itu

So many good players are mentioned already. One of my favourites is the late Victor Bailey playing his koa Pensa-Suhr.

So, what are those numbers?

A bamboo chopstick is a good tool to tap components, if there's a cold joint.

I'd like to be as young as the fire engine red Status I saw in the 90's.

100 W -> 200 W = +3 dB

100 W -> 400 W = +6 dB

100 W -> 1000 W = +10 dB

Therefore with compression and HP filtering you can get quite some volume with a 100 W amp.

True: some extra headroom is always nice.

Yeah, pickups are basic hi-Z, balance is basic hi-Z. You can use higher values if you want. If the blend is "active", lower values are common and feasible. Here it's not. The lo-Z tone stack follows blend and vol (and here these pots act as hi cuts in the circuitry).

200k - 1M. Logarithmic taper. The higher the resistance, the clearer the high end.

On 13/11/2023 at 11:17, itu said:

But Source Audios are analogue with digital interface, no?

No, but I think Chase Bliss are. I mixed the brands, getting so damn old.

1 hour ago, SumOne said:

Digital Envelope Filters still tend to sound bad though - unless it's Source Audio who show that it is possible to do well.

But Source Audios are analogue with digital interface, no?

I think Rickenbacker had the first through neck bass.

I think there's a place for another theme and variations:

Well, here's Prince, and two takes of The look of love.

Where's Prince?

Love my Glockenklang Soul head from the Soul combo. It sounded excellent, but that weight, nearly 85 lbs. (38.5 kg). I didn't have any friends on gigs.

The Soul head itself is 24 lbs. (11 kg) and alusonic 2 x 12" is under 40 lbs. (18 kg). Easy to carry one after the other. I don't need a modern light weight head.

(That Blue bird sure looks good...)

To be precise, this looks like a fretted one, although all of these look and feel wonderful. Someone has most likely modified this along the way. I am pretty sure, that the fret markers are between fretlines. This is an all original unlined 5:

I have a bass with BEAD nut, works like a dream with EADG tuning. I didn't touch the truss rod, but it works perfectly. Secret? Different gauge, different tuning, same tension.

3 hours ago, Baloney Balderdash said:

I would be impressed if you by only using your fingers could make your bass sound like fuzz, a phaser, envelope filter or synth e.t.c.

 

Sometimes the effects are crucial for what is played, being more a case of actually playing the effects, as if they were instruments in their own regards, rather than merely adding a flavor or spicing up your bass tone.

True. And I really get your point. I do have three fx boards, individual pedals, and rack effects among others.

But in a case, where fx break for any reason, there's always the possibility to use what you got: amp can be overdriven (at least mine can), eq is there... and your fingers.

I am not a soloist. My sound is just one part of the equation, and band mates can help in a case of an equipment failure.

Sometimes I go to rehearsals with some bass, a tuner in the bass bag, and cables. Then I try to make the bass sound different simply with my fingers. Singing, long motes, thumpy short ones. Once I went to a fun gig and the bass had only ON/OFF switch, so I had to play everywhere around the bass to get different sounds. Try it, you'll like it.

This bass was painted:

1) there wasn't a matt black option, but trans red, natural, and there was a third, like trans black, maybe

2) the missing truss rod cover screw holes are painted over

Original pickups had similar Status text in them like in the bridge. These do not look like originals.

The electronics had a simple treble boost (I think it was a Status circuitry), vol and blend. Centre detent on blend and steps/clicks on vol (and treble, too, I think).

The fretboard is phenolic resin. See the waves.

Oleta Adams, Basia Trzetrzelewska, sweet Anita Baker, Vanessa Williams.

Dark fretboard on a Dingwall!

Stuart's version of Sonata quasi una fantasia. Original is in C flat minor.

Contessa Giulietta Guicciardi is connected to this song, although not by Beethoven himself.

Bass: Tony Campo.

Chorus is pretty active.

Very good!

I added that note to the end, because I tested a variety of comps (and distortions) a few years ago. An eye-opening exercise and experience! After changing - by accident - a bass to another, I found out that the putput impedance seemed to play a role in the behaviour of the units.

I even tried to do some leveling of the signals to rule that out. The level sure has an effect, but so does impedance. I tried a looper to keep levels steady - yes, but looper's output is lo-Z. Bass specific tests showed different behaviour.

14 hours ago, paul_5 said:

If you using lead/tin solder you MUST use it in a well ventilated room, preferably with an extractor fan - lead does really nasty stuff to people, and it’s ridiculously easy to inhale!

 

It flows beautifully at slightly lower temperatures than lead free stuff but it’s a cumulative toxin.

It's here again.

Lead does not produce those fumes. No. It is the resin. Neither is it healthy, but fumes definitely are not lead.

Pb:

melting point 327.5 °C

boiling point 1749 °C