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It's been something of a struggle getting all of the band in the same place at the same time in recent months, what with work, family, etc., etc., but we've finally managed to pin everyone down and restart regular rehearsals (woohoo!). The rehearsal room also has a recording studio, so we booked a recording session & finally laid down the 4 original songs we've been working on to "tape". The engineer sent us copies of the raw mixes of the songs, and I have to say that they sound seriously good, and should sound excellent after mixing. We're in next week to get a better vocal take, some guitar overdubs, depending on the time another bass take on 1 song, then start mixing. When that's done, it's a case of touting it around to get some gigs. Feeling very enthused about the band just now, big grins all round! :)5 points
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First of all HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NEIL! With the proper Nordstrands arrived, I could move forward today on this. For cutting pickup chambers, I've found a way that works for me. Although many will do it quite differently with equally good results, briefly, this is what I do. I draw round the covers and centre point the critical radii: I use a bradpoint and forstner to drill those points to full depth: I then use a forstner to hog out the rest to 5mm shallower than final depth: Having at last learned how to sharpen and use a chisel (trust me - it's worth learning), I chisel to finished shape: Then rout to finished depth using a short trimmer bit. You can see here where I've broken into the cable channels: And - to my great relief, first try, no trimming or sanding: This means that the fretboard can now go on: Which means that tomorrow, I can start carving the top4 points
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I've contoured the neck and started shaping the back still got the belly carve to do I'm not sure whether I need to take a little but more out of the neck transition? Also I've still got to smooth off where the body meets the neck 😀4 points
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For sale: D.Lakin Precision bass in a stunning Shoreline Gold finish. High quality instrument in a very good condition. Back of the headstock has a small damage. Otherwise it's like new. Hipshot tuners, lightweight alder body, matching headstock, Hipshot string thru body bridge. Weight is 3,85 kg. Comes with a gigbag. Shipping is no problem. £8253 points -
Indeed it is. The Diamond Jubilee!3 points
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The forecast for tomorrow is that it's going to get seriously curvy with breakouts for pick-ups and controls. Be prepared for drifts of shavings accumulating in sheltered areas of the workspace.3 points
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Is that regarded as being more or less PC than dwarf tossing?2 points
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With my collection of Ibanii, I have gone through most of the collection of Bartolinis, genuine and licensed and Nordstrand. I can see why people would choose one over the other, they are not that similar (although I haven't tried many different nordstrands). For me, the Nordstrand Big Single wins the pickup I would rather have on everything award. It is rather growly and just has a life and presence to it that very little I have used has. The custom designed pickups on the 5005, they are so different it is hard to say, although the neck pickup on that is nice. I think the bridge one has a nice sound but it is hard to go from one to the other because of the volume difference. The general barts I have had on the other basses have varied, and are all pretty good, but nothing really grabbing. Apart from the wide ones on the SRFF805, which weren't pretty good. they were pretty dull. I do have a Nordstrand big blade to use, it was going to be on the GVB bass I have, but I am not keeping that so it is a spare.2 points
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And the fretboard is on! So tomorrow is officially designated top carve day2 points
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Looks even better in the flesh. The DB didn't look too bad too.2 points
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Playing too fast / too slow, too loud / too quiet and so on... it's the same thing as playing the wrong notes as it's doing it wrong. If you're doing it wrong (and we ALL do) and somebody points it out to you, you say "thanks" or have a polite discussion and sort it out. A musician who can't do that is a bit of an derrière and a liability. It actually IS a team sport.2 points
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We played The Underground in Dublin last night. We set off at 5am to catch the 11:30am ferry to Dublin. Got to the venue about 3pm, loaded gear in then went for a relaxing drink in a bar down the road. I had a Hartke LH500 & Hydrive 410 to play through, with my trusty Sansamp Paradriver providing my eq. We went on at 10pm for an hour and it was great, considering we`re an originals band it always amazes me the amount of people singing along with the songs. As we were in Ireland we had a temporary change of one of our songs, Football Beer & Punk Rock to Football Guinness & Punk Rock, which went down very well. Finished at 11pm, chilled for about 30mins then loaded the car, set off to the port for the 2:15 ferry back. Landed in Blighty at 5:45, home at 11:30ish. Tiring but a great day and great gig, the promoters were amazing, really hope they`ll want us back.2 points
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Lovely work!!2 points
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We opened for the Sugar Hill Gang at MK11 in Milton Keynes with our Soul/Motown/Funk band. I've played the venue on open Mic nights, but this was my first foray as a band. The stage is narrow, but deep enough for us all to have room to move around. The sound was pretty good too, (awesome house PA) although I would have preferred a bit more definition around the bass tone - the sound guy just mixed it low end. We had a lighting guy as well, so all in all looked great. The crowd was great and gave us a real warm welcome, and we got a couple of bookings as well as securing a couple of return gigs as main act at the venue. The SHG were great, i you like that sort of thing, but they could work the crowd.If you haven't been to MK11, check it out - the lads there run a good, if a little unusual venue.2 points
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I'd like to add a good quality chisel makes a hell of a difference too its worth spending a little bit extra and get a 01 high carbon tool steel set as they will keep a much better edge on them!2 points
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Black will look awesome against the zebrano, in my opinion2 points
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Annoyed but mostly rather happy and a little chuffed. I put the neck screws on, the bridge on, the nut on, some (old) strings on. Need to do the relief, still need to wire it. I am rather happy with it, it plays like a want (or will when the neck is adjusted). Annoyed because in the last days it has picked up some scratches, which I am not sure how I can correct. At the moment I will live with them. I am sure they won't be the last. So I took some pictures: This is what I wanted (except the lack of wiring currently!). 2 months ago it was 2 slabs of wood and a chinese neck on ebay and a bunch of parts in warehouses. If it wasn't for the fantastic community in here, it would still be those things. Thats everyone for the support and encouragement and I would like to reiterate the point that for anyone watching, I am completely inept at woodwork, if I can do this, you can do this too (and probably a lot better).2 points
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I'm keeping my fingers crossed that he doesn't show his ugly face again!! I've taken out a little bit more of the neck transition and it feels nice and comfortable, belly carve done and arm carve done I'm really pleased with my first attempt of making the neck from scratch Now to order the veneer, truss rod and fretboard 😀2 points
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Any of the decent brand single or double cutaway semi- hollows or hollows will fit the period. You should invest in a period strap as well. Blue2 points
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Couldn't find a Spector thread so........1 point
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Selling this Orange OB1-300 bass amp. Fantastic, almost mint, condition. Works perfectly. It’s a sort of 2 channel amp (clean & overdrive) with a Blend function to mix the 2 together. Goes from pure clean to crazy bonkers fuzz overdrive at the turn of a knob. If you need a bit of grind in your tone, this is the lad to do it, without needing another pedal. All the official blurb from Orange here https://orangeamps.com/products/bass-guitar-amps/ob1-series/ob1-300/ Comes with a basic (non-Orange) footswitch for swapping between Clean and Blend Now Sold1 point -
Supposing a player became successful, famous and influential and their bass of choice happened to be the signature model of another artist. Would the instrument manufacturer then release a signature model of the signature model?1 point
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I just thought its something a bit different you often see headstock bound with black/white ABS but I haven't seen many with wood veneer I'm thinking that I'm going to go gloss haven't decided whether to try tru-oil or just wipe on poly it which ever I choose I think it needs a nice deep lustre......1 point
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I was lucky enough to be able to play with a perfect drummer. Solid, groovy, articulate... He’s fantastic at any kind of music. He’s got lots of experience with a big band but also lots of pop, rock, gospel, funk, hip-hop etc. Unfortunately, he lives in a different country than me so we can’t play in a band together. That sucks for me, because I am convinced a drummer like that only happens once in a lifetime... I wish for every bass player to play at least once with a drummer like that. Puts things into perspective. The band automatically sounds super tight when the drummer knows what to do.1 point
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It's Oak and its about 0.6mm Because it runs down the neck aswell I thought it would look better it continuing on to the headstock....... 😀1 point
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Bump for an inexpensive but quality instrument.1 point -
No subs. Just very good tops.1 point
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Sack him and get someone better. Nobody needs to put up with that.1 point
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1967 Gibson EB-2 Bass in very good optical and technical condition (see pictures). The bass has the following, fully reversible mods/upgrades: * The original bridge has been replaced with a "Hipshot Supertone" bridge (better intonation, better definition and string height). The original bridge with the mute is included (see last photo). * The original push/pull tone switch has been replaced by a three-way toggle switch that allows, additionnally to the access to the two original tone circuits, a direct access to the motherbucker PU (details about this mod can be found by googling Gibson EB-2 Triple Bybass Modification) A push/pull switch (probably not original) is included. * The damaged original nut has been replaced by a new bone nut by a professionnel luthier. The bass comes in its original, battered Gibson case pics: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/mb4qiv5eyw4c7yg/AACa1H8Df1mbU_aojr3LzkBAa?dl=0 2700€, shipping incl. about me: Basschat: https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/64788-feedback-for-gillento/ Talkbass: http://www.talkbass.com/feedback/gillento.63576/ ebay: http://feedback.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=gillento&ftab=AllFeedback" onlybass: http://forum.onlybass.com/index.php?/user/1617-gillento/ facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gillento1 point -
Never heard a helix floor with a bass before. Impressed by the quality of sounds you have gotten out of it. I know they are quality kit and very impressed with what you have done with it.1 point
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Ha! I might raise you another Shuker.. 😂1 point
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Here’s a new one..... Shuker. 😃 love that Sei green olive!1 point
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Did a dep last night with a power trio - the drummer was also a dep, who I'd never met before. I was slightly nervous 'cos it was a big-ish room, the band are loud, and everything but the bass was through the PA. I only had a 120w valve head, so I turned it up and hoped for the best. It was fine. Lots of dodgy moments, but we carried it off...1 point
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Just a quick mockup of how the top will look...... but just imagine Zebrano veneer with matching headstock 😀 I'm still not sure about the colour of the hardware chrome or black?? 🤔1 point
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I've just moved house & working every day until Thursday (including today), but as soon as I get a chance, I shall. Better still... I'll use it for next month's compo comp. Here's my previous set up (along with some other bassists), I'm the one wearing the red t-shirt with the yellow background & the pedals are on floorboards...1 point
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Chocolate thunder?!!!! 🤣🤣🤣1 point
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They'd probably hire you.1 point
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Well yeah I bet, sorry you had some problems. Take a day to decompress (no pun intended), and crack on having some fun Si1 point
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Yeah their the kiddy! I thought they looked a bit cheap and nasty and the fact they are plastic turned me off a bit!?! but it would be much easier as they are already 43mm I might just order one and give it a go and I'm probably going to buy a blank graphite nut and cut the slots myself aswell just to see which works better1 point
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The Firestar basses are beautiful things and Frank makes some great stuff. While you're likely to just settle on one of the switching options, the actual combinations you can get off the three pickups and the piezo are extensive. Frank has just done an updated version with different pickups. I did get a price off him for a Firestar about three years ago (sub £2k) and it was a toss up between that or the bass I eventually went with (Mike Lull). While I love my Lulls, I still have this soft spot for the Firestar, even though the prices are now over £3k and there's a 18-24 month waiting list.1 point
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I've commented on several lackluster gigs, but last night we hit it out of the park. We played an outdoor festival with one other band , a really good rockabilly band opened for us, Amy & The Incorruptibles (check them out on YouTube). They played 5:30- 7:00 we clised, played 7:30-10:30. 1. Outstanding weather 2. Outstanding tent, stage, sound and ights 3. Professionally Organized 4. Nice crowd and our hard core fans were particularly nice 5. We had played a bar gig Thursday night too. There was a great band vibe and we were on fire from the first note till the last, with a legitimate encore. Our BL did a great job calling songs and we had plenty of our best material we didn't get to play. 6. Great pay, I was paid upfront as soon as I arrived on set. I like that. Really needed this one guys. We don't play again until July 8th at Summerfest " world's largest music fest. We have a 5:00-6:00 slot. Pic, my rig from last night. Blue1 point
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Surely a meat based feud in an Italian gangster style from a company that produces things with the name "pork" would be a prosciut-out? (As in shoot out, but with prosciutto in there.... I'll get my coat)1 point
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Mike, would a 5 string jazz with 18mm spacing be a solution? It's 0.5 mm more than the SR but in my experience it's not really that noticeable. Atelier Z produces really great high end basses with 18mm spacing on their 5 string M265 model. I have one and really love it.1 point
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Failed promises?1 point
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Hmmm, the cynic in me says pretty much the same basses, differnet name, higher price tag, a bit like what they did with the US Standard/Professional tagging. And I`m a Fender fanboi.1 point
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No, he was looking for an England flag. That is not a UK flag1 point
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This is still one of my bands' Facebook banner pic, only taken a year ago and I sold the bass last autumn, no idea what possessed me to do so!1 point
