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MoonBassAlpha

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  1. Offer still holds if you'd like stainless grub screws for it. MBA *edit - oops, forgot I already sent some!*
  2. You could try using Sugru and make a permanently molded rubbery attachment thing, if there's some part you can mold it around. You're only limited by your imagination with that stuff. It's a moldable, formable silicone rubber that you mold like plasticene but sets in rubbery form. Very neat stuff!
  3. If they are m3 screws (3mm Metric thread) as many Japanese bridges are, I have a load of high quality stainless steel grub screws. I could pop some in the post for you. The are fairly short ones, so they won't poke through the saddle and shred your hands. The also wont ever get rusted into the saddle. Just get someone along to confirm the thread size and PM me your address. Cheers MBA
  4. No, thank YOU! I won't have to have a little cry now for getting no votes on my first go, and it's all thanks to you. I love you man!
  5. [quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1468669664' post='3092518'] I'd very much doubt this... There was quite a slanging match on TB relatively recently... go check it out if you can interested. Might give a few pointers about general standing. And considering a lot of stories--of this type--never make into the public domain, that was quite..indiscreet..?? [/quote] I don't go on Talkbass, would you mind dropping a link in to that thread? Cheers
  6. Re the digital correction plugin, I listened on phones last night, sounded good. On my tiny desktop speakers here at work - still sounds really good. They have hardly any low end, but everything is still there, inasmuch as it is on any recording through these. Might just be the great mixing though, not just the plugin
  7. Thanks for the enrolment in the Hall of Fame. It's a good job it isn't only for people who actually polled any votes! I hadn't realised this thing had been going on since 2012 - I'd always intended to have a try at it. It just goes to demonstrate my ninja procrastination skyllz!
  8. @Skol303 Like that - thought it was going to be the theme from Bergerac at the start. Really nice fretless tone there.
  9. I've often casually wondered what the fret wire Eggle used on their Berlin guitars as the shape feels so nice under the fingers. It's quite wide and not super high, so it feels great sliding up and down the neck.
  10. And he's got a Big One, it's right there, in his sig.
  11. Well, here we have another first for me, although kind of in a reverse order. This was the noodle that became my July composition challenge entry. That's already in, so I thought i'd drop this in here too. I was just seeing what the Stagg electric double bass I was borrowing sounded like recorded. It's going in to my little Ashdown CTM15 with the D.I. driven from the speaker out, driven quite hard. There is a bit of compression and some reverb added. It's nothing fancy playing-wise, but the tone is quite usable, I think: [url="https://www.dropbox.com/s/29marsap7hutnwk/July%20Noodle.mp3?dl=0"]https://www.dropbox....Noodle.mp3?dl=0[/url]
  12. What on earth would you do with that? *remembers* Mahavishnu covers?
  13. [quote name='lurksalot' timestamp='1469220394' post='3096843'] I have struggled for time for any number of reasons this month so my playing on this one is a touch sloppy me thinks, but needs must when the devil drives https://soundcloud.com/lurksalot/room-just-room [/quote] Nice sounding piano there. I liked the tambourine playing too.
  14. I play fretless mainly, and I'm pretty sure I'd like my fretted basses to have frets as low as possible. I haven't had the guts to take one of them right down yet though. I think I might do it soon.
  15. Thanks Leonard EUB = Electric Upright Bass. ("But why'd they have to call it Stagg?") I've probably noodled on it for about half an hour in total since it was lent to me, all in 2-minute chunks, as it's quite physical! The physical nature of getting the strings moving makes the notes come out on the back end of the beat, adding to the lazy feel. I guess that would/could change if I played it more. Re Tom Waites - I was going to pitch shift the "singing" down an octave, but it sounded even more ridiculous... Think Darth Vader doing Waites. As I said, I resisted all urges to fiddle, tweak or "polish" (you know what I mean!)and found it quite liberating. There's a lot to be said for being time-bound. I did the gtr bass & drums, then went on holiday, back on Tuesday, words and mix last night.
  16. Hi all A number of firsts for me here. 1. Entry to comp comp 2. First time playing borrowed eub on recording 3. First time I've written words and sung along to them on a recording 4. First time I've played drums for "public" consumption I realised I had to do everything against my usual drawn-out procrastinating method just to get something out there. All the tracks were done in 1 take, bass, then drums, then guitar, 5 minutes writing some words then singing them. So no polishing or redoing. [url="https://www.dropbox.com/s/rzcsfr08asa5yp0/D.mp3?dl=0"]https://www.dropbox....5yp0/D.mp3?dl=0[/url] It isn't even a style I'd usually play, it's just what came out when I started to record the eub. I wanted a sweltering hot, breathless feeling, with the thin air sapping my strength, and strong sun reviving my body chemistry. Or something. Sorry it's a bit long. too late now!
  17. Wonder if that would work on Trump's barnet?
  18. Nothing to worry about. Loads of older design amps do this. I think it's just the power supply capacitors discharging a bit asymmetrically. Many modern designs have a relay that disconnects the speaker before the power supply is removed, hence no thump.
  19. A little drop of superglue will sort that out.
  20. [quote name='JJJack' timestamp='1468610202' post='3092186'] More information. Resistance across the left hand pickup was 5.6k Resistance across the right hand pickup was 256k Not good? Jack [/quote] Sounds like a visit to the pickup hospital is required.
  21. [quote name='TransistorBassMan' timestamp='1468335654' post='3090232'] Yes, The Flag was our "home" venue [/quote] The band I was in at the time supported you there a couple of times and somewhere else round there too once. Mark Pearson was in the year below me at school, is he still doing the Numanoid thing? Don't know if he would remember me, Julian Moss, from school, very short, long hair,then! Cheers.Jules
  22. Hope it doesn't turn out to be too serious mate. That's probably lucky, injury-wise, for a band that carts a Hammond and Leslie cab about! (trying to be positive here!) MBA
  23. [quote name='Bastav' timestamp='1468179894' post='3089083'] Built myself a shortscale (25,5'') bass that turned headless when the headstock fell off! [/quote] Can you show us the tuning system on that?
  24. [quote name='clarkpegasus4001' timestamp='1468073611' post='3088451'] I've never heard of toothpaste being used for that purpose before. Out of curiosity, what/who gave you the idea to use toothpaste? What with toothpaste, lighter fuel, car polish, being suggested i've clearly had a sheltered life and been using the wrong products on my basses! I think i'll go with either the Dr Ducks Axe Wax or Gerlitz No'1 Carnauba wax and polish. [/quote] Can't quite remember when I got the notion about toothpaste, but it is a very fine abrasive, certainly finer than t-cut and a bit finer than metal polish. Smells minty fresh too.
  25. I used the Dunlop polish on my '74 Gibson SG (similar age to your bass) and it had a very bad reaction to it. The finish went very matt and almost sticky. I really wish I'd tried it on the back first! I tried loads of things to remedy it, eventually winning with toothpaste (really!) and a LOT of elbow grease. I'm never letting that stuff near the SG again, but it does work fine on all my other (non-nitro finish) guitars.
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