sshorepunk

My Sei and Pedulla are doing the job for me right now, could squeeze another 5 string Jazz in there though, maybe sea foam green or Sonic blue, Nordy fat stacks, maybe an audere pre. From the likes of shuker or sei! T

This reads like and MB1 "love in" :-) Done many a deal with martin over the years but I ain't gonna get all soft over it We drinkin beer at Bass Day matey? T

My sei was out of action last week, did a rehersal with just fretless, went fine, had a fretted P-bass for a few tracks we are doing thoug, just in case. Didn't need it, suprising how quick you get it naoled with stuff you know well, I often play along to our demos on fretless. ...and it is a lush pedulla T

Been a bit busy of late, life is very hectic, so still not had chance to have a good play with this Still not updated the firmware, so not got stuff like the octaver yet I did take it to rehersal last night, hit one of the tube overdrive models, sounded fine, worked very well, had to adjust the level and drive, but worked fine on bass Got a bit of time before next gig on sunday so will try and get some more time on it, but having a noodle at home is fine, getting out with a screaming guitarist and a hard hitting drummer is the only well to tell if it really is what I'm hoping it is! T

We're playing RB's Tony

I use one at home, seems OK, but it ain'y getting the same treatment it would if I took it out on gigs For gigs Iuse a fold up flat double (x2, not upright) bass stand, no fancy grabby stuff, just stick em in and leave it, not as small as a Herc' though! Tony

Not sure what extent Oxjam gigs are happening round the UK this weekend, but I doknow there's one in manchester and another in Chester We're head lining at one of the Chester venues on Sunday, just before a GLC DJ set, anyone else doing any of these? Tony

His melodic playing is nice, he deffo has his own style and the melodic basslines on the first few albums always had a certain feel to them, a side often overlooked as poeple wade into his slap style. I grew up listening to Level 42, it was so accessible, on the radio, TOTP's the tube etc and it opened the doors to a whole world of other players I din't know existed when I was a young bass cadet, I suddenly became aware of the likes of SC, MM and a whole load of other players! my playing today doesn't reflect his influence as i have lsitened to amny players over the last 30 years, but I do like to wiggle me thumb every now and then and do some wicky wacky triplet lines, there is still something very satisfying about it. T

Not so much a dislike for the sound of the Bart' pre, the top end sometimes seemed all or nothing though! The layout was difficult, 4 pots and 2 switches squeezed onto the plate was difficult at times, I was knocking th coil selector switches when moving pots. I could have just took them out and fitted a new plate, but felt like trying something different, and being familiar with the East, I went that route! This is now fitted and working, had to cut the jack plug off the east and thread the wires through to the existing jack, was very difficult, had to open up the very tight channel in order to do it. Also had a problem with the passive tone pot connections touching a painted earthing point at one end of the cavity. I dropped a strip of tape over it and it worked fine. Sound is nice, a little compressed compared to the Bart pre, not as open, if that makes sense? Nice to have the overall tone control just to roll off or add top end I got a reherasal and gig tomorrow night so should have a better opinion then, but for now, it seems to suit what I'm doing right now. I have an additional switch on this, opposite the active passive switch, this is for side of neck LED's. This makes 3 switches on the plate, but the switches John uses are tiny compared to the switches you need for coil selection, so even though I've gone from two to three, the size and layout makes the switches less obtrusive. I've got no pickgaurd on the bass right now as I need to sand it down in the cut out where the plate fits, as its a very tight fit! I have photo's, will post them when I get chance Would like to try and audere at some point though, would be an intresting comparison Tony

I've got a couple of EBS straps and they seem to work for me, Harvest look good though! T

Started work on this last night! First big probelm, the p/ups don't fit. I knew the Nordys were listed on the site as direct replacements for Bart humbuckers, I should have double checked the sizes, but didn't, anyway, they dont fit, they are too narrow and the mounting holes are in the wrong place. Not too concerned right now, just gonna leave the barts in and fit the J-retro Removed the old pre amp last night, had to desolder the jack socket in order to fit it, couldn't get all the wires thru the channle to the jack, so ended up enlarging it. eventua;lly got everything thru and soldered the jack back on. Thats were it finished last night, so shpould have it done tonight. The barts are going in, in series and the wires are set up now ready to into the terminas on the J-rtro I may revisit one of the joints on the jack tonight, I wasn't 100% happy last night, my sodler wasn't playing ball, some new solder today should sort it Hopefully all done tonight Anyone up for a pair of Nordstrand dual coils? Tony

My white Sei is currently undergoing surgery so, I did the full rehersal last night on the Pedulla, sounded great, I did have a few precisions with me last night (one is detuned, hence the "few") but only used them for the tracks we are doing with a guy from the Roses. Great sound, it really cut through! T

I had to wait a while for this one to turn up, glad it did though! Currently played on one track in my bands set, but that could change to 3 tonight, depending on how rehersal goes. I got one of the lines down for a new track on fretless and it's gonna go in right at the start of the set (no 2), so no time to change basses, so the first track of the set will be having it as well T

Prompted by a thread in a the for sale section, I think we need a Pedulla thread in the pron section as things things are incredibly sexy, and mighty fine basses too! Mine is a 5 string Pentabuz, bart p/ups, had the laquer removed from the neck so it's down to the bare ebony as there was a lot of wear in it I thought I had a photo of mine on this laptop, but I was wrong, gonna have to use a shot of it in action for now! [attachment=34438:pedulla.jpg]