sshorepunk

Gotta go back to circa 1979 to start this! FAL 100w PA amp, covered in red vinyl! I got me a 15" celestion speaker and made a cab out of plywood with my dad. About 6 months later, I cut it down in size, so just big enough for the speaker in wodth and a bit taller. The bought an empty 15" ported cab, into which went the 15" celestion, I then found an identical cab, so then had me two 15" ported cabs. Think I then got a Tour bass amp from Chase in manchester, the departure of the 15" cabs followed and in came a 4x12, made by leach (salford company) I then, through the $$ I earn't giging, bought one of the early 7 band Trace elliot heads. Had a break from playing for a few years! Back with TE, a combo I think? Then came an ashdown ABM ??, then a chrome rack version of the same, had me an ashdown 4x10. The EBS 4x10, out went the ashdown, in came EBS HD350. The had a Fafner, then onto TD650. Not gigging much so changed 4x10 for EBS Neo 2x12 and eventually the TD650 went in favour of Markbass LMII Missed the TD650, so at first chance got another As I'm gigging a fair bit, swapped Neo 2x12 for EBS proline 4x10 My band can be loud, so had 2 4x10'a Then found neo 4x10, so sold a proline 4x10. Just sold last proline 4x10 so gonna treat myself to another Neo 4x10, cos I'm worth it T

I just sold my EBS 4x10 this morning and only down the M62 in manchester! T

Yes, they are a good pre, plenty of users on here agree, I also had one fitted in a Modulus Jazz a few years back! I've got a rehersal on Thursday and a gig on Tuesday, so plenty of time to get this done, always got the fretless Pedulla (which I can play the full set on) and a couple of 4 string P basses as back up T

[quote name='GreeneKing' post='625746' date='Oct 14 2009, 09:43 AM']Are you putting in 'off the shelf' U-Retro Tony? Peter[/quote] It's a stock J Retro deluxe with an extra switch for the LED's Tony

Gonna start this now, the next week will see a big change being made to my 5 string Sei Jazz It's currently running a pair of Bart' soap bars through a Bart' pre amp. The pre is 3 band with 2, 3 way switches for coil selection . Into it I am putting, a pair of Nordstrand Humbuckers and an East pre, with a switch added for the side neck LED's. No coil selection switches, no series / par' switches. The p/ups are going in, wired in series. I'll upload a picture of the bass, pre overhaul, later today Tony

I'm not getting as much time as I would like with rehersals and stuff, to trey this out, but had a jam with the filters last night, Tron up works well, needs a volume pedal on it though T

I heard last night, he has played on two tracks on Wellers new album and someone else from the band said he was amazing! Bruce has had a tough year as he lost his wife earlier in the year! Tony

we slotted in a quick one at Jabez cleg next Tuesday, part of In the City, we're on around 9 I think, will know more in the next few days T

I know poeple from both camps, spoke to someone last night who knows the PW side and he's gonna have a snoop, the guy I know from the BF side is on the road right now I think, will check if he's in the UK and make a call some time today Bit of a shame if the tour doesn't happen though, I do know they are not getting as good a responce as when they first went out as FTJ, but it was biggish news first time round and this is third time out. Whenever I see them they always pack the venues T

A little bit of tweaking brought the dirt / distortions into play, the standard settings were a bit weak! T

From the Jam are touring soon! I also grew up listening to Bruce, now I have the pleasure of photographing the band when ever I want, all the other snappers get 3 songs, I get full set. How cool is that, sat a few feet away from one the geezers who you grew up listening too! I also get ther same privelage with SLF, another of my fave bands from back in the day, still are Bruce still sounds great, great player and a great P bass sound through his Marshall stack! Tony

Got mine today, a quick blast thru the effects and a big thumbs up from me, a lot work well with bass. Need to get soem stuff sorted before thursday and then it will see some action T

Hey steve, how did it go? T

It was that price for a few hours, then went back to £329? I didn't have my wallet on me when I saw it, got home, bought one, then shortly after it was normal price!! Tony

It looks like they did hold the price, I need to check the invoice when it arrives though. My account on Dolphin still shows the same price though, so without contcating me, they cannot charge any more to my card! Could be the best £215 I've spent for a while! I got to go away for a few days tonight though, so probably only gonna get a few minutes to have a play, will have to wait until sunday for a good work out with it Tony

I just got an email from Dolphin Music telling me mine has been shipped, should arrive tomorrow! Tony

Yes, it ain't that simple! By simple, I meant, I want to go down the regular bass, mid, treble route and avoid having too many switches, so using push/pull pots where possible I think I am going to stay with the p/ups in series (simple job to change later) and get john to squeeze in a small switch for the LED's, or go the route you went with the push/pull pot on the passive tone. Cheers Tony

Thanks for the input guys, it's all sinking in! I will be sticking with a regular pre as opposed to a filter based pre at this time, just trying to work out the best way to squeeze everything in!! Tony

I also considered this a while back. Rob Green at Status makes a standard stingray neck that has a flatter profile on the back, therefore giving the impression of a slimmer neck. He will also do a stingray neck with the same nut width as a Jazz (similar to a sterling) but he will add extra to the cost, £50 I think it was You could always get a Sterling Tony

anybody?