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And finished! I've wired the electrics '50's style' to give a broader range of tone possibilities if Jane needs them in the future and added magnets for the cover with a thumbnail access: I know guitars - particularly slim guitars and fancy wood guitars - and gold trimmings aren't everyone's taste but, ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the 5lbs 4oz Swift Lite Mark 2 As always, many thanks for the encouragement and help along the way - always greatly appreciated!

must admit I found the sanctimonious bullying replies by the grammar nazi's a bit distasteful, wouldn't be surprised if the poor guy never darkens the Basschat forum again, wouldn't blame him

I had a similar experience at school, brings back painful memories. Bob Hitler.

Well said, and well played that man. This place is not the most welcoming place to new members sometimes...15 posts the chap has and the thread asking for advice gets turned into a bitchfest about gammar.

I communicated with Dave (the OP) through Feebay. The issue was a bloke bought his Rick, then started playing the disabled daughter scam. Dave has very little experience of selling stuff, but he is an oil industry engineer who I would prefer NOT to have an upper cut from. Our communication led to a flawless pincer movement on Carlisle station, him from Leven, Fife, me from Wigan, Lancs. Not everybody can, or indeed wants to communicate in a manner considered by some to be the only way. Frankly I'm disappointed in the perceived superiority and conclusion jumping that has gone on in this thread. Not what I would expect of some of the experienced people who I would have thought knew better.

So the bass player doesn't have any gear? If these guys were serious they'd have their own gear. If they aren't serious I wouldn't lend anything to them.

This is my fretless one. Full custom five strings FBass AC neckthru with redwood top 34" scale AAAAA flamed maple body. Sounds great and i love it!

The Status T-Bass has been reissued for about 10 years. This isn't anything new. At least it's better than cranking out a TENTH version of the kingbass.

Best way ! A quick chat, hearty handshake and the offer of a drink by way of thanks. I try not to touch any settings, even if I'm told I can - the minimal hassle for the owner when they take the stage later on is part of the thank you for the loan of the gear.

Quick review of the Mu-Tron Micro-Tron III (which I also posted over on TB). If anyone is looking for a Mu-Tron III in a small form 9v pedal the Micro-Tron absolutely nails it: It's good, in fact it’s really good. It uses the same type of opto-isolators (I think) to control the Micro-Tron III filter as per the Mu-Tron III and Tru-Tron 3x, which gives it that classic Mu-Tron 70’s dirty funk quack in LP, Low range, Up Sweep that other filters just don’t seem to have. The Down-sweep sounds lovely and chewy High range sound super squelchy but still retains bottom end. It’s perfect for finger style funk, & pairs really well with a bit of dirt or octave pedal before it. Small form factor (though a slightly bigger enclosure than an MXR M82 BEF for comparison), standard 9v DC power supply requirements. Very easy to dial-in, no issues triggering on passive or active basses, no bottom end loss or volume loss in LP/Tru-Tron jumper settings. No pop when engaging the footswitch which some other users have experienced (I’ve only tried via an isolated power supply though) An internal ‘jumper’ enables you to switch between Tru-Tron or Mu-Tron modes - there is a difference between the two sounds: Tru-Tron jumper is slightly cleaner/ Mu-Tron jumper is very similar to the original Probably the best & most flexible small form pure funk Envelope Filter around today. IMO the smaller form and 9v power means the Micro-Tron doesn’t have quite the same amount of headroom (or ‘oomph’) that the Tru Tron 3x has - understandably, the gain isn’t as loud, and the pre-amp on the Tru-Tron in comparison is incredibly powerful. The Tru-Tron is what I’d call the flagship all ‘bells and whistles’ ‘all singing, all dancing’ version of the Mu-Tron. The Micro-Tron is not that pedal (and to be clear nor would I expect it to be based on squeezing that much funk into such a small enclosure!). A couple of minor things. The internal jumper would have been great to have been set up as a switch on the outside (I guess this is a size or build cost restriction) There’s a slight volume drop in Mu-Tron III jumper mode LP pass/ High setting only, which can be gotten around by maxing the level and upping the Peak and Gain a bit more. Having a second foot-switch for the direction of the sweep is theoretically a good idea but you have to adjust the gain from around 10 o’clock to 2 o’clock which kind of defeats the intended purpose of changing the sweep direction on the fly. Lastly, the Input/Output jacks are very close together. Not so good if you use pancake cables. These are minor gripes though. Most important is how it sounds and overall it definitely captures the vintage Mu-Tron mojo in a small form board friendly pedal, (which is what I believe Mu-FX/Mu-Tron set out to achieve).

I'd rather lend stuff to complete strangers than friends. It's a lot more trouble when you break a friend's nose. Just joking - I'd never do that to anyone, especially a friend. I'd leer at his girlfriend, though.

It's not something to be spread around too much, but since you asked... Shh..! Not so loud..! Walls have ears..!

Dave's a great guy, and a really honest seller.

It depends on what you mean by 'tracking'. Do you want to: a) generate a control voltage in proportion to the perceived pitched of the input signal? OR b) do a simple division (eg octave down) or multiplication (octave up) of the input signal? I did mix up these two in my previous comment, apologies. My understanding with the Pigtronix pedal is that they are doing a), and to the best of my knowledge this hasn't advanced beyond the level of the Korg MS20 (for one example); the technology here is a couple of decades old as the limits of what you can do with analog processing had been reached already back then. I'd be pleased to be corrected if I'm wrong, however anyone coming up with an all-analog pedal that does a) will do no better than what has been done previously in terms of tracking accuracy and latency. With something like the EH Microsynth, it has various stages that filter the input signal, and then what I guess I'd call 'mathematical' circuits that detect the pitch of the input signal and then divide it for the octave down or multiply it for the octave up; this happens in essentially real time, so the latency is as close to zero as you can get. So, yes, what you wrote is correct. The big 'but' here is also what you wrote, i.e. the tracking is not perfect and can track the octave (or other!) harmonic of lower notes instead of the note itself. With digital pedals, they are simply applying DSP to the input signal so there's not really 'tracking' involved, hence why pedals like the POG-series can deal with more than one note at a time and track more accurately ('perfectly') than (say) the MXR Octave pedal (and many other similar designs). An interesting design is the Future Impact pedal, which based on a reading of the manual has both a 'mathematical tracking' section (with very low latency) and also DSP-based pitch-to-frequency section (with higher latency).

I decided to face my fears head on. Like when I watch Heather Smalls on the Camino De Santiago, I've been singing 'You've got to search for the hero inside yourself', in a deep husky voice, as I photoshopped a mock up of the automotive incubus that haunts my sweaty nights. I'm hoping this will help me better come to terms with my irrational phobia.

You know that it's a remarkably good inbuilt security system though..... "Eeew.....it's a sunburst, i'm not pinching that"

Get the hair clippers out and give it a number one all over ("number one" refers to length of cut - I don't mean pee on it).

If you need to adjust the settings, take a pic of theirs first so you can restore them after you’ve been on. ( Obviously check with them first to make sure that’s okay.)

Marigold gloves are the business for getting rid of unwanted hair and fluff. Just wet the glove first A wet Marigold can sort a lot of problems

I hate TSB and also hate gold, except when they are together on a '57 P, when the sum is greater than its parts:

That looks great. Not sure about the bloke with the stapler though lol 🎸

I'm an oldie now. Went to a posh boarding school and started playing bass in a day boy band. We did quite well playing sixties stuff. We played the American airbases in our area every Saturday night. It's probably why I never did get to university. Been playing on and off ever since, I'm 70 now. I currently play in a five piece blues based band with a brilliant harmonica player. During a long OFF period and chatting in a pub one night I found myself a band. The only bass I had was a 3/4 sunburst precision Encore and I played two gigs with that. Bought a Fender Mustang Pawn Shop, later sold it to a young lady and regretted it ever since. I use TC Electronic gear, a BH250 and BH800, two RS210 and one RS212 cabs. Ok it's not the best but it serves me well. I've had many basses in my time but the arthritis is beginning to make life difficult. I've gone back to short scale and have a Chowny SWB-1 and I have to say it is so..oo playable. I also have a Fender American Deluxe Precision Natural Blonde and an Overwater SD inspired J style 5 string. I'm going to try to keep going for as long as I can. One reason for joining the site is to try and sell the above two basses. Regards for now Bob

I just involuntarily grew a mullet

The comment about 'generation snowflake' is completely genuine, in my mind it is absolutely true. Unfortunately/fortunately for me my skin is fairly thick, most likely from various life experiences... Nothing that was said by me was intended as hurtful, spiteful or otherwise, however I do find it unnerving that such low key 'banter' can cause such a backlash of finger pointing and claims of bullying. I wonder how some would actually handled sustained and real bullying? And let me tell you unequivocally, this sir, is not that. I will bow out from further comment as I feel all that needs to be said is said. @Dov65 if I offended in anyway, then I apologise. But from where I stand nothing of the sort occurred. Good evening gents. Let's have a beer and shake hands!

Is it a Barefaced or Aguilar cab?

Without Squire and Anderson there is no Yes; it's just a tribute act, albeit a very good one.

Buttercream, surely?

Typical Fender neck, erring on the chunky side! That Pink 'Flea' colour is spot on too!

Oh my cake god! Happy Birthday dude!

just have a chat first thanking him and asking if it's ok to alter the controls, thank him again afterwards, no need to go over the top, he's already said it's ok for others to use his rig after all. I once had the feeling that the main band wanted to use my rig (they obviously hadn't got one) but nobody bothered asking me so I took it off stage after our set, he soon came up asking very politely if he could use my amp

No matter what, all-analog synth pedals will have issues with tracking accuracy and pitch-detection latency. Guitar-based demos are very misleading from this point of view, as the pitch detection latency is proportionally less the higher the pitch of the source material. For consistent latency that is pitch-independent IMO it's better to stick with the excellent synth sounds to be found in modern digital pedals or to use outboard (iPad / PC) based processing. You won't find much or any improvement after the release of the Cockerell-designed EH Microsynth in the late 70s in these areas, or at least with the pedals I've tried (admittedly not the one under discussion but the latency is clear to see/hear on the bass demos of this pedal).

We took a trio to an old(ish) folks home in Oxford last night. Nice gig and they were very hospitable. Just after the interval the sax player knocked his glass over getting his alto off its stand. And when packing up I did my usual trick of forgetting to unplug my lead and dragging it across my glass. As someone remarked, the only incontinent people were the bloody band!

Tonight's gig rig, not lacking in any dept.

Our BL shares vocals with our other guitarist. Blue

I learnt this trick while l was looking how to get dog hairs off my car seats - Wear one washing up glove and push hard along the fabric with your fingers together and watch the junk gather up in a line. Tricky bits can always get the gaffa tape treatment. 😉

I will lend gear but generally this is only to very close friends. You need to balance which is more valuable to you - your gear or your friendship. Thing is, sometimes friendships fall to pieces over damage to gear... Let it be known that if gear is lent, you do so reluctantly and that you are just covering your derrière... Make it clear, as Jimothey says, that any damage has to be paid for - "it got dropped...it was an accident" still means that your mate is putting his hand in his pocket. If he believes nothing will happen then he won't mind leaving a cash equivalent as he'll be getting it all back. Make sure that you end the conversation on a positive - "good luck with the gig...we'll be in the crowd cheering" sort of thing..

Though it would be understandably satisfying to point at these guys and make a loud raspberry noise it might be more diplomatic explain that you'd be very happy to lend them the gear but unfortunately the amp's been playing up so it's going down the mender's and you'll be needing the bass as a shovel in case it snows.

Joe Dart all over it as usual - lots of E7 vocabulary to steal from the solo! The Fearless Flyers - 'Ace of Aces' bass transcription pdf

lets revive this dying thread!!! i purchased a bananana matryoshka 2nd hand here a month or so ago. First time i tried it it sounded good, but not great.... my impressions were it was noisy, glitchy and temperamental..... so i put it on the shelf and haven't touched it since.... until yesterday when i decided to make a list of the pedals i should sell to make room/cash for other unnecessary equipment. i actually put the bananana in the pile to be sold. After work i decided to plug it in to give it one last go before i put it up for sale (i diddnt expect it to hang around)..... ....... ohhhh myyyy goooooood god, this thing sounds amazing!!!! it turns out the first time i tried it i must have been driving the input too hot as it was pinning the filter against the roof every time i touched the strings. but with the volume rolled back on my sandberg it really opened the pedal up.The filter became responsive, the noise and glitches dissapeared and i was in synth nirvana. Some of the subs that this tiny pedal can put out are simply astonishing. its reactive to the strength of the string attack like no filter ive ever used. (and ive tried a fair few!!!) my favorite setting is the gated fuzz (orange) setting with the ctrl wide open. no dry and out 1+2 fully open. oct fully up and resonance at 2 ish. this pedal is a seriously powerful piece of gear and i encourage anybody into synth pedals to try one. needless to say... now mine isn't going anywhere! edit. added a quick sample of the pedal 1st part - dubstep style riff 2nd part - demo of how controllable the filter sweep... into more riffing bananana sample.mp3

Two options I can think of are whether they can be powered from a standard 9v Boss style adapter (some compressors need 12v) and also if the are dual band or not.

Here is a treat for yall, with one of the best drummers the uk ever produced well worth checking on Trevor's history he really is the drummer's drummer. i Iremember my dad having the Lp 3 in a cell, what an influence, i still have every Lp by them, but to really get a grip of them check out live at the pickwick. when they played live everyone went to see them, the stones the beatles, everyone just gob smacked 3 people could create such a big sound and tighter than a gnats chuff. A real shame Tab died so young, he had the potential of being on everyone's A list and i wonder what else he could of done if only, a real loss to the advancement of bass i think, ahh well ... RIp tab, enjoy all. oh go on then, another influence on my playing was Gaz ( a member on here) you will know him from JTQ, well worth checking out his own stuff, as he has done so much to help push the boundaries of brit funk he deserves alot of kudos and such a great player. if you like your funk raw and "REAL" go search.

Have a bit of D Train, the ace Paul Hardcastle remix. Takes me back to 80s clubbing

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Just completed a trade for my BB1025 for Grae's Marshall JCM800. Excellent hospitality, brilliant communications and Sooty is a star! Please deal with absolute confidence.

Bought a G&L guitar off Grae. It's a lovely guitar, and he's a great guy, easy to deal with. Would recommend! Cheers, George