Bigwan

The Chord OC-50 (or is it OC-80... can't remember) is a great wee octave. It's a boss octave clone I believe, but has an extra "drive" switch (turns off the -2 octave) which sounds quite synthy. Mine tracked really well down to a sustained F# which surprised me - most give up at A in my experience! Sold it for tuppence... idiot... I have an EHX Octave Multiplexer which is a nice sounding octave on a budget (i think it sounds nicer than the oc2 derivatives myself) but it doesn't track as well. I have the COG T65 too. Again loosely oc2 based but with a +1 octave instead of a -2 and a tone control on the -1 octave similar to the Aguilar Octamizer. It's part of a double effect with a Mastotron-type fuzz, but that's a different price point altogether. Sounds inhuman though! Dirty synthy either with or without the fuzz.

[quote name='cocco' timestamp='1437983201' post='2830433'] I'm dying to see what the two model P's and the model one that he posted end up in! [/quote] Me too. It's a combination I'd thought of trying if I could get hold of a suitable bass to try them in. That and a pair of thunderbuckers in a p bass are on the "to do" list!

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1437922144' post='2829996'] It's just waiting for a scratchplate. Peter has gone through three different orders and he's not happy with the colour of any of them so I think he's now making one himself. [/quote] From following his exploits for a few years he seems a fussy sort! Not a bad thing really!

Bumping this up as I just watched this documentary yesterday. Incredibly inspiring stuff. Actually I put it on while at work and wasn't really paying attention - not even to Abe Laboriel! It was the bass playing and bass sound about 6-7 minutes in that caught my ear (a bit of digging revealed it'a a guy called Rich Moore playing his Wyn with the Mark Lalama Trio - tasty! I now NEED to get some wenge back in my life!). Wound it back to the start and watched the whole thing, followed by all 16 of the "steps to build a bass" series.

VVT vs VBT depends on the bass for me. On a jazz it HAS to be vvt - there are sounds in there you just can't get with a balance control in my experience. With a PJ I find it doesn't matter so much - a switch would do instead as I find mixing the P and J doesn't work that well. Talking passive electronics here though. A little way down on this page is what you're looking for anyway: http://www.guitarnucleus.com/wiring.html

[quote name='LewisK1975' timestamp='1437654513' post='2827888'] I'd agree with this - or perhaps an old Peavey TNT/TKO if you can find one.. [/quote] +1 if you're after bulletproof I'd try and find a Line6 Studio 110. There was one here for under a ton last week. Great little combos.

A few "I'd imagine" type comments, but from bitter experience MAKE SURE YOURSELF! Measure everything twice before buying anything. Not all Fender pickup routes are the same, especially with their 5 string basses - some of their Mexican 4 strings have the same size route for neck and bridge pickups and some have the mounting lug locations in different places for the same size pickup body. Hurrah for standardization!!! Measure twice, cut once!

[quote name='Grand Wazoo' timestamp='1437413226' post='2825792'] Yes now that you see it like that it looks nice, you should have seen it when I received it, it looked like it had been fished out the bottom of a pond, the neck had layers of gunk and there was greenish mould all over the bridge and machine heads, I had to soak all the steel work in WD40, and use a toothbrush to remove the growth, and then totally cleaned the neck with wood cleaner, oil and wax, and finally lots of polish to get the body to shine again, the result after a day was rewarding. [/quote] Well worth the effort GW! Great looking bass. Always fancied one myself!

Yummy! Want! You were right with the 2-tone 'burst and black pickguard. Looks great!

Can't wait to see this!

I was always an Elites Stainless Steel fan, but I have a set of Ernie Ball Cobalts on the P at the minute and they're fantastic. Might carry on with them depending how they wear.

It was a highly recommended rig around here a few years ago so bound to be somebody along with experience in a wee while!

[quote name='Bass_Guardian' timestamp='1436775824' post='2820527'] Goodness me! how much is the Wal worth now roughly? I'm assuming a 4 figure sum? [/quote] Sold it for £1450 about 8 years ago. Guy kept it for 2 weeks then sold it on eBay to some punter in the states for another 400 on top of that. Probably about 2 grands worth now at least. Was in bad nick when I got it, and not the most desirable top wood (padouk with sap wood), but sounded great! Miss it sometimes... Always on the lookout for serial number 2062!

Got a Wal for £550 about 13 years ago, just before they took a serious upswing in price. Wasn't a huge bargain at the time, but turned into one! Same local shop (which never has ANYTHING bass related in) had a pretty minty, all original, white, maple boarded '76 Jazz at the same time and same price... Should have bought it too!

[quote name='HazBeen' timestamp='1436618925' post='2819567'] 2tone chosen as I thought it would look cleaner with the black pickguard...... I think it will [/quote] Can't fault your reasoning! I think it'll look HOT! Been drooling over the shoreline gold Bebop 5 with blocks on the De Gier website for days now!

Not to derail the thread or anything but... Phwoar! Shwing! Hubba, hubba, etc

Looking good! Wasn't sure what I'd think of the 2 tone burst (bigger fan of that finish with maple boards), but it looks like it'll work well!

Limelight P bass, black, light relic, maple neck BUT with 2 Thunderbucker pickups, like a Lull PT4... Or maybe just a Lull PT4...

Very nice!

[quote name='geoham' timestamp='1436293382' post='2816849'] ^ This! My 5501 is my third attempt at five strings. I had a cheap perspex Wesley that I moved on quickly. Several years later, I bought an Ibanez SR405. I really wanted to like that one, but tight string spacing and a floppy B string meant it also had to go. (I'm comfortable on both P and J necks, but this felt like a guitar to me!) I recently bought a Lakland 5501 and it's simply wonderful. The fifth string is great, crystal clear and nice tension. The neck is quite chunky and the string spacing is similar to a P-bass. I can see why the 35 inch scale might be problematic for some, though it's fine for me. (My hands are pretty average sized too) Costs £699 new, but they do pop up on here used now and then. [/quote] I sold my 5501 with Bartolini NTMB preamp for £400 as the market was pretty slow at the time. There are bargains to be had! I preferred the 5501 to the 5502 dlx I had more recently. Neck is the same. It's sufficiently chunky to satisfy those that like 'proper' 5 string spacing, but it's assymetric so it doesn't feel TOO big. I believe they also have a compound fretboard radius, but I might be wrong on that.

I had one of these a few years back. Sounded pretty good but transport was a nightmare, especially if there was nobody to lend a hand! There are much lighter, better sounding and louder alternatives. I had a Tech Soundsystems 4x12 that ticked ALL those boxes!

Antigua burst.... Yuk!