LukeFRC

[quote name='karlfer' timestamp='1333117292' post='1597722'] Bring on the FenderBirds I say!!! [/quote] got a 100 mates who will say the same thing?

[quote name='Higgie' timestamp='1333104134' post='1597371'] I've built a few with the Tant caps and they do sound amazing [/quote] don't tell me that! I don't have anything to put one in. Unless I went a *very* different route for my Streamer preamp!

[quote name='GreeneKing' timestamp='1333101454' post='1597316'] Lukes comment above about Jazzes and P basses being suited to certain styles of playing also makes a lot of sense to me. [/quote] enjoyed looking at your gear list and trying to work out what type of music you like playing

Thing is you stick these ACG jazzes against any over £1000 bass and they look good. If I was buying my first 'proper' bass and was looking then the £200 extra over a USA fender.... there's just no comparison is there? I guess also there is the relative newness factor, I know an even-newer-luthier-who-just-set-up-and-is-on-basschat-a-lot is similarly competitive in pricing. the ACGs also manage to look good too. As much as say the overwater jazzes look amazing there was a secondhand one a while back that WoT was looking at- it was tempting but just too bling with loads of daft features and stupidly fancy woods. not my style. the ACG's just look good

and I'm away! Being left handed playing right-handed the right hand technique isn't easy- and being amplified picks up everything!

not trolling here, just intrigued.... I can go on the ACG website and buy an amazing jazz influenced bass- and the ones listed at the mo come in at £1600 or so. I can go on the overwater website and their take on a Jazz bass is about £2100 starting price... both are made in the UK, both have pickups and pre's from the same makers (different specs) and admittedly Alan doesn't have to pay for any medicine or eye checks up here but what's the difference?

[quote name='Soliloquy' timestamp='1333058172' post='1596931'] Is the glock still for sale ? I may be interested. [/quote] nope fraid that went pretty quickly. my warwick is currently sat naked without a preamp or knobs waiting on me saving up a bit more... (though the temptation to save up a bit more and track down a whole bass rather than a new pre is quite strong)

[quote name='Johnston' timestamp='1333009829' post='1596013'] That I want to find out. I'm trying to talk a mate of mine to let me build the pre-eb pre-amp to put in his Vintage clone then see if the bass chat masses can tell [/quote]I really really want a reason to make that preamp, with tant. caps and everything

[quote name='Ou7shined' timestamp='1333009849' post='1596014'] I'd tend to agree... although I find the neck on my 'ray has a certain playable quality that no other bass of mine has which invites me to dig in and produce that burpy, fretty 'ray tone... I'm sure this can be replicated though. [/quote]what you need is someone with the ability to make basses...

[quote name='Kev' timestamp='1333052359' post='1596843'] lovely stuff, wonder if he would do a deal for all 3 [/quote] you're going to get all 3?!

[quote name='essexbasscat' timestamp='1333033238' post='1596529'] Start with nailing simple chords i.e. E, A, D, G, C in majors, then add the minors and the 7ths. Get friendly with barre chords. Then find songs that use those chords ie rhythm guitar stuff playing along to some Beatles songs / melodies to get you going. Simple ones are Norwegian Wood etc. By the time you're doing that you'll probably be doing Rebel Rebel, Smoke on the Water, (please don't do Sweet Child of Mine) Stariway to Heaven etc Wonder how long it will take before you're doing Country finger picking ? [/quote] Hmm, maybe I should have said I know the basic chords in first position- not the easier looking ones that electric guitarists seem to use. I can just about do country finger picking badly too... I'm thinking I might just pick a few cool songs and keep trying them till they sound right. Rebel rebel is a good suggestion- I like that song

[quote name='Johnston' timestamp='1333016703' post='1596152'] Depends on the bass. I had quotes as low as $15 for a P copy. [/quote] hmm doubt you'll be able to shift 300 of them!

[quote name='Johnston' timestamp='1333009625' post='1596008'] Ow! Stop nicking my ideas Nah it is actually easy. Though expect minimum orders of $5k from a lot of places. Once the shipping goes on and HMRC takes a kick back you need to basically allow for £5k. $8k from a company that builds for a few "brands" . I had one place going to do me 2 models to my specs and do 6 of each as samples. [/quote] how many basses is £5k worth? Like I'm pretty sure if you had a model for sales it would be viable.

ill admit that i don't 'get'yamaha BBs- but for 200 squid that looks like a nice bass. how does she play/sound you need to tell us more!

I quite like the idea of owning a ray, maybe one day I will.... and was looking at that and wondering, say I was putting one together and wanted that 'early' sound, which bits would I need? Well body and preamp I could make myself, Im not paying £275 for a bridge unless leo himself delivers it, and the pickup... might be the only bit that (apparently) is hard to get the right sound with an aftermarket. Then the neck... and at the end of the day, it's a chunky maple neck- would it be that much different than buying any replacement maple stingray neck? So in conclusion... if I wanted a stingray... I wouldn't buy this!

you ever thought of having a stock of guitars made to your spec's in china and then selling them properly set up? aim it at beginners?

[quote name='Pow_22' timestamp='1332962828' post='1595656'] the price mainly and i felt that they felt a bit 'slack' [/quote] surely after you fit them you need to replace them 20 years later?

[quote name='janmaat' timestamp='1332947541' post='1595315'] So the answer to your original question is: plug one end of the cable into the guitar, the other one into the amp, then turn all knobs to the right and PUNK BE WITH YOU [/quote] true story I once started a art-school punk band. me on bass, a toy keyboard player and a drummer who hadn't started lessons yet. Well it went wrong when we replaced the drummer with the beats on the toy keyboard... I hadn't told the keys player I could actually play ok and she hadn't told me she was grade 8 on piano and sax....

[quote name='charic' timestamp='1332953508' post='1595488'] Album art, really just the cover to be honest. I have the concept photoshopped up but simply don't have the skills to make it look any better than that. [/quote] think about the rest too... what is the concept btw?

I knew before I clicked it what this would be. Looks hideous doesn't it?