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Surprised nobody's started one of these yet! Suspect most people have gone for the sonic blue one, but interested to see what the other colours look like in the flesh. Here's mine

[quote name='icastle' post='1106732' date='Jan 28 2011, 09:12 PM']That's something I've never understood. In nearly every case I've seen, the volume pot is just the wrong value on budget range basses and swapping it fixes the problem. Daft thing is that it doesn't cost any more to use the right value pot than it does to use the wrong value pot - unless there's a factory turning these out that accidentally ordered a million pots instead of a thousand... .[/quote] +1 Just had the scratchplate off mine, I wanted to wire in a PIO cap on the tone pot.... I am going to change the pots first, they're those crappy little ones you sometimes get on early Japcrap. No point in going overboard with putting CTS pots in, but a couple of Alphas will be a vast improvement. The other thing is, out of curiousity I put an old black scratchplate from a Tokai up to it, to see if it would fit. From what I can see, it wouldn't be a major modification to fit a P-Bass scratchplate - just a bit of trimming around the neck area.

Just got mine. Apparently it had been languishing in a neighbour's shed for most of the day ...... Unwrapped it, given it a quick going over. Obviously needs a set-up & a decent set of strings, but it really is not a bad bass - quite pleasantly surprised. I like the neck profile, whilst not being quite as deep as I like, it's not too shallow (for me) like a lot of modern basses. The nut on mine seems to be cut bang-on, which is unusual on budget basses. Frets are big & chunky, can't see a need as yet for them to be dressed etc on mine... pretty good. The pickup isn't bad sounding, got bit of bark to it. Its not that high output @ 8.4k, but (to my ears it) seems to have quite a nice tone - so it'll stay. All the other hardware; bridge,tuners,pots are more than adequate - no worse than a Squier. Think the only thing I'll look at on it (apart from usual set-up) is the tone pot. It doesn't do a lot at present, will also put a PIO cap in there. I quite like the quirky headstock & the monogramed pickguard looks cool with sonic blue IMO - it's 'low budget kitsch' Gonna put some black nylons on it & gig it next weekend. Well worth the money.

I got the sonic blue one too on Wednesday, just waiting for it now. Some black nylons will go nicely on it.

[quote name='MuckedUpFunkies' post='1105527' date='Jan 27 2011, 08:32 PM']Why was it bad? In my experience its better![/quote] Made the mistake of taking along quite a heavy Japcrap Kimara jazz copy to play. By the end, I felt & was walking like the Hunchback of Notre Dame. That will teach me!

Usually 2x45 for pubs, 3x45 weddings,functions or social clubs, also depends on the band/music etc... At a 50th birthday dep gig I played last year, the band played for nearly 2 1/2 hours (non-stop) - not good

[quote name='indiegrungesound' post='1105322' date='Jan 27 2011, 05:46 PM']I remember seeing a close up picture on Wikipedia of him from the "Diamond Hoo Ha" tour with that bass, and it had the EXACT same "Spirit by Steinberger" logo on it as mine. Apologies for being pedantic. The Hohner and Spirit basses are probably the same basses but with different logos. Besides, seeing as you have one, you'll know they sound great anyway! :-)[/quote] I think it was a Steinberger too. Recall when it came up on ebay, watched the auction.

If he was still alive, John McGeoch... or Geordie Walker. If they weren't available, I'd settle for Tom Verlaine.

Bought an old Antoria fretless P-Bass from Liam this morning. Top fella, fair price - good to deal with. Thanks

Hello & welcome, To another Bristol basser, there's quite a few on here! Cheers

[quote name='beardybass' post='1099243' date='Jan 23 2011, 12:33 AM']If it doesn't come back, he owes you money. If it does, you still owe him a slap! Sorry, I realise he's your friend, but what an absolute arsehole.[/quote] Took the words right out of my mouth. Your friend sounds like a real numpty. Hope you get it back OK.

Hello & welcome, There's quite a few Bristol based folk on here. Cheers

I think its homemade too. However, sometime ago I saw a bass very similar to this, (again I think possibly homemade) hanging in a local bric-a-brac shop, had a set neck, stripped bare wood, similar pickup, can't remeber fret markers, but think I recall different control layout. It's probabably still there, will have a pop-in & look next time I pass the shop.

Hello & welcome, Don't knock those Epiphone Flying Vs! I've got one myself. once they're set up properly, not a bad bass & fun to play, Cheers

Good luck to him IMO. I do think his version, is at least more aesthetically pleasing than the Zvex (Fuzz Face derived) original.

I'm up for crossing the bridge!

[quote name='dumelow' post='1091713' date='Jan 16 2011, 07:19 PM']regarding the q-tron plus, have you tried flicking the switch over from "normal" to "boost" mode. i found that when doing this the gain knob then acts as more of a volume control. you do have to set it quite low though cause the pedal is very loud[/quote] True when in boost mode, the gain which is normally a sensitivity control also (stupidly) doubles up as a volume control. The problem is with that, as you say the pedal is so loud, the gain control when in boost mode has to be turned right down, thus also bringing sensitivity down with it. With a level control at the back-end of the Qtron, & when kept in normal mode, the gain (sensitivity) control can be adjusted to what ever suits the effect your after.

[quote name='charic' post='1090410' date='Jan 15 2011, 01:45 PM']Actually as a thought what about trace?[/quote] I thought that too.... I get a lovely old school tone with this. Its a hybrid model with S/S power amp, but a pair of Harma (cryo) Telefunken ECC803S clones in the preamp give it warmth & clarity. Far from being lightweight though [attachment=68867:TE_015.JPG]

[quote name='Johnston' post='1089914' date='Jan 14 2011, 10:02 PM']Yeah I thought that, they have been pretty useless anytime I've went. Now the internet has been invented and the book has resurfaced after a read out I might actually be able to get the stuff Any of the electronics places I tried back in the day looked at me like I was a spotty kid smokin' something !![/quote] +1 Maplins are utter sh*te IMHO. In addition to Rich's recommendation, Bitsbox are also good.

Another one here, built loads of stuff on veroboard, all good - no issues. Got a few good layouts if you want any....

Ian bought a PIO cap from me. Quick payment, no messing about - sound BCer. Recommended. Thanks