sshorepunk

Any news on these, i just spotted them today and the lined fretless looks ideal for an acoustic thing my band are doing? Tony

Oooops, got it wrong, its next thursday! T

Back at it now :-) Manchester - Thirsty scholar, Thursday 22/04/2010 More dates to come Tony

Intresting rehersal last night, we got some acoustic gigs coming up, so started to work on that set. Instead of my regular practice rig (TD650 + one of my 4x10's) I played through a tiny Mark Bass combo, I'm only playing fretless on this set and was very impressed with the tone it gave my fretless. I tweaked the VPF and it sounded great. My EBS rig is fantastic sounding with my fretted basses and does a great job with my fretless, but the MB VPF added a nice touch. I see they now do it in pedal form, has anyone tried it and are there any other similar filters out there? Cheers Tony

Anyone seen or tired these, the Mod Factor looks useful, but a bit on the pricey side! Here's some info I cut from a site EVENTIDE Mod Factor Premier recording studios worldwide use Eventide on hit after hit. ModFactor features Eventide's 27 best modulation effects without compromising quality OR flexibility. Flexibility Built-In Plug-and-play expression pedal control of wet/dry mix or any combination of parameters. Control program changes and vary parameters continuously via MIDI. Supports instrument or line level inputs and outputs. Plays well with others; adapts seamlessly with a wide variety of amps and other foot pedals. Easy to upgrade; download new software from the Internet and install via USB. Features 27 of Eventide’s signature stereo or mono effects: Liquid Chorus Shimmer Chorus Organic Chorus Negative Phaser Postive Phaser BiPhase Phaser Feedback Phaser WahWah Q-Wah Voc-Wah Q-Wah Positive Flanger Negative Flanger Jet Flanger Thru-o Flanger Lowpass ModFilter HiPass ModFilter BandPass ModFilter Standard Rotary Giant Rotary Bias Tremolo Opto Tremolo Modern Vibrato Vintage Vibrato Retro Vibrato Pitch Undulator Feedback Undulator Ring (DC) Ringmod String (AC) Ringmod Studio quality sound Software upgradeable via USB 2.0 MIDI control via USB or MIDI in, out/thru Instant program change Real-time control with 10 knobs, MIDI, or expression pedal Tap tempo and MIDI clock sync 40 factory presets, unlimited through MIDI True analog bypass Rugged cast metal construction Reliable metal footswitches for instant preset access Mono or stereo operation Guitar or line level inputs and outputs Tony

Like the roscoe! I dropped my TD 650 to the bottom of a 4U rack and got a vented plate to fit above it. The 1U space is great for the power lead, 2 speakon cables and two coiled leads! Tony

Nice joe, pity you ain't round these parts anymore ! Tony

Yeah, gonna do a family shot when it arrives! ere's another of the LPB Jazz

Will complement my CS jazz nicley I think!

Very nice!

I never bothered with precisions for years! My first bass back in 1979 (I think?) was an unbranded sunburst P bass, I then moved onto a '72 Tele' bass (bought from the bass player from a local band, The Salford Jets!) Then, my band, did a few gigs with Aziz Ibrahim, he wrote a few tunes with Ian Brown and when he does a "guest" spot with us, we sometimes do either My Star or Corpses. My Star is played on detuned bass and a P bass gets the right sound, so I got a Jap' P'bass off our guitarist for the job. Sounds great, although it does need a set up now, I kind of put up with it for a while (guitarists don't seem to wanna get basses set up to play good lol) but I love the sound of it and it's time to get it sorted (It's photoflame as well, not my bag really!). I will, at some point et one for myself, not gonna spend a lot of money, so will be a Jap or a Lakland Dunn (really like them!) The jazz does remain my daily grind though! [attachment=44374:p_bass.jpg]

[quote name='Jerry_B' post='763165' date='Mar 3 2010, 05:44 PM']Okay, I'll moan then. He was a lazy git Sshorepunk - if I was you I'd brave the leap to an unlined fretless. It's not as hard as it may seem.[/quote] I know, I've owned a few. but can't be arsed putting the extra effort into it right now, too much involved in writing, recording and all the other stuff that goes with a busy band, suits me sir and it sounds th same, maybe it dont look as cool, but who cares But thanks for the advice I may get a cheap unlined just to play with Tony

I want a TD660!

I'm with the Beedster on this I play fretted 90% of the time with my band, one track is fretless and it really changes the feel of the track, but I have had occasion where it's been very difficult to play due to the on stage sound. I really do prefer to have my own rig, if we get booked for a gig and we are told we are using someone elses back line (doesn't happen very often, I am one of those pissed off bassists whose always getting asked for the use of his rig) I will consider, depending on what I'm hearing, playing the track on fretted! I'm going to be recording the track on fretless soon, that should be intrersting! I play lines BTW, just dont spend enough time practising to give myself the confidence to move to a plain fretboard, but I'm happy with what I got and what I do, regardless of what the "Don't do lines" brigade say :-) Tony