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I think he's playing a MkII in the Wossy clip FWIW live Aid: Friday's show: I'm surprised anyone could tell what the Wal sounded like in the Live Aid clip, it was submerged under so much chorus.

[quote name='steve-soar' post='472279' date='Apr 25 2009, 05:14 PM']Hi Steve, is there any news about the bass?[/quote] Yes! As a matter of fact I've been pestering Jon on a weekly basis about it. Turns out that there was a defective coil in the neck pickup, according to Andy at Wizard. He's fixed it and suggests that the bass will probably sound a whole lot fatter. Jon doesn't have a clue how it ended up like that because the coils are set in epoxy. So I will have to go up there and play the bass to see what kind of improvement the repaired coil delivers. The neck was relatively straight forward to narrow down. Jon managed to do it without taking the stainless steel frets out which was good otherwise there would have been a whole load of extra faff involved. I asked for the neck to be refinished in satin which Jon was happy to do because, again, it means less faff with finishing. I don't know whether he's routed an extra battery cavity yet but the new Shuker 3 band sweep eq is unlikely to be ready. So Jon is going to put connectors on the end of the pickup wires so I can install the pre myself in NZ. I'm half tempted to install the U-retro out of the Spector in there out of curiosity, too. He's also managed to find some smaller knobs and they're going on as well now the controls have been swapped about. The only thing I haven't asked after are the Newtone custom, exposed core strings...but the bass is almost ready to collect. Jon just needs to spray the strat body he's had for the last 12 months and I'll be able to collect quite a few bits from him. [quote name='steve-soar' post='472279' date='Apr 25 2009, 05:14 PM']BTW, I'd love the Mesa amp for the Stereo in the cellar but I've got nowt to sell to spring the cash. It would sound cool with my DB680, oh for Gods sake, take it off sale, it's doing my head in. [/quote] LOL The Mesa is the ultimate. G'warrrrn, you know you want it.

[quote name='chris_b' post='471692' date='Apr 24 2009, 04:49 PM']Somebody switch the lights on in the design dept, so they can see what they're doing!!![/quote] +1 and their copywriter as well. [i]"Controls: Passive preamp: 500kohm volume and 250kohm tone - .047µF tone capacitor; Active preamp: 4-band EQ – 25kohm volume, treble, high-mid, low-mid, bass"[/i] What is a "passive preamp"?

Maybe in Germany they're all chasing Status basses still and don't recognise Wal's as readily? Lovely score Oliver, I really don't know how you manage to track them down.

[quote name='alexclaber' post='471580' date='Apr 24 2009, 03:01 PM']3. StingRay 4. Rickenbacker 5. Alembic? Alex[/quote] I'd broadly agree with that in terms of use by bands. Alembics would probably trump Ricks in the studio given how popular they are in Nashville though.

[quote name='urb' post='470909' date='Apr 23 2009, 04:31 PM']Nice audio version here: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcNDp8JoJFM"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcNDp8JoJFM[/url] Really tacky early 90s fusion video - I am a HUGE Alain Caron fan but this is a bit dated - though he does SLAP the entire head perfectly[/quote] I like how close he's come to emulating an arpeggiator line. Thats something I'd be quite interested in developing myself but maybe not with slap.

There's bound to be a fairly strong demand for that bit of kit. The provenance aside, those B15's have been used on so many other recordings too.

I agree, I recently heard the original on some digital channel and the bass lines just leapt out for their off-beat quirkyness. How fitting is that? Its not the sort of bassline I'd be inclined to play myself but they were great to listen to.

any sound samples?

Hey Ian, good to see you're back in the saddle (aha). Let me know if you plan on spending any time in Winnipeg, I have some good friends there who know the musical scene.

lol when the going gets tough...?

Did anyone spot the 500mm depth in its sister model? [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/the_tamp_d3400.htm"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/the_tamp_d3400.htm[/url] That's not gonna fit into your typical SKB Roto case.

If it was 600w into 4ohms (like the Shuttle) and able to go into 2ohms then I'd probably go for one at 700 quid...assuming I couldn't import one for less, that is...

I believe he still owes for advertising on Bassworld.

If its not immediately obvious, the soundtrack has been dubbed onto camera footage.

[url="http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=68766376588&h=x_kyD&u=rPHym&ref=nf"]http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=...PHym&ref=nf[/url] Interview with Meshell here on public radio.