Geek99

I concur with the measurements from bassdoc but add that the bridge pickup (to back edge) is 32.5 cm on my 62 reissue cij

Last time it was at a pub in nottingham. Worth going to, budgetbassist organised it as I recall. We should do it again really.

Will confirm from my 62 ri jap jazz tonight

62 reissue jazz gets my vote

Maybe I'm being dumb, but why is that a typo? There's only one of her.

I just subscribed - at least its a UK focused mag. Fewer typos this month, I thought

Serious action needed on the typos - but I'm liking the rest. Seriously thinking about subscribing

Featured in last months BGM magazine - he plays a rick too I believe . I also liked 'somebody told me' and their version of 'romeo and juliet' off 'sawdust'

Its on the sawdust album currently being sold very cheap at hmv - also recommend 'joy ride' on the 'day and age' album

[quote name='RhysP' post='521846' date='Jun 23 2009, 04:45 PM']People don't shout about them because they haven't got the supposed kudos of a big US manufacturers name. I've no direct experience of their bass pickups but I've used various Armstrong guitar pickups and they've all been excellent, just as good as your Duncans, Dimarzios, Fralins etc.[/quote] +1

thanks - the linked list is much easier to read/understand

hi - am I being an idiot or are these hard to find on the patch list? Some of the names are so cryptic that I dont know what they are. Can it do a rimshot? thanks

[quote name='robert43' post='514255' date='Jun 15 2009, 02:56 PM']Hi I was wondering if any 1 has had any yhing to do with the Vintage brand bass es by JHS . The model Iam looking at is the EST96AF ( looks like a 5 string Stingray / sub) Is this brand any good or bad?. I want to try a 5 string bass & was going to build 1 . I have a SD MM 5string pickup. as I like the look of Stingrays. If I bought this bass I have a preamp I can put into it & as well as the SD pickup. That way I can have the double H pattern. Any comments welcome thanks[/quote] I have exactly this bass (but the four string version) - its fine for what it is, the neck is nice and the fretting is good. The tone shaping is okay. The pots needed a squirt of cleaner and then they were fine. The pickups are alright but a little quiet, my CIJ jazz is louder. The pickup is the only thing I [i]might[/i] change about it.

I bought it for the first time this month in a bid to make up my own mind. It was okay, Franc O Shea's column told me something I really didnt realise. However the review writers [i]badly [/i]need to use a spell checker. Question: they give away free strings with a subscription - are only .45's available? I use lights

The 60s bridge pickup is nearer the scratchplate (I have a CIJ 62 RI) than the 70s - judging visually against mine I'd guess there's maybe 15 mm in it

[quote name='Paul Cooke' post='505009' date='Jun 3 2009, 08:11 PM']I also use the output of my Zoom B2.1U as it automatically adjusts to drive headphones when it senses them in the circuit rather than an amp input.[/quote] + 1 on the zoom - it also has a metronome and a basic drum machine built in.

I dont think Ebay would entertain [i]total [/i]nudity? She looks a bit photoshopped to me - look around the face and see if you can see what I mean.

[quote name='DDBass' post='504108' date='Jun 2 2009, 07:17 PM']Hi. Hope I can help as I use this drum machine regularly. You can change the number of beats in the sequence from 8 to 4 very easily. You need to go into the edit section (where you've already changed the quantize). If you continue to scroll through the menu it gives you the option of number of beats in the bar. Just change it to four and remember to save. Sorry I can't be more specific than this as I'm trying to recall from memory as I don't have the unit or manual to hand. It's very easy to do though. Good Luck David[/quote] Thanks - I figured out my original problem from reading some generic drum machine stuff in ed friedlands 'bass grooves' but I couldn't work out /how/ to save changes - you press the PLAY button bizarrely.! It just seems wierd that the metronome click happens at the start of a multibar pattern not the start of each bar!

[quote name='allighatt0r' post='502561' date='May 31 2009, 09:10 PM']I'm not sure what you mean by resting the pad of my finger on the pickup, do you mean the point of my thumb? Also, Geek99, sorry, I meant parallel! Perpendicular would be very odd![/quote] I believe she means putting the fat fleshy part of your thumb wholly (and flat down) on the pickup's upper face, not just the tip of your thumb. It should spread the load a little and take pressure off the joint.

Hi, I just got one of these and I am confused about one aspect. The standard "number of beats" shown when programming is 8, even though I've set the quantize to whole notes/crotchets. The metronome clicks loud on beat 1 and not again on 5, suggesting each beat shown is an eighth note/quaver However it sounds, given the tempo, as if its counting out two bars and you, by default, program a two bar phrase for a pattern. can anyone advise?

[quote name='allighatt0r' post='502127' date='May 31 2009, 10:13 AM']About a year ago, i switched from being a pick player to a fingerstyle player, mainly because the joint of my thumb nearest the fingernail is doublejointed, and bends too far backwards, so i can't hold picks properly. Also for tone reasons. Anyway, at my gig last night, about halfway through the second set i started getting pain in the knuckle of my forefinger while i was playing... I don't think there is anything wrong with my fingerstyle technique, i keep my fingers perpendicular and my wrist straight, but i was wondering if anyone else gets this, and if there is maybe a detailed "how to play fingerstyle like a pro" article about so i can look at learning from the ground up?[/quote] It may be that you play too agresisively straight off and need to warm up your joints first? I always think its best to move all of your finger joints a little to play a note than to over-extend one joint to do the whole thing. Equally I'm not sure that perpendicular sounds ideal anyway. I would recommend alternate heat and cold on your joints to calm them down (hot water bottle or wheatbag, then bag of icecubes, alternating). You may also want to try ibuprofen as this has an anti-inflammatory effect.

@am1 What worked for me was learning a scale down a single string, and also across/down the neck as high as I could get.

I suggest going Japan (CIJ) - nice balance of price versus quality. My 62 RI jazz is amazing.

I'm with you all on the hand size thing - mine arent huge. I have a Stingray clone, and a CIJ jazz. The jazz is easier/more comfortable to play by a mile.

[quote name='Hamster' post='488785' date='May 15 2009, 12:39 PM']If you have the skill to build your own, then Bill Fitzmaurice's designs are outstanding. For a £300 - £400 build cost you'll easily have something better than spending twice or three times that amount on a commercial offering. The plans are comprehensive and easy to follow, plus there's a lot of support on his forums for tech discussions. [url="http://billfitzmaurice.net/"]http://billfitzmaurice.net/[/url][/quote] I'm slightly confused - do you have to make the [i]loudspeakers[/i] yourself? I ask as he seems to talk about cabinet design but doesnt say what speakers to use - all the photos and drawings are of the cabinets. I thought loudspeakers used special paper and magnets and so on. EDIT: Okay, think I get it - these are the cabinet plans and you have to decide which speakers to put in? I'm not sure I'd know how to do the wiring for cross overs and so on.