PunkPonyPrincess

I’ll get a chipmunk pedal. Maybe two cheap uns for the band.

I’m Just a lightweight anyway

Just for onstage mojo this is a complete winner, but, that being said, helium is a very scarce resource for us at the moment...

‘kin awesome. Ta.. https://clairefoxx.bandcamp.com/track/oh-my-god-the-cis-are-at-it-again

I have a new pop punk song i’ve demoed for the band it has chipmunks in it i want the chipmunks live for this song what is a good way? its just for a few lines: “Hashtag not all men’`, “ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba” “being a Nazi is haaaaaaaard!” “Can I still be your friend?” something that is cheap and one-shot is great. I’d normally consider a soundboard type application with a raspberry pi or a sample player mashing on some game pad Buttons but the “ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba” is sung and in time with the other harmonies....

Yeah. See last para.

I’m down in the borders. Of course it doesn’t have to be laser cut as most XY mounted CNC cutters could probably do the job just as well. The general idea is just hack out stencil text so that it is readable in the colours of the instrument below it

As above Seymour Duncan quarter pounders are pretty fracking excellent - A set should set you back about £160. They’re very cuddly and warm presentation and work very well on fretless and have an excellent high output... your pots remain. Snip snip and replace where you found everything with new pups. Easy. satisfying. That being said my daily driver is a set of active EMGs which can be had for the same sort of money. This replaces everything: pots, pups and wires. As a short-term measure you can talk the battery pack in the cavity below the precision pick ups but it really needs a proper battery pack at some point. It’s not really a classic sound unless you want cranked up and gnarly. Whatever happens upgrading a lower cost Bass with primo parts is always a good idea...

I’m planning a new bass at the moment and I was going to get some stickers made but I thought it might be more fun to actually have a scratch plate laser cut and with stencil text and a logo so that the colour underneath the instrument comes out through the pickguard Before I begin this process has anybody tried this?

Jean Jacques Burnel for me. He’s used Swing Bass for as long as I have been playing bass and it’s kinda etched into my mind now so that I just buy multipacks of Rotosound Rotobass and re-string every new bass that comes through my door. His bass playing is unique and aggressive but melodic and punchy without being too twangy, that’s a good basis for my own bass explorations. Tough too, they can take a lot of hard playing. I know what I like and I’m not going anywhere. I always carry a set of 45/65/85/105s in each bag, (as essential as fresh knickers and anti-social “go away” earbuds.)

Are we allowed more than one? (yeah, antifa Moomins, because you know they would despise Nazis too...)

Thank you that is massively helpful. and please never ever feel you need to apologise for orientation

I’m having artwork for a relic (aka bashed up) 51 pink bass being made for me, I need to send the ppls doing the cosmetic relic work a decal but I could do with a size at the widest point for my artwork... can anyone tell me what size i’d Need to fill this space? please? Widest point at the tips of both arrows ideal...

To be honest I’m mostly a punk rock bassist and playing punk on a £3K bass guitar is an enormous form of bogus... I’ve got my instruments all sorted out now; DIY assembled, DIY upgraded, some posh pickups for good sound but nothing obscenely foo foo. If I want to go nuts, I can go nuts on a chop shop bitsa. If I want to sling the thing on the floor and stomp offstage... yeah... not gonna happen with a £3K foo foo Bass.

I’ve played 5 stringed and headless (NS/Steinberger) before but never in the same combination with fan frets — an easy adjustment. I felt the price was not reflected in the sound or build quality of the instrument and that I could do better by buying better hardware for what I already own. Strandberg’s woodworking was presentable but so so, the finish was inferior to my £180 Korean Ash PJ Bass and the neck — an interesting piece of machining technology — was not enough to counter my other misgivings. I felt like I wasn’t getting my money’s worth. It was lightweight and comfy to hold but that alone did not justify its price. For £3K I’d rather commission a luthier or do what I eventually did: self-assemble/upgrade with better quality parts and pocket the difference.

I bought one on the proviso I could return it... I returned it. I was looking for a lightweight bass. The Boden was a comfy but not a great sounding instrument, I spent a few hundred quid upgrading my Korean chop shop bitsas PJ basses Instead with EMGs and Seymour Duncan quarterpounders, bolt mods, Hipshot bridges, Schaller and Fender machine heads, and spent some time on a good setup. £2.4k better off. Frankly, for the build quality I could do better elsewhere. Itch scratched, I don’t miss it. I also came to realise I don’t like headless or five string basses.

Just fitted two of these to replace the bent metal ones on my Fender PJs. Bolt Modded, Pup upgrades, Kickass Bridges. Really surprising what you can get out of a Korean chop shop Bitsa stuffed with crappy parts...

Last week playing “No Cops @ Pride”... at Edinburgh Pride

In 77-78 ricks were never £3k they are today and they were rarely seen them or now.