Sibob

So for my lil build project, I need a black jazz scratchplate. The body is (was) a Fender Highway Jazz apparently. So do we know if that is the same shape/size/screw number as say a Standard US Jazz? Cheers Si

If 6 months is what you think you need to either stop playing music...or fall in love with it again, then you should take it! Because it isn't that long in the grand scheme of things. Sometimes I'll feel a little stale perhaps, but that's with myself rather than bass/music usually, so I simply won't pick up my bass in the week between my various weekend gigs, I concentrate on living out the other parts of my life and by the time I go to play the gig, I'm revitalised. Different scale too what you're going through, but I reckon within a month, You'll want to get back out there! Remember, music is about life. With regards to finding a decent originals band, just keep an eye of all your decent local metal acts on myspace, usually if one of them needs a member, they'll advertise it in their name, for example: 'Rotting Flesh Garment [bass player needed]', plenty of friends I know have gotten gigs by just keeping their eyes peeled and talking a lot with bands...being a fan. But what exactly are you looking for? A decent metal band who is doing well will be on the road 6 months of the year!! Can you afford to do that?. If not, If, like some, you have to be teaching and doing covers shows every week and weekend to pay the bills then perhaps you should change your expectations too a studio project or look for a more challenging and exciting covers band! Si

It's probably a butchered 1960 Jazz neck or something! lol 99ster will probably buy it and get lucky again! Si

I'm all for people making their own opportunities! Don't just go for rehearsals with any old band, make sure you love the music, then if you love the music, make sure you like the people....if either is missing, leave it! If you're not feeling it...it'll come across as such! Also I think it's fair to say that if you're going for a 'world music' audition one week and a 'metal' audition another, you probably aren't going to have the 'look' for at least one of them....although it shouldn't do...aesthetics do play a role...moreso in rockier genres! Find out the jam-nights and stuff that decent players hang out at and go play! Talk to a lot of people (you mention you're shy...that's no good) Good luck! Si

What kinda bands/genre are you going for auditions in? Si

So...little update The body is now alllll done, and I dropped it round Ian's (chopthebass) house last night. He's building the neck for this project (neck spec in the post above). I saw the wood being used, and not only is the birdseye fingerboard beautiful, the flame maple that'll be the neck is stunning!! There isn't going to be any 'progress' photos, mainly because I just want to see the finished product, but also so Ian can just get on with the build and won't have to faff around dusting his poor camera whenever it's in the workshop Thats about it at the moment, Pickups are purchased, still need a black Jazz scratchplate to fit a US Jazz though Lovely Si

It's cos it's pointy init!! no help....sorry...everyone has it covered it seems. My 2 pence: Gut the electronics and put a decent preamp in (Aguilar, East etc) and Dimarzio p'ups in it! Si

They are 'new' it seems.....zero feedback, but some good prices on some bits and pieces [url="http://stores.ebay.co.uk/bassguitarpartsdirectuk"]http://stores.ebay.co.uk/bassguitarpartsdirectuk[/url] Si

I love the line and the feel of the tune, but the song didn't hold my attention for long! Although I will say that I love it when a live band really nails 'programmed' sounds!! Si

A homemade piece of crap? no help....but hey....thats what it looks like lol Si

Really good fun actually! Just Reading O'Neills, but there was a lot of vibe onstage, I had a great tone onstage, crowd were up for it! Cracking! Si

I really would like to hear some comparisons or views of the Schroeder 410 and the Zoot 410 Si

No, 3 screw neck joints came in mid '74 And is it me, but is the A tuner lower than the others? lol Si

What you've done there is use the word "properly" very wrongly Si

If you anchor your thumb on the pickup and play the E string, you're probably bringing your plucking finger back to rest on your thumb. So when you play the A string, bring your plucking finger back to rest on the E string, and so on! Rest strokes can be used separately to 'wandering/floating thumb', but they obviously go hand-in-hand Si p.s. In case it wasn't that obvious, this is a fingerstyle technique

Typically I'm gigging, Have a good'n! Si

Yeah, It's all about muting with both hands! Si

Ooo, I likey! Si

Wow, this has been a fair time coming, but I think we're just about getting there! Here's some pictures of the refinished body: [url="http://imageshack.us"][/url] [url="http://imageshack.us"][/url] You may notice a couple of issues, there's a slight discrepancy in the paint on the top horn, so it needs to be 'stripped back a little, repainted...' and blah blah blah.....I'm such a woodworking 'tard! lol The other, slightly larger, mistake is that I asked the person undertaking the refinish to fill in the 4 small screw holes surrounding the rear pickup, so obviously he's filled in the pickup screws holes within the rout haha, so they need to be re-routed. He says no problem with that! Oh and here's the revised neck spec: Flame maple neck with birdseye maple fingerboard, Black side dots only Truss rod adjustment headstock end 34" scale with 22 frets Typical Jazz bass rear & fingerboard radius I also got went a bit geeky the other day and photoshopped what the bass might look like when finished: [url="http://imageshack.us"][/url] Everything is purchased now except the pickups and scratchplate, so if anyone has some DiMarzio UltraJazzes and a Black scratchplate hanging about, help a brudder out! Just to re-cap, the idea of this particular project is to build a passive solution for my originals band First Signs Of Frost, the material is fairly 'hi-gain' and the DiMarzios are the highest output passive pickup I can find. The bass will be tuned C, F, Bb, Eb. The bass currently filling the void for this band is my butchered OLP 'ThingRay' with Barts & 2 band 18v East pre. Updates soon! Si

Well I live in High-Wycombe! So if you ever play here, let me know! Si

[quote name='AndyMartin' post='219136' date='Jun 15 2008, 11:01 AM']I used a 410L with the ABM for a while. The bigger Schroeders don't have the mid hump of the 1212 and 1210 and are more of an even sounding cab but are still a good match with the Ashdown. It's a great single cab setup[/quote] Thanks for that mate! Oh and I just wanted to say that I didn't think that the Ampeg I had sounded bad, I liked the tone.......just thought the Ashdown was a step up is all Si

Yes, rest strokes and 'wandering thumb' for me! It helps towards muting and keeping all the notes you play nice and clear! I used to think and play like you actually, rest strokes being weird, but once you have them down, you will find that you play a lot more evenly, stronger & faster than the way you're going now, because your fingers have a point of reference for each attack. And with regards to wandering thumb, if you look at the shape of your hand as you play each string while your thumb is anchored to the pickup, it changes, its almost like 4 different techniques. Whereas if you change the position of where you rest your thumb based on what string you're playing, you keep the hand shape similar to when you're playing the low E. So although it seems like more work, you're actually making life easier in the long run! Si

I'm a long time advocate of Ashdown, never had a bad tone from mine regardless of what bass I put through it! It does make me wonder what other people are hearing, wouldn't ever call my sound Wooly! I use a 4x8 cab along with a 1x15 sometimes. Although I am kinda on the lookout for a one cab lightweight solution, and the 4ohm Schroeder 410 keeps catching my eye, so it's nice to hear that someone thinks they match the EVO heads well! Si p.s. As it happens my Ashdown rig superseded an Ampeg rig also, consisted of a B2R, a 2x10 HE & a 1x15 H. Smaller, lighter (although not neo), louder to my ears, more pleasing tone etc etc

I'd be there date pending! Reading is a preference for me because it's closer, but whatever suits! Si

Was just comparing the frequency responses of the Schroeder 410 and the Zoot 410: Schroeder: 40hz-18khz Zoot: 38Hz - 5Khz I know that the Zoot is 6-7 lbs lighter and about £200 cheaper (new), but sound wise what do we think? Cheers Si