GreeneKing

Alan is a huge fan of fretless bass so its understandable that he get them right

I've got a friends Cort at the moment and it's a bit sick. The 'funk' pre is gone and there's a wrong sized pair of pickups in the routes. The original Mk1 Bartolini's have 3 wires and a very high resistance so I'm guessing that they are active. From reading around the subject I think these may be licensed Barts as Bartolini generally make passive Mk 1's. Has anyone done any work on a 'Funk machine'? I'm looking for some correct sized passive pups and a pre amp for not a lot of money as the bass, although sound and very playable isn't worth a fortune. Anyone been down this route or maybe have some bits tucked away? I've been through my store and not found anything. Peter

I have a bass called Rita so I'm happy on both counts

As I said in my earlier post, I had an eerily similar scenario on about the same day with Parcelforce and a big Thomann box. I fully understand where the OP is coming from. The bass that the hardcase was for was delivered much more quickly by DHL all the way and I'd have been equally upset if my semi acoustic instrument had of been chucked over my fence in the rain. As I said, the driver, who was a white van man on contract to Parcelforce, came around later with his wife because he realised he'd got it wrong. I felt sorry for him. Don't blame the OP because the driver has woeful terms and conditions and because he got the sack. The blame lies with the present employment culture that pervades our society.

That's a bit of a coincidence. I had an identically sized Thomas box tossed over my similarly sized garden fence this week. Not in kendal by any chance are you? Mine was thankfully just a hardcase, unharmed. The delivery driver (who was a contractor to Parcelforce) seemed to realise he'd been a plonker and he came back in the evening to check all was okay. He wasn't to know what was in it though.

[quote name='Bronner' timestamp='1426769438' post='2721715'] As popularized by Ringo, Yoko and the other three. Also known as the Baritone Bow-Less Violin With Frets. And appearing all over this Blues album: [url="https://www.cdbaby.com/cd/freddieroulettedaphneblu"]https://www.cdbaby.c...ulettedaphneblu[/url] Tracks: 1, 2, 8, 14 [/quote] Nice. A taste I've recently and rather surprisingly acquired. I bought a 30" Hofner CT Verythin and am mightily impressed both with the bass and the shortie scale. [url=http://peterb4407.smugmug.com/Other/SmugShots/20297576_MJZnTm#!i=3957247536&k=thqtZDH&lb=1&s=A][/url] Interest stirred my 500/1 CT Cavern spec Violin bass arrived today. I'm at work so no photo. I'm finding the Hofner experience quite rewarding.

[quote name='peteb' timestamp='1340301496' post='1702628'] Well a -1 from me, which makes +1 For me, the Ed Freidland book is alright for real newcomers to the blues but is just a bit too basic - tell me something that I don't already know! Not necessarily - feel is everything but sometimes more actually is more! The trouble with playing a simple type of music like blues is that it can get a touch boring if you're not careful and sometimes a bit of flash can be very welcome General rule of thumb: early Bonamassa = good; recent Bonamassa = boring! I’m afraid that no one can churn out that number of records and maintain any sort of quality control For those who don’t like blues with lots of lead guitar – I’m afraid that a large part of the blues market in Britain (& Europe) is for SRV, Rory Gallagher, Bonamassa, etc, basically guitar led stuff Try listening to Henrik Freischlader, King King, Ben Poole – loads of great new blues acts around! [/quote] I saw Ben Poole last night. I get a bit blasé about hotshot guitarist blues bands but Ben is pure class. He built on perfect timing and awesome technique to simply blow me away. An unexpected treat.

Hmmm... I've already got one

I'm not in a band at the moment and I'm looking at other creative avenues for bass playing. Having watched and listened to Steve Lawson I've developed an interest in loopers. For me, a looper would be a means of playing a loop and then playing something over the top of it, preferably with a rhythm track added in. Maybe mixing a little fretless in too. Loopers with rhythm (and effects) are the Boss RC-30/300. Perhaps the 300 is overkill for home use although it's certainly got lots of rhythm tracks. Any other ideas?

Matt answered my question perfectly and I thanked him for it. The next poster had apparently not read and understood when I said that medium length strings were too short. Otherwise why would he recommend them. However no big deal. You do seem intent on qualifying for your username. I should have known that this simple request would deteriorate.

Yes indeed, I can get the tape measure out, measure the length from bridge to nut and go online to establish actual string lengths and hope that this gives me the correct strings. And then again I could ask of anyone knows for definite too

[quote name='BurritoBass' timestamp='1427658336' post='2732789'] I had one, it's medium scale that are best suited because of the bridge. [/quote] Please see my opening post

Thanks Matt

Knowing how far the Contemporary Verythin bridge is from the saddles I did some research about scale length before buying some Medium scale D'Addario Chromes for this 30" scale bass. Sadly they are still too short and are now in the 'For Sale' section Anyone know if the Long Chromes fit or have any other recommendation? Peter

I play a H Ray and Sterling with nae bother. I use floating thumb technique and it became 2nd nature quite quickly. Then playing the E string I still rest on the pup.

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1425286261' post='2705745'] That cat is going to get a shock when it wakes up. [/quote] With Baz, that might take a while. He's old, and lovely

I had her beforehand and fitted the Nordstrand pickup. I put a white pearled plate on too that was lost in the process of ownership(s). Thanks for letting me know how she got her name. It's staying, like the bass I'm not a fan of the aged plate so it anyone wants it....

and new strings. I know that a few of you guys have had her, and that she's been around a bit but she's going strong and I think looking good with her new plate [url="http://peterb4407.smugmug.com/Other/SmugShots/20297576_MJZnTm#!i=3903095375&k=qfTCzZn&lb=1&s=A"][/url]

Many thanks for putting these patches online. I was looking for an Octaver and ended up getting my B3 down from the loft and realising how useful it is. I'm at work playing with the Edit and Save software and can't figure out how to import the patches onto my Macbook. I want to download them but can't seem to drag or import the files. My B3 isn't connected and I'm working with the computer patch set. The files have downloaded as .xml files. Can anyone help? Peter

Great things come from Kayne West. I mean, just checked out Erykah Badu (modern Nina Simone?) and Anita Baker. Thank you B5