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    Recording with a Wal, gigging with something else?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    [quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1441098186' post='2855945']
    Similar with my P. I had played it happily for ten years (with a thin leather strap) and it was only when I joined BC that I was told that it's 'unplayable' :D
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    [quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1441095286' post='2855918']
    I never got the issue about Wals and weight. It may be because I am 6'1" and 17 stone and that the 'extra' weight of a Wal is, in percentage terms, relatively minimal. It may also be that I have played one almost exclusively for 29 years and cannot remember what a lighter bass feels like. Compared to manipulating a double bass, it is a dream.
    [/quote]

    Same here. Never really understood the complaint and I'm no behemoth. Granted, I use a 4in leather strap but I've never had a problem with balance issues or the weight of my Mk 1 or my Pro (including across wedding gigs where you rack up over a couple of hours playing time). Of course, of someone finds it an issue there are plenty of other basses out there that they can plump for... Horses for courses.

    Wal Pro IIE at The Gallery

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    [quote name='mikeswals' timestamp='1440564209' post='2851918']
    It looked to me that the headstock only looked th way because of the camera angle. No?
    In the straight shot of the whole bass the head looks normal.
    [/quote]

    Mike, I think you're dead right... I think there are some perspective things going on with the photos. Looking at the top horn and counting the fret where the strap button lines up ( about 14 1/2), it's much the same as mine. Even though it still looks oddly long in the pics to me. The lack of any real background reference makes it harder.

    Lovely Pro, though!

    Wal Pro IIE at The Gallery

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    Interesting Pro IIE. There are a couple of anomalies about the shape... That is an unusual profile to the headstock but I think I've seen that once or twice before. The upper horn is a little bit elongated compared to most Pro models. I wonder if it was a very early production model while the series details were still bedding in (some very early Pros didn't have the mulkalungu stringers in the outer edge of the headstock. Or maybe it was a variant special order... Nice bass though.

    Is Keef right, Sgt Peppers is a load of tosh?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1438853537' post='2837952']
    It was released 48 years ago. It was one of the very first concept albums, the first to have no gaps between songs, the first to have lyrics printed on the cover and the first gatefold sleeve. It was one of the very first to include signal processing as a creative process, the idea of producer as an effective member of the band, and one of the first to use extensive multi-track recording. It was made as a studio album with no intention of ever having the band play it live, so could go anywhere, and did. In short, it was completely groundbreaking and started the cult of the pop/rock album. It was the benchmark to which subsequent bands compared their own output.

    I first heard it ten years after its release when I started to really properly listen to music and it blew my little teenage mind. So much music has been released since then it's easy to forget how unusual and how startlingly original this album was. In my view it has stood the test of time and still sounds very fresh and original even now.

    I love Keef, but if he said this then he's talking out of his arse. Jealous, much..?
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    This comment nails it for me. I adored SPLHCB as a teenager and listened to it over and over and over . Now, I wouldn't really sit down and listen to it as a piece. There are a few songs I still love but now I can find the whole thing a bit "Meh!" As a listener.

    The album and all it represents has a unique place in the history of rock. It was a landmark, pivotal and a game changer. There can be no arguing with that. However, when the Wright Brothers got their flier off the ground at Kittyhawk it was a landmark, pivotal and a game changer too. Must admit, that if I'm off on my hols these days I'd much rather be flying on an Airbus or a Boeing 777!

    Audere J3ZD preamp

    in Hardware & Accessories

    Posted

    Couldn't disagree with a word of that. I love the Audere circuit in my Frankenjazz and just how easy it was to fit. I think that three choice of all the ranges is really clever. The full range of each control is fully, musically usable and there aren't silly, unusable extremes. However, there is still a huge degree of flexibility and killer tones to be mined. Any other jazzes I get will have one of these dropped in as the first orderly business.

    As to the blend control vs the double volumes... I am so used to a pickup blend from my Wal that it is completely intuitive to me in a way the dual vols wouldn't be. So, horses for courses, I guess!

    Amazingly good piece of kit. Love the flexibility of that Z switch too!!!!!

    Post your pedal board - Basschat style!!

    in Effects

    Posted · Edited by TrevorR

    I little bijou in comparison to many but it does what I want and need it to... There is a T-Rex Fuel Tank Classic lurking underneath...

    It's not exactly a complicated signal chain but here it is...

    Polytune Tuner - Morley Dual Bass Wah - Electro-Harmonix Stereo Pulsar tremolo - ancient Boss CE-2B chorus - Tech 21 Sansamp VT Bass DI

    In addition there will be an Airturn Pedal on the floor for music on OnSong on the iPad. For two bass gigs (as opposed to church where I just use the one bass) there will also be a Lehle 3@1 switching pedal off the board but powered by the Fuel Tank Classic underneath (probably from the 12v output but maybe from the 9v - it's happy with anything from 9 - 18v if I recall correctly).

    Show us your rig!

    in Gear Gallery

    Posted · Edited by TrevorR

    Here it is... smal but perfectly formed for my needs. Except for playing at church where we're all amp free and my rig just comprises a Tech 21 Sansamp VT Bass DI, a Polytune tuner (and a few pedals)...




    And sans amp...

    Replacing the neck of a '75 Jazz bass

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    Have you considered geting a luthier to repair the neck and replace the truss rod? May be more straightforward than sourcing a 3 bolt replacement part/convert the body to 4 bolt.

    As far as upgrades are concerned... I see it already has a Badass bridge, always a first port of call. If you are thinking of going active I am a big fan of the Audere active circuit. I added one to my Frankenjazz and it is a really nicely voiced active circuit. All the fight tonal flexibility in all the right ranges without anyo fht esilly unusalbe extremes of some lesser quality systems. [url="https://www.audereaudio.com/Pro_JZ3.htm"]https://www.audereaudio.com/Pro_JZ3.htm[/url]


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