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i've heard of people using fender VI bass strings on danos and tuning them down. i use the d'addario XL156 set on my VI and they're great sounding strings...my only thought is that you may need to re-cut the nut to fit them. the XL156's are a slightly thinner gauge than the 'official' VI set, but intonate better. good luck with the conversion.

john bought my joe meek compressor pedal - proper gent to deal with. thanks john

not ANOTHER x-factor thread ?

bass player from pinback plays just the way you've described... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpMPJWcC1Dk&feature=channel"]check out the video here[/url] 2nd mention of pinback today...must be something in the air

[quote name='umph' post='998966' date='Oct 24 2010, 04:06 PM']morkobot are totally awesome[/quote] oooh - pook likey

[quote name='lojo' post='998951' date='Oct 24 2010, 03:49 PM']Mate, I just tubed Rothko [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v9a0lO4MwU"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v9a0lO4MwU[/url] I quite like it The drummer and the bass player on the right look like 2 guys I saw play in a bar at Broadstairs folk week this summer, its really bugging me now[/quote] glad you do ! a couple of other multi-bass bands i'd recommend are pinback (a lot of baritone and bass) and early tortoise (who are just brilliant anyway)

[quote name='Alfie' post='998935' date='Oct 24 2010, 03:40 PM']I don't know if anything ever came of it, but weren't Mani, Andy Rouke and Peter Hook working on some sort of bass only project?[/quote] yes...they were, and from what i heard of the results, i'm glad they stopped !

[quote name='bobbass4k' post='998920' date='Oct 24 2010, 03:27 PM']The big bit of stripboard however is anchored in by a very visible stand off, soldering looks good as well, should be fine.[/quote] aaaah, right so ted - i missed that.

[quote name='lojo' post='998917' date='Oct 24 2010, 03:26 PM']Indie version of the style you mention ... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr1i0_oeZYw&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr1i0_oeZYw...feature=related[/url] And they're still going[/quote] we were talking about good bands tho

[quote name='BigBeatNut' post='998891' date='Oct 24 2010, 02:51 PM']Can't comment on component selection (simply don't know) or soldering (can't see most of it, circuit board is wrong way round to see) but something occurs to me: What's holding everything in place ? The battery and the circuit boards don't appear to be anchored to anything I can see.[/quote] plus the one - how are the pcbs anchored to the case ? apart from that it looks well executed...damn sight better than my efforts !!!

i've heard some bands that do the multi-bass thing quite well (rothko for example), but as for the all-star 'bass covention'-style jams i've seen posted here... they just don't do it for me.

too long and drawn out to be funny.

that's a very cool-looking head. i love the 'lab equipment' look

[quote name='tom1946' post='997283' date='Oct 22 2010, 04:46 PM']I'd change the pickup but probably go down the Wizard route.[/quote] plus the one. great-sounding pickips and they're made in wales !

i've not tried the KA precision pickups myself, but i have fitted them in a couple of friend's guitars, and they're very good. the SD's will certainly give you more uuumph, and also a lot more clarity - top end if you like, so if you prefer a thumpier sound you'll be using your tone control a lot. i'd add wizard pickups to your list...i've just fitted one of their 'area 51' pickups to my fender cowpoke and couldn't be happier.

i think you'd be hard-pressed to find a pedal that will bring the dynamics back after a fuzz pedal - by their very nature most fuzzes are limiters. but the opposite of a compressor would be an expander...electro harmonix made one for bass called the 'steel leather'

no love for this wild west hero ?

here's the proof, with a close-up of the pickup and no...i don't like the silver knobs either

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='994445' date='Oct 20 2010, 09:13 AM']I love Cowpokes! No pics, no Cowpoke. [/quote] it'll have to wait till i get home i'm afraid, but we're talking sunburst.