fretmeister

I’m going to put mine up for trades this weekend. (I have paid my subs!) See what interesting things I get offered!

I wonder if they are planning an update, or maybe it just didn't sell in the numbers they needed to keep it going? I don't think I've seen that many out on the pub gig circuit.

If you search in the Build Diary bit of the forum a few people have made one. I think @Dood has done 2 of them!

I’ve watched all the vids now. It seems like a power amp with a crippled QC bolted to the front of it, and then needs a phone to control it properly, or the purchase of the no doubt planned midi controller.

Interesting that BTW are openly saying the firmware needs work.

Clean amp with lots of things going on....

And an explanation of the Hyperbass itself

Michael Manring has been using piccolo strings for years on his Hyperbass There's a quick explanation and then a tune

Beautiful! Im very jealous!

I had a Zon Hyperbass. I really enjoyed playing it. I sold it when I realised I was never going to get a bass only gig in the East Midlands. It was an amazing bass and very very high quality. I do miss it, but I also know that it would probably come out of its case 2 or 3 times a year just for a couple of hours.

the 5 string 1005SMS is a multi scale only, so it needs the 6 string pickups… cost me £300!

Then you need 2!!!

Very nice. I'm a big fan of Mark Bass.

It took a couple of weeks for Bass DIrect to get them - I think they were just added to the next Hipshot order they were getting. Dead easy to fit - just swapping 1 bushing for another. If there is still a bit of room then you can use plumbers tape to fatten it up even more. Job done.

Position is usually measured from the Nut or the 12th Fret mainly because the actual saddle position can be massively different with different string gauge, whereas on a 34 inch scale bass the 12th fret will always be the same distance from the nut. The bridge base plate can't be used as different makes have different sized base plates.

Ricky did these photos to show the pickup position. Only a rough guide but it does seem that the Central pickup is far closer to Ray position than the basic.

I’ve got one. give me a mo.

i had not heard that before. Sounds plausible though.

Stratton does seem to be an unusual character. I did think it was excellent the way he gamed Spotify though.

I really like the shape but I'm not convinced it will balance well. The top horn is quite short.

Ooo Could you do that with a Stingray and the new Sandberg Central Ray-type bass?

Did you join the forum to just try to lecture middle aged men about what they should do with their money? Good luck with that.

You're a member of a forum that celebrates all elements of bass. From their invention / construction / development... all the way through to playing them and enjoying the music of others who play them. "They Live" was not a documentary. If that is what you see when should be thinking about things that encourage / inspire / please you, then you are not going to do your health any good at all.

I see. More gatekeeping. Exactly the sort of approach that prevents innovation and development. Not just of products, but of ideas themselves. With that approach we'd still be using stone axes.

You quoted the question. You continue to avoid answering it. You resort to ad hominem comments instead. You now attempt to move the goalposts by referring to the principles of advertising instead of actually answering the question which doesn't have anything to do with advertising. The question is: Is the active Jazz bass an "absurd bastardised" version of the traditional jazz? Are you going to answer that very simple question or are you going to find yet another way to avoid it?