Leon Transaxle

Approx £35 roundwound & £45 flatwound on Thomann's web site

He's been at a Jazz now too [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Genuine-Fender-Jazz-Bass-guitar-vintage-relicd-road-worn-P-Bass-J-Bass-Mexican-/150833895589?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item231e6698a5#ht_531wt_1185"]http://www.ebay.co.u...5#ht_531wt_1185[/url] Maybe I just don't get out an play enough but what aspect of bass usage would result in what appears to be damage from large chucks of gravel hitting it at a considerable speed?

[quote name='BRANCINI' timestamp='1339680229' post='1692556'] Didnt someone make Rexine ( like coloured tolex ) covered guitars and basses in the early 70s. Cant remember much about them, but they were definitely around. Bit like a smaller SG shape I think. My mate had a 2 tone one. Might be somebody on here old enough to remember them. [/quote] They were selling these back in February but seem to be our of stock now. They were available in red or blue Tolex.

I picked up a used rail from ebay the other night. I'll stick it in over the next couple of days and see how it goes.

Seems high to me BICBW. However I am more used to 1s and 2s. My Thunder 1 cost £118 new back in 1983 - not that that has any real relevance! Having reread you post I notice you don't specify if its a bass or a guitar. I followed a direct link from the front page and didn't realise you had posted in 'other instruments'. Around the time I got my bass I was playing in a band where both guitarists had Thunder 2As. These were one of the few decent yet affordable instruments you could get at the time. No Squiers in my day!

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1339372890' post='1687714'] The fact that this can exist at all is profoundly depressing, as is the fact that someone thinks anyone with half a brain cell in working order would buy it. [/quote] But it has a bid! [quote name='rushbo' timestamp='1339400517' post='1687774'] That's a hundred miles of wrong right there. And yet I feel almost compelled to bid.... [/quote] Not you is it?

Not used it live through a PA but used I've used my BD21 for recording via a cheapo, definitely not gold-plated XLR cable into the line in of my USB interface with no problems. I think they mean the BD has the gold plated connectors. Someone who actually reads the instructions first! They are always the last resort for me.

[quote name='chaypup' timestamp='1339185276' post='1685187'] Nice looking Thunder and someone may get a bargain. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270994558529&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:GB:1123#ht_500wt_951"]http://www.ebay.co.u...23#ht_500wt_951[/url] [/quote] Hey Its the active version of mine. Shame it has no guitar strap or I'd be all over it

Anyone fancy a Tele bass? [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wooden-Electric-Bass-Guitar-No-Reserve-/200774405629?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2ebf164dfd#ht_2025wt_1265"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wooden-Electric-Bass-Guitar-No-Reserve-/200774405629?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2ebf164dfd#ht_2025wt_1265[/url] Bet that wasn't what you were expecting!

Nice job. Where did you get the scratchplate from?

I haven't even got the Bronco yet ,it went in the post yesterday, but I get the impression that Broncos, or at least some of them, are routed for a humbucker sized pick up. The pics I've seen on TB sort of suggest that. It looks like as long as they are no wider than a strat pick up they should fit. It was more the fact I'm sort of lost with the whole hot rail, cool rail sort of thing. Generally I've a firm beliver that more is more but is hotter necessarily better in a bass?

Is this a bit OTT as a replacement for the stock Bronco pick up? [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Warman-Dominator-Quad-Hot-Rail-Humbucking-pickup-/180840914781?pt=UK_Guitar_Accessories&hash=item2a1af55f5d"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Warman-Dominator-Quad-Hot-Rail-Humbucking-pickup-/180840914781?pt=UK_Guitar_Accessories&hash=item2a1af55f5d[/url]

Done. I never knew the slider strap existed. Looks interesting. Good luck.

[quote name='bigjohn' timestamp='1338648213' post='1677643'] My 90s MiM Deluxe Series P Bass Special has a Jazz neck. The slightly earlier US made California Series (same parts, different factory) also has a Jazz neck, being made from the same parts [/quote] +1 for the Deluxe P bass but, if its like mine its active so migfht diverge from the P bass sound the OP was after. Sounds damn good to me though

A bass which has " got a bit of damage". [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/squier-bronco-bass-guitar-fender-bargain-/280892129072?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item416679bf30#ht_500wt_1282"]http://www.ebay.co.u...0#ht_500wt_1282[/url]

Cheers Henry, Now why didn't I think of that? I use a capo all the time on the guitar as my limited skills means I have to transpose and capo to work round the things I'm too rubbish to play! Never thought of applying it to the bass.

It appears I am developing OA at the base of my left thumb which is beginning to make stretching my hand a painful experience at times so was thinking of trying out a short scale bass to see if that makes the faster bits of playing any less traumatic. I don't want to spend too much as its only a taster. The question is there's a mid 2000s Bronco with a Seymour Duncan P/U upgrade on the Bay at the moment. The price of this delivered is only about twenty quid less than a new EB0 would cost from GuitarGuitar if I got it next time I was in Brum fro a visit. So what to go for? I can accommodate either the mudbucker tone or the single coil into what I play. Its more a question of the quality and the whole playing experience is more important. I suppose with a Bronco there is option of a short scale Fenderbird project at a later date.

Got one of the standard emails from Amazon today. They are currently selling a M-Audio Fast Track Pro with what looks like the full Pro Tools MP 9 (not the LE version) for £125. The Fast Track Pro with the LE version is $249.95 on the Avid web site. It looks like these are on clearance as MP 10 is now out. I snapped the last one another retailer had for £115 but there are still plenty in stock at this price. [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Avid-Pro-Tools-Fast-Track/dp/B004XUQKPC/ref=sr_1_3?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1337957593&sr=1-3"]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Avid-Pro-Tools-Fast-Track/dp/B004XUQKPC/ref=sr_1_3?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1337957593&sr=1-3[/url] I have been using the single channel Fast Track for a while and the quality is excellent. I just find one line and one balanced input at a time a little limiting.

[quote name='mart' timestamp='1337078537' post='1654916'] What a disappointment. From the title I was expecting a 9-string bass. [/quote] Yep. Me too. Still looks cool though.

Surprisingly little action on this [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/320906666888?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649#ht_500wt_1202"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/320906666888?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649#ht_500wt_1202[/url] It looks in pretty good nick. Certainly better than mine. Do I need another Thunder? Do I need a drive down to Barry?

Cheers

I was just watching one of the early episodes of Metal Evolution. In it Purple do a live version of Smoke on the Water. Anyone know what Rick Roger Glover is playing? It looks like the standard 4001/4003 type shape but has what looks like two black back sloping single coil pick-ups in a similar position to where neck and mid are on a strat (if that makes sense).

A couple of months ago the band my daughter plays with recorded a few songs together with a family friend who was trying out his recorder for the first time. I offered to clean up the recordings a bit and they put them onto SoundCloud. One of the tracks was a folky version of a Mark Owen song which sounds like this [url="http://soundcloud.com/aatd/aimsley-the-doctors-four"]http://soundcloud.com/aatd/aimsley-the-doctors-four[/url] While I was mucking around in Reaper with the various songs I thought it would be fun to do my own interpretation of this song. So, after a bit of slicing, dicing and reassembly using Recycle and Reason, recording in Reaper and much plundering of the 'net for sound clips I ended up with this [url="http://soundcloud.com/leontransaxle/fmw_anarchic_freight_mix"]http://soundcloud.com/leontransaxle/fmw_anarchic_freight_mix[/url] I don't know whether you'd call it a remix or an alternative version.