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Print it onto one of these, then, and let them...

Did somebody say “Envelope Filter”?!

Cut a cardboard box in half, corner to corner, so you end up with 2 pyramids. Cut a hole for the pole in the top. Paint black and you're done. Or, sell them for £199 the pair!

I've just ordered a Soundhound. Should arrive tomorrow I'll keep you posted.

I bet you could still rest one of these on them...

Had enough of this. Move on, nothing to see here anymore.

I would recommend learning to do it for yourself as soon as possible! Nobody knows what your favourite setup is better than you do. You may want to go to a friendly shop for help the first time, but don't ask them to tell you what to do, ask them to help you achieve the setup you want. Ignore strictly prescriptive advice about the exact number of thousandths of an inch (or millimetres ) to measure at the 12th fret and similar rubbish: while you play, find your own preferred setup - as in, the setup you are most comfortable with - and then learn how to implement it on your bass(es) and how to maintain it when the season changes and the neck relaxes or tightens. As I said, it's a matter of trial and error: you may think that a certain setup fits your playing, and then discover that it doesn't, so it's best to be able to change it on the spot and keep testing. You only need to go to a luthier if there is a problem such as a warped neck, a fret coming off, a serious dead spot, a defective machine head, malfunctioning electronics in the pickups, or similar. (Those problems aren't very common, even on relatively cheap basses.) I did my first setup on my own after googling and checking out a few links similar to the first I mention above. It's easier than it looks.

Ah, I see. I don’t need that much of an excuse to come to NYC as it’s somewhere I’d really like to visit. 😀 Here are a couple of nice Rendez Vous settings I found (played with a passive P bass):

D'Addario have supported a number of Bashes and donated strings to BC forum members via the Beta test group in the last few years... I won't have a word said against them....

Just to update my contribution to this thread. Replacement cable is winging its way to me in the post now that the bank holiday weekend is over. Great customer service again! Thanks @D'Addario UK

If all goes to plan, I will be doing a live demonstration of veneering a bass body top. If all doesn't go to plan, I'll be demo-ing how to light a BBQ using a sheet of veneer and a wrecked bass body.

Eh..? What..? Did someone call..? Ah, the old 'clout the drummer' gags, huh..? Better than that you will have to do. Can I continue my siesta now, please..? (Yawn ...)

Di played the classic pro and gibbo version back to back a couple of years ago the epi destroyed the Gibson on every level. Playability, sound, price

In fact, it's a zero nut.

The big MBB5 Announcement. Three of Basschat's most illustrious luthiers will be speaking at the MBB5 during the afternoon. Timings will be announced on the day. The topics are loosely going to be: Andyjr1515 - How to finish your bass and avoid gluing veneer to the dining table. Jabba_the_gut - How to make a bass out of anything, including recycled sawdust. Norris - Tools, and how to not to cut your fingers off.

What about this?

Its because they are all made to order. They work... and made well - but you could fashion your own up from bits down Wickes and some gaffa is you are that way inclined.

Is it possible that he's just doing this because he can, rather than because it actually achieves anything useful?

Curses! Heeheehee Yes. Spondon is where I live. I am the only bassist in the village.

I used to wonder why I kept all those bass guitars, amps, cabs and associated paraphernalia. I hadn't played in a band for four years and at the time hadn't touched a bass in at least twelve months. I turned 54 and after being told I was too old by several bands I realised that playing music was a thing of the past. Idly browsing Join My Band last year I responded to an ad. Didn't get the gig. Never really expected to don't really know why I was looking. Then they contacted me. It was a cheeky request to dep for the guy who got the gig ahead of me as he was unavailable on New year's Eve. Part of me thought I'm too rusty, I'm kind of done with music anyway and shouldn't I be offended, maybe just a little? Long story short I did the gig, am now their number one dep, before playing I got my amp checked over by an old mate not seen for years and now he and I have formed a band, I also joined a soul band doing some really cool covers and just got asked to write some lines for an originals band. Rather obvious moral is you don't know what the future may hold nor how you will feel about music. Keep your beloved instruments, pick them up whenever you feel like it, leave them alone without guilt or remorse the rest of the time. Oh, and say yes to any and all opportunities that come your way, you can always walk away later if they're not what you want. Good luck with number four.

Following a Report concerning some reactions in this topic, I've done a bit of cleaning up. A simple misunderstanding that escalated; let's leave it there. Play nicely, please, despite the late hour. Thanks in advance for your understanding and cooperation.

She shouldn't have to, but 2018 is not exactly a time of tolerance and human compassion. We're in an era of intellectual regression. Actually it's not quite as simple as that. We're in an era abundant with intellectual progress and tolerance, which is being stifled by an increasingly dumb, aggressive and intolerant ageing population, who wish it was still 1842. And thanks to the miracle of modern medicine, they're out there shuffling about in huge numbers, and they will live until they're 136 years old. So it's going to take a long time for attitudes to change significantly.

Yeah, you'll see in that response from Sandberg that they say they use a higher zero fret. That is not the usual way, but it obviously works for them. Can't see the point to be honest, they're sort of using the zero fret as a metal nut. Why not start with the right size wire in the first place. The usual procedure is to have the same wire as the rest, this gets levelled along with the rest of them. This ensures perfect action at the nut as it's the same height as the surrounding frets. Sandbergs way does not.

I’m going to start filing grooves into all my frets to get my action lower 😂

There is a fair bit of misunderstanding about a zero fret in this thread. (& also a healthy amount of fact also) I'd encourage anybody who is interested, to research thoroughly on reputable sources. *Especially before filing slots it a zero fret to lower the action

Here are my two. The brown one is my first bass, bought in 1981.....although everything except the tuners has now been replaced in a 35 year attempt to create a Wal/Warwick/Fender hybrid!! Currently passive (JB standard wiring, with an additional series / parallel switch) as when the latest pickups arrived I was too impatient to solder up the electronics. It's had a new lease of life since I fitted a set of EB cobalt flats and will probably be going active again soon. The Wal is ... well, a Wal, just like all the other Wal Customs in the world.

Sorry but that's not how it works. With a zero fret equipped instrument the correct height at the first fret is set by the height of the wire used for the zero fret. No decent manufacturer, tech or luthier would ever file grooves into a zero fret to lower the height.

I know the seller, the guy is highly trustable and he takes great of his gear. The price tag is also quite low and you'll have to wait at least 2 years to get a new one : https://www.bassic.de/kleinanzeigen/leduc-masterpiece-fretless.13859/

Not my cup of tea either to be honest. No doubt there’ll be folk out there salivating over this kind of tone though.

It's officially called 'Pewter'. They made 50 for the NAMM show in 2011. Wunjo Bass has a brand new black one which is down to £1995, they've had it for a while.

Is there? I've not seen many cowboys on the bus round here but then I don't get out much as I used to In Wisconsin people out for the evening dress up as English pub-goers (burberry caps, shell suits, Man U shirts, that sort of thing) and drive round 4-up in Mini Metros* singing 'Vindaloo'. Fact. *Dangling modifier noted

Cheap and less hassle than DIY. Roost-Busters

...keep this thing under control......sensible decisions...... dispose of... Haven't you heard of GAS???

I really can't see the justification in their pricing if I'm honest. There's got to be a diy method that makes sense.

Mozzoforte were from Iceland , maybe the Icelanders slapped before anyone in the U.K. Did ?

I can understand the notion of attending an event populated entirely by bassists might not go down as well as a hair of the dog that bit you the night before but you must have a set of ear defenders somewhere. If you aren't finished your Thunderclone bring it anyway. Andyjr and Norris both brought parts of projects with them last year.

I had two Laklands; a DJ5 and a whatever passed for the Jazz bass version back then (now it's a 55-60). I owned the DJ5 but the 55-60 was a loaner. They were both pretty stunning, but that said my Mike Lull beats these by a country mile.

OK- I'll bite. Back in the late 70s when I was young and foolish, I had joined a band run by a Keyboard player. It was generally a soft rock band, playing Steely Dan, early Toto... that kind of stuff. It was all a bit airy-fairy and I don't think we even made it to a gig so I decided to move on. Couple of years later, I get a call from said keyboard player to say they had a last minute gig on the Saturday night and their bass player couldn't make it - was I available? Well yes, as it happened I was and could they pick me up in the van? So on Saturday afternoon, they turn up and we load my gear in and set off. Keyboard guy, guitarist who is driving in the front and me and the drummer in the back. This drummer was a good player and a nice guy but he always insisted on wearing an ancient afghan coat which stank to the high heavens. The gig is apparently in Dunfermline which in those days was probably about an hour and a half's drive away. I made it without asphyxiating and we arrive outside the venue which turns out to be the Kinema ballroom - a big cavern of a hall which big name acts have been known to play in. I start to get that sinking feeling. As I wheel my Acoustic 301 along the corridor leading to backstage, I am passing posters advertising past and coming attractions - it seems there's something on every Saturday night- The Skids, Elvis Costello and the Attractions, The Rezillos etc. We set up on the massive stage - I can't remember what the PA was - something that came just after WEM columns no doubt - but whatever it was, it was totally inadequate to fill the space. We are trying to perform this sort of American tinged easy listening rock to a crowd who seem to have turned up to pogo, throw beer and spit at one another. It was never going to happen. We got paid off by the manager at half time and scurried out with our tails between our legs! I didn't ever play with those guys again.

Last night's gig was one I will never forget, and for all the right reasons. My first time out with The Grateful Dudes, and established Grateful Dead covers band I joined in January. Longest drive to a gig (yet) at just over 200 miles each way, best venue I've played in (Hebden Bridge Trades Club) and by far the most accomplished bunch of musicians I've ever played with. Decent sized crowd, lots of people dancing, sold quite a few band T shirts, people queueing up to shake for hands and/or hug us, very positive feelings all round. Drove home in pouring rain with periods of sleet, lot of standing water on the motorways, and the end of our road here flooded, so had to drive with great care for the last hundred yards. I was away for 18 hours, covered about 420 miles and I'd do again next week if we had a gig lined up. Next one's not until July at the moment, though. Somehow, it added up to so much more than just another gig.

Got booked for a private gig - 40th birthday party - but the chap said all his biker mates from his club would be there and we could expect 200+ people to be there. Arrived at the address he gave us for the venue and were a bit confused at first as we couldn't see and pubs, halls, hotels or anything that looked like a venue for a party - just a big council housing estate. He then comes out of his garden gate and calls us into his small back garden where he's just about managed to fit an old army mess tent for us to play in. We got to play for him and his immediate family (literally him, his wife, 2 kids and his elderly parents). Turns out he didn't even own a motorcycle let alone be in a biker club - or apparently have any friends. The low point of the evening (although only one of many) was when he got into a fist fight with one of his neighbours over the noise. The high point was watching his elderly parents slow dancing romantically and not letting the fact that we were playing Paranoid at the time put them off.

Congrats. A nice bass indeed. My experience has been with a Squier VM 70's JB and after a few upgrades and fine tuning it plays way above it's pay grade. I think if I were to add a precision bass to my collection if very well might be the Squier CV.

As I said, it's a generalisation, I don't for one second think young people are blameless. You could also argue that it would be difficult for a frail wheezy 84 year old homophobe to go gay-bashing, because he would have trouble making it out of the front door, let alone punch anyone in the face. But see actual data for shifting attitudes below: ...but of course, more importantly, we all know the demographic divide of the recent 'big' thing we all voted on, after which attitudes (and brains) regressed and we got plunged back into the dark ages. Not a coincidence.

great man! Im so excited to hear. We are having a few live off the florr vids come up soon!

Problem fixed! The new driver arrived today. It's now fitted and all is sounding pretty good. Lee chucked in some Ashdown freebies too. I can sit in the freezing North with my Ashdown hat on, drinking a hot cup of tea from my Ashdown cup and rest it upon my Ashdown coasters! All in all, I'm very pleased with the outcome. A big thanks to eude and Lee for sorting it.

I saw the thread title and expected to see this: