bloke_zero
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Yeah the fretboard is painful - I did mine with latex gloves - coat/harden/wirewool cycle of a day per iteration. Did it 3 or 4 times and came out non-gummy. I was worried about that initally, but it went off fine eventually.
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I did the neck on my last build with Tru oil and really like the feel - sort of organic somehow without being sticky - nice to hear that the body came out good. I think a little texture is a good thing! I'm really tempted to go single coil for my next bass which will be a P-bass. Something about stripping back to the basics that is very appealing.
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Sweet build! How does the Tru oil feel on the body?
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Another price drop - £650 for bass chat! or Trade for the right P-Bass (additional cash from me considered). This is a great players bass with a huge range of tones. The MFD pickups are detailed and powerful, the Tri-tone electronics are capable of all the tones, from bright to HEAVY. Tonally it is worth researching - the combination of passive/pre/pre + treble boost and the 2 pickups and series parallel switch make for a very versatile bass. This bass was made in the USA in the year 2000. The finish is in great shape with no chips, scratches or dings. I have owned this bass for 18 months and believe the previous owner mainly kept it in it's case - the plastic film was still on the rear electronics compartment when I bought it from Wunjo in Denmark Street. It has recently been professionally set up and needs nothing. Plays and sounds great. I currently have flats on it. The only mod I've made was to add a hipshot drop D tuner and still have the original which can be replaced to make as was. CONSTRUCTION: bolt-on SCALE: 34" PICKUPS: Two L-spec G&L MFD™ humbucking pickups made in Fullerton, California BODY WOOD: Swamp Ash with tobacco sunburst NECK WOOD: Maple with Rosewood fingerboard NECK WIDTH AT NUT: 1 3/4" NECK RADIUS: 12" NECK PROFILE: medium C FRETS: 21 medium jumbo, nickel TUNING KEYS: Traditional open-back BRIDGE: Leo Fender-designed G&L Saddle-Lock™ ELECTRONICS: Tri-Tone™ system with 3-position pickup selector, series/parallel switch, 3-position pre-amp mode switch, volume, treble, bass WEIGHT: 4.3 Kilos. Comes with G&L hardcase. Pick-up in person encouraged!
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1988 Music Man Stingray 3EQ trans teal green SOLD!
bloke_zero replied to maut's topic in Basses For Sale
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Sweet looking bass! I made the same pickup choice. I just put in series parallel - I really like the parallel sound. I'm going to try a higher value cap for the treble - I've got the passive treble and bass tone controls copied from the G&L 2000 - currently the treble cut removes about 40% of all the sound.
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@HalfManHalfBass you have excellent bass taste! The start of a journey when I saw that ebay auction for the body. I finally got some passive elctronics in it and copper taped the cavities. It really sings to me now - has a lovely deep tone on the E that hits a spot between P & Ray that I really like. Next step is to get a John East preamp in it - though I really like how it sounds passive I'm not feeling the passive tone controls - might have time today to fool with the resistor values again.
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I'd be a bit wary of an auction where they spell Kramer right in the description but not in the title - I guess it's pick up only @aitkenaudio - good luck - the neck looks awesome! I saw mogwai playing last year and I think he might have been playing one - neck certainly looked the same.
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Ha ha - shipping is $52 with G&L - the search continues!
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Cool thanks - I've checked there but 6.5mm seems to be the longest anyone stocks. I can get them from G&L @$12 if all else fails!
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Hi! I'm after a deep thread reverse taper 1M pot and I'm struggling to find one. Easy to find all the A taper ones, but C is proving difficult I'm trying to build up an old style MM Stingray pre amp and I have all the parts, but the pots are standard thread depth, but I need some that will be mounted on a P-Bass body, so need the deep threaded kind. Any suggestions where to find? Or another solution before I just wire in an A taper and accept reverse treble! I looked on mouser, ebay, etc. and I'm thinking luthier specific suppliers might be better. Cheers, Alex
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Picked up my P-Ray bass from Monty's guitars this morning. It's been a long project, but nearly done - just need put the pickup and electronics together tonight. Warmoth P-Bass body with a MM pickup routing USCG Baked birds eye maple 22 fret P-Bass style neck Nordstand 4.4 MM pickup Gotoh metal Going to see how she sounds passive and maybe put a John East MM pre depending. So far plays nice! I'm interested to see how it changes when the pickup goes in.
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Anyone built the Fuzz Dog Klon clone (Klone) with the bass mods? I'm interested in an 'always on' kind of slight crunch tone.
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When I bought my L2000 last year from Wunjo the sales guy said the distribution here had been patchy but that was changing. There really isn't a lot of recognition of them as brand. I kept wondering when I bought it if I just liked the MFD's because they were so loud, but after playing it for a while and messing aroun with pickup height (yeah - indidual pole piece height!) I'm back to my original assessment - I just really like the full range sound. Personally I almost never turn the active on.
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It's probably one of those things where 'best' is pretty subjective - transparent is great unless you want the fat thick limited sound. Personally I like to have a blend knob so you can squash if you want and then add the original back in parallel to keep some dynamics and transients that keep the timing sounding tight without 'smearing'. That said, there is a hell of a lot to be said for something straight forwardly good sounding like the keeley where you don't have to fool about with too many settings.
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I've always liked them from the first time I heard one - the pickups are incredibly clear and dynamic - very easy to get a bewileringly wide array of sounds from. I feel like it can be pretty unforgiving as the dynamic range is so great! I have an year 2000 US L2000 and I've struggled with aspects of the tone in a band situation - I think because it kicks out so much top end it doesn't sound like 'a bass should'. I found starting at zero on the tone controls and turning up to taste best. Rarely use the active mode - the thing is so loud! Magnetic Field Design pickups are a pinnacle of pickup design for me.
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Hi all! I'm building a p-bass/stingray cross with a p-bass body and 70's style stingray preamp and pickup. To make the 'look' work (musicman stingray faceplate) I need to source a neck with an overhanging 21st fret (see pic). I've been directed to: http://www.usacustomguitars.com/necks/ And they sure look pretty but I was wondering if there are any options closer to home or even where to look? Or am going custom? Cheers! Alex
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I was really pleased with Vong - hit a lot of my minimalist pedal needs - though hard to drill the case with the push button on the side! I was recently thinking about building a passive ferrite DI from these guys: https://www.diyrecordingequipment.com/products/ferrite-di But then I thought why not expand the vong with a Cinemag CM-DBX transformer? Anyone tried anything like that?
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A couple of builds from the vong and the guma drive - I'm finding the Guma VERY fussy about powersupply - quite noisy when the Grunt switch engaged with a big 50HZ hum unless I run it from an old boss powersupply.
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Hi my name is Alex and I have Dirt Pedal Adddiction Syndrome. I also have a great affection for envelope filters. I can't afford to buy new ones so mainly build DIY. So many pedals! I've been questing for the ultimate fuzz plus envelope filter tone. Bass - US G&L L-2000 made in 2000AD! In the UK, London, playing in a 90's rave band.
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Cool! I'm half way through - just drilled the case. I agree, great kits, but also well thought out pedals - the pumpernickle was about the only pedal I could find that ticked all my boxes in any form - clean sounding comp with enough controls to be meaningful (not just more or less squash!), AND blend. Add the blinking lights and I'm in heaven!
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In a mix taming the bottom end is essential - I'm about to build the Vong with this in mind - my issue is primarily with a meatball clone pedal generating a lot of low as the evelope closes. I'd have thought the Vong with it's variable -12dB/Oct HP filter might be a bit much in terms of 'taming' probably more in the order of removing! Low shelf EQ might be nicer - like the baxandall in an ampeg style eq? I built the vong guy's pumpernickle compressor and I really like that, so I'm looking forward to hearing the vong!
