Doctor J

Versatility is fine, but if they don't work together without tweaks, something's got to change. Just wondering if it's worth going with a humbucking J or taking the plunge and routing out and putting another MM in there.

I own an Ampeg solid state guitar amp. Does that make me a bad person?

Yep, if I was going to spend huge money, Japan would be the first place I'd look... and in Japan it'd probably be STR who'd get the cash. They're the "best" basses Deviser make, which leads me to believe theyre very special indeed. [url="http://www.deviser.co.jp/modules/str/garage/eng/2009/02/07-200939.html"]http://www.deviser.co.jp/modules/str/garag.../07-200939.html[/url] Something along the lines of...

I've a rather tasty Godlyke Disciple 5 which I has a Nordstrand mm5.2 and a nj5 installed, both fine pickups in their own right. The problem I have is that they just don't seem to work well together, the single coil nj5 just sounds too bright in relation to the mm. Even though I've a coil tap on the mm, I just can't find a spot where I can switch from one to the other without having to tweak the EQ. I was thinking of going for a HH setup and install another mm5.2 instead of the J. Any HH owners have any opinions on this, is the H in the neck position just too much? Should I just change the single coil J for a humbucking model?

Got to be the Wave

That's a spicy meatball, very nice!

You asked permission? I just went ahead with it and asked forgiveness

[quote name='Raggy' post='941869' date='Sep 1 2010, 11:39 AM']Thats flippin' ace. But can I ask why it might be a bad idea to hang them on your wall, I was thinking of doing that.[/quote] I just thought they'd take up too much space and be too exposed to potential damage from general gobsh*tery and clumsyness. This way, it's much less obvious to the missus when something new arrives discreetly

[quote name='Tengu' post='942017' date='Sep 1 2010, 01:25 PM']The language pedant in me can't walk past without suggesting that the name should really be "Wardbass", seeing as a wardrobe is a ward for your robes - thus this is a ward for your basses, not a bass for your robes. I am very sorry, this is an affliction of mine and I can't help it Excellent idea though. I only wish I had enough basses to justify the work.[/quote] Hmmmm, I see where you went wrong there. Quell your inner language pendant for you'll see that is it is not a Bassrobe, no. The extra d you've overlooked belongs to a word I made up during the construction process for a stylish container for fabulous basses, a drobe. Hence, Bassdrobe™. Were it erroneously derived from wardrobe it would then be Bassrobe, but that just would make as much sense as calling it a Guitarcape. Nor even Bassddrobe, I'm all for double d's but not in this context. Let it be written in the good book of bass! Good effort though

Why is having more than one an issue? Surely you can use just one bass for the time being and leave it at that? At least you won't have to splash the cash when you snap out of your fever realise how crazy this is

[quote name='Fat Rich' post='936803' date='Aug 26 2010, 09:41 AM']How about a walk-in Bassdrobe? A bit like this one but for basses..... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9oy9Kl3ROw"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9oy9Kl3ROw[/url][/quote] That'll always be the dream

[quote name='Stingray5' post='936621' date='Aug 26 2010, 12:00 AM']Looks a neat idea but is that bare wood that the basses are being held by? Don't mean to pee on your parade, Dr J, but might there be a slight risk of the odd ding or mark on the necks? Perhaps some sort of protective cushioning (rubber strips, etc.?) glued to the edges of the wood? If I'm on the wrong track here, please excuse me and I'll grab me coat... [/quote] Start coat grabbing Cheers lads, I'm quite pleased with it, even if I do say so myself. It's foam lined where it counts, there are two foam padded bars running along the bottom which support the weight of the basses and the mdf rack which keeps them upright. That's also foam lined (actually with that sticky backed draft excluding foam) where the necks rest in each slot. I plan on covering the whole thing with velour or something similar in the very near future.

So you get a few nice basses, where do they live? On the wall? No, that's just asking for trouble. In a case? No, they need to be accessible and that would look awful. So what do you do, where do they go? In the Bassdrobe™, that's where. Not quite gear porn unless D.I.Y. gets you jolly, but there it is anyway http://basschat.co.uk/public/style_emoticons/%3C#EMO_DIR%23%3E/tongue.png

Hahahahahaha how could you do it? She thought you loved her?

Hi Dave

It's an absurd figure, I won't even try to count it. Then again, I once went on a bender for about four years and, whenever I think about how much that cost me, I don't feel so bad about the instruments

That was a standard model around 7 or 8 years ago, I remember it from when I bought a 62RI J fretless from Ishibashi. Never saw it outside of the stock Fender Japan photo though, very nice, that it, very nice indeed.

Four grand[i] almost [/i]gets you strings aligned with the neck and pickup?

Just saw this now, very sad news. He always came across as a very good natured and funny guy. R.I.P.

[url="http://www.stingus.net/forum/threads.php?id=1843_0_13_0_C"]http://www.stingus.net/forum/threads.php?id=1843_0_13_0_C[/url] Modulus graphite by the looks of it

[quote name='Born 2B Mild' post='929225' date='Aug 18 2010, 11:26 PM']Some quick snaps. [/quote] Just quoting so I don't have to keep scrolling back to page 2. Man I hope you have a white suit to wear with this

I bought a Bacchus Woodline P Classic a few years back and it's the King P of P Mountain as far as I'm concerned. Cost slightly less than an American Standard too, even to import from Japan. The pickups are bang on, it'll roar like an angry bear if you work it hard but has got that motown fatness too when you roll the tone back. Tried a selection of other P's but they just don't give me the same warm glow. I like it a lot. Plus, those glow-in-the-dark side dots are f*cking genius

By the power of Larry Graham's thumb that is a beautiful instrument!!! Wow. Stunning. I think I need to sit down with a nice cup of tea now.

There's no point going over to poke the wasp's nest and then whining when they show up pissed off with you. Leave them crazy people be, I say, at least they seem to be largely self-contained over there, even if it is fun to have a quick peek at the mentallers from time to time. Honestly, the "take a bullet" line... FFS let's not bring that to basschat, please. It raises and interesting issue though. Given how much forums like this are now responsible for instrument reputation and, arguably as a result, sales, I'd be amazed if some companies don't have someone somewhere on forums all the time asking about weak G string output on MusicMans or poking at Fender build quality, for example. The internet is a great place for baseless and outlandish claims which quite frequently are taken as gospel and, let's be honest, something which photographs well will always generate more interest from the masses no matter what it's non-aesthetic features entail. That being said it's just a surprise when the head of the company is capable and seems to revel in generating such bad publicity.

I think the problem with bass cutting through or not is purely down to the player - their technique and how they EQ. I've never encountered a model of bass which wasn't capable of cutting through, just the players change.