Aussiephoenix

[quote name='hubrad' post='545370' date='Jul 20 2009, 03:19 PM']Mates wonder why I bring stuff in from the car even if we're just having a brew on the way back from a gig..[/quote] + 1 I never leave stuff in the car for the exact same reason. Never had a bass stolen, thank god, But my car has been broken into at least 3 times, all of those because i forgot to take the face off the radio. Alarm blaring all day, and nobody saw or heard anything... great society we live in...

[quote name='JTUK' post='514398' date='Jun 15 2009, 04:27 PM']but the only one I have come across wasn't anything to write home about in terms of feel and playability. The finish wasn't that great either.[/quote] Either you're a lot pickier than most, or that particular bass needed a good setup.

[quote name='gafbass02' post='501833' date='May 30 2009, 06:41 PM']Heres the latest version of my gigging board, nothing special but works nicely for me.[/quote] Oooooooooooh... You have a Talent Booster!

the thing is... wouldnt sound or feel like one.

[quote name='birdy' post='371214' date='Jan 5 2009, 07:17 PM']Here's one of my personal favourites. Sadowsky number 2 was a metro the same spec as this. Last I heard WaveyDavy had this bass and was gigging it. Bassaussie also had it for a while and it was great.[/quote] I tried this one while bassaussie had it... great bass. would have been mine if I wasnt looking for a 5 stringer. My Tokyo 5 (Previously Gwilym's) [quote name='Mark Latimour' post='490217' date='May 16 2009, 10:53 PM'][/quote] ... Bloody hell... Doesnt that just take the cake? Gorgeous!

I've never looked back upon buying a 2nd hand TU2. I had a few 5stringers that normal tuners just wouldnt pickup properly, this one works consistently and hasnt let me down.

So... some time ago, while looking for another (specific) chorus, I rushed and bought an EHX Nano Clone. Soon after, I primed the Bid button for that other chorus, and this one stayed in the box. Nothing wrong with it, works well, but its bugging me that its just sitting there, so I've had it up for sale, but noone seems to want it. So, Im considering other options. the box is perfect for the space I have left in my pedalboard, and I need a nice Phaser, so... Anyone know of a Phaser circuit that isnt too hard to put together (i'm only just good enough to solder and not burn my fingers or the components) and that will fit in the Nano Shell? Thx

[quote name='Jimbo' post='479356' date='May 4 2009, 08:32 PM']It's my first and only phaser; IMHO it can do 'real deep, long swells' but I have no reference so YMMV. I'm mostly a filter/synth/distortion/fuzz fan.[/quote] Cheers Jimbo. Does Anyone have any experience with the nano and other phasers so as to compare?

[quote name='Jimbo' post='479101' date='May 4 2009, 04:43 PM']Do you mean the red pedal between the tuner and the BMS? It's a Subdecay Fembot prototype. Blendable fuzz and frequency modulator, more detail [url="http://www.subdecay.com/proto.htm"]here.[/url] It needs careful tweaking to be useful; can be used just as a fuzz or as a lovely noise pedal.[/quote] what's your opinion of the nano small stone? can you get those real deep, long swells with it, or does it fail to deliver like some of its nano brothers?

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='470862' date='Apr 23 2009, 03:48 PM']If you don't learn anything about music you're likely to get stuck playing the same stuff for your entire life. Theory staves off boredom.[/quote] I understand what you mean, but, I just wanna play man, I leave the theory to the composers. My ear tells me where I am, and from there I know where I can go. nobody ever taught me that, I just picked it up. Still im not arguing that theory sux and all that, just that not everyone is the same. Ive tried bass books, Private tutors, video lessons, etc. interesting for about 4 mins, then off I go noodling. dlloyd, Its NOT interesting... otherwise everyone would LOVE it.

I dont know if I agree with the OP completely... Everyone is diferent, some deal with boring theory easily, others not really, some have a good ear, some dont. With me, thats what got me playing, when a fine day, I found that I could pretty effortlessly "duplicate" the sounds I was hearing coming from the tapedeck on my dad's old guitar. I didnt know what I was doing, but who cares? I was doing it! When I got a bass, I obsessed with chillipeppers. I knew how to play all of BSSM and previous stuff. Every band that I came across since then, I've picked out a few riffs to learn... I have no formal theory classes, and yet, when I jam something out within a band context, I dont sound like any of the people who's licks I've learnt in the past. In relation to Theory... I've tried it, I simply cant focus long enough on it to get something useful from it. Bores the crap out of me. What I cant figure out is... why do you put yourself through it? Unless you're aiming to make a living as a bassplayer, I dont see the point. Reminds me of something a friend told me. "Everyone wants to be at the top, but they forget that happiness is on the way up." Personally, I'd rather have fun on the way up, even if I dont make it as high as some of the others.

Are we getting to that "Mojo" thing? You know... the one in that some people claim that its the imperfections that give fenders (just an example) their "character"? When I tried Bassaussie's Sadowskys, I also tried a couple of his vintage jazz and precisions, etc... you know what? they were ALL great. All very different in feel and sound too.

[quote name='niceguyhomer' post='469312' date='Apr 22 2009, 08:48 AM']I've wanted a Sadowsky ever since I've played Wayne58's 3 NYCs and now I have one and having done a couple of gigs with it, I'm not disappointed apart from the fact I wish it had 5 strings. The NYCs are fantastic but the Metros really are as good if a tad heavier.[/quote] +1 I've wanted a Sadowsky ever since I played Bassaussie's 2 NYC's and 1 Metro. I kept putting it off, telling myself it was too expensive and I couldnt justify it, but Gwilym's Tokyo 5 made my GAS go through the roof, and after bugging him a looooooooooooooooooooooooong time, he accepted shipping overseas. Happy as can be, Dont think I'd ever ger rid of it unless I was real tight on cash for the bare essentials.

[quote name='Higgie' post='413852' date='Feb 19 2009, 02:31 AM']I really don't know how you gig that thing![/quote] +1. I'd be accidentally kicking knobs off other pedals while trying to activate that...one... pedal...riiiiiightt...........There!. I caught myself a while back trying to figure out how to fit all the pedals I had on the one pedalboard, and finally snapped... Chose the essential pedals, everything else, I put up for sale not to get tempted to put them back in the pedalboard. Right now, its completely functional. 1 Fuzz, 1 Compressor, 1 Tuner, 1 chorus, one "multi-fx" (Flanger & Phaser) , 1 Delay/Looper pedal, 1 DI/pre. thats it, thats all... and I STILL get incredulous looks from guitards that have less pedals than I do. lool.

[quote name='rockpig' post='411662' date='Feb 17 2009, 02:02 AM']some rods are just a bit crap. it is possible a well made neck is very stiff and the string tension is not enough to bend it forward significantly. if your having trouble getting a playable action on it withour buzzing you could try stoning some relief into the frets by basically leaning on the neck to put a back bow in it and then levelling the frets. when you release the pressure on the neck the frets will be slightly forward bowed this would only need to be half a millimeter or so. what shape is the shim you fitted? the problem could be more to do with the neck angle.[/quote] The shim's area is the shape of the neck pocket, very thin, thinnest towards the bridge. With the shim in, its not a problem. still, I've been thinking, and there's a change in weather coming... I wonder how the neck will react to it... Sooner or later I'll endup buying another neck and turning this one into a headlamp or something lol. Still at the moment, no cash to spare for that, so Ill have to make do with the shim.

Could be, but i dont think so... theres always a small resistance to it except when it gets to the extremes, where it tightens up a lot, making it almost impossible to move. Havent tried forcing the neck, knowing me, Id probably cause some damage to it lol.

I've always heard say that it takes a while for trussrod changes to settle, but that's never really been my experience. of course, the full effect will take a little while but usually you can see a small diference straight out. I do know how to setup a bass by the way (no expert, but know enough i guess), I only turned it to both extremes because I couldnt see ANY change, and was testing there wasnt some kind of problem with the rod itself. Hubrad, I've always played .45's. at the moment its stringed with Rotosound SwingBass 66's. Any specific strings you'd recommend? "repairman for a fingerboard re-glue or steaming"... kinda out of the question for 2 reasons... one is, I spent hardly anything building this, and that would defeat the purpose, Id rather buy another neck second hand lol. the other reason is, the only repairman that I know that could handle this job, Im kinda pissed off with since he didnt bother touching my bass for 2 weeks since I last dropped it there, because he had "more important clients" to handle in the meantime.

Hi guys, not knowing what else to do, I've decided to throw this problem on here, maybe someone can help shed some light on it for me. I've put together a nice little frankenstein from parts I've scrounged and bought from all over. I'm pretty pleased with the result, but there is one little hitch... That's the neck. I bought a new no-name jazz bass neck off the bay, some German power seller I cant remember at the moment, and when I put it on the bass, I was pretty pleased as it fit perfectly with the neck pocket, so, strung it up, and as expected, it needed a setup... So, I look at the neck... its pretty damn straight. Lets add a little bow on there. took the hex key to the nut and turned a little. checked it again... hmmm, maybe I didnt turn enough... turned a little more, checked it again, and still no change, though I could defenitely feel that the trussrod wasnt just spinning in place. I also didnt hear any alarming wood crunching sounds, so I dont think the end is eating at the wood... If I turn the truss a few turns, it reaches a point past which it will not turn any more in any direction, so it seems to be functional. I took the bass to a "luthier" friend, who took a quick look at it, played with the trussrod and told me that there's nothing wrong with the trussrod, the problem is the neck wood is just too damn strong... (this is a first) Its a normal maple neck with a rosewood fretboard, nothing strange or special about it... At the moment, the bass is playable cause I put a little shim between heel and neck pocket, but Obviously, I'd like to get this problem sorted. Any Ideas on what might be happening here? Any tips on things to try to get it to bend a little?

Here's an updated photo of my pedalboard's new layout: [url="http://img155.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p1010031jb2.jpg"][/url][url="http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php"][/url] The signal path is: Sadowsky Tokyo 5 or Frankenstein PM-> Boss CE-2b Bass Chorus (80's MIJ) -> Boss TU-2 Tuner -> EBS Multicomp compressor -> Earthbound Audio Effects Supercollider (Custom Fuzz MIA) -> Marshall Regenerator -> Akai Headrush E2 -> MXR Bass DI+ M80 -> P.A. and/or Eden Nemesis RC212

I've got a 2x12 320w nemesis combo... SHakes the walls man. sounds massive, but has very good definition. I'd definitly buy another/or choose nemesis cabinets to pair up with an amp.

I love the way the body turned out... Natural finishes are the way for me. wood grain is too beautiful to hide behind paint. I probably would have had a go at changing the shape of the headstock, but as long as you like it! Have you noticed any tonal diference from the initial bass?

[quote name='Marcus' post='326464' date='Nov 11 2008, 07:32 AM']to my ears and hands the Sadowsky Jazz is the ultimate Jazz Bass - Simple as that !![/quote] I'd have to agree with Mark. I've got Gwilym's old Tokyo 5, as soon as I got it, sent it to my tech, he did the "all-pulled-apart-clean-fix-back-together-and-setup" on it, He was very impressed with the overall quality of the bass. As for me, Its clearly the best feeling neck (specially since its a 5'r) plays like a 4 str. the sound is huge, defined, tight low end, lots of Jazz bass Growl, you name it, it's got it. I had to sell off 3 of my basses to get my grubby hands on it, but it's kept me gas-free since then... I wont say I'll never get the gas back, but plenty of nice oportunities have crossed my path and I havent even blinked. Obviously, this is a very personal opinion, and highly dependant on personal taste. As for using your Sadowsky pre... I've done it, with a Fender Mim classic 60's which was a great bass. Yes, the sadowsky preamp makes passive instruments sound the mutts... But no, it's not the same thing. besides... sounds like you've already got your mind set on the sadowsky tone anyway... why not go for it?