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i've got [url="http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-PRO-CONCERT-ELECTRIC-SILENT-UPRIGHT-BASS_W0QQitemZ190174927992QQihZ009QQcategoryZ16222QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]this,[/url] but under the name 'artisan' he's going on about the spruce and mahogany body, maple neck and ebony fingerboard. but it's actually a 1 piece, hollow plastic type mould thing.... and a [url="http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-PRO-TENNESSEE-BRAND-10-STRING-ELECTRIC-BASS_W0QQitemZ190121910744QQihZ009QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]TEN STRING[/url] (not doubled) bass with only FOUR BOLTS for the neck!?!? surely that couldn't hold the tension?? and then theres the [url="http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-PRO-TENNESSEE-BRAND-10-STRING-ELECTRIC-BASS_W0QQitemZ190121910744QQihZ009QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]FIVE NECK[/url] guitar but the middle 3 necks are exactly the same. i suppose in theory you could use 2 of them, but what possible application could 3 be for??

don't like marmite, but i love that!!

to my ears* the first one has a punchier, active tone. and the second one [i]deffinitly[/i] sounds like flats. but then i've recorded with a pod and know what they're capable of.... and this could be the trick of the test perhaps?? Tom *very naive in terms of jazz knowledge, never owned or played one a great deal, never heard a vintage in person [u][b]EDIT[/b][/u] OK, i think i've changed my mind. listening to it again, i think the first is smooth enough to be flats, and with good pickup balance could give that punch. and with the second one theres a low end (low-mid?) clarity/attack that sounds boosted and compressed? and i don't think a vintage bass could do that. so yes, i've changed my mind. 1st one active round pod 2nd one passive flat vintage

'I may have to stop reading the build diaries and "Spotted on eBay" threads though' haha, indeed. the 'porn' section was bad enough, but now it's 3 times worse... and as you may well have guessed. my bass wont be making it to you tonight :wacko: but we should hopefully have gigs in Sheffield next year, if not Derby for sure. and i really need to 'talk' to him anyway, got some things on my mind... lol!

[quote name='paul, the' post='93123' date='Nov 23 2007, 01:00 AM']Off topic, I know. But that's a beaut' of an upright. What is it, if I may ask?[/quote] it's an 'Artisan'. found it at my local market music shop place. i think it comes from the same factory that pumps out Shine, Wulf, Harley Benton, Holland & Barret, you know the ones. it's a 1 piece mould, some sorta plastiky stuff. very very bright and harsh sounding, but with the right eq-ing does a very nice upright sound. just watch out for the feedback!

[quote name='OldGit' post='93022' date='Nov 22 2007, 10:08 PM']Ha ha .. Hey do you want me to take yours up for a fettle?[/quote] that would be lovely. but don't think i'll be able to get to cardiff before tuesday. but will look into it!

the 3 string bee bass was made for a talkbasses IIRC. i used to have a pic of it saved on my computer, but it was a few years and unfortunatly the pics long gone.

ha ha, yeah i know, i lied. was rushing downstairs for me tea. didn't have time to correctly word a sentence... anyway, bassists in hats. here we go! first off, a couple of me in my favorite hat. which has now been lost and slightly more 'laid back' (notice how the hat angle reflects this mood ) and a couple of more *ahem* [i]silly[/i] hats

gimmi a minute and i'll have quite a few for ya

that sounds right up my street! but unfortunatly, too far away...

hmmm, one of my posts has dissapeared... basically all i said was, dont' stop this thread when you run out of basses! start showing some of the more well known weird & wonderfull, then move onto ones that aren't in production, and just make sure you put 'not in production' in the header of each of those posts. 'cos i don't want this to stop!

yummy! i can't wait for tuseday either! though i'd guess your probably just a [i]bit[/i] more excited than me...

very very tasty!!

booty full!

short reply. no. bass simply requires too much area and movement to get a good sound out of a speaker that small. there's a brand called pignose (i think) that do small amps (around 8 by 5 by 4 inch ish) that aparently don't sound awfull with bass. and they run on batteries.

yes, but looking at that, i'd hazzard a guess that i was wrong.

the chanber cutout on the bass 2nd from the bottom there is very similar to a lightwave isn't it?

mmmmhh some lurvly examples these past few days! and specialy like that one ped! scrummy

schroeder does rack spaces as an option in his cab. choose the speaker config you want, and slap your favorite head in there. hey presto!

i've recently begun working with SX, on the whole it's great. but it can be tempramental. i had started on one tune, programmed some MIDI drums, saved and closed. next time i opened it, started to listen and the computer died. and has done ever since whenever i open the file (but it's not instant, usually lives for about 30 seconds). so i moved what i'd done and saved it as a new project and it's fine. pretty weird.

luv em! luv em!

as people have said, hard to help without more info. but i can reasonably assume that once you give more info, a lot of the advice will cange to 'it's a personal matter' - 'everything is of a great standard these days' - 'only way to tell is by playing it yourself' etc. and this advice will be given because, to be honest, it's the best advice. it's hard to find a 'dud' these days. so it's down to personal taste, wether you like your sound hi-fi, bright, boomy, punchy. what sort of playability or feel is good to you isn't the same what feels good to other people. so if you can get out and try a range of 5's, then thats what you need to do. if your in a situation where thats pretty difficult. then give us as much info as you can about what you want from the bass, and we'll try and help you further