miles'tone

1 hour ago, Paolo85 said:

That's fair enough. Let's just say they have a tendency to make basses I personally am interested in quite heavy. The two I bought, I sold. The Enhanced and the PJs are reportedly heavy. Even the PB20 with a poplar body, can easily be heavy for what I read. I have good hopes for the poplar JB62. The one on sale in rhe classfields was 4.4kg if I remember correctly, which is ok for a Jazz in the great scheme of things, but it is not on the light side for a poplar body. This makes me suspect that, much for the JB75 I had, they use fairly thick slabs of wood. That being said, other people report lower weigh and I will likely end up ordering one at one point.

I'm guessing that maybe the heavier cuts of wood are a cheaper bulk buy for HB, helping in one way of the many to bring down the cost of decent instruments to the consumer? 

Totally guessing though. 

However they do it is nothing short of amazing.

Blooming fabulous work Kevin! Stunners all of them. I like the matching tug bars - gives them a certain je ne sais quois.

I thought they'd closed the business... An odd April fool joke?

19 hours ago, ezbass said:

I see that Maruszczyk are getting in on the Joe Dart action.

 

 

 

That pickup looks a bit wonky. As in not routed straight. 

Depends how the economy is doing I suppose. 

The Fender No Case Worn.

Fender states that this line is a "great opportunity" for each player to make their instrument, that they've just paid through the teeth for, "their own". 

Forever blowing industry leading smoke up their loyal customer's behinds, Fender state that this line enables players to insert their very souls into the instrument due to the new time-cheating Mojo Accelerator(TM) technology, and is in no way a penny pinching ruse whatsoever. 

The Sandberg Californian Shepherd's Crook series*

*designed to assist in getting those pesky pi**ed up locals who think they can sing off the stage.

Interestingly, in 1962 a new Fender Precision cost $220. In today's UK money that's about £1650. Add onto that the vat and import duty and a new Fender American Original P (or whatever they're called this year) is about the same relative price as it was then. Perhaps even a smidge cheaper.  

Wow! 

"Angst In My Pants" Brilliant title! 

My first foray into recordings was with a Marconiphone reel to reel contraption that we bought super cheap at Oxfam.

It probably weighed the same as a Mini.

Myself and my drummer pal actually hitchhiked across the Netherlands with it to meet the other half of the band who had already gone ahead and scored some work on a farm in the boondocks somewhere (can't remember where now and couldn't even pronounce it then)

The other two had travelled light with a flute and acoustic guitar, we travelled not so light with two suitcases filled with the Marconiphone and spare reels, a Yamaha keyboard, a saxophone and my ABG!

We had stayed in for a month beforehand saving up two Giros each and somehow managed to get over there and land our jobs on the farm. We got sacked on the first day! 😂

Somehow we managed to stay out there for 8 months busking around, and had a great summer out there, recording absolutely bonkers music and comedy skits. It was 1994 and their hottest summer for a century. 

The Marconiphone was left in the attic of a farmhouse when we headed home. It's probably still there as I bet no body has been bothered to try and lift it!

Thanks for the thread. Good memories that I'd forgotten had actually happened! 😊

8 hours ago, lidl e said:

That was me.

 

Theyre amazing.

 

Check out that low end lobster fella's review

 

 

 

 

😲

7 hours ago, TheGreek said:

Somebody posted info about these in a different thread - drawing a comparison with the Wal sound. I'd really like to know how good they are.

 

https://lusithanddevices.com/product/nfp-single-jazzplate/

They've been on my mind since I read that in the thread too! 😄

I wonder if there's any wiggle room with the wiring to put one in a P/J, or if they're a single fixed board? 🤔 

A good hack that I sussed out for myself, that works for me at least, is to listen to the drum track and have a bop around whilst scatting/singing the bass part I have in mind without my bass in hand. 

It really helped to teach my brain where my beat should be without much thought required as I'm literally engaging as a listener first before I start playing. 

Might work for you too.

7 minutes ago, lidl e said:

You can get onboard preamps that do it. I just put one in my jazz bass already fitted to a jazz plate

 

https://lusithanddevices.com/product/nfp-single-jazzplate/

 

No modification needed.

 

Thanks. I don't own or get on with Jazz basses unfortunately.

I prefer the idea of being able to do the filter thing with whatever bass I'm playing.

Great idea though and ta v much for the heads up. 👍 

2 hours ago, Passinwind said:

So does Josh Broughton, and you don't have to put his together yourself !  https://www.broughtonaudio.com/product-page/resonant-filter-equalizer

 

I'm in the process of doing a Github page for my open source designs, which are currently undergoing substantial revision to make them more pedal friendly, but for the moment the most thorough treatment can be found here:  https://www.talkbass.com/wiki/pw3b-lpf-open-source-onboard-preamp/

Amazing thread! Thanks, but building one is well beyond me unfortunately. I applaud your abilities though! If you ever make some more pedals to your designs please hit me up. I'll have one!

The Broughton pedal (Thanks for the link) is out of stock and I'd rather send my cash to a fellow Basschatter 😉

Any plans to build more?

Epiphone El Capitan acoustic bass guitar, great condition. 

Versatile preamp that dials out feedback. Huge acoustic sound! 

These were discontinued ages ago and took me a while to find this one.

Comes with a very robust Tribal Planet gigbag.

Cardiff area.

No I haven't misspelled Wah!

Just wondering if there is a pedal that does the low pass filter thing that you get on Wal basses? I'm after that clear quacky funk sound.

Apologies to all you pedal experts if this is a daft question, I've never been a pedal guy but I'm starting to feel the need! 😄 

56 minutes ago, Waddo Soqable said:

The only reason I'd regret getting rid of the Wal I had, is the fact that they go for Insane money now and I'd be going Kerchinngg.. ££

I would've only paid in the early £200s for it second hand of course, it being circa 1981, I think I  swapped it for the white Rick I had around then, and was very happy to have done so as I hated the Wal

Interesting! Why did you hate the Wal so much? (I've never actually played one)

My Rickenbacker was a pig because the neck was bowed beyond the scope of both trussrods and the action was insanely high.

5 hours ago, Boodang said:

Vigier Delta Metal Fretless 

The one I should have purchased. Back in the 90s I decided to upgrade to a 'decent' bass. On the shortlist was Warick Dolphin, Wal, Sei Flamboyant custom  and the Vigier. In the end went with the Sei, got carried away by the fact it's a custom to my spec, 5 string headless etc. Turns out over the years that really I'm a 4 string fretless guy and the Vigier is the one I regret not getting. Trouble is now, Vigier only do it as bolt on (hate bolt on necks with a passion!), presumably to make it cheaper to construct. Keep looking but difficult to find the Vigier s/h as the original neck thru let alone at an affordable price.

I don't regret selling any of the great basses I've owned but, like you, I regret the one opportunity I had of acquiring the bass I'd love to have now.

In the 90s a mate pestered me endlessly to buy his mint Wal MK1 for £600.

I wasn't interested in the slightest at the time because I thought they looked crap.

I was too busy trying to look cool, wrestling along with the pig of a Rickenbacker I owned back then.

£600!! 🤦

24 minutes ago, Leonard Smalls said:

Strangely, I read that as "Jim Division", and thought what an entertainingly bizarre thing a Joy Division tribute with Jim Davidson-alike singer would be! At least for about 2 minutes...

🤣🤣🤣

55 minutes ago, TimR said:

We have a justice system that decides guilt and a proportionate punishment to avoid this kind of lynch mob and vigilantism, even if it is virtual.

 

The idea is that the people who are in full possession of the facts, and hear the evidence first hand make the decisions, not a bunch of people who read second hand badly reported events, often sensationalised to sell whatever media they're published on. 

 

Then the offender does the punishment and is rehabilitated back into society when appropriate. 

 

Otherwise you will get more of this cancel culture and the world will spiral into a big mess where anyone can potentially lose their reputation, job, house and family, just becasue someone starts a rumour or wants to further their own agenda. 

 

 

 

I understand what you're saying and agree with you regarding cancel culture, but what or who in particular are you referring to? I'm not sure I understand the context here.

Covering MJ is a weird topic - Even Ian Brown (not one to pull punches on his views on anything) covered Billie Jean in 1999. After MJ's death later on he said this:

In an interview with Q magazine he says the following when asked about MJ's death:

'Mixed feelings. He died for me in 1993 when the allegations about Jordy Chandler first came out. I did my grieving then. I heard him say it was OK to share a bed with 12-year-old kids, and I know it isn't'.

The reason he was asked is because he was always a big MJ fan.

Regarding the title of this thread...

I'm a BIG fan of Frank Zappa's music but ever since I learned that bass player Roy Estrada is now a convicted paedophile, I can't and don't listen to the Mothers Of Invention music anymore. 

RE took the humor out of that particular music for me.

Age: ✅️

Common sense: still looking...it's probably with my keys, wherever they are.

43 minutes ago, AndyTravis said:

I do stuff to basses to suit me…

 

My favourite Mod is the Yamaha Angled Attitude bridge I found for £15 on Marketplace…

 

Took a bit of messing to get on my 414…

 

Still on the lookout for another.

 

I’m also always swapping pickguards or adding them where they weren’t…

They look great! I'm drawn to the orange one in particular. 

On 18/03/2023 at 00:25, Ed_S said:

I've used the Digitech Drop quite a bit and found it good enough for playing live up to 3 semitones down provided it gets a clean signal. Any further down and the chorus thing mentioned above gets too noticeable for my liking. Taking E down to B would be asking a bit too much in my experience.

Drop the E down to D then use the pedal to take it the rest of the way to B? 🤔