WHUFC BASS

The wood certainly doesn't. I've yet to see any convincing evidence that wood type can make a difference to an electrical induction system that converts sound into an electronic noise signal.

Trust me mate, a Hi-mass bridge won't get you there, you need either a 35" scale neck, a multi-scale neck, or a some kind of sustain pedal. And if you own the Dingwall in your avatar you should be able to get that kind of sustain ... and guess what? No BBOT, Badass or Hipshot in sight ....

I started bringing my football boots to West Ham games back in the 80s in the vague hope of getting a game. I Dude ...

Things that will make a difference to the sound of your bass .... 1. Pickup type 2. Pickup placement on your bass 3. EQ (from the amp or pedal) 4. Speaker and cab configuration 5. Strings and string type 6. Number of strings 7. Technique (finger, pick, slap etc.) 8. Scale length of bass neck (especially for 5-strings and down-tuners) Things that will make no difference whatsoever to the sound of your bass 1. Body, neck, and fingerboard woods 2. Bridges (including type of metal used). 3. The colour 4. The strap 5. Your haircut/beard/tattoos Bridges are purely functional, they anchor the strings to the body and should allow enough length to properly intonate the notes on the fingerboard. If the bridge you currently have won't lengthen or shorten the string then MAYBE it's worth looking at a replacement. You can argue all day long about sustain but who really needs that much sustain as a bass player? String through the body MAY produce slightly more sustain but I refer to my previous statement. As for tone, in a blindfold test, could anybody really discern whether a track was recorded with a badass, BBOT or Hipshot? Brass, Aluminum, or alloy? I very much doubt it. If you aren't happy with the colour of the hardware then fill your boots, that's a perfectly legitimate reason for swapping out the bridge and tuners etc. but the bottom line is, if they're functional, there's really no need to swap them out IMO. If anybody is willing to do a frequency response graph test by using the same bass, same amp setup/DI setup and strings and can demonstrate the frequency differences to swapping out BBOT for a hi-mass bridge then I'll listen but again I'll say, in the grand scheme of things, the differences are negligible IMO.

Came across this one today and really not sure what to make of it ... I'm guessing it's some kind of custom bass. The fingerboard is intriguing, not sure what wood that is. The hardware looks like decent 80s Schaller hardware and the pickups appear to be Kent Armstrong single coils. The neck is bowed so this would be a real gamble as to whether it'd ever function properly though. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/126064635622?hash=item1d5a09aee6:g:1MIAAOSwWmdk52VA&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAAwDvpu0mfxv%2BaHtmMQu%2BRhoMKDaj%2FKUqMX04JNZEywFj%2BoNTbCZQsC7mO%2FWBo%2BYSq0gNPTD397lmONoy5gXF5PtrI%2BxPuj9TMkGzxNX4m1iXcQDAgsw%2Bk263OstpjxBR%2BU9PXr9hMbWOqlpB4%2BYUcOw%2Fm1ngeERgl2t5l3Azn3xk6LjkmLmID%2FS771E5pWOC6n6h5oUiYVoyLVkisDkLPZ%2FBXZISgLcF86y30J0Qo0PmCc%2BXd8AQ89pZ%2BvF%2FtRuctew%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR8jhwM7KYg

In the words of the script from the Life of Brian .... "Ooohhh, you lucky barsteward"

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“wood needs repair on back* I don't know which particular concoction of spice/crack/LSD/mogadon this helmet is smoking but it sure must be good.

I remember an old keyboard player mate who was around in the sixties and I remember him telling me of PA speakers with concrete bases in them for what reason I do not know. This post has just reminded me of that. https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/showthread.php?p=1131652

From what I remember the tuning stability of these basses was superb. It really was a great design for a bass.

I saw this a while back and it really reminded me of a Riverhead bass with the paint removed. Obviously it isn't but I can't help thinking he's copied the build from Riverhead by Headway:

Vintage make some decent basses, I wouldn't knock 'em.