James Nada

I've recently required an old Marlin Slammer bass which had some unusually shaped, small pot shafts.  I need a couple of knobs for it, can anyone point me in the right direction for some suitable new knobs?

On 29/09/2018 at 12:33, Rich said:

You need something like this (the little white one, obvs)... bought as a giggle many moons ago from a long-gone member of this parish. It's tuned to A (above E) because I've never had the time or patience to find the right gauges for it. 

What's the scale length on that?  You could probably use the BEAD strings off a five string set and tune to EADG.

Nice - I'd like one of those to keep in the car as an emergency bass 

It's a lovely bass sound on that album.  A Burns Sonic I believe.  

According to Wikipedia, the bass parts were played by Alex Turner on a number of tracks.

I've got an Ignition Club bass, which is identical to the violin bass other than the shape. 

It needed a decent set up (intonating it was tricky*) and I put on some (expensive) La Bella flat wounds on it for extra sixtiesness.  It does 60s Garage Rock, 'Beatles' and folky/acoustic very well.  My main bass is a Precision - the Horner serves really well as something quite different to that.

Is it versitile? No. 

Do I like it? Yes, a lot.

*If you get one, I'd be happy to pass on what I learned about intonating these. Drop me PM

I like it a lot.  I'd be interested to know how the string tension feels on such a scale.

I've been listening to this band a lot over summer.  Great stuff.

They're touring the UK in Autumn.

Dead Roundwounds is a good band name.

Do any dead roundwound lovers have tips for reading new strings in the event of snapping or buying a new bass?

And it's a scratchplate not a pickguard.

I'll accept plecguard though.

Looks great!  

6 hours ago, bertbass said:

Cheap Behringer graphic pedal will do that for you.

x2

I have one of these as part my "emergency' kit.  Used it yesterday as I had to go direct to a PA- perfectly decent for tweaking the tone.

I've had no luck with Roland at all - they just don't respond!  I thought I'd ask the good people of BC again...

I have a Roland Bass Cube RX, the one with four 4" speakers.

Unfortunately, one of the speakers has developed a blown speaker "fart", so I would like to replace it.  Can anyone recommend a suitable replacement speaker - a Google search offers no joy.

The drummer I play with says plastic tipped sticks are quieter than wooden sticks.    I'm not convinced it'd make a huge difference, but there you go.

Might be worth a go though if your drummer is reluctant to use some of the other solutions offered.

I've always thought East 17's Stay Another Day is sparse enough to cover in a variety of styles- one to make your own.

@hooky_lowdown, can I ask where you got the replacement pickguard?  

Very cool - nice one.

18 hours ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said:

Send an enquiry to Roland at https://www.roland.co.uk/spares/

select microcube bass rx on the drop-down menu

Thanks - I've messaged them.

I have a Roland Bass Cube RX, the one with four 4" speakers.

Unfortunately, one of the speakers has developed a blown speaker "fart", so I would like to replace it.  Can anyone recommend a suitable replacement speaker - a Google search offers no joy.

Didn't Mike Lull use one of Jeff's Hamer 12s as the basis of a "new" 12er?  I think the neck was reused and grafted onto a new body.

Did I read this in Bass Guitar Magazine a couple of years back or am I misremembering something else?

Gene can be an enormous prick at times, humble and humorous at others, but is a pretty genuine WYSIWYG guy by all accounts.

I believe he's a pretty underrated bass player, and not one to shout about how good and tasteful his long melodic lines were on those 70s Kiss records.  Great tone too!

This has total Glam swagger AND make up, but isn't always thought of as glam.    

I remember this well, RAW magazine (the wannabe Kerrang). I was keen on getting the drumkit but my parents convinced me to get a bass (a Marlin Slammer)

16 minutes ago, Nothingman said:

What I’ve heard they don’t seem woolly, only described as woolly. I think I like the humbucker sound on bass. 

Don’t worry about hijacking. Maybe we should talk about this body....

I'll send you some pictures 

I have one.  Contrary to what most internet options are, I don't find it at all wooly.  Quite middy in fact. I actually modded it so the humbucker  is wired in parallel to round the tone out a bit.

Nice neck too.  So nice I took it off and put it on something else.  (Not trying to hijack the thread, but if you want to buy the complete body it's doing nothing in cupboard)

One of these would do it

Fender ABY Pedal Switch Between Two Amps or Guitars 023-4506-000 https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00HQXUH5W/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_USZwAbXNJ0RPR

There are cheaper ones out there too.  A friend if mine uses one of these to switch between guitar and pedal steel into one amp.