harryharold

haha thought as much, but if you never ask......

i'm very tempted by this, good price, local(ish), etc.

will let you know when i'm back in london and i've checked the finances.

i'm guessing you wouldn't fancy a trade for something heavier?

beaten up ashdown ABM 410?

if not i'll attempt to sell it, looking for a downsize at the moment.

i've now gone and got a set of rotosound flats, perfect length and sound good enough at the moment - though thats only acousticly. they seemed to be the easiest to get hold of and had relable enough reviews, will look out for other makes ofr the next set, i've always liked labellas.

damn, i though i was being original with my EB0 modding, i've put flats on too - really sounds lovely. The feedback could possible be solved with shielding - all of it even the pickup cavity.

ah nuts, taken pictures but cannot find any way to get then onto the computer. hopefully soon.

i was going to start a similar thread with my EB0 project hough mines a littel more drastic,

i think may have put similar tuners to you on the head, though i've put a schaller 3D bridge rather than retro fitting with a hipshot. haven't found myself a model one yet, though have got a basslines MM pickup to put in at the bridge. also i'm a lefty s i'll be re positioning all the controlls to underneath the scratch plate - so that'll be 2 volume 1 tone two coil tapping switches and a pickup selector - bit of a squeeze. also i'll need to shave off the corner where my arm now rests - it'll add to the mojo. i've already statrted all this, had a few problems with the nut, i'll be starting again. also serious neck dive issues, it really doesn't like being upsidedown, now have a 3 poitn strap contraption.

mine if we become build diary partners or shall i start my own???

yes for one more once, that album blew me away.

can't think of many better examples, though anything off of complete birth of the cool is brilliant - boplicity is such a beautiful piece of music. i know its not exactly a big band - a thirteen piece i think.

also some of maynard fergusons stuff ventures into big band territory - his version of birdland is worth listening to.

another yes for seeing it live - as with all music. have had many a night of joy at various swing dancing clubs.

oooo that top is pretty, want to see it with the bridge and neck on - more pictures!!!!

hahahaha, i fell for that and it's very annoying as i've done so before.

bit a newbie around here, but my "other forum" did a similar trick last year by putting up specialized adverts all over the place (it was a cycling forum) but in that case the thread got well into the 10th page before anyone worked it out. everyone who worked guessed should have kept it to themselves and wound everyone else up, the fun that could have been had, well there's always next year.......

i built myself a passive 5 string about 5 years ago and it's still ym only bass thoug i have modded it countless times, a few things i learnt in the build

1 pickups, if you're going passive you need something powerfull, i have a basslines mm5 in mine and it packs a lot of power, it did cost as much as everything else put together but its worth it

2 good quality wood, unless you're an incredible craftsman your first home built bass isn't going to be very well made compared to a professionally built one so compensate by getting nice wood, and by nice i mean not too heavy but with loads of sustain - do some research.

3 the B string, it really hard to get it tight, even with a long scale and heavy strings mine isn't as tight as i'd like it, there are many factors when getting a tight B string so try to get all of them and you should be ok.

4 pots don't change your sound, the capacitor on the tone knob will, but it's mainly your wood and pickup choice that will affect it

EDIT: just realised that you're getting it built, forget the home made stuff

[quote name='Alfie' post='443123' date='Mar 23 2009, 09:17 PM']Nothing can compete with spontaneous cricket. A couple of years ago I organised a game in a street in Bulgaria, planks for bats, bins for stumps and a ball made out of wine corks wrapped in duck tape. I recall that it ended in a draw.[/quote]

when in spain on a rugby tour, one morning when incredibly hungover - probably still pissed - we played a game of imaginary cricket whilst waiting for a bus. There were no bats, wickets or ball but we didn't let that stop us. I recall several close run outs, many impressive diving catches, several impressive centuries (of about 6 balls - imaginary centuries) and the most confused faces (on the locals that is, they have a clue what we were doing). I do believe the game ended in draw as well.

awesome, cheers guys

tayste - your instructions make me feel like i'm buying drugs, they'd better be good.

interesting, where can i find overwater strings?

googling for them now, quite a few results. where's everyones favourite place for buying strings?

yeh thats what i was thinking but i'm not a big fan of winding any other part of the string other than the windings. the E string always looks a bit annoyed that you've wrapped up the thick part of it.

Need to put some flat wounds on an EB0, its a 30 inch scale i think. Does anyone know where i can find them? Searched everywhere.

Could i just used normal scale ones and have most the string wrapped around the machinehead (i really hate doing that)?

Cheers

Harry

[quote name='bow' post='443596' date='Mar 24 2009, 11:54 AM']D code, alain caron, without the bass solo and some skunk funk by the brecker brothers.
Wanted to do these for ages and never had the time until now.
Bow..[/quote]

Some skunk funk, damn what a tune. I play this whenever theres a party and we're having a youtube DJ session and it turns funky, usually there's no reply. So can you pull it off? i've never tried, learn't sneaking up behind you once, but this monster is another level.

I think its about time i downsized my rig to make it a little more portable and public transport friendly (this hasn't been gigged in about 4 months), also i've got a baby on the way and any space saved will be a bonus.

Basically the item i'm trading is an oldish ashdown ABM 410 in a little tatty condition, it's been gigged hard, by a fair few owners. It's all working correctly and sounds great though. I'm currently using it with my Mark Bass LM250 which really lets it sing, and this cab probably sounds the best out of all the cabs i've used it through. The only problem is i now live in south london and the rest of the band (and more importantly their cars) live in north london, so for gigs i'm now stuck with borrowing other bands cabs or DIing which is annoying when i have this wonderful sounding beast at home.

What i would like is something is a small cab, or two, that i can carry on the bus and tube but which can handle a fair few watts of power. Say 2 1x10's or a light 2x10. I tried a aguilar 1x12 back when i got my LM and it really struggled with anything loud and low so i think 2 speakers is a given.

I don't really want to sell it as that would leave me ampless but if there's someone desperate for a cab that can come to peckham to pick it up i would consider it for the right price (i don't want too much but enough to compensate being left without an amp), which makes me remember, i have no car so if anyone wants this they'll have to come and pick it up.

I'll try to get some pictures of it today.


EDIT, it's now definitely got to go, so for sale.

i'll be good with the routing, have put a few in before and know the pains of a small slip with a router, though once made a nice pick holder.

anyone have any advice on the best supplier for bridges and tuners?

I have recently bought myself a epi EB0 (cheers neepheid) which is devoid of pickups, tuners and bridge. I want to make a fair attempt at making this a nice bass though don't care if it ends up looking propper rat like, it just needs to sound and play well. I'm a lefty and its not so it'll get a bit of modifying to make the transition, ie moving the controls onto the scratch plate.
I want to put a replacement pickup in as well as an extra one at the bridge. Also need bridge and tuners.

Pickup wise i was thinking about the DiMarzio Model one as it seems to be the only high quality pickup made for the EB0 though i'm not sure if anyone else make such a pickup.

For the bridge pickup it doesn't matter really but a MM pickup would be good, Bass centre seem to be selling the basslines one for £65 which looks a good deal.

Bridge, something high mass with lots of screws, badass, schaller or the like.

Tuners, don't really care but 2L 2R and exceptable quality.

Does anyone know the best places to find all this? Thoman seem to selling the model one for around £70 but i don't know where the best (cheapest) place is to source a bridge and tuners.

oh and switches, need two little ones for coil tapping and a big one for pickup selection.

any sort of part selection or where to find it advice would be appreciated, always feel like i'm getting ripped off when searching for hardwear.

Bought a bare epi EB0, bargain price and quick to deliver. Cheers.

Any chance this is still available?

Harry

My guitarist my be interested in the worm, you have a pm,

i'm looking for one of these at the moment too, pictures?

possibly interested in the Gotoh pick ups, got any pictures??