Ou7shined

[quote name='silddx' post='1292926' date='Jul 4 2011, 11:28 PM']Of course! There are only 7 threads on Basschat [/quote] That many?

[quote name='silddx' post='1292717' date='Jul 4 2011, 09:13 PM'][b]I have no idea why he is being criticised at all.[/b] He has clearly evident musicality in abundance - tonally, technically and emotionally. It shines out to me like a beacon. Maybe some people are unable to recognise it or something. Or just can't get beyond the genre. I personally found it inspiring.[/quote] That's just the way it works here though. Someone posts something which can only be commented upon by people expressing their personal interpretation of the subject and the next page of responses depends greatly on the first couple of posts, eventually someone else with the opposing view sticks their heads above the parapet and you get a rush of posts from his buddies who strongly agree with him, the thread then dies down a little in the following couple of days with a few tis... tisn't... tis'... then someone who missed it the first time round (who hasn't read all the way through) pipes in with the original POV and well get another half page of tis... tisn't... tis... then next thing you know someone will post about maple vs rosewood or something and we all forget this guy and his chops and go do over there for another bout of tis... tisn't... tis... And the world goes round and round.

[quote name='rapscallion' post='1292751' date='Jul 4 2011, 09:35 PM']Awesome, thank you ou7shined, much appreciated. What about pickup wires? Unfortunately they arent they usual red and black[/quote] As above, I too would initially assume that the black and white are your earths. However it [b]does [/b]matter which way round they go. If you get it all together and you feel it sounds a little scooped then chances are you have wired them "out of phase" - this may be what you are going for, it is a Jazz after all. If not, it's easily reversed by choosing any one of the pups and switching round it's wires - for example take your bridge pup and connect the red where the white was and vice versa - the result will be a slightly hotter, fuller tone.

Ooh are you going for cream pups too.

Brilliant. I did have the strum and the tremolo guitars split (picking guitar dead centre) but not by enough. I had them a 30% which I felt was not too OTT and "safe" (I think the mp3 conversion has lost some of it too) but I just tried your 70% (72% was the closest) and it really works a lot better. I won't be scared to go so wide again. Cheers. I can't remember what I did with the drums compression wise. I know I mucked about back and forth with the kick and the HH a lot. But each drum or cymbal has it's own compression settings and I'd hoped that that would balance it out. I'll have another look at it.. now I have the full version. RTFM is a bit of a stickler for me, I have a pain in the ass reading disorder - so stuff like that is a fecking nightmare and that's even before taking into account male obstinacy with manuals. I have to concentrate really hard to get the info in and if I can't get to the bit I'm needing right away then I lose interest - there only so many times you can read the same line 10 times to try and understand it. Oddly enough I can learn super fast just by trail and error. But snippets like what you've given me above are just the ticket. I'll digest them later. I'm off to digest some tea now.

[quote name='Ross' post='1292382' date='Jul 4 2011, 04:27 PM']...To whoever said a router was the most dangerous power tool about, I raise you an angle grinder. I had a really lucky escape, I was helping a mate with his block paving and about half the time I wore trainers, luckily the day it jumped back I'd put my steelies on and saved chopping my foot in half, just. I've now upgraded to steelies and a set of safety glasses.[/quote] Ow that's scary but I'd have to go with the router too for "extreme toolage".... maybe chainsaws.

It's like a Lakland 5501 or something. I'm not very up on Lakland. Doh^

[quote name='Dave Vader' post='1292408' date='Jul 4 2011, 04:47 PM']Oh, while I'm piling on the posts in here Ou7shined, I also bought this body after a discussion we had elsewhere about tonewoods, or lack of. I figured I would get a big lump of plywood, after you convinced me of the many variables that go into the sound of an instrument, and I had a fond reminiscence of an old plywood strat copy. Thank you sir for your contributions, I wish I had your skill with a chisel.[/quote] Aw shucks. Old ply is a big old secret around these here parts... it's often denser than solid woods (certainly than force grown modern stuff). I have an old Hondo II Jazz that weighs like 11 lbs. I recently had two P bodies in stock for a custom/rebuild for someone. The donors of choice were either 70's ply or modern solid (well three piece) - the customer got the solid wood (it's what they would have wanted) and I kept the ply for my personal collection. Hanging up, it chimes like a really low note on a Xylophone if you rap it with your knuckle. That to me says all I need to know about it's inherent acoustic properties.

[quote name='Dave Vader' post='1292365' date='Jul 4 2011, 04:17 PM']Not in the least sir, I'm very fond of your posts, I also enjoy re-interpreting them from sensible claw hammer work into whacking it with a big heavy thing (I fully intend to be more sensible, flippancy is a curse I cannot shake off). I assume the chock goes under the head end for the pivoting divot? As I guess there's no way to protect the bit where the claw goes under the bridge? I have nobody on my ignore list, being fair too tolerant for my own good. [/quote] Haha Fair enough. I was just thinking how come he's replying to other folk... I must have pissed him off at some point... I'm good at that you know. Aye spot on, it has two purposes - [b]A[/b] it goes under the hitting end for protection of your work-piece and [b]2[/b] it provides extra pivot-age-ness. See if you can get some good purchase from the front end first - a tap from something might help you get under there. What I imagine you might find is that most of the pitch of the screws has been corroded away too and what you could have there might be short of rusty nails. (What nick are the p/g screws in?) Also old ply tends to be a bit brittle (especially if it's been wet) which will help with the extraction but would be worthwhile beefing up that area in the doing up stages anyway. I presume you are painting it? After you rub it down, leave it in the airing cupboard for a few days to thoroughly dry out - just in case the is still some residual moisture. I almost put a bid in for this you know.

[quote name='51m0n' post='1292257' date='Jul 4 2011, 03:04 PM']Hey nice effort! I would say this though, looking at your Repaer project image you should really really explore how you can use groups, (folders), and also sending signal to other tracks (like auxes on a mixing desk). That way you can have one track with a Reverb fx set up on it, and send signal to that track from other tracks, so you need some verb on your guitar, you send some guitar signal to the reverb track. This is far more efficient than poutting a reverb on every channel. Its also just the tip of the iceberg in terms of project set up (see attached piccy, thats about half the project you can actually see in the picture...)[/quote] Wow that's a fantastic tip cheers. I'll see if I can work out how to do that... come to think of it, I may have accidentally clicked on something down the left hand side that did that before.... but got scared and undid it. How is my overall sound quality to you?

DV : I'm just wondering, am I on your ignore list?

The more I look at it, the more I'm thinking just get a claw hammer under it (protect the wood with a chock of course) and hoik it off. Those screws will probably just fall out anyway.

[quote name='redstriper' post='1289728' date='Jul 1 2011, 11:30 PM']Sounds great to me.[/quote] Hey cheers. So it's not too bassy/boomy?

Don't touch it just now. Remove the saddles etc. if you can, give it a soaking with WD-40 for a few days to loosen up the rust and hopefully any ingrown rust in the wood, give the heads a go with a wire brush, then try some heat (soldering iron) and cross your fingers. Worst comes to worst rip it out then fill the holes before refinishing.

[quote name='Dave Vader' post='1291945' date='Jul 4 2011, 11:17 AM'] Just so you can see the full extent of my problems here.... I only bought it to save me spraying the other one I've got black. Supposed to save me a bit of time and effort, how funny. Stickers are slowly going off, along with the green spray paint all over the back that went unmentioned.... (but that's a piece of piss to get off)[/quote] Stick it in the bin.

This is a scarily good 1st post by a noob (welcome btw) - very comprehensive and relevant points. It's like you've been here for years. I'm not sure I go with the £1400 bit though as you've forgotten about the fantastic CIJ RI range which are now changing hands for a good grand less than that. I'm surprised to hear it's made from pine though, which is traditionally too soft a material for a basses. edit : haha beaten to it by JLP - damn typing into a tiny little phone.

Loving the finger style at the end.

[quote name='bubinga5' post='1291490' date='Jul 3 2011, 09:40 PM']... im betting i could give you guys an Encore with fresh strings, and you could have sustain for any song you want.. you may or may not like the tone, but thats a different story...[/quote] I'll take that bet.

[quote name='Lfalex v1.1' post='1291460' date='Jul 3 2011, 09:09 PM']...[b]You can't ADD sustain[/b], so it's arguably better to have plenty that you can damp (either with technique or mutes)[/quote] You can create it with compression though.

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='1291436' date='Jul 3 2011, 08:49 PM']I can't imagine how to get radiussed inside corners with a chisel. I'm planning something similar and will go down the router route.[/quote] Use a dremel or home made "dowel" sanding blocks. For a little inspiration, here's one I made earlier - [b]all hand tools[/b]. This... ... to this... ... to this... ... to this...

[quote name='munkonthehill' post='1291392' date='Jul 3 2011, 08:15 PM']hmmmmmmmmmm not a truer word said hahahaha.[/quote] ... and her 5 sisters.

[quote name='Mikeg' post='1291418' date='Jul 3 2011, 08:36 PM']I supose I could give it a try, How much would a nice set of chisels set me back? I have to mention that my budget is rather puny[/quote] You might not need a whole set. I've done most of my guitar related chisel work with a singe 6mm chisel.

[quote name='thepurpleblob' post='1291404' date='Jul 3 2011, 08:22 PM']Hmmmm...... a router is about the most dangerous power tool there is, so make sure you find out how to use one properly. You need a decent one (1/4inch ones are almost useless - get a half inch) and buy decent bits. Even then, you still need to make or buy templates. You can buy some very nice chisels and waste a bit of wood practicing. I'm no wood working expert but if you aren't in a rush you can get excellent results with hand tools.[/quote] Very sound advice.