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  1. tricky
    10 points
  2. Maude
    Whoa, now just hang on a minute! There's people talking crap on Facebook? I must go and investigate. 🤨
    9 points
  3. gobasserk
    R.E.D is in da house ! 😍
    6 points
  4. Beedster
    I see both sides. Ive made s LOT of Fender-alike bitsas over the years, perhaps 30. The start point for me is to find a neck and body that resonate well together; some do, some don’t. In my experience some necks will make some P Basses sound more ‘like’ a Precision than other necks, and acknowledging my own bias here (I prefer Precision necks anyway), I’d say that this effect is more likely to happen with a fat Precision neck. So, a Precision neck will make a bass sound better (to my ear) than a thinner Jazz Bass neck more often than the other way around. But of course, ‘better’ is a difficult idea. I can’t argue with the idea that in many/most cases the above might be a function of the quality as opposed to the quantity of the wood, replacing a poor quality J-Bass neck with a high quality P-Bass neck is not a like for like after all. Also I doubt anyone listening even to the bass soloed let alone in the mix would hear much if any difference between the skinniest and the fattest neck. But if I want as much Precision tone as possible from a bass, my start point would be a Precision neck.
    6 points
  5. ordep
    IMO if it have a P bass body and a Pbass pickup, then it is a P bass.
    6 points
  6. WinterMute
    Alan's now got round to starting the Krell, cutting paduak for the body and neck accents. Very early days and it seems almost impossible that this stack of wood cuts will become a bass someday... Can't wait.
    6 points
  7. Volume
    For sale I have an as-new Wing Bass Classic 4. It's a remarkable little instrument - extremely portable, and has a surprisingly wide range of tones available from the Bartolini pickup. The size and playability means that it's a very hard instrument to resist picking it up and noodling... From Wing Instruments; "The Wing Bass Classic is the one that started it all. The only differences between this instrument and a full sized bass are the tuning (the Wing is tuned one octave higher – the equivalent of playing the twelfth fret and above), and portability. The Wing Bass uses standard strings and gauges and standard string spacing so your technique building exercises can be retained when you return to your main bass. It’s extremely light and portable so whether your just hanging around the house, traveling on business, camping, whatever, you can always have an instrument to keep your chops up with." Specs Weight - 6.5 lbs (2.9 kg) Scale - 16" (40.64 cm) Tuners - Hipshot Headless System String Spacing - 19 mm (0.750") Pickup - Bartolini X4 Bass Soapbar (Hum-canceling) Bass is in as-new condition - I can't find a mark on it (the cellophane is still on the rear control cavity cover.) Included in the sale is the original Wing Bass gig bag (specially made to fit the instrument,) strap, and adjustment tools - all the goodies that came with the bass from the guys at Wing Instruments themselves. Priced cheaper than the RRP.... save on import charges, AND avoid the current 32-34 week wait on these remarkable instruments! Ideally, the bass is to be collected from me in-person in Derbyshire (DE75) - however I may be able to ship within the UK at buyer's risk and cost (please DM me if interesting in doing so.)
    5 points
  8. Andyjr1515
    I did a number of passes, ending up with a 4mm deep slot: Then, from the other side, cut the chamber as I do my pickup chambers nowadays...starting with a Forstner to part-depth: Then chiselled the periphery to act as a guide for the bearing on a top-bearing router bit: So now, and only now, when it is captive and can't go anywhere because of the bearing, out can come the horrible hand router... : ...to tidy up the sides and gradually deepen the body until breakthrough! : And, with a mm adjustment of my chisel line eventually release. And we have a grain matching, 3mm thick back cover I think the phrase, 'Well, you could knock me down with a feather!' springs to mind. I wasn't expecting that!!! Time for a cup of tea, I reckon....
    5 points
  9. Jabba_the_gut
    After the bridge and machine heads were fitted this little bass found its way to me along with some nice Delano parts. The plan was to fit a 5 string Xtender pickup and a Sonar preamp. After a little bit of looking it become clear that this little bass was just too little for the pickup - there was no way to fit it (even if you angled it) and avoid the battery or control cavity. The bass is very small and the pickup very big!! So a new plan was hatched and Owen opted to try a Delano P pickup as this could be fitted so the mounting lug ended up between the two cavities and one was available with a suitable string spacing (according to my measurements). With the bass being so small there isn't any option regarding placement - it just has to go where it fits!! This is the back of the bass to show where the treble side pickup lug would end up. As I say, not too much room for choice!! I made a test MDF template for this and then made a proper template after adjusting it slightly. After measuring, measuring again and measuring yet again it was time to make some sawdust. First off, removing the bulk of the wood before getting the router out. I used a couple of different sized router bits - a larger profiler first to do the bulk of the work, then a small profiler to get a small radius for the pickup corners. I used a few bits of string just to confirm the positioning is okay for the pole pieces. Still got a few things to do, but it's getting there!
    5 points
  10. Waddo Soqable
    Sounds like they're spouting a load of hogwash to me.... it's a P bass with a Jazz neck, that's what it is... end of !
    5 points
  11. Reggaebass
    I’ve got to stop looking at this thread or it’s gonna cost me money 😁
    4 points
  12. stewblack
    Can I slip bit of Studio One ska in here?
    4 points
  13. Jimothey
    Heres a quick mock up of the body its going to be a 5er and the MM pickup I've got coming is a sealed one and the neck is going to be all Matte Black, Oh yeah and I thought it looked a bit too plain so I added some fake branding forgood measure..... 👍🏻
    4 points
  14. hooky_lowdown
    Shine white jazz, solid basswood body, red tortoiseshell pickguard, dark rosewood arrow straight neck, recently lemon oiled, frets are very good, no sharp edges anywhere. Plays super fast, the back of the neck has a light satin finish with a glossy headstock - a little unusual, this is how it came out of the factory. Lightweight at only 7.2lbs. 38mm nut. Excellent condition. Pickups are surprisingly beefy and punchy, not what you’d expect from an inexpensive bass. Lots of tones available. Electrics are excellent. Hardware, pickups and electrics are all standard Fender size, easy to upgrade if desired. Only £95 + Postage.
    4 points
  15. chris_b
    Re Rule 6. I had just joined a band and the singer called a song I didn't know. I whispered I didn't know it, and he whispered back, yes you do!!! It was unbuskable and i spent the whole song in search of a root note, harmony or any note that wasn't discordant. Things got so bad that I actually stopped playing in the middle 8. After I mentioned it to the guitarist, who'd been in the band for 18 years. He said he didn't know it either and was following me!!!
    4 points
  16. nige1968
    Nah, early man (Pale Leo?) got it right first time (source: https://www.donsmaps.com/musicalinstruments.html)
    4 points
  17. mcnach
    I used a battered but effective Peavey 410 cab for years. Cheap and ugly. I still don't appreciate people treating it like a garbage bin or spilling beer on it or resting their muddy feet on it. It's me who has to take it back home, it's me who has to clean it, and smell it. The cost of gear is not a factor. Lack of consideration, however...
    4 points
  18. Cato
    These 'top ten best whatever' lists are pure clickbait, even on otherwise respectable sites like Music Radar. The reviewers don't even pretend to have tested every available make of string according to consistent criteria. At best it's just a list of strings that people working for the site like, at worst there may be some undisclosed financial or quid pro quo deal going on between the reviewers and the 'winning' manufacturers meaning that the whole exercise is essentially a thinly disguised advert.
    4 points
  19. Maude
    I love the tone of hickory, it's so much warmer than carbon fibre, yet still retains that distinct, percussive edge. Bonus points too for not having a nylon tip cutting the harmonic overtones and inhibiting the natural resonance of the stick. 😉
    4 points
  20. Cato
    Sounds to me dangerously close to a 'tonewood' debate which will inevitably lead to endless arguments over claims which are more or less impossible to satisfactorily substantiate.
    4 points
  21. BritBass 2
    Regarding cases , the TSA Spector Flight version is definitely a step above the standard TKL Kramer case . Tried to order one from BD but sadly they unable to import them and instead had to obtain one via Bass Central in Florida. Fits Brooklyn, Kramer and Woodstock NS models perfectly.
    4 points
  22. flaviusm
    I'm sure I will regret, I wanted to have a Fender and this is a VERY GOOD one, but I play now only 5-ers, so it's a shame to keep it unplayed. It's the third series, made in Japan between 1984 and 1987 and the specs are: Basswood body Maple jazz neck, 38.1 mm nut width Rosewood fingerboard 20 frets in excellent shape 3.4 Kg Hot Rod pickups - P-4D and J-5DR TBXTM circuit control - 3 pots (original "F" logo) + switch It has new Omega Bass Bridge Grooved (similar to Badass bridges), new Schaller BMF Bass Tuner Set, Dunlop Straplok Dual Design pins (only pins). I have the original parts too, in very good condition. I think it's important to know that I didn't make new holes for those new parts. The bass comes in an almost new Hiscox STD-EBS case. The bass has some traces of use close to the jack and a dent on the upper horn (covered with that small sticker), but it's in a great condition for its age. I'll send the bass through DPD and I prefer the bank transfer payment. Only in Euro and only for EU, please (sorry!!! 😥). The price is firm, 800 Euro, and the shipping is not included. No trades, please! I can send more detailed pictures on demand.
    3 points
  23. ash
    Aria Pro II Gibson Ripper Project This is for sale only and will be a great restoration project for someone. I’m selling as I’m restoring an old Hayman bass and need to fund a neck repair for it. This Aria dates from the late 70s early 80s. Unlike a genuine Ripper it has a bolt on neck. The pickups on this are Epiphone humbuckers - obviously replacements. I got the covers from WD music to make them look more Ripper like! They are guitar pickups but work fine. The neck is in good condition with a working trussrod. The cover is missing and the nut has been replaced. Machineheads are original. Neck plate, body, neck and strap buttons are original. The bridge is too but it’s awful and I’ve noticed it has had a Fender style bridge installed at some point. I tried both and the Fender is an easier option so I will include a Squier bridge. The obvious issue is a missing scratchplate. You can order these from WD for £35 or make your own. The lovely ‘scratchplate’ attached was on it when I bought it. I wouldn’t know if it were a rare bass but I’ve not seen many Ripper copies about. It’s a nice old thing for restoration and will be a good bass once sorted. I’m looking for what I paid for it including the parts I bought myself. No trades UK only. It plays ok when wearing strings. Thanks Postage in UK at cost. I will send with neck removed.
    3 points
  24. hooky_lowdown
    Post in the General Discussion section looking for help to get a lovely bass from Sutton Coldfield to Sunderland. Sure the kind folk here will be able to get the bass to you safe and sound. 😀
    3 points
  25. SpondonBassed
    Why lumber yourself?
    3 points
  26. ezbass
    👏👏👏 Vinny Fodera can go suck an egg! Andyjr1515 FTW!
    3 points
  27. ezbass
    Agreed, it’s part of the iconic, ‘Ray look.
    3 points
  28. SumOne
    3 points
  29. sprocketflup
    Ah, hello mate should have just asked you in the first place, you seem to have one of everything
    3 points
  30. JapanAxe
    Although root/fifth will get you a lot of the way there, there is a trick you need to know if you’re playing bass for bluegrass or indeed trad country. When changing from tonic to dominant chord, or from subdominant to tonic, you may find yourself tripping up. Here’s an example in D showing root/fifth for 4 bars of D followed by 4 bars of A. Note names are in lower case: d.a.|d.a.|d.a.|d.a.|a.e.|a.e.|a.e.|a.e.| The last note of bar 4 and the first of bar 5 are both a. This may sound ‘wrong’ because of the lack of movement between the two a notes across the chord change, and the temptation is to interpose an e note thus: d.a.|d.a.|d.a.|d.ae|a.e.|a.e.|a.e.|a.e.| However this creates a ‘skip’ that breaks the flow of the music. The Eagles on Tequila Sunrise just played it as the first example, but an experienced country bass player stays on the root in the bar preceding the change: d.a.|d.a.|d.a.|d.d.|a.e.|a.e.|a.e.|a.e.| You will hear this a lot in recordings. HTH
    3 points
  31. BreadBin
    That's a V940 Active Bubinga. I have one the same, great bass 👍
    3 points
  32. Reggaebass
    It’s still Eek-a-time
    3 points
  33. Happy Jack
    The amount of thunder a bass neck can have is determined by how many screws are used to hold it on, hence Ritter's use of 17 screws. An additional tweak is careful selection of the shim material ... traditionally the classic Precision makers of California favoured a piece of an Embassy fag packet, whereas the shiny surface of a B&H packet gave the tone more of a sheen and was considered a NYC sort of thing. Final sculpting of the tone used to be achieved by the positioning of the fag burn on the headstock, of course. Choosing to impale your Rothmans on the end of the G-string was a pure act of rebellion.
    3 points
  34. tegs07
    They may as well say that no P basses are correct since 1957 as the neck profile has varied a lot since then. I am of the opinion that all factors, wood, nut, neck profile etc make a small difference but the pickups influence the sound above all else. Stick Precision pickups on a Jazz and the overwhelming sound is a P bass. That said I agree with @Beedster I love meddling with Bitsa builds and it is interesting how the various combinations of neck and body can make a subtle but important difference to how a bass sounds. I have been on the lookout for an early Duff Mckagan bass for years and there’s no issue with that J neck P body combo!
    3 points
  35. musicbassman
    3 points
  36. gjones
    Bass strings are expensive to experiment with but they do make a huge difference to your sound. Sound is subjective and what one person loves, another will hate. I do love Elixirs though.
    3 points
  37. Obra
    After a lot of hours I spent deciding whether to buy an old one from the seventies or a new Special I finally decided, taking into account my experience with vintage old Fenders and new Custom Shops. I took a new Special and I don’t think I made a mistake. It has everything. Sound, feel and appearance. Craftsmanship is at the level of Fender Custom shop or Sandberg. There are no flaws that have accompanied previous Stingray models and that have separated me from so many pieces I owned. I am especially happy because I managed to find the color that I like the most and is no longer on offer - Aqua Sparkle .
    3 points
  38. CutlassI
    Hey Guys.. Bit of MM Porn.. Finally finished my bass room.. This is the current MM part of the walls.. there is a handful and a bit more I couldn't find space for or not in this location..
    3 points
  39. Beer of the Bass
    I thought back in the 60s you could special order a Precision from Fender with a Jazz width neck, still called a Precision and marked Precision on the headstock? Few would argue that that was not a Precision bass.
    2 points
  40. Horizontalste
    Stunning collection & I have to agree with Reggae, that white one is gorgeous!
    2 points
  41. binky_bass
    Can't we just play whatever instrument we want to play without fear of being shot down because 'we haven't mastered the 4 string so should own a 6 string'. Can everyone stop sapping the fun out of music!!! Music is art, art is subjective ergo music is subjective and can darn well be whatever the individual wants it to be! Humbug, humbug to all!!! Yes, even YOU!
    2 points
  42. HazBeen
    Slowly but surely..... neck shape finalised and ebony cap on “headstock” made. Also test fitted pickups.
    2 points
  43. krispn
    One of the main things that people talk about with a good compressor or a really nice drive pedal is how the ‘feel’ changes and they’re often at a loss to quantify that. If you boost 800Hz on a bass eq you’re likely gonna get a repeatable result, broadly. In understanding you’re asking for each player with their individual technique so show where they have found the sweet spot it has been repeated compression doesn’t always have to be a big apparent effect. We’ve been over this with HPF/LPF where you only heard it working when it was doing too much and dismissed it as not for you before going down the rabbit hole, discussing a custom built pedal etc etc. What Nolly or @Kev or any the rest of us get out of using a compressor might not be translatable in a iPhone recording. I can hear the guitarist in my band’s guitar and frankly I think it’s over compressed but he’s a bit cack handed so probably best to stop his picking style sound like a fish flapping about for air on a river bank. If you heard 20 clips where a comp made an audible difference would you start using a compressor live? If yes then why? You’re working on developing your slap chops. Do you use a compressor when practicing to even things out?
    2 points
  44. Muzz
    I've always lived by the phrase 'Never engage with idiots; they'll drag you down to their level and beat you with their years of experience...' 😐
    2 points
  45. Muzz
    Comments on FB Marketplace...enough said... 🙄
    2 points
  46. Reggaebass
    A P bass body with a jazz neck is the perfect configuration for me, I’ve got 2 , the P bass special has a great jazz neck 🙂
    2 points
  47. Munurmunuh
    The purpose of a neck is to keep the string taut. Is it unreasonable to think that the construction of the neck will make minute differences to how it does this? I can't see how it is. In this particular discussion, though, they're missing half of the factors. One dimension is consistent, the 34" scale, and they talking about the second dimension, the nut width. But there's no standardisation for the third dimension, the depth: the specs for both J and P necks vary enormously but are rarely given. Also, no account is being taken of how the neck is constructed, or what else is in it. It seems to be reasonable to say, the neck impacts the behaviour of the vibrating string, but to reduce that complex issue to just the width of the nut ....
    2 points
  48. JottoSW1
    https://photos.app.goo.gl/9wLuVU8bRnGXvBLk8 Grabbed it, have copied the Reverb photo, will post my own tomorrow. Immaculate, pretty to look at and a lovely low B
    2 points
  49. Naigewron
    I never understood this logic... Why is the seated position automatically the best? I prefer playing standing up so that I can stretch out my right arm a little.
    2 points
  50. Doddy
    The Flecktones are one of my favourite bands but they wouldn't be my first recommendation when it comes to Bluegrass. The influence is obviously there, but they can also fit in just as much with the Jazz/Funk/Fusion/Jam Band scene. Bela Fleck's previous band, New Grass Revival, would be a better choice for a more modern take on Bluegrass. They were an excellent band.
    2 points
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