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Shout out for Watford Valves - been using them for years.

I've not played one, but followed along some build threads. Irrespective of the body shapes it seems they are using CNC to take a step beyond recreating the Fenders of the 50's and 60's and adding some refinements that I'd have thought would substantially improve/change/modernise (pick your adjective) the sound - just tweaking the neck socket and neck body connection can have a big effect on the sound.

Yeah, I always found that weird at Wunjo - they would throw in a set up AFTER you bought it. I'd have thought it would just make sense to set it up first then you'd be more likely to want to buy it in the first place! Just to do the basics feels like a 15 minute job tops to set the action and intonation and that is me doing it on the kitchen table, let alone in a proper work shop.

Good suggestions - I can hear "I wish" working. The Rick James too - did you ever see the tales from the tour bus series? The Rick James episode is one of the saddest things at the end:

Trev!

Watched that video! Been there! Did this... (takes about a minute for the 303 to come in - pretty self indulgent!)

You get up to 16 divisions per bar, so although in theory you could but you would then restrict yourself to crotchets. The options you get are: 16 slots that can contain note start/note continues or rest per slot (you can shorten the length and also get 3/4 with the first 12 slots) Note pitch Note length (Note pitch and length set in separate passes so you need to have them written down) Octave up/down Accent Slide Having the note and note length separate processes is why you hear so many weird lines - people mash in some random notes then make them all 16ths on the timing pass. It's really awkward unless you have the score in front of you!

I know this is too late, but https://aionfx.com/project/l5-preamp/ moog and Pearce collaboration, precursor to the Pearce

100% - I always thought it was criminal they got 10% of the royalties each as the rhythm section and Morrisey and Marr got the other 80 - they are so much of the sound!

Love it - I was thinking this one. My all time favorite bass line. 8 bars, but maybe I can bend the rules of engagement for this. Larry Graham is my hero! Nice - I like this tune a lot. One of those bass lines that sticks in your head without you realising. Kind of more 2 than 4, but the variations are good. This is one bar, but I see where you are coming from - would totally work on the 303. Solid gold - thanks - I hadn't thought of Bring Down the Birds Pump it up is such a great bass line - too classy for me to be able to program - I might try and learn it IRL though. Boogie Oogie is a contender. Do you know the original? Charles Wright was was Easy E's uncle I think. Those 2 tunes are both in my top 100. "I get straight while I do this/ and mediate like a Buddhist" Unassailable funk! Left field for me - totally fits the rubric - I'll see if I can make it work. Does that count if the last two bars are just two tied semibreves (or a breve, I suppose)? Makes it easier to program! 😛 Thanks for the suggestions - a lot to think on!

Sure thing - I don't really like it either! https://www.dropbox.com/s/u75zod1zry7gxlk/good_times.mov?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/gumuu1rjyukqfk8/come_down.mov?dl=0 I tried them in FF and they didn't work but did work in Chrome and Safari

I'm doing a weird project where I'm transcribing, or taking transcriptions of classic bass lines and programming them into a TB-303. For those who don't know, a 303 is the classic acid house synth of the 90's, but was created in 1982 as a bass accompaniment, like the old rythym machines, but for you to program a bass line in and play along. So I'm taking it back to it's original use case. So far I have "Good Times", "For the love of money" and "Come Down" by Anderson .Paak. I was wondering what anyone else might suggest? The criteria is: Stone cold classic instantly reconisable (if you know the song) bass line 4 bars (anymore and it's a beast to program into the 303 as you have to brave 'song mode', any fewer and it's less of a challenge) You can see where I'm tending (70's funk and disco & hip-hop), but I'm wondering about more recent lines I've missed. I've got a couple of tentative first passes up on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CoQA0ZWI7ui/ https://www.instagram.com/tv/Cn9aFtgIWdu/ Thanks for any suggestions!

Being able to blend the 2 channels with full control over the relative volumes makes this one of the most successful dirt machines I've heard for bass. Amazing on synth as well - to be able to EQ each channel and then blend to taste: 1 saturated and round, one edgy and distorted - mmm, makes me want to get up and go to the studio right now!

Pierce or Pearce? If the latter I'll be watching with interest - there is one in the studio (it's not mine though) and it really rocks. Hudson Broadcast clone is good for bass, great sounding grit (it's based on the old broadcast cast consoles of the 60's).

I'm doing a weird project where I'm transcribing, or taking transcriptions of classic bass lines and programming them into a TB-303. (A 303 is the classic acid house synth of the 90's, but was created in 1982 as a bass accompaniment, like the old rythym machines, but for you to program a bass line in and play along). So far I have "Good Times", "For the love of money", "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" and "Come Down" by Anderson .Paak. I was wondering what anyone else might suggest? The criteria is: Stone cold classic instantly reconisable (if you know the song) bass line 4 bars (anymore and it's a beast to program into the 303 as you have to brave 'song mode', any fewer and it's less of a challenge) You can see where I'm tending (70's funk and disco), but I'm wondering about more recent lines I've missed. I've got a couple of tentative first passes up on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CoQA0ZWI7ui/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link https://www.instagram.com/tv/Cn9aFtgIWdu/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link (I'm also learning to play them on the bass as part of the process)

I was at a gig and the support act played a ripper - really a great cut through tone (they were kind of a little math rock - worked really well with the guitars).

That struck me too. Almost like it's been kept in an airtight box - I've never seen an old bass with the neck that pale before!

That feels low compared to the Lusithand at 4K, but demonstrably gets good results. I wonder what the dB per octave slope is? Great video! It clearly delinates the difference in sound between the two - I felt like the Wal still sounds more defined, has that presence and growl. Thank you for taking us on the journey!

Coincidentally this came up on another thread: https://www.basscentre.com/british-bass-masters/bbm-betsy.html EMG active jazz pickups

My feeling is your best bet is something with EMG active pickups in. Very quiet, clean and flat. I find them to be very present sounding. I know you don't want to mod, but they do solderless replacement kits that are pretty plug and play.

Not many mahogany body basses about new like this? I guess CITES: https://cites.org/eng/news/pr/2003/031111_mahogany.shtml Maybe it's not Mahogany but Sapele (often called Mahogany to avoid/promote confusion).

Wave cool! Never seen one before.

I always had a soft spot for the Eagle. Actually it's kind of my dream bass in this configuration though kind of ugly: I know it's pointy and curvy - just wrong on every level!