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[quote name='MuseMatt' post='482139' date='May 7 2009, 04:28 PM']Who can tell me anything about Ibanez Roadster basses? I can buy this '84(? could also be 87 I think) for (only?) 450 euro's and it looks like a good bass to me! Also it meets my wishes (J/P) [/quote] That's what mine was, although mine was already ebony board fretless when I got it 20-odd years ago. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=44673"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=44673[/url] Absolutely superb bass! I finally found something to surpass it.. Overwater! HUGH

[quote name='mathewsanchez' post='484257' date='May 10 2009, 12:17 PM']Abalone [/quote] +1 for me on blue!

Hi chaps, Sorry for taking an age with these. The first two show the mute in situ; the rubber band, inevitable, needs replacing from time to time as it perishes. It's not load bearing anyway so no great hassle there. [attachment=24993:mute1.jpg] [attachment=24994:mute2.jpg] The 3rd pic shows the underside.. nothing nore fancy than draught excluder foam! In between the slices, I think it's just those foam double sided sticky strips. [attachment=24995:mute3.jpg] As is, this cuts the volume a fair bit, mainly removing the real bottomy stuff but leaving enough for either hearing yourself or practicing with an acoustic guitarist. I may experiment further with a heavier one to lose more volume; if anyone else has a go let me know! HUGH

[quote name='silddx' post='483631' date='May 9 2009, 11:40 AM']Yamaha - John Prescott[/quote] Hah! Mek'em'av'it!

[quote name='Stan_da_man' post='483347' date='May 8 2009, 10:12 PM'][b]Overwater[/b] - The be all and end all.[/quote] +1 [quote name='stingrayfan' post='483566' date='May 9 2009, 09:14 AM']could I ever play a headless and not look silly?[/quote] Just do it with confidence. Groove like a good 'un and the rest of the world will learn to deal with it. :) Headless = either Mark King wannabe or individualist with an appreciation of good balance. Or both. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=44673"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=44673[/url] [quote name='Kongo' post='483677' date='May 9 2009, 01:27 PM'][b]Overwater[/b] = Excellent basses made in my homeland...What more could you want? ....I'll have one some day.[/quote] I thought so for years. Now I have one!

That's a disturbing pic you linked to.. messes with your eyes a bit like those wierd parallax pictures they showed us in maths or physics at school.

Mind you.. currently only just over twenty quid.. you could afford to take it to a good luthier to have the other two strings grafted on. Might ruin the collectable value, though.

[quote name='Pkomor' post='475294' date='Apr 29 2009, 05:30 PM']I thought it was about time to get some shots of most of my basses up here, enjoy! My first bass was an encore pk40 sunburst p copy, which I sadly, have no pictures of Next came the Cort GB74, a lovely active bass for around £250 - Bargain! [attachment=24542:IMG_3503.JPG] Next up was the Stingray, got this about a year ago, and still loving it! - Awsome [attachment=24541:Stingray...in_light.jpg] I also have a cheapy acoustic bass (£25!) but no photos of that! Finally (for now) is the bass i've been working on for the last 8 or 9 months, 5 string, fretless, through-neck - built completley from scratch! [attachment=24543:IMG_7830.jpg] [attachment=24544:IMG_7838.jpg] All these go through my trusty hartke VX2515[/quote] Oh yes! Cort tends to be good, then MM are just really good. As for your own, nicely done! The head ain't to my own taste, but the neck access looks pretty unbeatable. 5 string fretless [u]is[/u] to my taste!

[quote name='Lifer' post='475127' date='Apr 29 2009, 02:37 PM']What strings does everyone use on their fretless? I've got these bad boys on at the mo: Galli Black Nylon Taperwound - plenty of 'Mwah' and a nice thump, kind to the fingerboard and lovely to slide on too![/quote] I get these made up in Wales.. I like the feel, and others seem to appreciate the sound. [attachment=24532:picato.5str.DB.FW.jpg] [url="http://www.themusicroom-online.co.uk/product_info.php/products_id/3542"]http://www.themusicroom-online.co.uk/produ...roducts_id/3542[/url] Can be heard on 'The Gift' at www.myspace.com/hughbass

[quote name='leschirons' post='465639' date='Apr 17 2009, 11:16 PM']Take a back up fretted.[/quote] Leave the backup - no safety net really makes you concentrate. [quote name='blamelouis' post='474574' date='Apr 28 2009, 08:51 PM']Well i did it ! The guitarist/singer decides to leave his acoustic at home and bring his les paul and distortion pedals!!! So we had crossroads and sunshine of your love along with Hendrix and Thin lizzy ....and fretless . Couldnt hear myself or compete with this and drums !! Oh well Back to the Warwick next week and i am gonna SLAP till their ears are ringing !![/quote] Just play the fretless louder! Once you get your sound together it'll still cut through all the noise. [quote name='bilbo230763' post='474774' date='Apr 29 2009, 08:28 AM']Haven't done more than a handful of gigs on fretted bass since 1986 (and they weren't by choice!). People are right; you have to be able to hear yourself or your intonation will be impossible to guage accurately.[/quote] With you there. [quote name='Faithless' post='474968' date='Apr 29 2009, 12:29 PM']And, what do you mean by that, Bilbo? You won't prove me it any-way, that fretless suits all situations in life... [/quote] Works for me and Bilbo! Actually I even like slapped fretless.. more organic sounding than twangy. If you want twangy, though, Bilbo's right - that's the one sound you can't quite get, although I did have a brass fingerboard one a few years ago. Graunch supreme!

Good point.. no tube either. It's the front end of the better combos before the tube/ss SMX series came out. Good luck with the Ebay one!

I have the 250W head version.. brilliant to this day from new! As to value, if it doesn't go much higher it has to be worth a punt surely? If not I still have, somewhere, the previous model GP12 preamp i.e. no compressor. This has been on loan to friends for a while but it should be getting used - probably available.

Yes, we sell quite a few violin mutes, and I've never been too impressed with even the tone of the rubber ones. That metal thing makes an acoustic violin sound more like an unamplified electric by absorbing most of the vibration at the bridge. My bass mute is MDF/foam/MDF/foam/MDF sandwiched together, so similar in effect. I suppose to make a bass version of the pictured violin one you'd need something the size of a cat food tin full of lead shot - don't fancy the weight of that.

[quote name='bumfrog' post='471723' date='Apr 24 2009, 05:10 PM']whereas at the other end of the scale, these cheaper rays seems have popped up, looks lovely too - £689... [url="http://www.soundslive.co.uk/product~name~Music-Man-Ray-34,-Honeyburst~ID~11410.asp"]http://www.soundslive.co.uk/product~name~M...st~ID~11410.asp[/url][/quote] Sounds rather tempting.. wonder where they have it made?

Could be because so far Sounds Live are doing UK list price whereas Guitar Center are alredy discounting madly in desperation to sell something they don't even appear to have in stock!

Hi there, Inspired by the weight of this: [url="http://www.themusicroom-online.co.uk/product_info.php/products_id/2845"]http://www.themusicroom-online.co.uk/produ...roducts_id/2845[/url] I made myself a bass mute of MDF offcuts and draughtproofing foam(!) Rather than fitting on the top of the bridge like a standard mute, it goes on the upper face using a rubber band (again(!)) to hold it still, hence no major stresses on the bridge. Cuts the volume dramatically so no need to switch instruments for practice. I'll try to get a decent pic of mine for you.

[quote name='ped' post='469853' date='Apr 22 2009, 06:45 PM']I was waiting for this!! A valve amp would win this no problem, it could just fall on the pod!! I reckon I could beat you up though ARGH. Easy as pie. [/quote] Mmm.. someone mention PIE? Inbetween the possible falling out and making up, isn't this just the [u]fun[/u] of gear? If there really was one perfect setup we'd all be after it and unhappy 'til we got it. As it is each one of us has something slightly different we either like or are striving for. I LOVE IT!

To get the dynamics for arco, hollow body EUBs seem to work rather better. Sadly not as cheaply available(!) I know someone who may be selling one.. I'll try to find out more.