MoonBassAlpha

I'd say grime is the major culprit

The tension measurements would suggest the bottom two strings could do with being a bit beefier, and I found that when I tried out the Japanese model with whatever comes standard.

The Mambo Kings has a nice soundtrack, especially if you like, err, mambo! My Mrs loves Armand Assanti, so I get to see it quite a lot. No, I don't get it either...

[url="http://www.metalnecks.com/"]http://www.metalnecks.com/[/url] Might be of interest in this thread....

If the power supply is low on one side it will clip on one half of the waveform only. Depending on how low that side is may give quite a subtle distortion. I'm sure if one side had completely gone, the distortion would be quite noticable.

Is there a snake trapped inside?

Anyone for a little Stump?

I'd be tempted to do the repair properly first and see how that works out. But then, I'm a tight git and a bit of a bodger

Is it your watch being picked up as you change hand position? Pickups pick watch clicks up quite well, and mobiles before they ring.

Yup, a hairdryer will work, I've just tried it. They run hotter than you'd think

Sorry for the guitar content but the collective wisdom here usually comes up trumps regardless... Looking to replace the scratch plate on the above, its from 1983 iirc, is one described a US/MIM likely to fit? Cheers all MBA

[quote name='Chrismanbass' timestamp='1420660340' post='2651914'] short sentence got 3 f's in it....... seriously there are ways to get a good sound out of a kick drum without cutting a hole in the front head [/quote] I dare say there are (don't know too much about it myself) but there is a hell of a lot of pressure to comply with the sound guy for fear of getting a sh*tty sound. And this instance was taking the head right off, not making a hole in it.

Jimmy Evil, a guy who does sound at the Cellar in Oxford, made a drummer take the head off his bass drum, as he insisted it would sound rubbish if he didn't. He does the sound there a lot, and it usually sounds good in there. The drummer clearly didn't want to do it either!

Sounds like the pot issue is just a taper problem, linear not audio. I just swapped a tone pot out and it does this. It was a b-type, I think I should have got an a- type.

I found it interesting, especially his view on the scoop of his e q which seems to be the polar opposite of most of the received wisdom on here about getting heard "in the mix"

I just find it irritates me every time it comes on, the bass line is really quite out of tune, I'd expect better from JB. That's all. Merry Christmas!

Roadkill?

Ooh, I see he's using the combination Speakons now. That's handy. Review soon as please! Looks tasty!

I thought they were really nice too. I don't think the necks were particularly skinny, and the profile is more rounded than most today. One of THE most comfortable basses to wear IMHO.

The cab on it's own would blow the budget though....

Finally picked up the guitar last night, all bets off, It has a (full size) humbucker in the bridge already. It looks a fair bit like the DiMarzio in his other one but the bar poles are chromed and don't even go under the low e string. The middle pickup is almost flush with the scratch plate, so no wonder it sounded weak. Haven't plugged it in yet, but I suspect a correctly spaced bridge bucker might help for a start! And don't even get me started on the home done "paint" job!

Just supported Laeticia Sadier (Stereolab) in Oxford and still buzzing! It was a lovely gig, her music is like floating on a cloud. Really nice folks to boot. They've got their last gig of the tour tomorrow night in Brighton, I'd really recommend it if you like your pop dreamy and French-flavoured!

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1418581489' post='2631402'] Listened to him a lot back in the day. In fact there was a period of about six months where I wouldn't even consider listening to anything at all unless it was on ECM records. Eb is a class act and no mistake. [/quote] I know EXACTLY what you mean, ECM had a beautifully recorded, spacious sound that was very compelling. I could have happily listened to no other label back then, around '79

Commercial Album is the only one I own,but I love it - great for making unwanted guests go home. The guitar solo from "Moisture" is my ringtone (Fred Frith)

Thanks Meddle, it's all useful information. Keep it coming folks. Cheers