Haemasmtha

Bass Tractor you list some very reactive Elements there. I assume you know that the Carbon 1s electron has a binding energy of 285 eV ( roughly depending on environment ) ? Have you listened to Phurpa?

Balance wise - I've moved the button to the neck back and I wrap my strap over the body at the bottom end. As for the neck - I agree - I'm going to take some wire wool to it at some point. It's not a bad guitar and for the 50.00 quid I paid it sounds good - pots and blending the weak pickups are an issue but w t hell it was 50 quid - not that cheap matters - sound matters - and if it's cheap it suits me

Thanks again for the advice guys. If it sounds good leave it is probably very sensible - my problem is I just love a project and can't stop messing with stuff - always for the better though I'll fit the locking Neutrik and leave it alone as tone wise for a cheap guitar it sounds pretty damn good.. Sounded alright on Planet Caravan last night ( 3 notes ) and the deconstructed DnB Meyer style. - I'll save the string through for my next project.... You guys will really think " what a xxxxxx" on the next one - I can hardly bring myself to reveal what I've just bought ..... 30.00 quid....Stagg J bass rip off..... crying out to be messed with. You'll have heard it all before and you will go aaarggghh! not again BUT.... it's a lefty .... haha haha mirror world reverse body madness here we come

That make sense. I've set up the bridge and the pickups and neck to what I think sounds and plays optimum - about as good as it's going to get for a cheap bass. I'll change the jack for the locking Neutrik as the original is crap. Just bought a set of Roto 66's 45 - 105 to try instead of the heavy playing 77 Monel's. I've lust looked and the bridge lends itself to being drilled and with the ferrules I've got It'll give me a string through option to try - I was going to drill through and exit the strings on the edge of the bass next to the strap button for a shallow string to bridge saddle angle - should be a bit of fun if nothing else - even if it makes no difference at all to the tone

Cheers again guys - my my this is a friendly forum

OK. Would you say strings and amp are more important? That's what I've found so far.

Now you seasoned bass peeps are going to be horrified by this so please bear with me We are recording some stuff and I normally play guitar - I've modified a good few over the last 30 years but never a bass. I've got a Westfield Thunderbird 4 string ( yes go on take the wee ) and TBH the pots are fine the jack is going to be replaced with a Neutrik locking one, the neck is OK, Machine Heads are solid enough and I'm experimenting with strings - Monel Roto Flats at the moment which are ok. My question is ..... is it worth going through body and if so which bridge for reasonable cost is worth buying - I've got ferrules from years back so it's an experiment. Please don't give me the HiFi on tone woods sustain and intonation are key on this one. cheers for any info at all newby Pat ( Haemasmtha )

Cheers peeps Check out Haemasmtha on Facebook/reverb. Six strings down To four..... It's a leap of faith But listening to our experimental recordings it is the lower register that makes the edge.

Cheers guys. Just had practice and those Roto Monels have got to go - 110 bottom - they are like playing fencewire !! My fingers are pretty strong from working outside all day in all weathers and these strings make them hurt!!!! They are way too rigid and detune badly. The action ( of the cheap bass) is pretty much set up as low as I can get it . What would be usual on a Thunderbird?

Hi I'm Pat a 40 year old fat git from Rotherham. I have recently started a project - Haemasmtha - which is experimental and probably a little off to the side of what is talked about here. As non of the other band members played Bass I stepped in and have not read any treble clef for nearly 2 months. I now don't even understand treble clef, I have forgotten what the other two strings are for....and can't even hear those upper registers I personally listen to anything - car glovebox has Dave Brubeck, Sunn o))) Black Sabbath ( all early years ) The Orb Pink Floyd ( nothing after Atom Heart Mother ) Hawkwind Phurpa REM The Who ...owt really. As for kit I'm just starting out in Bassworld but strangely my amps and cabs outweigh my basses .... due to guitars and music styles. I have..... 2 of 2x15 inch cabs I built myself with 2x 300w eminence drivers - ported and wadding filled. They each have a HF/mid cab "head" with 2xCelestion comp drivers/horns. There's a 300W 1x15 Celestion sub I built which is 600x600x600mm slot ported and baffled - tuned to 35hz - all driven by a 300w Sunn PA amp. The PA amp can be direct injected from a Laney BC120. - crude but works. The main system I use for practice is the Laney into one of the 2x15s plus HF Head Cab. As for Bass I use ( don't take the pee ) an old Westfield Thunderbird copy fitted with Roto Monel Flatwounds - heavy as hell to play but ok as I play fingerstyle with my thumb resting on the corner of the neck joint. I'm saving for a new Bass but can't decide whether to go 5 string or not ( I'm used to classical guitar necks so width isn't a issue ) I've tried the Yamaha rbx 375, ESP LTD B5 and D5 and the Ibanez SR500 5 string - what I would really like to try is the BTB 675 - the SR is a little narrow but the best so far ( my son plays an Ibanez Jet King 3 Bass which he loves ) Anyway that's me - take the pee I'm used to it