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  1. prowla
    What a load of toot!
  2. prowla
    I think it is quite easy to spot a fake Ric bass. Way easier than Fenders...
  3. prowla
    Me too!
  4. prowla
    Baloney - the Spectors are just Warwick copies. ;-)
  5. prowla
    Why the either/or? There is no "one ring to rule them all". Have one of each. I personally find the Ric the most natural bass to play of any I've tried. As far as versatility goes, I would say that the Ric doesn't lend itself to slap'n'pop. That's my preference; if other folks think otherwise, then that's their preference.
  6. prowla
    A couple of white ones... An old white Ric. An RPG doubleneck.
  7. prowla
    Apologies for my previous reply; my £50 banger is now legally up for sale!
  8. prowla
    So, I picked up a Squier P-bass with a broken neck at a car boot sale. I took off the neck and tidied the body up a bit and put on a black bridge & scratchplate I had in my parts box. I then got a neck for it, but it was a bit large for the neck pocket, so I got out my toolkit and filed a bit to make it fit. I then did the final tightening and I think it could've used a smidge more taking away, as the finish cracked a bit. I've thought about keeping it as a banger, but in reality I may not use it and it's just taking up space, so I'm offering it for £50 as-is, collected (Berkshire).
  9. prowla
    I knew that!
  10. prowla
    I put in the 1st bid as a spotter.
  11. prowla
    Well, I bid on that but It's now above my limit.
  12. prowla
    Well - it ended at £51.
  13. prowla
    Yep - I bought a (cheap) passive volume pedal and wired in a .047 cap!
  14. prowla
    I think the POG plays polyphonic too (though I could be wrong). I had a chat with the Aguilar folks at the London Bass Show (Olympia) and they said the Octamizer liked to be first in the effects chain (but I think most makers probably say that!). I also tried making a passive tone control and putting that in before it (just to tone down the harmonics), but it didn't do much; I may revisit that at ome point.
  15. prowla
    @Al Krow The POG (the full-sized one) seemed to be more stable to me and it also does an octave up. However, I would say that the sounds were more like it generated them rather than it modified the input signal.
  16. prowla
    I tried several octave pedals (MXR, Boss, and one or two others) down Denmark Street a few years back and I found that the Aguilar Octamizer was the best; it had the best "feel" and kept the character of the original note (it must've sounded good, because other folks in the shop complimented me on my playing!). However, it does struggle with tracking low notes and the tonal character of my Ric gives it a hard time. I recently bought an EH Synth 9 from someone (which is a fun pedal) and they were also selling an EH POG; though I didn't buy that, I think it is the best octave pedal I have tried.
  17. prowla
    Nice - I'll go for them (will PM)!
  18. prowla
    Schaller strap fittings have "Schaller" embossed around the horseshoe shape and the buttons push in without needing to pull the release pin.
  19. prowla
    I really don't like those individual bridge saddles.
  20. prowla
    In the index page it read: "Status Groove Bass for £29" I thought my luck was in!
  21. prowla
    Just teething issues... :-)
  22. prowla
    Looks like there was a little crashette just now...
  23. prowla

    Paulownia wood

    prowla replied to paul_5's topic in Bass Guitars

    Well, the body was pre-routed for a trem, though I drilled the posts (but otherwise it would've been 6 screws). I'm not sure what the extra stress/strain of using a trem is, as you are just changing the angle around a fulcrum rather than forcefully heaving it backwards and forwards; however, that does have some interplay with the string/springs tension. I wonder about on a bass, the tension might cause the bridge screws fittings to degrade over time. Obeche does seem to be a current flavour.
  24. prowla

    Paulownia wood

    prowla replied to paul_5's topic in Bass Guitars

    I would steer clear of it. I bought a paulownia Strat body and finished it quite nicely. I then picked up a Fender one for similar money, so the paulownia one sat in a corner. I've then sold it on ebay (for less than I paid) and the seller has come back and said the wood at the Floyd posts has split. IMHO, it's a light, soft wood, not suitable for making guitars.
  25. prowla
    Some players seem to change their endorsements more often than their underpants.
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