Bridgehouse

I’ve put blanking screws in one of mine - doesn’t look so bad

Fashion victim

You going to play thumb style with that tug bar?

Everyone knows helium changes timbre not pitch

Yeah - clearly it’s “morning wheat glow.”

I... Er... it’s... I just... well. 😶

That’s got some great technique, control and tempo in it. The level of skill required to do what he is doing consistently must be really high. I actually don’t find that too bad at all - in fact, I’d go so far as to say if I was passing by a performance of this at a festival I would stay and hear it out and like it. The sock on the headstock tho....?!

This talk of microtonal stuff might persuade me that my rubbish attempts at fretless were actually materclasses in progressive modern musical style...!

The driver is the same - not sure about the amp tho. There’s a k10 and a k10.2 in our band and they are very similar tonally and volume wise.

Don’t care how it sounds - I just want to see the video..

I’m not sure I could justify keeping a bass long term that didn’t earn it’s keep one way or another (so to speak) unless it had sentimental attachment. I do tend to adopt the “not been played for 3 months rule” - hence why the AVRI P is up for sale

Either that or you are trying really hard to justify hanging on to that Ric

@drlargepants - you are sounding sentimental!

I have a series/parallel switch on my ACG Finn 4 - even after fitting a P-Retro preamp I kept the switch as I really like the variance it gives. Note output level is different, so don’t be tempted to use it as a boost - adjust volume to match for each setting and you get two nicely varied tonal outputs

Put some rounds on and dabble with your EQ and you can have as much clank and scrape as you like. It’s pretty hot but I like it - still planning some sound samples.

I’m confused as to whether I should hate this, like this, love this or have a passive indifference to it now.. What do I do? I want to stay trendy and on message but I also want to be able to shrug my shoulders with a completely passive carelessness that renders me so cool that I’m positively... ..I have no idea what I’m talking about now.

Ah, but with this one you can have it on the strap for more than 10 mins....

(Reposted from build thread) I’ve tried it. Well now. It sounds really rather different to my 51P partscaster. Far more open, lots more snarl and much more in the mids. It’s not as spaced as a Precision - much less of that piano like quality and far more growl in the mids. Then there’s the hollow nature - it’s got some the air and hollow thump you get from a hollow body but still has plenty of sustain (centre block no doubt). Compared to my precisions it doesn’t sound like a Precision. But it’s not 100% Ric - it’s like a bag of Ric flavoured crisps - sort of Pricisionbacker if you like. However, it sits so well in the mix when I play along to stuff - far more presence and up front sound due to those highlighted mids. Interesting. Have tried flats and roundwounds - rounds seem to accentuate the Ric side more, flats the P side. I have an idea for sound samples so bear with me..

I’ve tried it. Well now. It sounds really rather different to my 51P partscaster. Far more open, lots more snarl and much more in the mids. It’s not as spaced as a Precision - much less of that piano like quality and far more growl in the mids. Then there’s the hollow nature - it’s got some the air and hollow thump you get from a hollow body but still has plenty of sustain (centre block no doubt). Compared to my precisions it doesn’t sound like a Precision. But it’s not 100% Ric - it’s like a bag of Ric flavoured crisps - sort of Pricisionbacker if you like. However, it sits so well in the mix when I play along to stuff - far more presence and up front sound due to those highlighted mids. Interesting. Have tried flats and roundwounds - rounds seem to accentuate the Ric side more, flats the P side. I have an idea for sound samples so bear with me..

Yeah, fair enough.. band managers then 😂

Sounds good - Bare Knuckle do something similar too, and worth asking Oil City as well

Come on now you lot - you’re acting like drummers.

And I would expect to pay well under £100 for a good one - more like £70-80 so well in line with an off the shelf. I have a 74P and could measure it if you want a guide figure to aim for with a winder

Pick one of our best U.K. pickup winders and ask them to do you one which will match what a 78 P would have had - most guys will have done enough rewinds to do a really good copy. I can supply recommendations if that would help.