LukeFRC

58 minutes ago, kuetsum said:

Bro, that's a great achievement!

And we have another 6 months to fight for!

Hang on with that!

I tried very hard to do that on basses.. but had a 2 to 1 deal.. so I count it as a first step.

 

Lol do you have bass guitar discipline now?

 

 

I am waiting for July come in to join the click battle for a octabvre 3.33

 

 

encouragement
encouragement
encouragement
enabler!

I get points for effort if not distance …

Bus to station Edinburgh to Glasgow on train, walk across Glasgow centre, train to paisley, bus to random suburb 

and then back the other way…

why the extra points, it was a peavey t40 in its case and another bass or something I forget. The bass anlone was over 14lb. Ever tried to carry a T40 by hand across the central belt? Couldn’t even switch hands because of whatever the other thing was, a combo amp maybe??

1 hour ago, stewblack said:

The Fender Fuzz arrived earlier this week and the Plum was built by our very own @BabyBlueSound and arrived this afternoon. It's a Prunes and Custard clone and it's wonderful. Looks and sounds awesome 

I love the P&C circuit, I love how it gets distorted and metalic rather than agggressive 

there is some lovely stuff in this post! 

On 06/05/2025 at 21:31, Owen said:

I am being really brave. I am adjusting the truss rod on my Telecaster (guitar - sue me). It is at the body end. I have slackened the strings. I will confess to having initially turned it clockwise to bend the neck to provide more space for the strings to swing. Don't judge me, I am learning. How hard can it be, right? So anyway, I am now turning it anti-clockwise and getting less of the string buzz. However, I seem to have run out of road. The screw end bit is sticking out in such a way that the neck will not sit in the neck pocket. But I am still experiencing string buzz. The bridge is maxed out upwards. The guitar used to wear flatwounds, and I have now gone to 9s. I like to shake it up now and again. The neck is SUPER fat C shape. 26mm from the face of the fingerboard to the back of the neck. 

 

Do I just need to accept that something this chunky is going to need something heavier than 9s to provide a bit of fight to tame the neck? Or am I missing something here?

 

TIA, as usual.

where on the neck isthe buzz coming from? 

@Merton

That looks lush

5 minutes ago, 0175westwood29 said:

 

fair point 

It's a real spring reverb!!! you masochist not board mounting your pots!!

4 minutes ago, 0175westwood29 said:

hey it lives 

You know we are all contractually obliged to share gut shots on anything you build yourself! 

13 minutes ago, Sparky Mark said:

Yes,I did see that but wasn't sure what Brian's assertion was based upon? Perhaps a confession from the seller, or more photos not posted here? 

The slab board would be the biggest giveaway for me as a non expert 

helpful to leave this here? 

1 hour ago, SICbass said:

 

Hi Luke,

I hope it's alright me exhuming an old thread. I would like to try my hand using the sheet in your link. I see that it's 10,8x13,9cm - what's the method for positioning the sheet on the printer to ensure you print on the right spot, please?

Is the whole sheet A4 and the transfer bit only 10,8x13,9cm?

Hello! Well I think I used this paper way before then... I think I set up a custom paper size in my printer (and design software) 

49 minutes ago, tauzero said:

I wonder how much of an advance it is over the MOD Dwarf - same designer, after all (see from 2:45 or so).

see... that's interesting... thats the thing where it's building on something new and you can have a reasonable assumption that it's not going to end up not being developed on

2 hours ago, Beedster said:

 

 

....and which shows what a minefield this space can be, having experienced some very descriptions of vintage instruments when I was buying my '64 - all documented elsewhere on this site - it does make me wonder how many people out there have paid a lot of money for a now cherished vintage Fender that is simply not a vintage Fender, often because the (reputable) shop took the easy route and were less than rigorous in inspection and verification. In this case looks like bass Direct haven't taken the easy route. 

even though I lurk in this thread - as lets face it vintage instruments look great sometimes - I'm really glad you, and a few others warned me away from the whole minefield when I was thinking of getting a P bass. 
The fact the refinished £4k '64 I was looking at popped up with another seller 6 months later as all original £17k says a lot... 

The TC impulse has quite a high max length from memory. Not tried it

On 19/11/2024 at 10:29, bremen said:

I mentioned in Bert's original thread that, having looked at the schematic, I couldn't fathom how the mid control was anything other than a bass cut.

Here's the relevant section:

 

With the mid control anticlockwise, C7, C8, R9 and the subsequent circuitry form a high pass filter. Turning it clockwise progressively bypasses this, so bass is restored.

 

Now here's the "CL" circuit from the Ampeg SVP-CL (essentially a mid-cut "scoop")

 

C18, R33 and C17 are the HPF here. But parallel to that we have R37, C16 and R36, a low pass filter.

 

I think that by adding a circuit like R37, C16 and R36 (but with different values  (the following stage of the Ampeg has a high input impedance) across the middle pot in the Traynor-a-like, the mid control would become a variable 'scoop' rather than a bass cut.

 

Or, as Neepheid might say: a meringue?

 

 

 

I think I’ve seen a thread about “Aion’s non working mid control” on talkbass refer to this thread. a good case study for how a post asking a question becomes an internet “fact”!

Apparently the Aion kit is like the real thing and matches the original schematic, apparently it works and sounds good - so if you want the Traynor sound crack on and get building.

if you want to start modding the circuit and changing the tone stack like Bremen is suggesting… it’s DIY so try it out and enjoy yourself… 

Brian Wamplers courses online are also supposed to be decent. More circuit design than PtP primers

I just refund this thread, got slightly excited and then looked at our calendar.

Next year, might see if @jimbobothy wants to join me! 
Though to be fair going up Ingleborough would be fun too! 

1 hour ago, prowla said:

Why is it theft - are the products/services being used subject to licence fees?

 

(I don't know, just asking...)

AI isn’t smart, it just copies existing things - and the image libraries they are copying (like a regular google image search) mostly have copywrite held by someone else. Either a company or artist (imagine an image of Daffy Duck or David Hockney image) or owned by someone else (my holiday snaps of my kids meeting Daffy Duck at Disneyland or Tate gallery’s photo of a Hockney image)

so while AI could make me look like Daffy Duck in a hockney photo - it has no right to the images it’s training itself on. which isn’t good.

43 minutes ago, AndyTravis said:

What number member are you.

Is this where every single “what bass is best for x” you’ll pop up and say “oh a soloking”?

I was trying to work out why you had a lanyard with JD Vance’s face on it 

4 minutes ago, AndyTravis said:

Anyhow - pre boxing binge, I’ve been messing about and have recorded something as a laugh…

 

https://on.soundcloud.com/PUA4PStrTsRuqcQY8

 

Don’t ask me how I had it set, I had beer in hand.

"I love this song" said a dancing 4 year old. 👍

3 minutes ago, AndyTravis said:

Well, I got a reply from Soloking asking me if I bought my basses from Andertons…I haven’t heard anything since confirming 🤨

reply to what?

2 hours ago, Old Man Riva said:

 

If you haven’t done so already, I implore you to have a listen to the Sea Change album. Best listened to alone, and through headphones, it’s his ‘heartbreak’ album, and can be uncomfortable to listen to at times, as it’s so obviously personal. Doesn’t matter how many times I hear it, Already Dead reduces me to a blubbering wreck every time…

+1 - it's fantastic - the string arrangements especially. 

Colors album also really good. 

2 hours ago, Greg Edwards69 said:

IIRC, Line 6 said they planned for the Helix platform to last around 10 years before being succeeded by the next generation. Since then, they have been great with firmware updates and have added some fantastic features and models. I'm quite grateful for that sort of roadmap, as I don't want to have to replace my hardware every other year to get new features. Quite a brave move for a hardware company. And let's not forget, the prices of new units are the same as they were 10 years ago.

 

That 10-year estimate expires this year, so I expect to see something new from them soon. I suspect they have not been sitting on their laurels and will have a few exciting things for Helix 2.0.

+1 

I would rather a bit of hardware with a roadmap of updates and long life than reactive bringing out the next big thing every year or so.