Eric.C.Lapton

Here’s another slightly cheaper 

https://reverb.com/uk/item/68542242-fender-custom-shop-pino-palladino-signature-precision-bass-relic-2005-2019-fiesta-red-over-desert-sand?bk=

not mine or no connection to it 

I’d like 1 day in Geddy Lee’s bass room, I think that would scratch all itches 

5 minutes ago, BassAgent said:

Haha yes! Except this bass used to be fretted

I was looking more at the blanks sitting at the side of yours 

On 09/04/2023 at 11:16, BassAgent said:

Oh my that is absolutely perfect.

 

In the meantime I'm having a fretless neck built for my Sterling Ray34. I bought it with a Status graphite neck but I wanted a slimmer neck, and a wood neck. So I contacted a befriended luthier here in the Netherlands and he's building a flame maple neck for me, with an unlined fretless ebony board. Can't wait!

Looks like a bit of reverse engineering going on there too 😄

1 hour ago, NancyJohnson said:

Did this sell then?

 

Asking for a friend.

Doesn’t say so here

22 hours ago, Aras said:

Omg, what an intrigue! What is a deal with finger puppets?

In another thread someone asked 

“What has a professional bassist got, that I have not”

finger puppets, courtesy of @ped

Only issue I see is the stingray is active, the p will be passive, if you have to change mid set your levels and tone  will be a lot different maybe upset any pedals or eq you have 

23 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said:

This is usually how i work but being an engineer i tend to measure things just for peace of mind.

Have read “The metrology of string height” by M. D Phillips? 

1 hour ago, dmccombe7 said:

Too late its done now lets see what happens. It'll end up another P v J thread again i bet 😂

Sometimes its nice to cast a line and see who bites first 

Dave

Have you considered neck relief and fret wire/fretless type 😂🤣

Those wall hangers must be huge, that Warwick thumb looks so small in the distance…

16 hours ago, GremlinAndy said:

Ok… I’m an old dude (63), playing since 17 …and I’ve never wanted anything other than the clearest, piano string-like bass sound achievable, in my life.

…Until ‘22.   
I discovered that I *do* like a bit of seasoning.    I was just ignorant of the possibilities…

my search has seen me make a LOT of errors.   Blind alleys.   And expensive dead ends.

But I found my (new) mojo.

As you’ll notice, there’s a lot of overdrives.   (The “Substance” only arrived this morning, so although I’ve tried it, I’m still in the infancy with it.  It’s currently not integrated).

 

There’s probably a lot of redundancy here, …but right now, I have a mix of 4 (or 5) drives plus the comp making my new interesting and tweakable sound.   There will have to be a period of ‘rationalisation’ in early ‘23 no doubt.

 

Have a great New Year my bass buddy guy & gals!   

 

Those Blackstone mosfet overdrives sound great, how are you finding it? 

Got a weight for this please? 

22 hours ago, Cosmo Valdemar said:

Clearly not you, but thank you for taking the time to comment anyway.

You’re more than welcome!
wouldn’t want you getting bored with old content and descending into the usual chaos of arguments 😄

I’d be more worried as to why they were disconnected. Maybe get it checked by a tech 

I think emerald may be worth a look for you if your thinking of the GR carbon shell 

KLOS, Emerald and modulus I think at the moment are the best known.

I would say carbon fibre basses are not as light as you think they will be it’s a heavy old material when mixed with the resin

For a bass I’d really want and providing the price was correct at the time, also considering  increasing value, then I’d pay what I had too excluding ‘named’ items that don’t really mean anything to me as a player and only really concern collectors. 

I’ve a fender flea RW and those pickups sound amazing 

GLWTS

10 years ago, marmite Bass who really cares 

5 minutes ago, Chris2112 said:

 

You press down a string on the neck with your left hand and pluck it over the plastic blocks on the body and it makes a sound. String a few together and you've got music! 

That would have suited you so much better if you’d said 

“What can this strange device be?
When I touch it, it gives forth a sound
It’s got wires that vibrate, and give music
What can this thing be that I found?”

I thought it was maybe a synth bass 

7 minutes ago, Chris2112 said:

Actually, I think this 2001 Basslab L-Bow was the only music gear I bought this year, but even in any other year it would surely have come first as it has one of the finest and most entertaining basses I've ever played. 

 

 

 

 

 

What does it do? 

On 19/12/2022 at 07:06, Delberthot said:

I think I've said this at some point in the past - I love the sound of Stingrays but the only way that I can get the Stingray sound live is with a Sterling. I just can't get as much growl and punch with a regular Stingray unless it's a ceramic pickup SR5.

 

I bought this a few weeks ago - Sterling HH with matching headstock

 

 

The sterling is a monster,  I’ve slays preferred it’s sound to the stingray a HH must be marvellous 

If you don’t understand compression, why you should have it, or how to use one, this is the puppy to buy. It will change your mind and probably send you down the compression black hole.

Great little things for not much money.

GLWTS

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