Waddycall

Just joined the short scale club by picking up a Vintera mustang that was for sale locally. Here it is next to my Ray for scale. It had the flubbiest sounding flats on it but I had a set of medium scale pro steels which I’ve put on through body and they’ve reallly brought it to life, sounds ace.

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Just tried one of these jaguars and really liked it until I tried it on a strap and found the neck rapidly heading towards the floor. Anyone else had this and if so how do you find it for regular use on a strap?

41 minutes ago, NikNik said:

Wouldn't give those guys the time of day again. Enquired twice about the Goldo neck they were selling and never heard back from them! Have sourced a UF Jazz neck from a member on here instead!

Thats strange. I bought an unlined Goldo neck from them and it turned up really fast. Nice neck too.

Thanks folks. Good info and sort of confirms what I was expecting really. I’ll keep practicing some blues stuff and try to focus on not overplaying which I have a tendency to do (badly). Probably be a few weeks before I go along to one. I’ll do a bit of research and see which are the most promising.

https://www.dv247.com/en_GB/GBP/Fender-Player-Series-Fretless-Jazz-Bass-Neck-PF/art-BAS0012052-000

So I’m currently bandless and am nursing a bit of a nerve issue in my right arm so don’t have any current plans to join a band. I’m hoping that may change in 6 months or so.

in the meantime I’m planning on attending a few jam nights in the autumn. I’ve never played bass at a jam night. Ive been playing bass and guitar for 30 years but never been much of an improviser. 

To try and avoid jam night embarrassment I’m intending to practice lots of blues stuff etc but is there anything else that’s regular jam night stuff? Are there any particular songs that are likely to be played at these things???

Cheers,

pete

Any idea how old this amp is? Can’t find a lot of info on line.

41 minutes ago, Musicman666 said:

i'm beginning to wonder if some of the unlined guys also buff the numbers of their car gearstick just to keep it real.

???

Looks like a dustbin

Ive been playing my unlined fretless the last few evenings (against physio advice🙄) and I noticed that when playing stood up I use the side dots which are on the fret positions 3,5,7 etc. I have to get into an awkward position to see the face of the fingerboard so don’t think I’d benefit from full lines but maybe side lines at all positions would be useful.

Thanks Paul, that’s helpful. I’ll give it a bit of regular use and see what happens. Did wonder of it was a bit of a gimmick but endorsement from a fellow bass player gives it some credibility 👍

8 minutes ago, PaulThePlug said:

Powerball Gyro...

Like this? Never really got the hang of it. Do you use one? How do you get on with it etc?t

Just now, Bunion said:

The military way, man up and work through it, pain is a sensation sensations are all in the mind! 

Nah, don’t think so. Hoping to have at least another 25 - 30 years playing out of this arm so don’t want to do any permanent damage.

Well I’ve had three visits to the physio and not played bass or guitar for weeks and have been told to lay off for longer - probably end of August. It seems to be improving but we’ll see. Might try the left handed mouse thing. I’m pretty ambidextrous so might take to it ok.

According to the manual it’s a peaking bell curve control set at 5 kHz. I think the one on the HA is a shelving filter affecting all frequencies above a certain value but not sure which. The manual would tell you.

I’d go for this and the Goldo neck from DV.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265683982848

would need tuners, nut, retainer, neck screws and plate but it’s easy enough to do

Apologies if this breaks the rules - I have a QSC RMX850a for sale if that’s of interest. I paid just over £150 for it.

7 hours ago, Jonesy said:

Nice! Really like it without the control knobs too. 

 

Did you have to do much fettling with the neck, or does it drop straight in? I'm guessing it doesn't come predrilled too? And one last Q......are there side dots on the neck in the right place?

There was no nut, no tuners, and no predrilled fixing holes so it takes a little bit of work but it’s not tricky.

there are side dots at 3,5,7, etc note positions (not between fret positions like some)

I put one of these on a loaded squire jazz body I got off eBay. I also added a MM pickup later as well as a Kiogon loom.

necks really good. I had a lined fender neck on it originally but I wanted the challenge of going unlined and I didn’t need like the look of the fender fingerboard.

https://www.dv247.com/en_GB/GBP/Goeldo-NJFLF-Fretless-Neck-for-4-String-Jazz-Bass-Rosewood-/art-GIT0009714-000

6 hours ago, Nebadon2000 said:

The presentation/announcement of new products may have been lacking but the new look, products and cleaning out of old are great and solid move by Marco.

 

the '58' combo's with choice of new tweeter types along with ceramic woofer choice available and having FX loop, DI out on front [top], no rat fur, receded quality handle made in Italy along with New sized and shaped Italian line of Cabinets starting at 9.8 Kg doesn't have a 'turn off' vibe for me.

 

Never made it far enough to find out what all the fuss was about. It’s only bass amps after all........🙂

Wow. I was starting to get a bit Mark Bass curious but watching this has turned me right off🤣

Sold an amp to Ilian. Easy transaction, great communication. Feel confident dealing with Ilian 👍

Matt bought a pre amp from me. Great chap to deal with 👍

5 hours ago, Matt P said:

I've been looking at this for far too long, PM sent

 

Matt

And replied......

The TRS (two stripe) plug on the WL-50 probably has the extra connection for charging up the transmitter. Have you tried a mono cable straight into an amp? I’d plug a lead in and touch the tip to see if it hums then plug it in the bass and see what happens.