MichaelDean
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Good point! Edited!
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It's a new year! 2023 is full of opportunities! Sod gear abstinence! What are you GAS-ing for this year? I'm after a Yamaha BB734a. Just found out that my cousin's husband, who is editor of a popular magazine, can get a ridiculous discount from Yamaha and is happy to enable me. I'm having a hard time not getting him to email them straight away 😅
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I know it doesn't make a lot of sense and the nut width has no bearing on my Dingwall. But on my 38mm shortie Jaguar and my 40mm Mustang, I find the difference is really noticeable. My left hand just isn't comfortable down the business end. Similarly, on my 42mm p bass, the spread is a little more than I'd like. The dusty end tends to be more influenced by the string spacing at the bridge, but that doesn't seem to have much of an impact for me - I can make any bridge spacing work. For others, they can't work with a narrow or wide bridge spacing.
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Not that I've done loads of bass building (or even finished the one I started!), but I like a Shinto rasp for taking off a lot of material pretty quickly. It is a tool I wish I had bought a lot earlier than I did! Great for roughing out a forearm or belly contour and neck profiling. https://amzn.eu/d/0KCrJIC
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I was just thinking of posting the same question! 40mm is the sweet spot for me. The Harley Benton JJ-45OP and JP-45OP plus the Aria equivalent are 40mm. Not sure of any others.
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Boooooo! Ok, an American Performer precision in lake placid blue.
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I'd be going to the Fender Mod Shop and get a PJ made up.
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Just one bass in this year. A Revelation PJ. I like the PJ configuration, still not entirely sold on the neck profile and it needs some fretwork too.
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Oooh, the 40mm nut width has me tempted...
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My GX-100 is amazing. So pleased I took a punt on it and didn't settle for something with fewer footswitches. I've got a great sounding patch with an amp on one channel that I can send to the desk, while the other goes to my amp. Plus it's much lighter than my pedalboard full of pedals and has a smaller footprint. Not that weight reduction was a motivating factor, but it is handy.
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The Short Scale Bass Appreciation Society!
MichaelDean replied to Baloney Balderdash's topic in Bass Guitars
I think it's because they have to get rid of the Mustang bridge to get the jazz pickup in the right place. Throws the whole design out (in my opinion). The American performer is a bit better, but the bridge is too angular. -
I couldn't afford it anyway. Just a pipe dream at the moment unfortunately!
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Hopefully Santa delivers from Scotland to Bristol 😅
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Standard tuned bass with low tuned guitars
MichaelDean replied to SteveXFR's topic in General Discussion
Well then, how will it affect you? Personally, I find it makes it harder to read someone else's hands to learn new riffs if my strings aren't doing the same thing. Plus transposing riffs you already know might be a pain if you've got some muscle memory going on. If it's an option, it might just be best to bring a regularly tuned 4 string and your normal bass along to the next practice to see how it goes. -
Standard tuned bass with low tuned guitars
MichaelDean replied to SteveXFR's topic in General Discussion
Might also make a difference what type of doom you're playing. If its a sludgy thing, then I really like the low notes to fill that out loads. If its a bit more metal, something a bit higher up the fretboard can work nicely. Could always use an octave down pedal if you needed the low lows? -
I had to be ready to let go of them. My first bass was a jazz bass copy. Sounded ok, but just didn't work for me tonally, so last year after 20 something years of ownership, I sold it. I was a bit sad at first, but I wasn't playing it, the sound didn't get me going and it was a it of a boat anchor. I'm ok with the decision now.
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I don't think an octave and chorus are what you're hearing. I've certainly never heard of it as a standard thing. I might also be wrong! A lot of recorded bass has a touch of overdrive on it (sometimes more than a touch!). That will introduce some harmonics and can round out the sound and can often sound clean in a mix. Guy kept the valve drive in his signature Ashdown head for a reason...
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Do you need the highest string of a fiver strung in drop C? I'm currently doing the same and I haven't found I've ventured that high with what we're playing. If I didn't love my Dingwall so much, I'd be cracking out one of my fours with strings to match.
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The Short Scale Bass Appreciation Society!
MichaelDean replied to Baloney Balderdash's topic in Bass Guitars
I wouldn't want to dissapoint you 😁 I had an Epiphone EB3 that was very neck heavy! -
I've just been using the Planet Waves bass string winder. I find it makes short work of a B string. https://amzn.eu/d/7s37zLU
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The Short Scale Bass Appreciation Society!
MichaelDean replied to Baloney Balderdash's topic in Bass Guitars
This was corrected in the 70s! My 76 Mustang has very comfortable contours. I guess it's probably a cost cutting exercise. They can reduce machining time and make more bodies. -
The Pro versions weren't available when I bought my ZS10s. The Pros were then marketed as an upgrade, with a relatively large price increase, on their release.
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String price increases. Nearly double for some.
MichaelDean replied to fretmeister's topic in Accessories and Misc
According to the website, it's a flat rate of £10 for orders under £149 and under 30kg. -
As long as the bass sounds good, plays comfortably and you like it, it doesn't matter. You need it for a couple of songs, so the bass has to come to gigs/practice anyway. Then because you need it, you feel it's easier to play everything on it rather than switching out. So play it. If anyone came at you with reasoning like that about something else would you even question it?
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You could also use in ears with a long extension cable. Years ago, I was in a band that needed IEMs, so had had a 20ft planet waves one taped to my lead so it ended at the right point where my cable went through my strap. It was a really good solution for me and kept things neat and tidy. If I paired that with my current KZ ZX10 IEMs, I'd have been a very happy bunny. Might even need to resurrect the idea for practice now. I do still have that cable...
