes to the lighter relic, but you can't have matching headstock on a P. You'll go straight to hell.

Deposit is usually £200.

Why go for 2 different cabs? Try both out & get 2 of the ones that you like the best.

Using an 8-ohm cab plus a 4-ohm cab together will take you well below the magic 4-ohm total load. so 2 x 8-ohm cabs is the optimum. Using just a single 8-ohm cab will not make a significant difference compared to a 4-ohm version of the same. All you will notice is that the pointer on the volume control is a few degrees further round.

I'm sure Peter Hook was a big fan of that headstock...

No worries, mate, you've been a star already. I'll use my ears - they were pretty accurate in assessing the relative effectiveness of the B3n GEQ vs the PEQ earlier today

Yes, me too. It's not just because they slowly and excruciatingly try to nail the songs while you, having already nailed the songs, are obliged to stand there waiting and watching with a face like a pair of old tits, it's the fact that they just couldn't be bothered and instead spent their time drinking / playing video games / watching TV / rummaging in their pants* instead. Nothing is more likely to raise the temperature of my urine to 100 degrees Celsius. *delete accordingly.

Thats the most un-upright bass sound i've yet heard No thanks Ibanez

My 79,82,02 rays all had different neck shapes to each other.

I think you know what to do. Ditch the current band and follow your heart - form the wurzels tribute act.

Number of gigs doesn't equate to level of competence. To suggest a band that only plays 6 gig's a year doesn't deserve good musicians is a bizarre stand point.

Why not?! There are plenty of great musicians out there who also have careers / families and don’t want to play full time. These guys are obviously at a reasonably competent level and just want someone to fit in.

The pickup shape has actually gone back to the original shape.

JA's comments were in relation to the largely chambered, ie hollow, body of the Sadowsky. US Lakland's are not heavy basses.

I think most of tend to play down our skills, especially to ourselves. Generally, whenever I start learning new stuff there are sections when I think to myself 'I'm not sure I can do that'. I'm always quite surprised at how quickly I actually manage to learn those bits. Of course, there's stuff I really can't do, but there's definitely less of it than there used to be, which i take as a sign of progress.

If people whose playing I respect ask me to play with them, then I consider that to be a sign of reasonable ability.

Projected RRP of £450 too. Could be very popular.

I don't like natural finishes or sunbursts, slab body basses, body-binding, headless, single cuts, non-cloverleaf machine-heads, anything with more than five strings, things that look like coffee tables. Basically this :

Modded the Gypsy Rose with: Cali neo pickups Kiogon wiring loom Schaller black tuners black scratchplate D'Addario Strings graphite vinyl wrap on headstock with vinyl decal generic black bridge, screws, neck plate, strap buttons, string tree..

I was lucky enough to interview John Hall about these basses on Friday. Despite the normal Basschat stance on this issue, I can only say that he was absolutely charming and really very good company. As to the bass itself, I absolutely loved it. The first Ric in many years that I would seriously splash some cash on. In truth, despite the list of terminal, life-changing problems identified here, you really need to play and hear this bass rather than focusing on the string trees. This discussion reminds me of Barefaced handles. You're missing the point.

IME every single MIDI guitar and bass that I've tried required so much modification of my playing technique, that I ended up learning to play synths using a keyboard instead.

I think so. An alternative would be 18 1v batteries, but it might make the basses too heavy.

Also check the L/L porn thread here:

I think he's suffering from GAS. After being on bass chat