Chiliwailer

Served me well over the years -  marks from use, but not abused, and still works great. 
 

I think I have a spare USB cable too, if you need it just let me know and I’ll have a proper look and include it. 
 

UK post included. 

35 minutes ago, Leonard Smalls said:

I got a touch confused... Rather than Bulldog I went for Bulgarian!

 

 

One listen and the hooks were stuck in my head 👍👌

As new, perfect condition. Came with my AVRI2 ‘61 reissue Strat. Case has never been used, and the guitar is a keeper, so it’s up for grabs. 

Posting this now so I can have a free weekend and some headspace - been getting a bit fixated, as usual, and already spent more time on Logic this month than I should have...

Scooby Snacks My Bitch Up

That puppet dog looks like he’s had a few scooby snacks - so we dusted off the keyboard, went electro, and got that canine and chums on the mic.

@Sweenyrod Roderick bought a bass from me last year, via eBay, but we’ve just been chatting again via Basschat, so I thought I’d add to this thread of recommendation as I’d definitely buy or sell with him again. 

1 hour ago, JJMotown said:

Some new flatwounds have fairly long silks at the ball end, which go over the saddles on my fender bbot bridge, causing them to sound very dead. I saw Duck Dunn had the same issue, and put some small nuts at the ball end of his strings which sit against the heel of the bridge, extending them enough so the silks don't go onto the saddles.

 

Does anyone know what size nuts will allow the strings with silks at the ends to fit through?

 

 

Like this:

 

 

I think a 105 string is about 2.6mm, so maybe try M3 size - I think that’s 3mm, but could be M4 🤔 I bought M2 recentlly, they were 2mm. At least that hopefully gives you something to go on. 

On 03/05/2025 at 18:45, UberWomble said:

Hi,

 

On an ordering page, I'm seeing a neck and a bridge model for the Big Split, however, with being an internally hum cancelling pickup, I don't understand why there would be more than one available, unless it's coil wind, volume etc....

 

Does anyone know.

 

Intended installation would be Bridge, Mid, and Neck, all up against eachother, with Dingwall type wiring.

 

I.e. Bridge, Bridge + Neck in Parallel (Jazz), Bridge plus middle in Parallel (MM), and Neck in series (Psuedo P Bass) and Bridge (Parallel) + Neck (series) for PJ tones.

Nordstrand respond pretty quickly to enquiries in my experience, last time being just the other week.

12 minutes ago, lurksalot said:

 

 

"Ralph the Bulldog" 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I chuckled muchly when this presented itself in my PM's !

 

 

 

 

 

 

😂😂😂

I’d prefer not to choose a photo ta, so that leaves 2 😊

22 hours ago, Bagman said:

Does anyone here have quality time with both an USA Stingray Sub 5 and the "normal" Stingray USA 5? 

 

A Stingray 5 has become available and I'm pondering...

SUB 5 was cool as it had 2 band EQ and an Alnico pickup - at the time the Ray 5 had ceramic, 3 EQ and switch, and ash or alder body - the SUB was poplar. The slab body isn’t for everyone, comfort wise. 
 

Both good basses, just a bit different to each other.  The 2 band has a warmer tone in some ways, and the alnico pup is more traditional. I  did play them side by side back in the day, liked them both for different reasons, still do on other models. 

Now £55 posted, but I won't be dropping any further.

Final price drop - £60 posted to a standard UK postcode 

This 1995 Stingray had many mods since I first got it in 1996; it's not the best Ray I've ever had, but we have history and it feels like nothing else in my hand.

It sounded great with ceramic pickups earlier in the year, but I think I've finally cracked the right mod for me this time (see Sabre comment below) - 2 x Nordstrand MM4.2 pickups and an Aguilar OBP-1 preamp. Each pickup has a 3-way series/single/parallel switch, and there's a 3-way pickup selector switch. I may add an active/passive push/pull volume switch at some point, but the cavity is pretty tight with wires so not too sure yet. 2 x 9v batteries are under the pickguard, in between the pickups. 

The neck pickup in single coil mode is real oid school, and almost like an old P Bass, so that was a nice surprise.

Each pickup has the rear coil engaged when in single mode, which I prefer to the regular Stingray HH single settings of either both outer or inner coils; it just sounds better and makes more sense for me. 

I'm haunted by a '78 Sabre I sold in 2007, and keep hearing it on old recordings, but this bass now finally gets into that territory with the neck pickup in series with the bridge pickup in parallel - such a great tone  

So it's now wearing a new 90s style matt black pickguard and a fresh set of Tis. Happy days. 

Now £55 posted, but I won't be dropping any further.

I’m a big fan of these pickups, but now that I’m keeping my Fender Active Flea I’ve added a neck pickup to my trusty Stingray and gone back to alnico pickups, so this is not needed anymore. 
 

The Classic series is brighter than the Original series, but retains the lush smooth Bartolini tone. I personally feel like the Classic is the best all rounder. 

These are ceramic, and therefore deeper than an alnico MM pickup. 

The back has some sign of wear, my mistake, as when I first I put it in my Ray I forgot to put in the foam, so it got marked due to my DIY drill-routing.  One of the wires detached,  so the wires needed soldering to fix it, but it's working great - so just don't forget the foam to protect the exposed wires! I may even have some foam I can throw in if you need it. 
 

Postage included. 
 

Cheers 

7 hours ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said:

Here's my entry. Just in time for the deadline.

 

This is about Quantum mechanics, specifically that quarks are never found alone — they are always stuck together in particles like mesons, which are made of a quark and an antiquark, or baryons — like protons and neutrons.

 

When you try to pull a quark and antiquark apart, the force between them gets stronger, like stretching a really tight rubber band. If you keep pulling, you give it so much energy that instead of breaking apart, new quarks appear from that energy thanks to E= mc2. So instead of ending up with a single quark and antiquark, you now get two new pairs each comprised of a single quark and antiquark stuck together.

 

The song is divided into four verses, with each one focusing on a specific topic:

1. Quark Confinement Basics
2. The Rise of Confinement Energy
3. Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD)
4. The Hadronization process

 

All instruments apart from the bass were programmed in Logic using logic's built-in instruments and all processing was performed by logic's built-in FX.

 

Alchemy was used for the 303ish Acid loop that repeats throughout. There's also an analog sounding pad plus transistor organ and electric piano.

 

I used a text to speech app to make the lead vocal and fed this into the EVOC 20 vocoder on the repeated chorus.

 

The bass part was recorded using my Rickenbacker 4003, with each pickup recorded on a separate track via the Rick-O-Sound output. This allowed me to use the bass pickup consistently throughout the song, blending in the fuzzed treble pickup for eight bars after eight bars without.

 

 

 

Genius 👌 

I'd have actually paid attention to science in school if they taught it that way.

Domnington 1994 - Biohazard, then Pantera, then Sepultura - was nuts…

…and then bizarrely followed by Extreme 😂

Enjoyed the YT vid, cheers for posting. 

1 minute ago, Chiliwailer said:

That’s really good to read, it is a great Jazz, I remember how the balance and feel are amazing, and the stacked Fralins sounded great in it 👌

 

I ended up with another Jazz, finally found a CS relic with a neck and balance that actually feels just like my old original 64, and it sounds lovely - and same as you, after all these years I’m not using a P anymore, which I never would have believed if someone told me it’d happen. Strange days… 😊

.. and to add, I finally realised I was keeping the P (and therefore nearly sold my J) just out of habit and thinking I ‘should’, like it’s an expectation, so I’m glad that changed looking back now 😂

16 minutes ago, probonopublico said:

I've still got the Jazz Dan and sadly it's taken over the P bass as my goto.  This is despite much effort to keep the P.  Just had it set up.

That’s really good to read, it is a great Jazz, I remember how the balance and feel are amazing, and the stacked Fralins sounded great in it 👌

I ended up with another Jazz, finally found a CS relic with a neck and balance that actually feels just like my old original 64, and it sounds lovely - and same as you, after all these years I’m not using a P anymore, which I never would have believed if someone told me it’d happen. Strange days… 😊

Oh, just saw the Neutrik link above, good brand too 👍

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One of these will do it Gus, needs to be a stereo one for the active power to be on. 
 

Barrel jacks often fail, so worth getting a name brand over a cheapie I think - you may find a cheaper Switchcraft elsewhere if you look?

https://allparts.uk.com/collections/barrel-jack/products/1-4-inch-long-threaded-barrel-input-jack-switchcraft-152b-stereo

Always a pleasure to interact with Pete, thanks for an easy transaction pal 👍😊

MXR M233 Micro Amp +

These are made in the MXR Custom Shop. 

Great for setting levels when switching basses, or for a volume boost when you need it.

Tone controls are super handy too. 
 

Really excellent condition and works perfect. 
 

Price includes postage to standard UK post code. 

26 minutes ago, Brucegill said:

 

@Chiliwailer played this a few weeks ago so can hopefully chime in to confirm condition etc.

 

Big rich tone on this one, really resonant and defined, definitely one of the better Custom Shop basses, and yeah, excellent condition 👍

Sorry you have to sell it bro. 

...maybe 'passive preamp' is just a flash way of saying passive circuit?