MoonBassAlpha

If it is constructed anything like a Jack Bass (headless) it is a steel rod in an aluminium u-channel. The usual answer would be to take the fretboard off and replace it. I bored out the hole to the adjuster nut so that the rod assembly could be extracted, and they come out quite easily if you can grab it with something. This might not be as easy with a headed bass, as the, er, head might get in the way. Cheap replacement neck might be the way to go...

[quote name='Lenny B' post='976493' date='Oct 3 2010, 10:21 PM']Resurrecting this old thread... I've a gig coming up where ideally I'd switch between passive jazz and active fretless, but I'll be using someone else's amp and don't know how easy it would be to switch channels / whether there's an active/passive switch or otherwise match the gain. Am I right that a boss LS-2 wouldn't be ideal, as the gain's will still be mis-matched? (A further related point is that my Demeter Compulator distorts a bit with the active bass - there's an adjustable gain pot, but does anyone have any experience of matching this for switching between active and passive basses?) Or should I a) get active pickups for the Jazz or; get passive pickups for the fretless? Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi etc etc[/quote] I'd turn the active bass down a bit until it matched the passive and leave it set at that. Should stop your Demented Constipator distorting too.

Bud - Weiser? It all makes sense now!

[quote name='misrule' post='972088' date='Sep 29 2010, 09:09 PM']Could you hack it into something like this? Cheers Mark[/quote] And if the end doubles as a bottle opener, that's a bonus! Clever guys at LeCompte

I couldn't agree more, there's nothing wrong with Selects at all, and the humbuckers are pretty high output too.

use a guitar synth midi thingy for guitar and bass sounds?

[quote name='beardybass' post='955662' date='Sep 14 2010, 06:29 AM']It looks like a softmint! Not necessarily a bad thing, but you wouldn't people to come up and start sucking on your instrument while you're on stage, now would you?[/quote] No, I'd probably wait till afterwards.

"Play Misty For Me" has a nice section at a jazz festival in it - might have been Weather Report at some point.

I really like the sound you got there. What did you use in the way of treatment(s), if any - sounds really chunky!

Don't fanny around, just fit a passive volume control to one channel of your a/b box. Could barely be simpler.

John Renbourn - the Black Balloon. Pentangle-tastic!!

I remember seeing Bebop Deluxe on their "Sunburst Finish" tour, and Bill Nelson swapped his 335 for and Audition or somesuch cheapie for the last number to set it on fire. I felt a bit cheated and glad at the same time.

Sikamikanico by RHCP. Gotta love the punky half-time/full on thing! Not one of their best known offerings (B-side of Under the Bridge 12") but it is in Wayne's World briefly, so you will have heard a bit of it.

Couldn't you just add a small cap across the single to make it a tad less bright? or a cap with a preset pot that you could hide away in the cavity somewhere, set it up how you like it and then forget?

[quote name='Jigster' post='938920' date='Aug 28 2010, 06:00 PM']been using tru oil myself this week on an ash body - has got a lovely sheen to it. Am 9 coats down the line. How many did you do?[/quote] Err, I did about 3 as it was a law of diminishing returns. It was a bit scrappy under the finish, so the objective was to seal it rather than make it look great, I'm not into turd-polishing. However I did do lots of layers on the fingerboard (defretted) and that did sand down to a really nice smooth finish that felt great.

Alternatively, you could fill the slots with woodfiller and sand flat - works a treat. My U.S. Masters fretless neck apparently has the slots done (at the factory) in black epoxy. Looks lush! On my last 2 home defret jobs I used woodfiller (dark) for the slots and finished the board in Tru-Oil. That sands down to a really smooth finish, really easy to do too.

Alex, how high does the midrange unit go?

Think about why noone makes wooden tennis racquets anymore - stiffness and light weight. You design the resonances out. There would be a lot more material in a cab though, so that would be the killer, unless you can "acquire" it for less than you'd normally pay for it....

how the hell are you supposed to play the top 3 frets on that?

I ended up using Tru Oil and it pretty much got the finish I was after. I've since used it on 2 defretted fingerboards and it can come up really nice looking. It didn't fill in the gaps on the more damaged fingerboard very well though - wish I'd used filler first. Very similar to the finish on the U.S Masters fretless neck I ordered. I wonder if that's what they use.

I've always liked these - remind me a bit of Pedulla in the body. I'm sure I played a fretless in the Bass Centre years ago.

Nice easy transaction on strings, a pleasure to deal with, cheers! Jules (MBA)

If the rod is adjusted with a standard type truss rod adjusted taking a 4mm allen key, what is the tread of the truss rod likely to be? I'm guessing M5 but can anyone give me a definitive answer. I think it's an aluminium channel truss rod affair. Need an answer asap as I need to borrow some washers/nuts from work this lunchtime!

No one weighed in with the "load of old Warlocks" line yet? Disappointing!