bassmayhem

[quote name='Number6' timestamp='1445685323' post='2893387'] The MIJ 51 is high budget to me [/quote] That's depending on the price...

These two basses have moved into my house. I got them really cheap; won't tell you how cheap, but enough to not think twice. They will be my "project basses" in a way, I'll modify them slightly to get them really playable. New bridges and such... Fernandes the Revival fretless Jazz Bass and Fender P'51 Reissue MiJ. Nice addition to the collective...

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I got one too. Had a Markbass combo earlier and missed it, so when I found a good s/h one at a good price I just bought it. Pros: the two filters, VLE and VPF are all tone tweaking I use: one for rolling off high end and the other for mid scoop. A tad of each gives a nice allround tone...

I just couldn't resist putting the matchbox in front... Still waiting for one more S112... [IMG]http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/bassmayhem/20151008_172221_zps1m0gelp8.jpg[/IMG]

My Skyline 55-02... A very special Skyline, assembled from scratch at Lakland's workshop, with the older Bartolini electronics. This is no "off the shelf-bass" I was told by the original owner. I have a fretted US 55-94 also, but this one gets more playing time.

Try to find an old blue EBS Drome! Small AND powerful! Perfect for upright when it has a nice notch filter function...

It is here: [IMG]http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/bassmayhem/20150918_182547_zpshadbykio.jpg[/IMG] S112 with tweeter; his tweeterless brother arrives soon...

[quote name='TrevorR' timestamp='1440170861' post='2848849'] Here it is... smal but perfectly formed for my needs. Except for playing at church where we're all amp free and my rig just comprises a Tech 21 Sansamp VT Bass DI, a Polytune tuner (and a few pedals)... ... [/quote] A very nice rig with some serious basses! Is it just the picture/perspective, or has the left bass shorter scale?

I sold some Lakland parts to linchoun; smooth operation!!!

Here is my old, unfortunately long gone, Dirty Blonde with kinky pink strings...

[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1439676439' post='2844977'] How can a well made bass have significantly more string tension/tightness than a cheaply made bass of similar design? E.g. a cheap 34" 5 string rosewood/maple/alder jazz bass versus an expensive one, if they have the same strings? [/quote] It won't have, but the negative effects won't be that obvious/in your face if the instrument is solid and has some mass that won't resonate etc...

[quote name='Grahambythesea' timestamp='1439657846' post='2844767'] Surely a 32" low B would require a custom made string. I have 34 & 35" 5 strings and it is noticeable that the 34 has a much slacker B and thereby less tone than the 35" [/quote]The biggest problem is the string will wind up on the tuner with the full winding part. If you look closely on the pic with the three Mattisson basses, on the 7 string there is a ferrule stuck on the F# string before it is treaded through the bridge, just not to reach too far above the nut. Obviously it will also be slacker, but in many cases a slacker string can sound much fuller, like if you detune your four string to D. Too short and thick string will never work, but it sure works better if the bass is solid and well constructed. I compare my 35" Lakland 5 strings to my 34" Warwick SS1 5 string: they all sound good. The 'Wick has a thicker neck making it respond in a nice manner. No wobbling whatsoever. But then, 34" or 35" isn't that big difference. There are sound clips on the Youtube from the Prata Bas occasion where Anders Mattisson demos his basses. Here is the first of five clips in Swedish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WxhuuTS7Gs Some Dirty Loops and bass solo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJP3mjQKWmY

[quote name='Sonic_Groove' timestamp='1439636325' post='2844555'] Wow they look real nice! A Swedish Bass meet but the sign is in English! Multi-Cultural cool!! I would love to visit that meeting (and Sweden). At Crez5150 if I had a Bucket of money I would have a 6 string Kingbass with bendwell built!!! Brendan [/quote] The sign is Mattisson's backdrop for NAMM. We had a lot of other goodies there also: Zon basses and Jule Amp Monique for example...

A shorter scale bass has to have top notch material and components to work. It takes its luthier. Don't expect to get a Squier och Harley Benton short/medium scale to do the job... There are two Swedish luthiers who independently of each other have the focus on 32" scale instruments: http://www.mattissonbass.com/ and http://unicornbass.se/site/. They build high end custom instruments but with totally different approach. Unicorn is more "Alembic school" and Mattisson is not that "clear glossy". Anders Mattisson even built a 32" scale 7 string with low F# that sounds fantastic. Henrik Linder of Dirty Loops use exclusively Mattisson basses. Christian Olsson (=Unicorn Bass) has built for Mark King among others. Here is Anders Mattisson holding a clinic at the Swedish Prata Bas meeting earlier this year. The bass at the left is the Dirty Loops bass, then a FANTASTIC fretless and to the right the seven string monster/wonder. [IMG]http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/bassmayhem/20150523_150846_zpsioy5lz3x.jpg[/IMG]

I just ordered a S112 with my own "custom design": black box, crème front with 50's Fender brown/red cloth. Like all my other cabs...

One of mine: [IMG]http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/bassmayhem/2015-01-17-Ett_zps66e3a175.jpg[/IMG] Eden WT800B with two TKS 2126 and two TKS H115... Another one: [IMG]http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/bassmayhem/20150802_204042_zpsjtgrpaoq.jpg[/IMG] Mesa Boogie Buster Bass 200 with Mesa Boogie Diesel 115; Simba the Cat sold this rig a week ago... Some rack gear: [IMG]http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/bassmayhem/Eden%20Ampeg%20och%20Eden_zpsd5nimz76.jpg[/IMG] Eden Navigator preamp, Ampeg SVT-4 Pro (now with its own Korg tuner) and the Eden WT800B with Korg rack tuner.

Well, here is my 'Wick: [IMG]http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/bassmayhem/20150807_161312_zpsoujr5ofm.jpg[/IMG] Streamer Stage 1, broad neck. A really nice bass...

No bells and whistles, just good material and good craftsmanship!

I was curious too, so I did the swap...

I did a trade with a nice guy and got this beauty: Tom Clement in Florida built this bass, the very first "Anne" model specially ordered by the previous owner. It is a hand made single cut bass with bolt-on neck. The body is one huge piece of swamp ash "heavily" chambered, topped with cedar. The neck is mahogany and bubinga with an ebony fingerboard. The body is some 3" thick, so it is a big bodied bass, but due to the chambers it is very, very light. The long bottom horn makes it a dream to play sitting, it hangs nicely and well balanced in a strap too. The electronics are a passive Bartolini humbucker and a Ghost piezo bridge (buffered) into a Stellartone Tonestyler. There has been a Roöland GK-3B and a ramp mounted on it, hence the extra holes. The tone is best described as: "a mix between Anthony Jackson's tone and P-bass with a nylon stringed acoustic guitar an octave lower mixed in". Puh! Not the average meat and potato bass, but a nice addition to the arsenal of spicy dishes...