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    Flats - why do many rave about them

    in Accessories and Misc

    Posted · Edited by Bridgehouse

    Well flip me. 

     

    Spent most of the evening bashing the TI Flats on the Shuker Fretless. I really did not expect them to work well on it at all. 

     

    But they did. Firstly, yes.. much lower tension. Truss needed relaxing off quite a bit, but once it had settled the TI's liked a perfectly flat board with pretty much no relief at all. No buzzing or deadness anywhere and an action of 1.8mm at E through to 1.4mm at G. Now, the Shuker has a phenolic resin board and it's flat - if it has a radius it's 16" or more. Although the TI's are loose they aren't flappy - not how I expected. I think that a bit of tension is added by the break angle after the saddles and the through-body design. 

     

    Tone is exceptional. There's a superb balance across all the strings - volume, tone, mwah, it's all really nicely balanced. Feels really nice and vibrato and slides are consistent and sound lovely. 

     

    They are better than the Chromes I had on before. I'd say significantly better - which I didn't expect at all. I thought TI's were best on an old thumpy P-Bass, not a modern piezo and under-board Jazz fretless. Piezos can have a bit of an issue with mid-range sometimes, they can be all top and bottom. The TI's seem to add a big chunk of mid back in which was very pleasing, and I think the combination of that plus the better string to string balance actually made them sound and feel a bit brighter and more lively than the Chromes. 

     

    With a touch of treble and the right mid-range boost they had a bit of an air of rounds about them - more so than the chromes. 

     

    All in all a very surprising result. They are staying on. I'm going to get another set to put in the bag as a spare set. 

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    Flats - why do many rave about them

    in Accessories and Misc

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    I’m shocked. I need to do a bit more research, but I’m shocked.

     

    I’ve used Chromes on the Shuker fretless for years. I was always led to believe that a higher tension suits a fretless much better. 
     

    Anyway, a fit of boredom this afternoon made me try a set of TI Jazz Flats on it. I expected floppy, buzzy, thuddy, nothingness.. but no. Not at all.

     

    There’s a specific way to set up the Shuker. Deck the saddles and leave them. Tighten the truss until it’s past flat and then slowly ease it back until you get the action you like with no excessive buzzing or notes cutting out near the nut. 
     

    With this method and the Chromes on I usually ended up at 2mm at the E and 1.5mm at the G, and a reasonable balance between clarity, mwah, and sustain.

     

    With the TI’s I’m getting 1.8mm at the E and 1.4mm at the G and notably better balance between clarity, mwah and sustain. It just sounds better tonally as well. 
     

    Now the strings are floppier than the chromes, but I play very lightly with fingers so I don’t mind. It’s also hard to really dig into the Shuker given the board runs right to the saddles. 
     

    I shall give it a good bash tonight and report back - I’ll either be converted or rip them off by COP tonight. 

    Shuker Mega thread

    in Gear Gallery

    Posted · Edited by Bridgehouse

    Cor, old thread and big gaps in posting, but seeing as it’s popped up I ought to add a pic of Uberhorn 001 I suppose.

     

    African Blackwood on Mahogany. 
    Piezo and under-board Nordstrand Jazz

    John East preamp system

     

    It’s been though the wars but it’s stil #1..

     

     

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    Utter disaster. I give up.

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Well,

     

    Been a month (just over) now since discharge from hospital. Have picked up a nice CS fretted Jazz to fill the fretted hole, but the Uberhorn is still the Bass that I come back to time after time. 

     

    It gets at least some play time every day - even if it's just 10 or 15 mins. I still feel like I'm getting to know it each time I play it, and it feels like more and more of a friend every time as well. 

     

    I think it's rare to find any instrument that you really connect with. 

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    Medium Scale Jazz Build..... a what now??

    in Build Diaries

    Posted

    24 minutes ago, PaulThePlug said:

    I"m colour blind...

    Match is close enough, specially as they are not going to be bang on next to each other...

    That body, nice bit of wood, but didn't realise from the original pics how much of a edge contour, almost to Ibanez proportion... realy realy nice, much lighter looking and more modern take on a classic.

    Neck looks nice... have you considered a matching contour around the headstock, front and back after the risers from the nut... alowing for the tuner bodies and ferrels... soften the look and make it more unique, especually being short scale n all...

     

    What are you gonna refinish the table in 😉


    Not going to attempt contouring - don’t have the right tools or inclination/skills to do a convincing job. 
     

    Going to concentrate on the finish and the build up for now I think!

    Medium Scale Jazz Build..... a what now??

    in Build Diaries

    Posted

    First up is the neck..

     

    Very nice it is too. It's had a light oil coating on the board (as I think this was originally intended for another project - and I got them for bargain basement pricing). However, a wipe of acetone should get rid of it if I want to redo with something else, which I may well, but it's going to be a simple satin oil and rub down for the finish..

     

     

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    Medium Scale Jazz Build..... a what now??

    in Build Diaries

    Posted

    16 minutes ago, Hellzero said:

    Not a perfect match at all, but a match, as the knobs have a shade of magenta in their colour, but it may be a brownish hue as the white balance of the photo isn't right.

     

    The white balance is completely off - I need to take them outside to photograph properly. As you say, it's close - not perfect, but close enough. 

    Medium Scale Jazz Build..... a what now??

    in Build Diaries

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Stub Mandrel said:

     

    Yes, I've built it up six coats over six days, now on sixth day of waiting for it all to fully cure, it's made it a fair bit darker.

     

    I'm going to use a satin microcrystalline wax for protection. Not gloss as I've left the small natural voids etc. in the wood.


    Apparently some of the crimson oils grain fill as well.. so we shall see. I’m always up for experimenting - I once grain filled a guitar with egg white

    Medium Scale Jazz Build..... a what now??

    in Build Diaries

    Posted

    3 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:

     

    Yes, although that makes them sound like Clown Vomit.

     

    Red, orange and yellow before adding purple on the sides/just around the very edges

     

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    I'm tempted to try the Crimson shots and thin them with Isopropyl Alcohol. I also quite like their vivid colours as well - but mostly I want to try their finishing oil as it looks superb.

     

    The yellow in that body will really pop with a bit of a build up of finishing oil. You using Tung? I think Tung gets absorbed a bit too much for a deep finish.

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