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[quote name='EBS_freak' post='907887' date='Jul 28 2010, 09:47 AM']Not really light hearted. Your post just seemed a little pointless - was it just a case of stirring up a paint vs tabletop argument?[/quote] very, very odd OP. Looks rather argumentative too. I don't really see much humour there, if there is some, it is well disgused. To KINGPRAWN: Woods are very tightly controlled now and it is very rare that a musical instrument manufacturer of any note would willingly contravene the law. Most of the weird spalted, burl stuff is no different to any other wood in terms of its ecological impact. Some people like the look of those woods on an instrument. I don't, I like solid colours. I don't have any problem with making guitars out of wood, as long as the woods used are sustainably sourced.

[quote name='EBS_freak' post='908049' date='Jul 28 2010, 11:59 AM']Ah OK. So it's if you are unsure or the stock nut isn't to your liking. I have to get my head out of custom guitar mode! I can see the benefit in that. A stock Warwick bass with a too deeply filed nut for your preference can be raised. Got ya. I suppose it's a more elegant solution than building back up the nut with resin and nut dust. (nut dust oo-er!) It does looks cool anyway. I may have to investigate further. Is the JAN III the same size as a standard nut?[/quote] All Warwick nuts are exactly the same and are moulded, so they are never an issue. All Warwicks are fitted with the JANII wherever they are made. The normal JANIII is the same as the special brass one but made from some sort of compound plastic. You never get a problem with a Warwick nut. Two standard widths and versions for 4, 5, 6 string etc. That's why I love Warwick so much, elegant ergonomic solutions to all the common problems. Their QC is incredible too.

[quote name='Low End Bee' post='907995' date='Jul 28 2010, 11:21 AM']I'm excited to see this. Is there going to be a fish on it?[/quote] Since Yes had a few fishy things going on in their songs and album covers, you bet yo ass there will be a fish on it

[quote name='EBS_freak' post='908007' date='Jul 28 2010, 11:35 AM']The JAN III nut - what's the advantage of it? Presumably because it's in 2 pieces, if you need the top bit replacing/change guage strings you can just drop in a new top? Or am I missing something. Fairly pricey![/quote] The JAN III is a great piece of design. It's main advantage is you can adjust nut height on both sides very easily.

The Warwick stuff arrived yesterday. The brass JAN III isn't as pretty as it looks in the picture on the Warwick site, but it's still very tasty, don't know if it's worth 98 Euro though. The gold knobs are seriously weighty. Good.

He's a legend! And it's Basschat's honour that you have an interview with him. Nice one Steve!

[quote name='EdwardHimself' post='907594' date='Jul 27 2010, 09:05 PM']Doesn't sound too bad to me.[/quote] It's nothing weird in theory, but I don't know any theory

[quote name='doctor_of_the_bass' post='907374' date='Jul 27 2010, 05:40 PM']Hallo! Been away for a bit developing my ESP and healing powers but hey, rock and roll still pays the mortgage! Ian (Ebasses) Hancock and I have started to `convert' my Electra to the Squire spec - problem is, I use it all the time and thus the mods are still under development! I've located some Schaller machine heads and the right version of the Badass bridge as per Chris' bass - Ian is going to refinish it and will have a polished stainless steel scratchplate made too! The only pics I have are sh*te but will upload em once they are on photobucket. The top horn needs slimming down a bit and the bottom horn is still too thick but this will be sorted!! Balance-wise, it sits very well, no neck dive to speak of! Oh, best of luck with this project! Cheers! Nick[/quote] Oh man, you are going ahead with that! Fantastic! Boy are you going to get some stick I can't wait to see it. I must admit I was thinking of asking you if you wouldn't mind doing a little measuring for me, but I just got on with it in the end. Do you have solid info on the CS mods? Or are you relying on various photos and what have you? Mine is a tribute so it bears little resemblance to CS's, but the visual essence will be there. Just praying the balance will be ok, but the mahogany body will be about 46mm thick and the hardware is heavy weight. Good luck with yours, Nick! Cheers.

[quote name='EdwardHimself' post='906719' date='Jul 27 2010, 09:47 AM']Guitar electronics is rather simple. Expecially compared to amps lolz. Help with what exactly?[/quote] All seems really complex to me! I'm getting the pickup resistance values tomorrow, but I want a three way pup selector, tone and vol for both pups, series/parallel/coil-tap switch for the HB, villex rotary booster. Sounds complicated to me! Any help is greatly appreciated

I may need some help with the circuit design

[quote name='peteb' post='905695' date='Jul 26 2010, 12:39 PM']I have read both the interviews with Zappa and with Thunes, and I think that I can get a pretty fair idea of what did go on - thru to be fair, Zappa didn't have aproblem with him, just everyone else in his band! Don't get me wrong, I was a fan, but I don't see how ST's outlook was any more valid than that of Chad Wackermann et al, who let's face it, were all at least as equally talented![/quote] Well, it sounded like you hadn't, apologies. Thunes had very big issues with most of the band when he was Clonmeister because a lot of them would turn up late to rehearsals and he felt powerless to do anything about it so he got angry and frustrated, it got worse and worse and more and more petty. Zappa asked the band if they would tour again, many of them said not with Scott. Scott offered to leave but Zappa said that's not the problem, it will mean I have to rehearse another bass player and I like what you do. So Zappa killed the band and any further touring. Not the first time Zappa's done that either. IIRC he fired a bunch of people including Vinnie and (I think) Jeff Berlin for trying to weasel more money, calling them "a greedy bunch of mechanics".

[quote name='peteb' post='905659' date='Jul 26 2010, 12:18 PM']I would personally be loathe to base my ideas on what it is to be a musician on Scott Thunes, a guy who has clearly lost the plot and who was in a band full of top musicians who all hated his guts and refused to play with him (thus breaking up one of the best bands ever assembled)! That’s not to say that he hasn’t got a point, but surely getting your particular sound on an instrument is a component of your own personal (musical) voice….[/quote] Regarding your first point, you don't know the story, I don't mean this in a bad way, but you need to read Zappa's view, and the Thunes interview to get a picture of what, as far as we can tell, really happened. Re you second point, that's exactly what Thunes means.

[quote name='Doddy' post='905558' date='Jul 26 2010, 10:55 AM'][b]All I'll say is that Scott Thunes is awesome,and that interview with him was one of,if not the,best articles that Bass Player has done. The full version in the book 'In Cold Sweat. Interviews with Really Scary Musicians' is even better. [/b] I'm off to listen to 'Make a Jazz Noise Here' and 'The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life'.[/quote] Nice one Doddy. Other than the Zappa interviews and books I've read, it's the only interview with a mucisian that makes sense to me, and it has taught me so much about what it is to be a musician. Scott Thunes speaks his personal truth in such an open manner and with such disregard for others' opinion about him, that it causes you to examine yourself very deeply, not just musically either. The interview in 'In Cold Sweat. Interviews with Really Scary Musicians' is half the book, and absolutely fascinating.

[quote name='Doddy' post='905558' date='Jul 26 2010, 10:55 AM'][b]All I'll say is that Scott Thunes is awesome,and that interview with him was one of,if not the,best articles that Bass Player has done. The full version in the book 'In Cold Sweat. Interviews with Really Scary Musicians' is even better. [/b] I'm off to listen to 'Make a Jazz Noise Here' and 'The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life'.[/quote] Nice one Doddy. Other than the Zappa interviews and books I've read, it's the only interview with a mucisian that makes sense to me, and it has taught me so much about what it is to be a musician. Scott Thunes speaks his personal truth in such an open manner and with such disregard for others' opinion about him, that it causes you to examine yourself very deeply, not just musically either. The interview in 'In Cold Sweat. Interviews with Really Scary Musicians' is half the book, and absolutely fascinating.

[quote name='Marvin' post='904637' date='Jul 25 2010, 11:46 AM']Probably, I've got no taste [/quote] Wait til you see it, I have a god-like vision Anyway, Adam has started the body, making it from 47mm Seraya Mahogany. He reckons it should be ready in a week or so!

He means your own personal inner musical voice, with the subtext that the instrument is unimportant, study and express music, not bass, don't worship other bass players. Sort of.

[quote name='OldGit' post='904891' date='Jul 25 2010, 05:00 PM']That sounds magnificent to me... I'd not worry too much about my sound if it was like that...[/quote] Ah! Cool. Agreed

[quote name='OldGit' post='904863' date='Jul 25 2010, 04:46 PM']Yeah well..... 1 he retired from music totally dischuffed and 2 he sounded like this: [/quote] Re number 2, I am not sure what to infer from your point..

[quote name='JMT3781' post='904824' date='Jul 25 2010, 04:01 PM']you could turn this into a "complete the quote" thread[/quote]

[quote name='SuperMaximo' post='904818' date='Jul 25 2010, 03:56 PM']*Looks in his copy of BGM* Woah, it does get cut off... Big mistake there[/quote] Got it yesterday and haven't read that interview yet. There are all sorts of weird typesetting problems creeping back in.

.. then you've missed the point of music completely." [i]Scott Thunes - October 1996[/i]

[quote name='hitchy64' post='903584' date='Jul 23 2010, 09:24 PM']Hi all, I'm building a Fender Jazz based Bass, I'v got a Jazz neck and a standard Jazz body will arrive soon. But I don't want Fender pick-ups, I'm after a differant tone. Any ideas??? Has anyone heard of Joe Barden engineering pups??? It will be a passive bass. Cheers, Hitchy[/quote] I really loved the Delanos in a bass I had last year, wonderfully open sound. I also had a custom Wilkins Jazz with DiMarzio Ultra Jazz pickups in. They were really lovely too, very authoritative and seemed like a very refined Jazz tone. The guy I sold the bass to was pretty knocked out by the tone too. All the above were passive. It's so subjective though, and although adjectives are woolly in meaning, they communicate more than a frequency map would. All I can say is those pickups really pleased my ears.

Very very good, and very interesting to play along with. The instructions do not make clear enough the point of the software. It took a few reads to understand the idea is to hear the time pulse in your head at all times and play with that, not to play with the secondary pulse. However, it is very good and I think it would be really useful. I think the object of most musicians should be to develop the clave sense, and I imagine this would help a lot. I do feel that a sense of perfect time is almost as rare as perfect pitch, but this software would help develop that skill and help a musician develop a very strong poly-rhythmic sense. I'll complete the questionnaire. Cheers.