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I think the early passion guitars had Vigier’s own bridge and locking term. Around the time the Arpege had its own proprietary bridge. 
 

5 minutes ago, 0175westwood29 said:

 

had a little sort out and switch up as I fancied bringing my Tyler back can’t wait to dial this in later tonight 

 

 

Is that why we had a power cut yesterday!

4 minutes ago, alittlebitrobot said:

Yeah, I agree - I'm reshaping the pickguard and will probably have to rout the cavity a wee bit so I think I can fit three pots while keeping the input jack where it is. I'm just not convinced about the VVT approach. I'd like to have some blend so I'm exploring my options now.

I realised that I never use a volume on the bass so didn't bother!

5 minutes ago, alittlebitrobot said:

 Beautiful combo!

I just bought a squire Bronco and I'm replacing the stock p'up with two jazz pickups like yours. I was going to go for full-fat jazz bass wiring (volume, volume, tone) but I see you've just got two pots. What's the wiring setup?

Once it’s done it’ll be blend/tone with a series/parallel switch on the tone pot. I’ll probably favour the bridge pickup on the fretless so it’s good that the DiMarzio J pickups are hum cancelling. I wanted to keep the jack on the front of the bass to match the Mustang but three pots is also a good option 👍🏼

The neck pickup being that close to the fretboard would be a bit muddy. Better to have the additional pickup near the bridge to approximate jazz spacing. Imo obviously

2 hours ago, Byo said:

The red Mustang... 🔥🔥🔥

What pups have you got there? Looks like a Thunderbird-style and a really beefy single coil, has a Burns vibe to it that fits so well!

Cheers, the 66 has two Gemini pickups, the front is a dual coil 'Degenerate' with one extra hot. It gives a lovely P sound. The bridge is a 'Surfrider' and it's very powerful, so the honk is amazing. There are a few audio clips here and the build diary for the bass is here - you can see it was modified already when I bought it, so no crime has been committed.

The fretless build diary (more of a parts assembly thread) is here

41 minutes ago, fretmeister said:

A shortie I just discovered

 

https://akamaguitars.myshopify.com/products/akama-mini-beast-mini-bass-travel-bass-ultra-lightweight-silent-portable-electro-acoustic-bass-high-quality-portable-bass-for-music-lovers?variant=44530846597292

 

 

 

There's only a few seconds of playing in that vid but I like the look of it.

 

I need to find some more demos.

That's cool, it's like a Fodera Monarch  and an Ibanez JEM had a lanky baby

Welcome to BC @DanDoesBass

I'm a paid up member of the Mustang Brotherhood - which is weird, because a few years ago I would have laughed at the idea. I bought the '66 Mustang on a whim and fell in love with it, especially with rounds. Since I had it modified with new pickups it's become my favourite bass. I realised that short scale would be really well suited for fretless, given the additional weight afforded to the higher strings. I bought the '72 Musicmaster and a fretless Mustang neck to test that idea, and it's fantastic. Shortly the bass is going to a local luthier who is doing a few other bits such as correcting the electronics, replacing the bridge and possibly epoxy coating the board.

15 minutes ago, Grahambythesea said:

I am trying to upload a picture for the thumbnail for a bass I wish to sell, but it keeps telling me it’s too large a file exceeding 1024kB. How can I reduce it? I’ve tried new pictures and to change setting on iPhone camera but cannot find any way. Can anyone point me the way?

The thumbnail will automatically generate from the first picture in your advert, if that's easier.

I must admit, when it comes to music, I care not a jot for anything beyond the music itself. I don't really listen to the lyrics or care what a song is about, and have no interest in the band member's affiliations or predilections beyond their stage and studio gear. 

6 minutes ago, Beedster said:

A guy in a band I used to play in - he was singer AND guitarist - had a rather 'het everyone, look at me' car. We were outside a venue waiting for him a year or so back and had got into conversation with some rather nice locals who'd come to see the gig. Anyway, said singtarist arrives in said motor and one of the guys watches him pull up and said "You'd have to be a right f***ing c*** to drive that" to which I said "That's our frontman" to which he said "Ha ha, nice one, you almost had me going". He didn;t stop apologising. Point being, Nissan Juke or any car in that general space is NOT OK  

If it had more than 250bhp then it’s ok 👍🏼 

Someone in my band has a Nissan Juke and I’m perfectly ok playing with him

10 minutes ago, Woodinblack said:

 

I haven't had those but I am one for buying synth pedals and not using them, so this would be right up my street

I like your thinking - lets get some

7 minutes ago, simonlittle said:

I feel seen… 😳

 

I've had some of them too, big box Cali (I actually sold that to Scott) and some 3 leaf stuff (proton and wonderlove). I have no need for a pre/DI. I'd like to try the MXR at some stage though experience with the FI and C4 tells me I wouldn't actually use it.

13 minutes ago, Greg Edwards69 said:

Ooh, I don't know about that. I don't usually like false overenthusiasm, but I can't help but like IMA. He's one of the few bass content creators I actually admire and can relate to. He's a proper working bassist who has a great ear for tone and loves playing with effects. And importantly, he's not flashy and doesn't make content to show off his technique, unlike a lot of other well-known bass content creators who don't seem to leave their house.

Same, he's a really nice guy. He'd be just as enthusiastic about your setup no matter what you had in your chain.

3 minutes ago, knicknack said:

@ped It was fitted when i got the bass, and I think we felt that it was part of the story... and that it looked good anyway!

I'm surprised it fits over the bridge, but now I think about it, it probably seems as though it's designed to fit! I do a lot of palm muting on my stang so I haven't tried one, but it does look good. 

Absolutely stunning job. Interesting that you replaced the non original bridge cover - is that a Daryl Jones nod? 

If you don't own one of these, a Noble/Capo and a Cali 76, are you even really a bass player

6 minutes ago, Hellzero said:

Your intonation is more than correct Chris, no big out of tune notes at all, just always a bit too sharp, but don't worry it doesn't destroy the music at all.

 

I've heard way more out of tune notes by professional renowned classical violinists or cellists, but beware of the lines as you'll start playing out of tune for sure if you rely on them (your always a bit too sharp intonation is certainly because of that).

 

That said you can use a slight bit of chorus if you're not 100% confident with your intonation, it will level things up.

 

Concerning the ebony fingerboard, it will take years and years of heavy playing to mark it to a no return point, but a levelling will sort it.

 

And raise that E string a bit, it will breathe even more. 😉

 

Thanks for the comment. I'm glad it sounds OK. Better to be consistently wrong than all over the place - as you say, perhaps it's partly the bridge intonation. The strings are really light gauge so I can't quite get enough relief on the neck with them as things are - once I have the new bridge installed I'll do a proper setup with my usual strings. Currently with the truss rod slackened off, there's a verrrry slight back bow giving some rattle around the first few frets.

The parts are all arriving over the next few days - the bridge and decal are here, the pickup surround and loom are in the post - so we're nearly there.

Hm I’ve gone from graphite necked midi equipped basses to vintage wooden short scales. Probably about as opposite as you can get!

21 minutes ago, shoulderpet said:

Not wonky just slanted for warmer D and G 🤣

Unfortunately the slant is so slight that I can’t really make that argument 😂 it did cross my mind though 

1 minute ago, tauzero said:

 

Perhaps https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003662960717.html would help.

Thanks - I must admit having never taken a tuner apart or replaced one before I'm fully ignorant in the ways of the tuner. I'll have a look at how things fit together and see what needs doing.

Another option is to have the Musicmaster neck defretted, giving me the option of the Mustang ebony neck which I could leave as-is.

37 minutes ago, BlueMoon said:

How’s the neck dive? 😳

Better now I've attached a strap to it that goes around my head

Thanks to the most excellent @Burns-bass I am now ready to celebrate the hootenanny!

1 hour ago, Stub Mandrel said:

Very nice 😎

 

Are you really going to encapsulate that lovely ebony in plastic?

Yeah I think it'll really show off the wood nicely - but will see what the luthier says. I'm only interested in it because it looks so nice but the more I read about it the more I'm leaning towards leaving it alone - if it needed some work anyway then I'd be leaning towards it but as it is - I'm not 100% sure. The material varies so much so I'll see what Steve says, what he has experience using, and go from there. 

Currently the relief is about right but I'll wait until it's finished to put my favourite and slightly heavier strings on it, and the new bridge. These strings are OK but I've forgotten how 'grabby' non coasted strings can be.

All in all I'm really glad that the main parts function so well before the modifications/corrections take place. It also needs shielding, badly. Lots of hum when not touching anything but silent when you do.

So:

- Bridge is on the way

- Neck needs coating

- Musicmaster decal to be applied

- Pickup surround on the way

- New wiring loom being discussed (likely pan/tone with series/parallel option and possibly second capacitor mode

- Shielding

- investigate using original tuners (maybe)

- Learn to play