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Okay, maybe my GAS is cured Good ol' Pete looks ecstatic with his at the top of the thread, but then he's sitting down.

Some beautiful stuff here.

They've certainly held their value though it seems! I'd be intrigued to try one but I bet there's a lot that can go wrong with the enormous Bob Moog circuit board in 45 years, and I doubt it's easy to fix.

I've got to admit I kind of want one now.

Great eye - that's exactly it, thank you! I've never had my hands on one but they look fascinating. PM started on a Burns Black Bison so I can see why all the tone options would have appealed to him.

I was watching an old 1980 Parkinson the other day and spotted Pete Morgan (with the Harry Stoneham group) playing a really unusual looking bass. A bit Thunderbirdish but not quite? This is the best view we got of it. Nice jazzy tone. Anyone have any idea what it could be? And if youv'e never admired Pete's work with Harry Stoneham or Dudley Moore - or Blossom Dearie! - now might be the moment...

Gorgeous bass tone on this new Sven Wunder disc from around 35s. There must be more going on here than just plectrum & flats?

A bit late, but I thought this might be useful if anyone else is in a similar position - the Dunlop ECB004 worked a treat. Noiseless.

You're very welcome. I did derail my own thread didn't I!

regular sunday best.

they do make some amazing looking stuff - getting it from Canada ain't cheap but I just had to pick up the T2 as I've wanted a Maestro Rhythm and Sound ever since hearing Melvin Jackson's Funky Skull LP. At the risk of derailing my own thread...

wow that looks well spec'd and I'm a big fan of EBS gear, but on the expensive side for this one use - plus Templo recommend a dedicated PSU for the T2 as apparently it doesn't like multi-output PSUs. Fussy little thing isn't it.

The Templo guys (guy?) advise linear (and a dedicated psu). I had an 18v switching one to hand and voltage leaked into the audio as soon as I turned the tone up. BUT the one I had was center-positive with an polarity reverser extension, so frustratingly I don't know if it was the reverser or the switching nature of the psu that caused the issue. People seem to like the Dunlop one (is it the only option) but I also gather that one can be squealy under the wrong conditions, and this pedal seems particularly sensitive. If a linear 18v centre neg UK psu exists I'd happy to pay a few quid more rather than start buying more stuff to return.

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?

this is beautifully concise btw, thanks man.

Thanks guys, looks like I know what I gotta do.

True that - though I'm slightly off-put by the idea of filling and then re-drilling on almost exactly the same spot. What does one fill with that doesn't then immediately tear out when you drill? The Hipshots were also expensive. If I'm redrilling anyway I might be more tempted to send em back and pick up something more realistically priced that needs four new clean holes and no messing about.

I just picked up a set of Hipshot HB7s to upgrade an old Fender Jazz that has one slightly bent machine head - measured multiple times to ensure they were the right tuners, supposedly a drop-in replacement. Of course, now they've arrived it's clear that the holes don't - quite - match up. The two on the small side are perfect but the other two are a fraction off. Swapping out the old bushings to the new Hipshot ones makes negligible difference (although without the bushings in I can sort of finesse the hole line-up to the point where the deviation for each hole is minuscule, but what help is that?). My question is, since I can see some of the hole, should I just brute force these?? The temptation to do so is enormous. Filling and re drilling is exactly what I'd hoped to avoid by sourcing the (quite expensive) Hipshots. Tips, tricks, advice, cautionary tales and horror stories all gratefully received.

Love El MIchels. I don't know his new one but 'Adult Themes' got heavy rotation here.

Yeah the bass on the track is quite similar. I'm going to keep going with a Jazz bass and pick approach, I'm still finding it hard to quite nail that deep-but-twangy tone, I think it's the depth that suggests double bass. I suppose it's not surprising - these guys had amazing spaces to record in and any number of now-classic preamps and compressors - not to mention producers and engineers that knew what they were doing!

That is lovely string writing. The man could really mix it up - this one does a lovely 180 flip about 3 minutes in. I just wish we knew more about the personnel on these Italian cinema cuts

I really hadn't considered that it might be double bass, how interesting. The articulation feels so solid to me that I assumed I could hear frets, but I'll listen with fresh ears.

Apologies if this is in the wrong section, but I'm trying to nail a particular bass sound for a spot of recording, and I'm going round in circles. I've tried plectrums, mutes, flats etc and I'm not quite getting it. It's the tone from this Piero Piccioni cut - am I mad or is there some spring reverb on it? Is that what's giving it that trebly edge? I'm sure someone here will have some insight - any advice gratefully received!

A friend has passed me a 70s/80s? Hondo II P Bass, (the type with a split single coil pickup) which needs a bit of tlc. I was wondering for anyone that has/had one, since it seems to be drilled for ashtrays, did these ever actually have chrome pickup covers? And are these specific to the Hondo or will Fender repros fit? . Cheers!

[quote name='timmo' timestamp='1427962873' post='2736271'] I will be interested. Always nice to know how companies respond to difficulties. I would like one of those Vikings myself. I wanted an Epiphone Jack Casady, but can`t get left handed, so that Viking is the next choice [/quote] Well while we're waiting for the Hag to be returned, I can tell you, I really like it! After I put chrome flats on it and set it up I could barely put it down for the first couple of weeks I had it. The short scale length take less getting used to than you think, in fact I played it so much that long scale Fender started to feel weird! The differnet pickup options are nice, it's got a range of throaty and thumpy tones in it, all quite sixties sounding, so if that's your bag, thats great. But really the 6-position switch is overkill - it would be nice to have a 2-position toggle switch there to go humbucking or single-coil and just roll the volume up or down on each pickup. I think the original Concords might have been laid out like that. Perhaps I'll make that change one day. Trans Cherry finish is very nice, it's taken a few minor knocks that I though would mark it but no, so it's tough! There are a few fit and finish issues - volume/tone dials are a little cheap and plasticky, sill no poblem to swap those out for more authentic witch hats. Also it naturally suffreed from loose output jack syndrome - a little clear nail polish on the washer took care of that! This issue with the tailpiece has been more of a pain - but hopefully the fix will be done well and we'l be up and runing again soon. I miss my Hag!