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Bass Culture

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    Zoot Funkmeister Custom - SALE AGREED - *SOLD*

    in Basses For Sale

    Posted

    1 hour ago, songofthewind said:

    What’s it like to play, with 17.5mm string spacing? I like to slap, and I imagine it might be tricky for me at less than 19mm.
     

     

    Well, I tend to doing pretty much zero slapping so, in all honesty, I can't comment personally.  I suppose my observation would be that - if 16.5mm spacing works for Mark King...:)

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    In Memoriam

    in Site News

    Posted · Edited by Bass Culture

    On 04/07/2022 at 16:32, Rich said:

    Steve Soar.

     

     

     

    I'm really saddened by this.  Steve did some work on one of my basses a good few years ago and I spent a really pleasant couple of afternoons over at his place in Birkenhead, dropping off and picking up the bass.  I'd been listening a free Mojo CD on the way over and was telling him I'd been in raptures listening to Half Man, Half Biscuit's 'National Shite Day' on this thing.  He proceeded to regale me with tales of the lead singer, who happened to live just a short distance away from him.  I found Steve to be a thoroughly engaging and decent guy.  Hell, it was only a very weeks ago he commented on a thread of mine.  What a sad, sad loss.  My sincere condolences to his family.

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    The wife just agreed to me buying a new bass

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    3 minutes ago, BigJHW said:

    Probably not HEADLINE news

    but for us married folk - this is BIG NEWS !!
    i think the heat is getting to her

     

    just wanted to tell someone :)

     In fairness to her, my wife has never objected to me buying anything bass-related (or anything else for that matter).  This has resulted in me now owning 5 Zoot customs.  I sometimes wish she would object. :)

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    Zoot 'Wal-a-like' - sound demo

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted · Edited by Bass Culture

    One thing I should mention is that neither Veijo (Rautia) or Nuno (Lusithand) claim their respective products to be copies of the original, Wal items.  I don't believe they have tried to backwards-engineer (taken apart!) the original, Wal parts, and set out to copy them.  What they have done is understood the design concepts (eg, 8 coil, humbucker per string, pickup design), and sound they were trying to emulate and apply those to their own products.  On this bass, they both work together brilliantly.

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    Zoot 'Wal-a-like' - sound demo

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    15 hours ago, Russ said:

    It uses Rautiaguitars multi-coil pickups (copies of the Wal ones) and a Lusithand Devices filter preamp. The Lusithand circuit has similar controls to a Wal - volume, pan, and two filters, each with a resonant peak that can be changed by pulling up the knob. It doesn’t have the “pick attack” setting like a Wal, where you pull the volume knob up, but the frequency ranges of the filters are wider to compensate. 

     

    I’m currently having a Lusithand preamp installed in my Sei. :D

     

    There’s a few companies now who make the Wal-style multi-coil pickups - Rautia, Herrick and Bassculture come to mind. Nordstrand also make the Big Blademan range, which are not multi-coil pickups, but they are voiced to sound very much like Wal pickups They were designed for Justin Chancellor to go in some Warwick basses that were being made for him, but he didn’t end up using them. I think the prototype ended up getting sold on Reverb!

     

    Thanks Russ - an accurate and thorough response that's saved me some typing! :)

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    Irrational or illogical GAS - support group

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted · Edited by Bass Culture

    I've been happily using my TC RH750 for 7 years now, and have precisely zero need to change it - gives me the tone I'm after and has some great features. But there's something about the Markbass Vintage D2 that's making me come over all funny right now...

     

    EDIT - Just noticed thread is in the 'Bass Guitars' section.  I'll get my coat....

    Zoot 'Wal-a-like' - sound demo

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted · Edited by Bass Culture
    Update about recording

    The build thread for this bass, which covers all the specs and relevant build info, can be found here: 

    For those who are interested, here's a short sound demo for the bass though.  I start with a short burst of one of my favourite sounds so far, then sweep the filters with each pickup solo'ed to give an idea of the huge variety of tones available.  It's got that typical, full, throaty Wal-type sound, and basically sounds pretty awesome all over.  I can't say I've mastered the preamp yet but I'm starting to get there.  Enjoy - and forgive the playing, very much 'make it up as I go along'.

     

    EDIT: Forgot to add that the bass is just plugged straight into a Focusrite Scarlett Solo AI, and recorded (along with the vid) via the Camera app on my PC.  So, no DAW software, pedals or processing of any kind.

     

     

     

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    Zoot 'Wal-a-like' - FINISHED

    in Build Diaries

    Posted

    4 hours ago, Cosmicrain said:

    Yes it was, but unfortunately Mark wasn't listening as he was too involved in testing the bass...  But I think he knew what I was saying and has agreed at some point to change the gold to black.  Not sure if this will actually happen.

     

    You’re all philistines!!! 😂

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    Zoot 'Wal-a-like' - FINISHED

    in Build Diaries

    Posted

    2 hours ago, Rich said:

    I rather like the black with gold accents on this very lovely instrument. 

     

     

    I call it 'subtle bling', Rich - it's a classic combo. 😊 You may see see the Wal-a-like looking like this in due course too. 😉

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    Building a Wal....ish

    in Repairs and Technical

    Posted

    13 hours ago, Kev said:

    Haha sorry!  T'was a bit blunt.  Really love the bass, but what made you opt for the the single string bridge design, and the gold vs black hardware? 

     

    Hee-hee - sorry, I was being a bit mischievous there. 😄  It's just personal taste at the end of the day, isn't it?  Weirdly, there's not been one comment on Mike's Facebook post about the hardware, they've all been on the build thread on here.  To be completely honest, I had the gold monorails already, so thought I may as well get some use out of them.  They're some cheapy ones from a European supplier but are surprisingly decent quality, with brass saddles.  Now they're on, I'm thinking of buying a set of back ones and doing a mix of black bases and gold saddles, which is the same as I've had on my other Zoots (I'm addicted - this is the fifth bass Mike has made for me now!).  But I don't pick the bass up until next Friday so may well feel differently when I see it in the flesh.  Anyway - apologies to @funklefor the derail.

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    Building a Wal....ish

    in Repairs and Technical

    Posted

    On 12/05/2022 at 00:48, Kev said:

    Interesting design, terrible choice of bridge/bridge colour for me, otherwise quite like they've not attempted to copy the Wal shape. 

     

    Gee, thanks Kev - you really must invite me round to share your thoughts on home decor some day!  😉  BC (or Mark Newman to his friends - owner of new Zoot Wal-a-like...)

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    New Zoot ZB-1000 Custom

    in Build Diaries

    Posted

    Hmmm, interesting.  The Rautia was the one that got the most love on the Aria SB Facebook users page and was felt to be the most authentic generally.  Mind you, I don't recall any particularly negative comments about the Armstrong pickup.

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