LeftyJ

Wow, that worked out very nice. Is that an SR1000E?

My thoughts exactly!

[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1369396799' post='2088713'] I've been doing quite a bit of research into bridges over the past year & have discovered that they do 0 to change the amplified tone. Some may offer a bit more sustain (or should that be less sustain? ), but i replaced the Ibanez bridge with a cheap Vox bridge & there's no difference in sound, just looks & adjustability.[/quote] Sorry for going off-topic, but I kinda disagree here. I replaced the stock bridge on my Fender MIJ '75 Jazz reissue with a BadAss II, and the change in tone was dramatic. The lows are tighter and punchier, and the highs have become more prominent. Overall, the tone gained a lot of brightness, an almost metallic, with a nice zing to it. And then there's the difference in material. I've tried both a brass and an aluminium Hipshot Style A bridge on a bass I used to own, and found the brass to sound beefier with a bit more sustain and sweeter highs, whereas the aluminium one sounded brighter and tighter

Awesome! I've never seen one before. Beautiful instrument!

1981 MC924L 1983 MC924L 1981 RS924L 1996 ATK300 and 1998 ATK305 And just because I like them so much, two more pictures of my Musicians together:

[quote name='uk_lefty' timestamp='1368649359' post='2079867'] I'd thought that the Badass was a direct Fender replacement and so swapping that for a Delux would be just an unscrewing job, turns out I was wrong. [/quote] The Badass II [b]IS[/b] a direct Fender replacement and requires no drilling of you're replacing a standard Fender bridge. The Fender Deluxe bridge however is not a direct replacement for the regular Fender bridges. If you were to remove the Badass, you'll find no additional screwholes. [quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1368886485' post='2082682'] You won't see the bridge as you'll have the bridge cover on or am i missing something here? [/quote] The cover won't fit over the Badass II

[quote name='Rumple' timestamp='1368715078' post='2080588'] My next bass will have humbuckers in and to start with I was wondering whether to try running them passively with a 6 way 4 pole rotary switch for selecting various combinations of the coils, apart from PRS guitars (I believe they don't do this any more) I can't think of this idea being used by manufacturers, maybe there is a reason for that. Anyone tried it or own a bass that has this set-up? maybe it's a bad idea? my thinking is that you could get some quite varied tones with the 6 options. [/quote] Many German custom bass builders use rotary switches for pickup selection, like Esh, Marleaux, Börjes, Bassline and LeFay. I've tried a LeFay Herr Schwarz with a humbucker and a singlecoil paired to a rotary switch, and I liked it a lot. The tonal options ware many! However, I personally still prefer a balance pot and a series/parallel/split switch on the bridge humbucker. To me, this seems more versatile and useful, you can dial in a far greater variety of tones.

[quote name='Greggo' timestamp='1368616925' post='2079169'] I've got are 250k, is that too low for active? The blend pot (only surving bit of electronic) seems to have 1000k pot on it, would all the pots need to be that as well? [/quote] On active instruments, pots usually have lower impedance (often 25k). 1000k seems a bit unusual to me with active pickups?

I wouldn't bet on it. And for that money, I would personally rather look for a used USA-made EBMM Sterling. They don't come by very often, but used prices for MM's in the UK are incredible at the moment. I would really dig a lefty version of the new SUB line! A Ray4 in black with maple board... Mmmmm! Interestingly, although they're based on the Stingray, they have the narrower 38 mm nut width of the Sterling!

Back when I mostly played guitar, I used to mod the hell out of my guitars. I tried various pickups, upgraded the electronics, installed graphite nuts, stringtrees and saddles, and often installed locking tuners. Oddly, on my basses, I don't have that tendency at all. The only bass I modded is my '75 Jazz Bass reissue. I installed a Badass II bridge, Hipshot tuners, a Hipshot X-tender on the E-string, a black pickguard instead of the original white one, and a cover over the neck pickup. Later on I've also tried an Audere preamp in it (with switchable pickup impedance) and played it a few times but at some point it just started gathering dust in my rack. I then had it changed back to passive, but with a rotary on/off-switch for a 6 dB active bass boost. And it absolutely rocks now, it is an awesome bass and gets played a lot :-)

[quote name='glefty' timestamp='1364485169' post='2027142'] LeftyJ, not Fender, much better & more expensive but here you go! [url="http://shop.taniguchi-gakki.jp/products/detail.php?product_id=2099"]http://shop.taniguch...product_id=2099[/url] [url="http://shop.taniguchi-gakki.jp/products/detail.php?product_id=2098"]http://shop.taniguch...product_id=2098[/url] [url="http://shop.taniguchi-gakki.jp/products/detail.php?product_id=1677"]http://shop.taniguch...product_id=1677[/url] [url="http://shop.taniguchi-gakki.jp/products/detail.php?product_id=1679"]http://shop.taniguch...product_id=1679[/url] Here is their full lefty bass range [url="http://shop.taniguchi-gakki.jp/products/list.php?category_id=11"]http://shop.taniguch...?category_id=11[/url] [/quote] Yes, amazing store. I've drooled over their website many times during the past few years. I've seen those Baby Z basses before, but I don't like the PJ configuration and they look much too refined to my taste. I would much rather have one with an authentic Mustang splitcoil, or even a Strat-pickup like a Fender Musicmaster bass had, or a '51 Precision type singlecoil.

I find many black basses rather boring, but they can also be very chic. I love the look of my MIJ '75 Jazz reissue, but I wouldn't have liked the look of it with a rosewood fingerboard and without the pickup cover. [IMG]http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f74/de_slager/Basses/Fender%20MIJ%2075%20Jazz/DSC02789.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f74/de_slager/Basses/Fender%20MIJ%2075%20Jazz/DSC02791.jpg[/IMG]

Odd bass, gold hardware on Ernie Balls is very unusual. I tried googling for other Stingray HH's with gold hardware but only found this SR5 (incidentally in the same pearl blue finish): http://viewitem.eim.ebay.ru/Music-Man-Stingray-5-HH-Bass-Guitar-Pearl-Blue-Gold-Hardware-Ernie-Ball/180852548968/item/index.en-US.html There are no special edition markings on it whatsoever. No year inlaid on the fingerboard, no Ball family reserve badge, nothing.

Cool. Those have been around for a while actually, but only for the Japanese market. Are they actually exporting this new FSR version?

I wish Fender Japan would make a lefty version of their Mustang Bass. They're really powerful little beasts, and incredibly fun to play with their short scale length. There have been a few lefty USA Mustang basses built, but they're rarer than hen's teeth. And I would LOVE to have a left handed Peavey T-40, but Peavey never made any.

The SRX690 was part of the first run of SRX models in 2007, and was the top of the line back then. They've discontinued it since. The SRX700 Jezzaboy mentioned above was its successor. There is no high end SRX model in the current range anymore, unfortunately.

By black, do you mean black blocks and binding or a black pickguard? There aren't many MIJ 75RI's with black blocks and bindings!

Thanks! [quote name='kineticmonkey' timestamp='1360793935' post='1976760'] Nice work. Your video editor seems to have flipped all of the shots of you, though, so it looks like you're playing backwards? [/quote] Yeah, I get that a lot [quote name='andydye' timestamp='1360794665' post='1976787'] Album? [/quote] On the way! All that's left is mastering. We don't have a definitive release date yet, but it's going to be somewhere in April!

No love for my awesome band?

Now there's something you don't see every day! Very nice score. I've never seen one before, aside from catalog shots.

Recorded a video with my band Eve's Fall recently, we released it on Youtube last night. Enjoy! [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAc4WdReOTI[/media]

Not as cheap as some of the basses in this thread, but at 230 Pounds (on this forum) this was a heck of a deal: [IMG]http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f74/de_slager/Basses/Carvin%20B4/6982428589_f16c721200_b.jpg[/IMG] It's a Carvin B4, the most basic and affordable model they make. Bolt-on neck, passive electronics, no frills. But I find myself playing this one more than any of my other basses when I'm at home playing on my own. It's just so bloody addictive to play, so versatile, and it sounds awesome! When I got it delivered it had flatwounds on it and very poor pots (the effect of turning them was only noticable in a very small bit of the turning range) but with a fresh set of rounds and some MEC pots it's absolutely killer

Someone at Warwick regularly visits this forum and posts in Warwick-related threads, posting under the name "[url="http://basschat.co.uk/user/24139-warwick-official/"]Warwick_Official[/url]". I'm sure he'll chime in on your problem soon.

I like the black pickguard. Instant 1970's vibe!