Twigman

My latest bass and mini-rig - Nice pic - can I nick it?

mine is autobiographical

http://www.status-graphite.com/status/frames/index_home.html [quote]You can simply fit these fully screened pickups to your bass and use the existing controls or choose to expand the E.Q. range by fitting a Status active circuit. These pickups have a broad response with a full output : ideally suited to being modified with an active circuit. Status pickups are also fully compatible with most other manufacturers active circuits so you can safely fit these Status pickups to your existing instrument.[/quote]

[quote name='throwoff' timestamp='1429286357' post='2750083'] Nothing in the instrument makes a single bit of difference to the tone other than pickups and electronics. [/quote] In that case 2 of my basses should sound exactly the same. They don't. Both have babicz bridges Both have the same Fender original 62 pbass pick up Both are passive - even wired using the same pots, wire and jack. They both wear the same strings at the same gauge. So you are saying they should sound exactly the same? Far from it. One has a Status neck, the other a maple and rosewood neck and they sound very very different from each other.

[quote name='cybertect' timestamp='1443695328' post='2876907'] The Durutti Column, who are often compared to the Cocteaus. [/quote] by people who are tone deaf, I'd imagine....

My personal favourite band from the 80s (apart from us ) was the Cocteau Twins Simply Red were never on my radar

The fella who you reckon undervalued your amp is probably just chancing his arm in an effort to claw back what he felt he was short changed on the bass...just saying.

Omelette to the party again...

I've been looking for this mod too..... I bought a BBM but it went straight back in the box as I deemed it unuseable without this mod.

After the Wal talk at the bass bash on Saturday and seeing the insides of a Wal pickup - each magnet has its own coil.....I am tempted to have a go at winding my own pickup. Has anyone tried this? Any tips on methods to count windings? Sources for rod magnets/fibreboard? Any tips?

Stick a feeler gauge of appropriate thickness (fret height plus a little bit) up against the nut on the fretboard side when you file. If your file hits the feeler gauge you've gone far enough.

Does anyone else think that a different style player (no offence Loz! Might have yielded different results ? Loz was all about the attack

Thanks to all involved. I had a good day and learned a thing of two from chatting to the set up fella. Who's going to break the news to the Barefaced fanbois?? Yes I know I've got 2 of them...different folks, different strokes ��

I wouldn't call myself fat so don't go there. My BC handle is as a result of a nickname my band mates gave me (admittedly 30 years ago)..I digress. It's not so much my back that hurts. It's my left shoulder. Hang a 10lb bass off it for 2hours plus and it aches...for the last half hour of the set I cease concentrating on my playing and just want to get it off and get back to the dressing room. With a 7-8lb bass happy to play 3 encores and an extra half hour.

Kontakt 4 and Evolution Electric Guitar Strawberry [url="http://www.orangetreesamples.com/products/evolution-electric-guitar-strawberry"]http://www.orangetre...itar-strawberry[/url] Being seriously lacking in my ability to play 6 string that library is a godsend....I also have the steel string acoustic for kontakt that they do too. [url="http://www.orangetreesamples.com/products/evolution-acoustic-guitar-steel-strings"]http://www.orangetre...r-steel-strings[/url] Here's a little ditty i wrote using both libraries - it almost sounds like a proper guitar even the electric strumming from 2.09 !! [url="https://www.reverbnation.com/sadloversandgiantsiangibson/song/13162094-cranes"]https://www.reverbna...13162094-cranes[/url] Ampeg SVX is a great bass amp sim...it gets my vote every time. Superior Drummer 2 is my goto drum kit

What bass is it? Having the top horn extend as far as the 12th fret keeps most basses well enough balanced. If the top strap button is any closer to you then getting the headstock as light as possible is key - (gotoh resolites/hipshot ultralites)

Sonic Youth play Madonna !!!! [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUCLoPFvNKY[/media]

Probably down to the quality of the AD converter in the B3 - I'd imagine it's not the best

What defines a bass as a jazz bass? is it the body shape? The pickup combination? Or the neck? 3 of my basses have Jazz necks mated to P(ish) shaped bodies....I love a jazz neck...but I love the P body too....perhaps I need a different thread?

Spotify 'royalties' have always been pants.....I make an almost insiginificant percentage of my royalty income from Spotify.

[quote name='Norris' timestamp='1443080650' post='2871940'] I think I'd avoid WD40 as it might get into the windings. [/quote] Will not do any harm whatsoever

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1443025160' post='2871610'] I`ve a bad back and playing a 10lb+ bass isn`t good for it. However I`ve also found that basses under 8.5lbs don`t feel "right" to me, so prefer them around the 9lb mark. [/quote] try my dinkyP on Saturday lozz and you'll change your mind.....possibly