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Muzz

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  1. Muzz
    It's a head with a particular voicing, a hatful of features you won't find anywhere else, and some clever background gubbins which makes the most efficient use of the voicing. The top end roll-off and Tubetone functions should really be a pointer to the target audience, and if, like me, you're in that target audience, then it works really really well. Every amp made will have a sound which is disliked by someone, and if you like low low end rather than rock-type low mids, then it isn't for you. The sanctimonious witch-hunt on TB was just ridiculous, and as indicated above, it's fuelled by a herd of bedroom warriors who have never owned (let alone gigged) one, and who can't/won't see past "watts=volume".
  2. Muzz
    The longer I look for one 'really good' bass, the more I'm regretting selling my Overwater. Such a lovely piece of wood, I should have persisted and changed the pups, but back then (not so long ago) I looked at a bass as a complete thing, not something to be played around with until it was right.
  3. Muzz
    God Almighty, mine's deafeningly loud.
  4. Muzz
    There's got to be a Latin name we could come up with which would be factually correct and yet sound...expensive. How's about Lignum Misceremus?
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    [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1329670996' post='1545613'] This. Note to self - buy more plywood. [/quote] Could be a plan, but as I'm sure Fender's marketing department* know, people won't pay a grand for a bass made from plywood, no matter how it sounds... * And all the others, too...
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    Yeah, but once the guitard cranks up, it's all pretty academic... While the factors of wood density and internal construction (which will vary from tree to tree and slice to slice) might in theory have an effect on the sound, in practice it's so subtle as to be undetectable by most people who aren't looking for it. And even then... The 'strap a couple of pickups and a neck onto some plywood and compare to a Fender Jazz' thread on TB pretty much demonstrated that. I've found pickup type and placement to be the biggest influence on tone (after your fingers) by a long, long, long way. These days I like to think of 'tone woods' as nice to look at...
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    That's lovely. I'm a big fan of having a go at things like this- cracking job!
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    Yep, I tread a line between the definitive stuff being absolutely right, and not killing myself if the details sometimes aren't (but the overall sound is good). As an example, we do Forget You (Cee Lo Green), and there's some pretty random twiddlefills near the end which I haven't bothered with learning exactly, and no-one has ever noticed my substitutions. On the other hand, fanny around with the bass intro to Sweet Child Of Mine, and you're on shaky ground.
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    Sorry to hear this Clarky, not much I can add that hasn't been said already, but fingers crossed and I'm sure there's new opportunities just around the corner.
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    Feedback for Hutton

    Muzz replied to mr zed's topic in Feedback

    Traded basses with Hutton, and a simpler, more straightforward process you couldn't wish for. Great communications, and boy, can he pack a bass. Bonus socks, too! Hutton's a gent and a credit to this place, deal with him in complete confidence.
  11. Muzz
    Blimey, in all the excitement I'd forgotten all about this thread. Yep, Warwick en route to Hutton, so thread closed. Thanks for everyone's PMs. Cheers, Muzz
  12. Muzz
    Yeah, it was pretty much a staple back in the day. Listening to it again in the cold light of a YouTube vid (and the guy does a great job of recreating it), it's surprisingly rubbish.
  13. Muzz
    Awaiting a set of SD SSB-4s for my Fenderbird, but the Laklandbird will have Nordy Big Splits. It'll change the sound, trust me. If you've a few quid to throw at the project for fun, Nordstrand will make you a jazz pickup in a soapbar cover. The Epi soapbar rout will take an EMG35, which is the size Nordy work with replacements for. I asked Wizard not long ago about making something non-humbucking in a soapbar shape, and Andy said it wouldn't work. I'm watching this one, though, interested in how it turns out
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    It's gotta look right, but it's also gotta play right. The sound (up to a point) I can sort out with pickups and electrics. I've got a Fortress that's just lovely to play, and it now sounds like I want it to, but (and I've whined about this before on here) the colour...sheesh, it just constantly niggles at me. If I could guarantee the result, I'd refinish it, but it's a maple body, and Gawd knows how that'll end up. I'll play the bass for a while, but then it'll go back into its case for a while, because looking at it bugs me. Yes, I'm shallow. On the other hand, I had a Ray in the right colours (black/black/maple), but I couldn't live with the sound, and the neck was too big. I guess if it had been just one factor I'd have worked on it, but both meant it had to go.
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    "[color=#000000][font=Arial][size=4]to emulate the iconic 1964 Rickenbacker 4001s of the late Bee Gee Maurice Gibb"[/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Arial][size=4]Now that's what I call a niche market...[/size][/font][/color]
  16. Muzz
    [quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1328997434' post='1535958'] My fave JJ moment: When the bass comes in on Hanging Around. It really sounds like the bass amp is actually in your room, playing along to the track. Fantastic bass moment that. [/quote] This. The greatest bass guitar moment, ever.
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    Aaaaaand again...
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    I'd go for the Ibby every time - I've got the 500, and a friend has the 505. Great basses for the money, and the easiest playing instruments I've found: the ergonomics are just so right, although you need to like narrow, shallow, fast necks. Barts, too...
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    Quick bump for the weekend...?
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    Bit of a feeler, because I've no real pressure to shift this, but it doesn't get much use, so I thought I'd float it as a trade. It's a 2006 Corvette Standard (German) fretless with the active/passive EQ, Ocean Blue Oil finish, and according to Warwick the body is Swamp Ash, the neck's Ovangkol, and I suspect the board's ebony, although Warwick don't specify. There's a little light worming high up on the board (came to me like that) which has no effect on playability and is a bugger to photograph (see below), plus there are three very small scuffs I've photographed, none of which are anywhere near through the finish. Other than that, there isn't a mark on it. It's a very 'woody' tone, which I think suits fretless very very well. There's a functional hard case with it, too. Trade-wise, I've got/had enough Jazzes and Precisions for one life (although maybe a Lyte...), and I'm not looking for more than 4 strings. Unless you've got an eight... [attachment=99659:DSC02153.JPG] [attachment=99660:DSC02145.JPG] [attachment=99661:DSC02146.JPG] [attachment=99662:DSC02140.JPG] [attachment=99663:DSC02144.JPG] [attachment=99664:DSC02143.JPG] [attachment=99665:DSC02148.JPG] [attachment=99666:DSC02149.JPG] [attachment=99667:DSC02154.JPG]
  21. Muzz
    Just completed a painless Hipshot-swap with Simon. Good comms, faultless transaction, top geezer and gent. Cheers!
  22. Muzz
    Bought a bass from Stuart, completely stress-free experience, even when I forgot to Gift him a Paypal payment, which meant he was (slightly) out of pocket. Bass was well packed and arrived very quickly. Top geezer. Cheers, Muzz
  23. Muzz
    Is it just me who's got Toy Story 2 in his head while reading the OP?
  24. Muzz
    Very weird, over the weekend I was looking for a song to learn to show my 6-year old so he can play along (on his keyboard at the mo, but the bass is sitting there waiting its day), and out of the blue I decided Price Tag would be good. It might be the phase of the moon, or something in the water...
  25. Muzz
    Well, I didn't post earlier because I honestly didn't want a set of Rotosounds, even for free. I [i]really[/i] don't like them. Top marks for customer service/promotion to Rotosound, though. OK, who's up for a 'discussion/begging' thread about DRs then?
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