Telebass

Welcome Cycleops!

Welcome, from Tavistock!

2 minutes ago, Maude said:

I had to think for a minute... and then the penny dropped. 😁

Is that a contender for your new band name? 

Could be

Are We Them?

Might fly...

5 minutes ago, tegs07 said:

Definitely such a thing to a collector.

Definitely only talking musicians here, in terms of what I said. A collector is not even neccessarily a musician.

Everything R.E.M.

On 31/05/2021 at 16:52, TJ1 said:

instruments of a professional or posh standard

No such thing. If you're happy with your kit and it does the job, then it's as professional and posh as it needs to be. Amp and speakers must obviously be able to do whats needed. My main, in fact only, bass is a parts bass. Best I've ever used, bar one, which was another parts bass I stupidly sold...

5 minutes ago, Elfrasho said:

That's ashame. Post a photo if you can be arsed il compare them to mine to see if they're fake or not 

Good idea, compare several sets.

It went well!. Reasonably quiet,  and the Elf/,One10 did the business easily. There were many Telecasters!

I suppose I  might need a new set of strings...

Nah, these are only 5 years old!

30 minutes ago, ezbass said:

Exciting times! 

Kid-in-a-sweet-shop feeling!

First rehearsal tonight!

On my Feneder Kingman bass, I just used a set of 40-100 Fender flats. Sounded great!

My current, and only, bass, started out like this:

A brand-new 2003/4 MIM (both dates on it in various places, 2003 serial). I'd already replaced the guard.

Now, it looks like this:

Only original bits left are the body, bridge, and knobs! Pickup is an American Standard from 1994, wiring by KiOgon. Neck is a 2014 American Special Jazz. Hipshot lollipops. The tuners were my only error, I wasn't aware when talking to Hipshot that I could have asked for longer shafts at no extra cost.

Then ther was this one, now sold:

This is made up of a Squier fretless P body, guard, and wiring, powered by a Seymour Duncan SPB-3 pickup. Bolted to it is a Squier VM77 Jazz Bsss neck, with Wilkinson tuners. I really wish I still had this one...

Not least because it weighed less than 7 pounds...

Apologies for the weird bass face!

On 17/05/2021 at 20:19, Obrienp said:

Hi Folks,

it pays not to be hasty: I ordered a set of the Wilkinson tuners only to see I had been messaged with an offer of some unused, surplus ones! Rats!

Then I discovered this: https://www.wdmusic.co.uk/hardware-parts-c1/tuning-machines-c28/bass-tuners-c33/wd-music-enclosed-4-in-line-bass-tuners-chrome-p4987 at WD, which look pretty much the same as the stock tuners but with proper metal buttons. Anyway now you know folks. They look as though they will drop in without any need to ream out the holes but might be a little more robust.

They are the same as the Bronco's original tuners, but with a better shaft and button. Certainly look better, but I'd still do the mod, personally.

On 22/03/2021 at 19:55, SteveXFR said:

Am I the only person who plays bass and generally hates slap? 

I think it can sound good when used sparingly (like Billy Gould or Tim Commerford) but I hate songs which are just slaps and pops all the way through. I really dislike songs which weren't slapped covered by a bassist who plays slap all the way through. I don't even like Primus. 

Am I on my own with this? 

No.

HD206s here, plus an older pair of HD212 Pros. I like Sennheisers!

REM, REM, REM...

Tribute to practice for!

12 hours ago, obbm said:

We spent the last year in limbo waiting to sell and move.  Since we got here we've got planning permission for an extension and internal changes so we're back in limbo again waiting for a builder to become available. Due to lockdown we've not been able to get out and about and the weather has been dreadful but hey ho lockdown is ending and the summer is coming and hopefully the temperature will rise so things are looking up. Absolutely no regrets at all. 😁

Excellent!

12 minutes ago, obbm said:

I still have a few bits so could convert to right-angle Speakon if you want.

Hi Dave, no it's fine as is. It was just one of those, "I didn't know those actually existed" moments!

How's life back in Cornwall?

Holy thread ressurection, Batman!

Had an idle read through this, and saw some of Dave @obbm 's handiwork. He also made my lead for this application, except I was too dumb to remember to ask for a right-angled Speakon. D'oh...

What I did ask for, regardless, was the lowest loss cable he could fit between a Speakon and a 1/4" jack plug.

The result is this: the plug is only a little thinner than the Elf it plugs into!

Quality kit, as always from Dave.

My last band was together, unchanged except to add a member, for almost 12 years. It was great. It will have been a once-in-a-musical-lifetime event, I don't doubt.

The OP's lament is all too normal and frustrating, unfortunately.

Just now, Telebass said:

Not that I've ever seen or heard of. Custom, yes, seems to ring a bell, otherwise, don't think so.

Well, just shows how out of touch you can get!

Not that I've ever seen or heard of. Custom, yes, seems to ring a bell, otherwise, don't think so.

1 minute ago, ezbass said:

Buy a white body.

Indeed, I have started the search!