pete.young

On 06/04/2025 at 15:34, Dood said:

An Ash bodied model came up for sale in a UK shop (that shall remain nameless) and, I had such a hard time getting any information about the bass and was told the action was an issue that I left it well alone. It was almost as if they didn’t want to sell anything!
 The PB70US-ASH is “the daddy”, I have room in my heart for one of those ☺️

Still got mine. I think I'm going to be buried with it.

Nice bass. CIJ O plus 6 digits is 1997-2000.

That's excellent. I love the sound of the bass on the first track, and it sits perfectly in the mix.

Mm. That Shuker fretless neck would go nicely on my natural ash CIJ precision. And I'm in Canterbury for the whole of the bank holiday weekend. Curse you @Beedster !

@SimonK this might be one for you.

On 20/03/2025 at 13:54, Nibody said:

Being 99% retired now due to health, a buddy and my former keys/synth guy asked me to record some "real" bass for his EDM track.  Picked up a cheap Vintage Coaster as it was cheap and wasn't planning on keeping it, and didn't have a 5'er any more. As it turns out it's a brilliant bass for the money, soundwise and build wise, but the pickups are a little low output. Always had EMG's on my fives so picked up a set of EMG J5's... it's a 5 string jazz... of course they will pretty much fit...... no need to measure....

 

NOPE.

 

There is a good 2cm overall width difference with the EMG's being the larger, and the mounting lugs are a good cm further apart on the EMG's.... GAAAAHHHH. Really didn't want to start routing the bass as wanted the option to remove the pickups and return it to stock when and if the novelty wears off.

 

There are at least 2 sizeds of 5-string Jazz pickups. Fender ones are wider and the bridge is wider than the neck. Bass Collection and Sadowsky are much shorter, and the same length 94mm. There are probably other sizes too.

On 13/04/2025 at 08:50, iBudd said:

Hi all I just picked up a Templo T2 https://templodevices.com/products/t2-multi-effect 

which needs 18v to run. But the catch is it needs a dedicated linear PSU, a switching PSU (like the Dunlop ECB004) won’t do. Any recommendations for such a device?? Or even somewhere in the UK that sells the ‘silent’ Fulltone switcher?

I have a Harley Benton Powerbank+ mark 2 which has one output that can be set to 18V. I don't know if it's linear or switching (how do you tell?) but there is no wall wart, it's a battery. It has enough power to drive my DHA VT1s.

@agedhorse @Tech21NYC this is absolutely fascinating stuff. Thank you for sharing your memories and experiences. I wonder whether either of you came across Greg Burman?

15 hours ago, Dudgeman said:

 

I look at the drummer and say...are we in the right key?

First mistake right there! Normally the answer from our drummer is "What's a key?"

You quickly figured out it was a tone down, so E to D. If you'd played it in D, maybe used an octave down if you have one, and then thrown your bass at the guitarists after you'd played the song!

Very nice gig last Saturday with the blues band Ministry of Mojo in the Wagon and Horses, Newmarket.

Very nice pub despite it being Greene King, small but enthusiastic crowd with plenty of dancing. We were very short of space so I elected to leave the double bass in the car and did the whole gig on my Epiphone Century bass, a first time, it sounded great.

Shoes: like dead pigs noses.

54 minutes ago, Sean said:

"I noticed that you've got a Yamaha bass guitar. I bet you dream of having a Fender one day." - random punter at a summer festival gig some years back when we were packing up my BB2024x.

 

It wasn't the only time I heard that.

 

 

 

Yeah, I've had this with my BBNE2.

On 28/03/2025 at 21:40, ped said:

Is there anything this chap won’t endorse 😂

2 Yamaha basses and one Yamaha effects pedal in 30 years? What else?

Whenever I hear a busker, I ask myself 2 questions. Could I do that? Would I want to?

If it's No and Yes in that order, I always give them some money.

4 minutes ago, Beedster said:

 

....?

I wa going to post pretty much what @Jack said, then realised he'd said it.

7 hours ago, Beedster said:

 

 Too many bands expect the same fees they were commanding in 2021,

Someone's already done that joke.

Beautiful work. Looking forward to the next installment.

What we do has value. People don't value things that they get for free. So if you want to  protect yourself and not be treated like a carpet, you need to charge something even if money is not your motivation. You can always make a retrospective donation.

Folding work platform from Screwfix - also handy when fixing things like lights and attaching banners to curtain rails.

https://www.screwfix.com/p/mac-allister-aluminium-470mm-x-0-6m-folding-work-platform/5892p

Why not email Eich and ask them? They're usually able to reply to questions in a couple of days.

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On 22/03/2025 at 11:50, Dad3353 said:

 

At a cost of several hundred pounds, it would have to be a serious investment to justify this expense.

I can get 1 transmitter and 7 recievers for £150 from Amazon, and that's without even looking for a cheaper option from AliExpress.

Has anyone tried the wireless DMX adaptors instead of using cables? Reduces the amount of clutter, but something else to remember to charge up before the gig I'd guess.

Want!

The first two digits of the serial number will give you the year. It looks like '95', but there might be a more legible version of it inside the cavity somewhere.

Looks lovely - the Audere preamp is a great upgrade.