steve-soar

[quote name='fullrangebass' post='167186' date='Mar 31 2008, 08:40 PM']Gear Update (even though it will change in the next couple of weeks or a month) Basses I currently own 1- Dingwall Prima (Artist) 5 Walnut w/ Wenge front and back facing and pau ferro fingerboard (my "Uber Alles") 2- Dingwall Prima 5 Walnut/Alder w/ Pauduk front and back facing and pau ferro fingerboard (custom) (Transparent) 3- Dingwall Prima 5 Walnut/Alder Core, quilt maple top, contrasting Bubinga Accent Laminates, 24 Fret Maple Neck w/Wenge Fingerboard, Matching Headstock, D-Tuner Extender Key On Low B-String (Blondie) 4- Dingwall Z1 (OMT) 5 Sassafrass with dual wenge/maple facing and maple neck and fingerboard 5- Dingwall Voodoo 5 (parallel pickups!!!!) Walnut/Alder, pau ferro fingerboard (“Classic”) Villex-loaded, vol/vol. mid-control, Villex Passive Rotary Tone Booster (PRTB) 6- Dingwall Voodoo 5 (parallel pickups!!!!) Walnut/Alder pau ferro fingerboard Bartolinis (curly blond) 7- Lee Sklar’s Z1 5str Alder body, pau ferro f/b, 22fr, EMG pickups, vol/balance/bass/highs 8 - Z2 OMT 5str Ash body/spalted maple top, maple f/b, 24 fr, B-string de-tuner 9 - Z2 Ruby Red, Ash/quilt maple top (deep!!!), pau ferro f/b 21 fr, Bartolini p/ups and preamp 10 - Z1 “Blackburst” Transparent Black Ash/ Premium Flame Maple Top, 24 Fret Maple Fretboard with Ebony bar markers, Aguilar OBP-3, BluEQube EQ Circuit, Active/Passive selector 11 – Zebra, Transparent Green, Ash body, Pau Ferro f/b 24 fr, Sperzel locking tuners, FD3s, vol/ 4 pos rotary switch/ Villex Passive Rotary Tone Booster 12 - 6 str Artist Prima (First Prima Artist Ever) 13 - 6str Champagne Prima 14 - Super PJ 15 - Prima Artist 5 str, 22fr, w/ detuners on both B and E strings 16 - Prima Artist 5 str 17 - Prima Artist 5 str 18 – “Brazil” Mahogany body/maple top, ramp, Z1 5 str 19 – “AA” I: Special Edition #1 of 1, 4A flame maple top on 2pc quilt maple body, 1pc neck, FD-1 pickups 20 - AB I 5str with FD1’s • Novax fanned fret system. • Wenge fingerboard (Radius- Compound, 7-1/2” to 25” ) • 24 fret • Soft Maple body w/Flame maple top • Dingwall FD-3 Pickups • 37 inch B string 21 - AB II 5 str: Chambered arbutus burl top, walnut body, 5-piece bubinga neck, wenge board. FD-3 pickups, OBP-1 preamp, active/passive hybrid treble control, bass boost, BluEQube, pickup selector switch. Also has a Hipshot extender on the B-string... this baby goes down to a low "A"!!! (and it sounds like the voice of God, BTW!) 22 - Emerald Green Prima with the NVT Villex pickups and the Pasive EQ (3-band cut/boost passive pre-amp)!!! -Kenneth Lawrence Brase 5 Heavy northern Ash with maple neck and fingerboard (the first very Brase that started it all) w/ SD Dual Coils -Kenneth Lawrence Brase 5 Swamp Ash body, Crotch Walnut Top with maple neck, and ebony fingerboard with Aero Single Coils in Wooden Maple Covers Electronics: Seymour Duncan, Vol (Push-Pull passive mode), Bal, 3 Band EQ, Slap Contour-Switch (Mid Cut and Bass Boost adjustable via mini pot in control cavity) -Warrior fully armed soldier 5 (w/ Villex pickups retrofitted) Mahogany/ purpleheart w/ maple facing, mahogany/ purpleheart with ebony fretboard -Stingray 5 ash with maple neck and fretboard -Hamer Chaparal 5 (US) mahogany body with rosewood fingerboard -Carvin XB75 custom (Bunny Brunnel prototype pickup spacing) Ash with maple neck and rosewood fingerboard -Ritter Roya 5 custom Ash w/ maple facing and maple neck w/ ebony fingerboard -Shuker 5 Elite Ash with 7 piece maple/wenge neck w/ wenge fingerboard -Status Empathy 5 w/ maple (custom) Graphite through -Status Eclipse Ltd 5 ash/maple top w/ LED's(custom) Graphite through -Spector NS2 4str ash-maple neck-through w/ rosewood f/b PJ EMG's -Yamaha Attitude custom (w/ piezo) 4str -Carvin custom shop 4str (all Mahogany w/ ebony f/ -Conklin GT7 -Fernades 4str (upgarded w/ PJ quarter pounders Basslines and SD active Preamp) -Ibanez Musician 4str (w/EMG preamp) -Godin A4 fretted -US Masters EP55 (w/ studio active electronics) Lacewood body w/ flame maple top, maple neck and purpleheart f/b -Fodera 4str custom -Fodera Emperor Deluxe Maccassar Ebony top on Walnut body w/ebony pickup covers and KingWood finger board (35") on 3 pc flame maple neck -Manne Trea 5 Custom, mahogany body, ash neck, f-resin f/board w/ 3 Manne J pickups -May Custom Bass 5 -Kinal SK-B 24 MM (splitable)/J Barts, Bart pre amp, active/passive, Ash/maple top, Brasilian rosewood f/b (35") -Fender Marcus Miller 4str -Wal MKII 5str (’91) -Matt Pulcinela Level 5, light ash body, maple neck and f/b, EMGs DC35 Previously owned basses -Fodera Emperor Elite ash, maple top, maple neck, Brazilian Rosewood F/b, 35" scale, Nordstrand Signature DualCoils, HazLab preamp -G&L 2500 Ash w/ maple neck and rosewood fingerboard -Status Empathy 5 w/ walnut wings Graphite through -Status Eclipse Ltd 5 heavy ash body (prototype) Graphite through -Phoenix 7str -F Bass BN5 Ash and maple neck and fingerboard -MTD 535 Ash w/ Lacewood facing and maple neck and fingerboard -Sei bass 5, Ash w/ maple facing with maple neck and fingerboard, LED's and piezo -Sei Flamboyant 6, headless -Odyssey 5 (fretted) single piece body (olive tree) 3pc maple neck bolt-on rosewood f/b Bartolinis -Odyssey 5 (fretless) Neck-through 5pc maple/wenge neck, maple-lined pau-ferro 29 fret f/b, flame maple body (laminated) Bartolini's (active/passive) 2 double action truss rods -Lightwave Saber 5str -Aries 7string Custom, Neckthrough, chambered walnut body, 10pc wenge/purpleheart/etc neck, ebony f/b , Rough Crystal p'ups (F# to C 36" scale with piezo) -Shuker Elite 5 Wenge w/ EMG's DC40 -R-Bass Singlecut 5, Flame Redwood Top, Mahogany body, bolt-on, Maple neck w/ ebony f/b. Nordstrand Dual Coil p'ups and U-Retro preamp -Stambaugh Singlecut mahogany body w/ walnut top, maple neck and f/b Aero dual coil p'ups, ABM piezo brigde, bartolini preamp (maybe I've forgotten a few but I'll be back)[/quote]How on earth do you ever strike a close relationship with any of your basses, assuming you play them all equally, or are you a collector as well? I'd like to try a Dingwall but I read that he won't make left handed versions, true or false?

300-400w is plenty, you just need more than two speakers, ie a 4x10" cab and it needs to be efficient. Check the sensitivity ratings of the cabs you are interested in. You could go, preamp- £200, power amp-£200, cab-£400. That way you could have a very powerful and loud rig but then you have to decide whether to get a 4 or 8 ohm cab. It's all good fun at the end of the day.

Buy this bass. £350 Toby Pro, £160's worth of EMG'S thrown in, derrrrr.

Radiohead, last night on Jonathon Ross, discuss. The best tv sound mix I've heard in a long time. Great song, great guitar playing and tasteful bass. A joy. Nice suit on the drummer. I hope this stops all the crap about Estelle.

You said "dirty back yard".

I bet his mum battered him for using all of her nail varnish, the tit.

Estelle's band totally over played, totally. I went to see India Ari thinking that the gig would be better than the albums but the same thing happened, completely devoid of groove too many fills, too flashy, no groove, and she had shaved her head.

[quote name='Dillsfretless' post='167844' date='Apr 1 2008, 06:01 PM']I just came across this thread by accident - fantastic looking 6 string bass there! I just love Status![/quote]Is that a left handed Status S2 5 I see before me?

The Funk, that wasn't for you, I apologise.

It's time for one of Alex's screen shots of comparison frequency graphs. There is NO susbstitute for actually trying loads of different set ups in your band. It can take years to find a tone you like, it depends how fussy you are. As for Ampeg not being hifi enough thats a load of bull and the adjective "hifi" used in bass amplification grinds my gears. I totally agree with what Alex says, if you don't want blunt then how much sugar do you want on it?

Thank you my fellow left handed bedreaded metal monster.

Leave it Ricky! That's a nice colour anyway.

A few more pics. The neck is fine now, just a few more tweaks to do. I put some D'addario Pro Steels on it yeasterday, they sound fine but they're tough on your fingers and hard to slide on. It came with a set of nickel D'addarios and they felt much easier to play but I do like the punchy zing of steel strings.

Hi Kev I got the neck sorted, just used a big f**k off screwdriver. These buried truss rods are a pain in the arse to set, It took 4 goes and it's still not there but I had to leave it as I was taking it out to rehearsals. Back from said rehearsals and it sounded great for our heavy numbers but the design fault on pickups, flat pup, radiused fingerboard, meant lower output from the A and D strings. Have you ever seen A.J. smile? He's a serious cat.

Bravo sir, that is one hunk of burning love. I will say one thing to you, WOOD DUST! I used to wear a hat while sanding, sawing, routing, filing cause i had long hair, after sanding a rosewood board one day, I got in the shower and the water turned maroon. And it turns your snot purple too. Any way what a great job. As reguards the weight, get a Comfort Strapp and take longer breaks, or get the router out and remove some wood from underneath the scratchplate. Brill, shape, finish, choice of bits. Did you have to level any frets and did you use a thickness planer? Cheers Steve.

POP! The bubble has burst. Now I know why the action was so high. The strings are buzzing on the first three to four frets as the neck is slightly bowed back, so I took the neck off and tried to slacken the truss rod to let the string tension pull the neck up but the truss rod won't budge. It's a cross headed nut that looks like someone has used the wrong sized screwdriver on. It won't turn either way. It's late now so I'm not going to mess around with it. Bollocks. I'll have to think about this one.

Cheers mate, I know about the strip, I meant the bass in general. I like the look of the strip and the nickel bridge, tuners and I like the sound of this bass, very punchy and it plays beautifully. I'd forgotten how lovely the necks are as my old J.D.'s neck was based on a Jazz. I've never seen a neck pocket so tight and I've seen hundreds of Fender basses.

Ordered on Tuesday, tried to deliver it yesterday but I was at work, collected it from the post office today. Three days from order to arrival, not bad, especially as it came from JAPAN! Three days unbelievable. Anyway Fender Jazz, crafted in Japan, 1999-2000. Is it based on a 62 model? (Note the brass strip at the bridge). Can anyone tell me more about the bass, where it was made, what the body is made of? I think Basswood or Alder. The action was scary high so after a bit of tweaking it plays amazingly well and it sounds as good as anything I've played before, it really is superb. But the biggest shock was the weight, it is as light as a feather. It was so well packed that it took about 15 mins to unpack it. I am well chuffed After a good setup and a clean, I think this maybe my number one bass, it's that good. Cheers Steve.

SR5 is beautiful, absolutely my favorite colour for a bass and dead, dead rare. I'd love a Fender Jazz and matching Precision in Burgandy Mist, pre CBS, just like John Entwhistle used to have but finding them in left hand would be impossible. The three MM's together look sexy.

Bought an SVP PRO preamp from Dan, immaculate, well wrapped, looked great and the preamp was ok too. (Da dum, tshiiii) Sixty quids worth of new valveage, like new, Would buy again from this fine young man. Cheers Steve.

Perhaps my KGB Headless should be played by a decapitated member of the secret police from the former Soviet Union. Or a shifty striped producer of honey.

I took the Recurve to rehearsals tonight for the first time as it has been back to Alan's to have a couple of tweaks, so even though I got it last year, this is the first outing with guitars and drums. It's a beast. It cuts through like a laser and after four hours on a strap it left no aches or pains and it's a six string. It's also the first time I've played a six string with other musicians so I was apprehensive of making loads of cock ups but because it plays so well and is brilliantly designed my fingers seemed to go where I wanted them to. In a nut shell it's f***in' ace.

Hi Alex, from looking at the specs of the speakers and crossover and the frequency that you have chosen to tune the cab to, this is going to sound very powerful with a realistic low end response. I lke the size as well and the intelligent selection of timbers. I'd be very interested in two 8 ohm 15" subs to match my AccuGrooves or one at 4 ohms. With the 3015LF's and your lightweight cabs they would be ideal. PM me some prices if you are going to make any more. Cheers Steve.