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Are there many active/passive basses on the market? [/quote] Hohner Jack Bass, and their Steinberger-a-likes have a switch between active/passive with an LED on for Active... Good value basses, the Jack, and a nicer shape than a Status. **covers head and runs for cover!!**

That's so nice. I've never seen that shape in a bass before, like a Les Paul Junior or LP Special. MMMMmmmm!

Was it anyone on here?

what holds the scratch plate on on this one?

... went for £420 in the end. Just missed out.

I Can't believe there's only been one call out for Kim Clarke of Defunkt so far! She plays really interesting funk grooves, and is about the only one in the band that really nails their jazz numbers when the rest of the band frankly sounds like they're struggling. I can't remember hearing any other girl bassists playing slap in '81 either. Also, I nominate Bilbo as the best carrot-holding bass player out there. Bar none.

You can tell it is a B302 - 2v 2T controls. I had a B301F (fretless) in mahogany and it was the worst fretless I've ever played. Most of the neck was a dead spot! That might explain the recurrence of one in a shop...

"Frampton"..... tee hee. see the Profanisaurus for why this is funny!

A bit of foam tucked under the strings right at the bridge has the desired effect, worked a treat on my Marathon 6 string fretless. I also used an Alesis Microverb on the smallest room size reverb at about 50% mix which gives some of the resonance characteristic of a DB. These things worked for me, but I imagine nylon wound strings and also a piezo bridge would get you some of the way there too. Cheers Jules

I've defretted a Hohner Jack Custom and it works really well. The sound lovely and woody. This could be a real bargain for someone prepared to spend a bit of time.

Sounds more like a wiring fault than the pickup itself.

[quote name='budget bassist' post='318481' date='Oct 30 2008, 04:28 PM']Copy? That's a gibson mate But no, i'd never even buy a thunderbird to begin with, least of all that one![/quote] Oops! just assumed it was a copy because it looks so tacky! It would look better if the front was continuous Zebrano. That just looks wrong to me. And tacky.

If it were on a specific guitar, I would say check the truss rod has tension on it. I know this may sound a bit daft, but I'm wondering if many top end basses have very stiff necks, what with graphite reinforcing rods etc. so that they don't require much (any?) tension on the rod to produce the required relief. If the rod is loose it does create a nasty sounding resonance. The reason I mentioned this is I have a bass that does exactly this (the one in my avatar) To stop the rod resonating, the relief has to be set t about nil, even with 45-105 strings on. Cheers Jules

[quote name='neepheid' post='317593' date='Oct 29 2008, 02:28 PM']Check the Warwick Streamer in my Zebrano Wideboy 5 build thread. Oh, and the build itself. I *hope* it'll look ok on a nice bespoke bass [/quote] Actually, yours does look quite nice. I could be converted...

Thanks for all the feedback folks! As I mentioned before, in a guitar it sounds nice and acoustic-y, and I figured it would add some top-end zing, and air, especially on fretless bass. It's a little way off yet, but the next questions are going to be: 1) recommended types, price etc. or more to the point NON recommended 2) Will a straight buffer amp do, or is some EQ required? 3) A quick scan of eBay brought up this, [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BASS-BRIDGE-W-BUILT-IN-PIEZO-PICKUP-ACOUSTIC-BLACK-NEW_W0QQitemZ250314000832QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item250314000832&_trksid=p3286.m63.l1177"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BASS-BRIDGE-W-BUILT-...p3286.m63.l1177[/url] Which seems reasonable and looks well made. Anyone Tried one of 'em? Thanks again for your views Cheers Jules

I've never really liked the look of Zebrano. I think it looks tacky, especially on a copy. Might look ok on a nice bespoke bass though...

[quote name='martthebass' post='315225' date='Oct 26 2008, 05:32 PM']I love these but hate the way the finish goes shiney with playing.....[/quote] Fine scotchbrite. And I think the stealth Bongo looks even MORE like a bog seat (imho, of course )

I'm wondering if it's a worthwhile thing to have. I have a really decent fretless neck kicking around and am toying with the idea of getting a body made, possibly chambered, with magnetic Pups AND a piezo bridge for more acoustic tone. I have one on an electric guitar (Godin) and it works nicely for that. Does anyone have any experience/ comments they'd like to share on this? Cheers Jules

I was surprised to fit a case accross the boot of a primera, it didn't fit a Rover 45 hatch!

South Bank Show was from the Album Variations by Lloyd-Webber, people like John Hiseman, Gary Moore, Barbara Thompson Julian Lloyd Webber (cello)etc. Can't remember who played bass, possibly Dill Katz??? Weekend World was a track by the band Mountain, dunno what it was called though. Cheers MBA

Back to the OP - the bass looks like it has a touch of Wishbass about it. Can't remember which model though.

[quote name='alembic1989' post='299131' date='Oct 4 2008, 09:14 AM']I think what I'l probably do when the frets are pulled out is not to laquer as I don't like the feel of [size=3][b]shiny laquer [/b][/size]under my fingers...I will do my best to wear out the neck...(.by practising more)..and then get an ebony board put on it at a (much) later stage..when I will hopefully be able to afford it....unless of course I have totally fallen in love with the feel of maple under my fingers....just a thought.[/quote] By the way, lacquer doesn't have to be shiny! you can knock the shine back to a lovely satin feel using fine scotchbrite or ultrafine wet and dry paper. Worth considering for the best of both worlds...

[quote name='alembic1989' post='299131' date='Oct 4 2008, 09:14 AM']I think what I'l probably do when the frets are pulled out is not to laquer as I don't like the feel of [size=3]shiny laquer [/size]under my fingers...I will do my best to wear out the neck...(.by practising more)..and then get an ebony board put on it at a (much) later stage..when I will hopefully be able to afford it....unless of course I have totally fallen in love with the feel of maple under my fingers....just a thought.[/quote] By the way, lacquer doesn't have to be shiny! you can knock the shine back to a lovely satin feel using fine scotchbrite or ultrafine wet and dry paper. Worth considering for the best of both worlds...