Mikey R

I dont think Ive ever tried a long train journey with three basses and a bag full of kit. Hopefully I'll be travelling alot lighter in the way back

Ive just booked me train tickets for next weekend Im planning selling my MM Sub (sniff - but it never gets played). Would I be able to bring this along so that anyone interested could have a play? I seem to remember there being a For Sale type table the other year, are we doing that again this year?

01. Silverfoxnik: Roscoe Beck V, BC Rich Eagle, Yamaha TRB5 with Norstrand p/ups and Auderre pre, Hughes & Kettner Bassbass 600 head & SWR Triad.. plus old Peavey Head and 1x15 for the Jamming Room (unless anyone has something else we can use that's better?) 02. EssentialTension: Fender Precision 62, Fender TF Fretless P, Lakland Decade, Mesa Walkabout 12. 03. Waynepunkdude : Arsenal shirt, Nick Cave underpants, Sunburst Musicman Sterling H and Ampeg SVT 2pro G&K Neo412 04. Clarky: Currently Ampeg Baby Bass, Acoustic Image/Euphonic Audio rig; By September, who knows (watch the FS forum) 05. Truckstop: MIM Fender Jazz V, pimped Kay 2B; Gem/Ampeg rig; some effects 06. Urb - either Sei Jazz or Singlecut - and maybe some pedals - possible Genz Shuttle 9 07. dc2009 - Warwick CS Corvette $$ 5, Epi TB Vs (Reverse and non-reverse), my Dean if anyone actually wants a go, Trace Head, Marshall cab (heavy and big), various pedals. 08.Shockwave - Pedulla MVP5 Mean Green machine. 09. Sibob - '71 Precision, '73 Jazz, MIA Jazz 5 if there's interest, Barefaced Compact, Orange Terror, Pedal-board if there's interest. 10. MacDaddy - Custom Shuker & Hamer Blitz or Iceni custom. 11. Essexbasscat Roadworn somethingorother + Gs112. Amp - not sure which one yet 12. Plux - Berg HT210 & HT115 Hartke LH500 Ibanez BTB 13. 51m0n - Berg ae410, MB, Focusrite and Roscoe 14.seashell - MIM Fender Precision + some sort of Marshall practice amp (I'll look it up tonight) 15.Barneyg42- Some secondhand tat bought over the years! 16.Happy Jack - Double bass of some description + Status Graphite Streamline 5 17.silddx - Hohner B2ADB Headless Boat Paddle / Home Built Chris Squire Electra Evolution 18.TomKent - Fodera NYC Empire 5, Fender Jazz 4, Vintage Stingray 5, Faker P 4 Fretless, Faker P Fretted, Krampera KVB800 Rig, some pedals too.. 19. obbm - Shuker PJ5, ACG headless 5, Aguilar SL112, Ashdown LB, GK Microstack. 20.ped - Vigier Passion bass, BC T shirts 21. Merton - 4 Statii (yes, 4, hooray!), Multiscale prototype, Eden WT550/GK MB200 and Barefaced Vintage 22. Jean-Luc Pickguard - NS-Design CR5M, Ashbory 23. Stingray5 - Musicman, Tune, Trace Elliot, GT-6B, other stuff tba 24. Bassace - A double bass and an amp or two 25. Walman - Wal Pro 1/Custom, G&L L2500 fretted & fretless, MB LMT, BF Super 12T, assorted EBS pedals 26. SlackAlice - Squier P Bass Special........& hopefully another addition by then. Ashdown Electric Blue 180 12. 27. mcgraham - Wood & Tronics 5 string fretted & 5 string fretless 28. Pantherairsoft - Roscoe Century Signature 6 & Custom 3006 Fretless 29. Maverick - Maverick S4 Nemesis, Fulltone Bass Drive & EBS Microbass II. Possibly more, dependent on transport. 30. Grand Wazoo - Basswise I'll take whatever I like. mostly wonkey fretted ones and an Ashdown Drophead 30 31. sockdeluxe_mikey - Lakland 44-01 and possibly one or two others, Markbass SA450 and Barefaced Compact. 32. Arco - Yamaha SLB 100, Precision, Markbass CMD121P plus anything wlse I aquire before then.... 33. cetera - 1986 pre-Kramer USA Spector NS2, Spector Euro4, Wal 'Geddy Lee', Jackson 'TBX' (Thunderbird), Gallien Krueger 800RB, Bergantino NV610 34.bassmanady-Shecter Diamond series Elite 5 string & Sei Flam 5 string. 35. Mikey R - Blue P bass with a selection of stomp boxes

[quote name='Merton' post='1308371' date='Jul 18 2011, 08:25 PM']Have persuaded MikeyR to come down from York again, hooray [/quote] I'd totally missed this thread. Yep, Im planning being there with the brown wonky fret wotsit and the blue monster.

you could try bypassing the tone pot altogether

[quote name='Gust0o' post='1179197' date='Mar 28 2011, 10:14 AM']Was good to meet so many forum members, and you all have some very nice kit. I was a little hesitant, being a first-timer, but can see this growing on me; and I'm still surprised at how local some of us are! Suggest some York beers?[/quote] Yep, agreed! Four hours was not nearly enough time to hang out and talk some bass with you guys.

Yep, huge thanks to Keith for organising and Phil for tempting me with a new shiny grunge box...

hmm, this may get expensive not long to go now folkes! im going to break out the alen keys and give the beasties a bit of a setup tonight

go for easily worked woods. yep, basswood is good, also considder poplar, lime, aspen, any of those close grained cheap species. you can probably get all the wood from a good sawmill for around £50 to £80 squids. enjoy!

Ah, that is just so nice! Beautiful sounds even out of my laptop speakers.

[quote name='owen' post='1134932' date='Feb 20 2011, 11:10 PM']Purple Turtle music for the 4 string set. I am nit sure if they stock the B. Roadtoad from the US for the B[/quote] Cheers!

Where do you get hold of the strings for these? Are they in regular music shops?

[quote name='retroman' post='1118947' date='Feb 7 2011, 02:40 PM']Cheeky GIT! Suppose I had better bring the mighty mudbucker bass along again if you're coming Mikey [/quote] Yep, you had! Playing that monster is a real experience

Theyre really not that expensive - [url="http://www.rapidonline.com/Electronic-Components/Optoelectronics/3mm-LEDs"]http://www.rapidonline.com/Electronic-Comp...ronics/3mm-LEDs[/url] [url="http://www.maplin.co.uk/components/optoelectronics"]http://www.maplin.co.uk/components/optoelectronics[/url] Make sure you calculate the correct resistance to limit the current!

I skipped a few pages, so I dont know if anyones brought this up. My Bass Collection is a keeper, only because it wouldnt fetch much second hand. Its a great lightweight bass, but since its probably worth just a little more than a burger from a van, I would have to be very down on my luck before I sold it.

I'll be there! Lets get this list going: 1. Yorks5stringer 2. Mikey R - the blue four string and the funny brown five string (har har, beat you to it Retroman! )

hey Retroman, i really liked your gibsons! that eb2 is a monster!

I dont like it but I need to take my name off the list 01. Silverfoxnik: Roscoe Beck V, BC Rich Eagle, Yamaha TRB5 with Norstrand p/ups and Auderre pre, Eden Metro Rig, and a Peavey MKIV head and SWR Triad for the Jamming Room (unless anyone has something else we can use that's better?) 02. Merton: Status Retroactive J, Eden WT550 and Barefaced Vintage, & multiscale 5er 03. Silddx: 04. Hamster: 05. WalMan: Wal Custom, pair of G&L L2500s, Markbass Combo, Epifani Cab, Marshall Superbass 100, Bass Pod Pro xt 06. Jakesbass: 07. Happy Jack: Kit: PJB Bass Buddy, Rolls PM1, ‘Mystery Guest’ + 3 sets of headphones. Basses: The people will decide. 08. Ped: Vigier Passion II with Marleaux and Roland GK electronics, Roland Vbass unit, 1u 800w digital poweramp, SWR 4x8 and 1x15 09. 51m0n: Bergantino AE410, Markbass SA450, Roscoe CS 5, Pedal board with various bits of lovely goodness, Bergantino HT210 and HT115, Ibby BTB470 10. obbm: Godin A5 fretless, Shuker PJ5, PJB Cub, PJB-D200, Lakland PJ Duck Dunn, TecAmp Pleasure Board and Sony headphones 11. jhk 12. Stingray5: Musicman, Tune, Fender, Westone basses; Trace Elliot GP12SMX combo + 2x10/2x5, Boss GT6-B 13. pete.young: Bass Collection 465 and GK3-B plus Roland V-Bass, plus Yamaha BB800 and maybe the Burman Pro 4000 14. Andy 15. sockdeluxe_mikey: lakland 44-01, Markbass SA450, EBS 112 Neo: 16. Clarky: stealth black Alembic Spoiler, TC 450 and RS112 cab or Markbass CMD121P combo 17. Bottle: Precision special, EBS cabs (yep, both the 4x10 and 1x15), maybe a couple of 1x12's, and my GK MB500 head 18. Truckstop 19. Bloodaxe 20. Waynepunkdude: SX Bass 21. Barneyg42 22. essexbasscat 23. Stylon Pilson 24. Kraken 25. Alien 26. Bassmanady: Yamaha TRB5P 27. Clauster 28. Paul S: Trace Elliot AH300-12 + 2103H 29. Cetera: Spector basses, Wal bass, Sansamp RBI/RPM rig, Genz 212 30. TomKent: Eden Nemesis 250 Combo, Fretless P-Bass and my J-Bass 31. Urb 32. charic: line6 studio 110 33. Alex Claber: Barefaced cabs, RIM bass 34. walbassist: PJB M-300 and a 6B cab, plus my Veillette basses. 35. sean: Yamaha BB2024x, Yamaha BB2025, Spector NS5-XL, Mesa Walkabout Scout 12" combo, Mesa Carbine M6, 2 x Bergantino AE210, Assorted FX 36. thestick: various basses 37. Plux_the_Duck: see 51m0n list above 38. MacDaddy: custom Shuker and possibly my Hamer Blitz or Iceni Zoot. 39. johnnylager: Pimp Euro 5, a Jap P, the LH / Big Juan rig and the DHA thing. And a couple of cans of lager. 40. simon1964: '64 P and the Shuker 41. Tait: Taitycaster, Mark Hoppus Jazz, and maybe the Ibanez SR500 42. Sibob: 1973 Jazz, 2003 US Jazz, Orange Terror, Ashdown EVOII500, Ashdown mini 4x8 cab 43. philw: Wal Mk 1 Custom Fretless, the gorgeous Veillette Fretless Acoustic Bass and the very small AER Amp One combo 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50.

[quote name='eude' post='1013498' date='Nov 5 2010, 04:57 PM']Wow - nice work fella![/quote] The bevel around the body is very nice and crisp very tidy work!

[quote name='jayblaze' post='981031' date='Oct 7 2010, 10:29 PM']So please tell me that it is rewarding and fun to make your own plank right? You never need to pay silly money for a nice bass again. What basic tools do I need?[/quote] You will need to spend a little money on tools. You'll also need somewhere to work. Bear in mind your first instrument will probably not be as good as you want it to be - design it to be simple, then build another more complicated. And accept that it certainly wont stop there, this stuff is addictive. So, no, in the long run it certainly doesnt save money! Lastly, dont build a bass to save money, build a bass because its something you want to do.

[quote name='Merton' post='969399' date='Sep 27 2010, 12:58 PM']Can we add MikeyR to the list as well? He'll be bringing my multiscale if it's finished, and prob his Shuker P and maybe the multiscale proto if he can carry it all [/quote] Hey, sorry Im late to the thread, I'll be along with the small blue one and the big brown one with the wonky frets. If I dont get the Mertbass done in time I'll try and bring it along anyway just for laughs.

Personally, I really like the mojo look - its honest. And the Royal visit was a bit of a non event really. She turned up, shook the CEOs hand then left.

[quote name='Merton' post='958736' date='Sep 16 2010, 07:49 PM']Finally, the strap buttons (or lack thereof). OK, I bought some straplocks for her, easy. Except that BOTH holes for the screws were so royally buggered that the biggest screw thread you can stick through a straplock hole still won't have any wood to bite against. I seem to have lost my tub of wood glue at the moment but i have some cocktail sticks primed and ready to plug the holes and start again...[/quote] Hey Mert, you really dont want to rely on cocktail sticks to hold the weight of a bass! Your best bet is to drill the holes out with an 8mm bit and insert and glue in 8mm dowels, then drill the correct size hole. Ideally, you would use plugs cut accross the grain rather than dowels, but the ones you can buy from homebase should do the job ok. Nice find by the way! Youre an addict

Jon had some buckeye burr at Shuker Towers last summer, it looked like fairly gnarley stuff, with cracks and voids that would need to be epoxied. Would it be structually sound enough to make a top from?