Vibrating G String

New it would be an OLP and a Status. Modded the heck out of the OLP and now love it, got rid of the Status as it was beyond my ability to fix.

[quote name='mcnach' post='954390' date='Sep 13 2010, 01:26 AM']I think that you were lucky to buy during a sale, they were usually around twice that in the US.[/quote] Musiciansfriend had that price for quite a while. They had a hard time clearing them out as before they went off the market the "online consensus" was they were junk. It was a closeout price but the price was often below $200 and that included shipping and for many no taxes. Actually mine was pretty much junk too I've changed most everything but the wood, pickup and paint. Now I love it.

I paid $115 new, no tax or shipping and I've seen them sell for over $300 used. The "rare" part was a comment on what people put in their sales pitch. If you look on eBay in the US you'll see a few OLP's but dozens upon dozens of new Ernie Ball "high end" stuff. They may have been more common on your side of the planet.

[quote name='bubinga5' post='950131' date='Sep 8 2010, 04:56 PM']Well Sadowsky dont charge these prices..and there from NYC...There is no reason other than Fodera are riding on a prestigious name...[/quote] It's pretty funny to see Sadowsky being used as an example of a bass that is not premium priced on it's name

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='949934' date='Sep 8 2010, 01:38 PM']The three different paints in 3TSB are slightly different densities. The gradiation from the center of of the body to the edge allows the body to vibrate in a much 'rounder' fashion than a single colour body.[/quote] None more rounder.

[quote name='Kev' post='949905' date='Sep 8 2010, 01:25 PM']Can somebody who defends Fodera's prices please justify this?[/quote] I won't defend or justify them but I can understand them. It used to be Alembic with the crazy prices. Now Fodera has the perception of being the best in the mind of those that think you can buy talent. Those are the people you should ask about justifying the price. If someone offered you $500 a week to come and take out your trash you'd be a fool for turning them down. Outrageous price lists like this create a lot of free advertising and some people just can't break free from the myth that price = quality and the higher the prices go the higher the fans desires go. As a small business they don't have to worry about selling thousands of basses. They only need a few people and they're getting them. Higher prices creates more desire and they will continue to raise them until they run out of buyers. At least Fodera does make a very high quality product and are capitalizing on decades of reputation and celebrity endorsement, not like some others that put out mediocre stuff and just price it outrageously hoping to catch a few fresh fish. Ritter for example Fodera has left the world of quality based pricing and has gone into the same kind of dynamic that makes Picasso's go for millions. Fodera, while being top notch, can be matched in tone and playability by many other builders. But it won't make you the center of attention at Wooten camp the way a rotted chestnut 6 string with extended B headstock will. I don't mean any of this as a slam on Fodera, they're just cashing in the same way Justin Beiber is. I would do the same thing.

[quote name='Paul S' post='945868' date='Sep 5 2010, 12:03 AM']So what is this? Turn to Stone, Joe Walsh (or Barnstorm or whatever) Growl, snarl or just simple distortion? Whatever it is, I like it [/quote] My first attempt to recreate that would be with a distortion and a phase 90 pedal. Sounds growly to me. Glenn Hughes es muy growly. Jump to 1:46

[quote name='bluesparky' post='945823' date='Sep 4 2010, 07:21 PM']I've read reviews about equipment which have used words to describe sounds, but it's hard to try and work out what those sounds the reviewer actually means![/quote] I've always taken it to mean the reviewer has no idea. It's like descriptions of wine or soap. Flowery verbiage with no real meaning used in attempt to sound in control. I want to see frequency graphs with real numbers! We can't even agree what midrange or fundamental means let alone round or growly.

[quote name='Bay Splayer' post='946779' date='Sep 5 2010, 03:05 PM']as for being happy with my tone.... are any of us 100% happy with our tone (and i MEAN 100%, not 99.9%) [/quote] Yes

[quote name='Conan' post='841715' date='May 19 2010, 01:25 AM']Of course! But then how would you compare the sounds of different basses? You have to admit that a P sounds different to a J, and to a Rickenbacker, and a Jaydee, a Status.... etc. If it weren't for subjective words like "Growl" how would we compare tones?[/quote] Accurately? Seems growl is bassplayer for overdrive.

[quote name='Josh' post='731927' date='Feb 1 2010, 10:10 AM']It's simply down to playing on a soloed bridge pick up with the correct approach and adequate E.Q.[/quote] Jaco said he didn't solo the bridge in an old Guitar Player interview. He plays with his fingers close to the bridge and that also accentuates the harmonics. Though it's common to say he soloed the bridge pickup it never sounded like that to me.

It's probably just the bass he's playing Here's the same tune with a different bass. I think he sounds a bit more inspired and funky here.

[quote name='BurritoBass' post='945041' date='Sep 3 2010, 02:46 PM']And undeniably there were some absolute dogs out there. However my point is that whilst there are many stating this from experience I think there are a fair few who base what they say on what they have read.[/quote] I agree completely. And would add many of the pre CBS or other Fender period fans have also not played one. I've read comments like these are the greatest basses in the world and I hope to play one someday I think this applies to any bass really, most of our opinions are formed by reading and looking at pictures. With the exception of anyone who feels like arguing the point

[quote name='Dillsfretless' post='167432' date='Apr 1 2008, 01:26 AM']Colin played on an album I have by Neal Schon and Jan Hammer. Great bassline on a track called 'wastin time' - but I doubt that anyone here has even heard it![/quote] A few minutes ago that was true for me

[quote name='BurritoBass' post='944842' date='Sep 3 2010, 10:52 AM']I sometimes think the anti-70s Fender brigade is a bit like a bunch of guys down the pub talking for hours about cars they've never actually driven [/quote] My unfriendly opinions have been formed by playing dozens of them Jimmy Earl who plays bass on the Jimmy Kimmel show regularly uses a white 1966 Jazz for the TV show.

Due to the taper of the neck, measuring the side of the fingerboard it should be a little more than 17" to the space between the dots from the inside edge of the nut. You'd want to measure down the middle of the fingerboard to 17" and then run a line perpendicular to the fingerboard edge. I've always thought the right spot was between the dots. If some one tells you different look at their hands as they're probably robots. They never did get the hands quite right.

I can see how having a bunch of different variations would be a nightmare. I know that Mexican Fenders have had a few non standard parts like the 5 string pickups and that makes hot rodding less fun. Oddly the bridge on my Mexican 5 is great, much better than the older style bridge. On my OLP I swapped in a Wilkinson Tobias style bridge and I like the function but it loses the MM Look.

Oh, and if you're coming from synths you'll probably want a 5 string with a low B.

Those three examples to me imply a taste for bridge humbuckers. Something based after a stingray or with 2 stingray style pickups. Change your Yamaha search from an RBX 270 to an RBX 375 and you may get closer to that fat analog sound I'm hearing in your clips. Look for the fat double humbuckers, many manufactures have a few models like this.

The 2 outside mounting holes with the threaded inserts won't be covered by a normal bridge and you get funny looking holes in the bass. And you get on the EBMM hitlist.

$15k? How much without the decal and pencil marks?

[quote name='cameltoe' post='940203' date='Aug 30 2010, 10:52 AM']A friend suggested either moving the strap pins slightly (but to where?) or adding a bit of mass to the body (how?)[/quote] You can add a set of straplocks like the Dunlop Dual kind and that will move your strap buttons out a little bit. Since the weight is hanging on the left side of the strap mostly this moves the pivot point a bit to the left. This could be the cheapest solution. It does move the whole bass a tiny bit to the right and I like that but you'll have to see if you like it too.

Rose Royce - Car Wash

[quote name='TransistorBassMan' post='936054' date='Aug 25 2010, 07:09 AM']Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses[/quote] I love that song!!! Here's a good one for the older folk. Nancy Sinatra - These Boots are Made for Walking.

I believe Geddy Lee used 30-90 for a while. He seemed to get a beefy tone out of them.