Peaty

Hi Steve did you find someone or are you still looking?

I have had some good walnut from these folks http://www.deepinwood.co.uk

Yes give it a go. You would be hard pressed to source the parts for that price. Elm is pretty tough so you might have a bit of work sanding to get a good smooth finish, but for that price yes worth a punt and it will be a great start into the joys of bass construction. Post some pics when you get going. good luck Peter

Do you have the chip ?

Hi Tonyclaret, Did you get sorted with a 5er yet? if not i just noticed this in the for sale section. http://basschat.co.uk/topic/162983-yamaha-rbx375-5-string-l200-inc-shipping/ I dont know anything about this particular bass but i did have a 4 string rbx a while ago and it was a cracking bass. It might be worth checking out. good luck Peter

Sounds great, wish I was further west

Thank you these are so very useful...excellent stuff.

"The vans in the ditch.......again"

Hi Tony I would say going second hand will get you something more than good enough to work out if 5 strings is for you or not and I would recommend something from the for sale section of this forum where I have had some cracking basses including my first fiver (and many others). If you can get something local to you then try it out first. Certainly try some different string spacings and neck profiles, with five strings to stretch across you may want to go for a slimmer neck profile than what you are currently used to on a four but this is not necessarily so, it will depend on how you want to play on the fiver. As for brands well it is hard to touch the Ibanez offerings for bang for your buck, but I would say that Yamaha are certainly worth looking at as well. Good luck

Sounds mighty fine, Witney is just down the road but I have the kids tonight so no evening pass for me...Have a great gig.

Wow, it was already good, now its even better. Result.

The drum CD or the Bass or both?

Thanks Mark

I have a few Piezo related questions. I would like to use a piezo set up in my next home build so as a way of getting some experience with things piezo I am thinking of modifying one of my previous home builds to take a piezo transduced under the bridge. This is a 5 string two part bridge/end plate set up rather like the warwick bridges and is mounted on a solid bodied bass. So does anyone know if it possible to get a piezo system under this type of bridge? Can it be made to work or does it need to be under a more acoustic friendly design of bridge. Is the bridge the best place to put a piezo sensor. What sort of circuit is requited to convert the output to something that can go to a standard base amp. What brands/manufactures are worth looking for this sort of application. All help appreciated. Peter