Grand Wazoo

Thanks everyone that gave their reply, I will contact these companies and see if they can help.

Nigel the problem is not the spacing but the foot pring of the bridge is not standard size I have a few aftermarket (Fender replacement ones) and none fit without me having to tap the screw holes and redrill new ones which I don't wish to do because I intend to keep everything else as original and reversable to standard status. Thanks

I need a narrower built cnc badass or high mass lookalike bridge for a 4 strings bass I have, are there any such people in this forum that makes these or are able to build an efficient bridge?

Thanks

Yes yours would be exactly the same as a 2013 with the only difference being the pickup because from 2012 onwards these come with a vintage custom shop (hotter) p/up but to be honest mine is a 2011 and pre the new pickup and I find it very good so I can't really see the improvement, my 2011 sounds perfectly balanced and has a tone that comes out through the muddiest of mixes. Oh and... the 2011 has a special commemorative back plate to celebrate 60 years since the Precision was introduced.

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[quote name='spongebob' timestamp='1385142193' post='2284991']
Definitely worth the money IMHO.

Quality instrument, quality hard case.....look after it and it'll play for a lifetime.
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Yes! Totally. Great necks, bodies, love the high mass bridge with optional loading thru or over, great pickups. Worth ever */&$ing penny!

Those who say they are over prices don't know their B-[b]ass[/b] from their elbow.Here's a second hand pristine from Mark at Bass Direct [url="http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Fender_USA_P_4.html"]http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Fender_USA_P_4.html[/url]

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1384388915' post='2276251']
Just listened to the Echidna's Arf one, very good indeed, if a little soulless, but you can't deny the skill on show, flawless!

This is mine, I cringe at the timing in some of it

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=focGv64Wj0A[/media]
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Nigel yes, I did enjoy not bad! 'bit messy', but fun none the less. good job.

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1384388227' post='2276242']
I was just joking that you didn't post one I did It's not very good really.
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well if it is on youtube, I'd like to see it, but to get those 3 good version above, I have had to skip through at least 10 badly done ones which eventually I didn't pick, but never seen yours. I think Marlowe DK does a good job on Dirty Love, but the first one i.e. Peaches is my fav.

I dunno which one is your fav one?

and one more for good measure

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNR3QXPvYKo"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNR3QXPvYKo[/url]

It's only when I see some very good youtube bass covers that I realize how complicate were some of Zappa's songs, these are a few examples

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1V2TOCaXB0[/media]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31fbdBmHzqA[/media]

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1383990191' post='2271532'] I was going to say something like 'love is blind', but you told us not to She's a decent player, but there's something in the timing and articulation that leaves me feeling completely unmoved. She's ahead of the beat in much of the phrasing and that makes it sound anxious, and there's little dynamics or finesse. Sorry Andrew. [/quote] And her rendition of some of the tunes are justapproxed, not exactly accurate other than that she might be a lass playing a bass, all I see it's a human playing it good or bad, that is all I see. we are in the year 2013, live with it. Jesus dudes, Carol Kay has been doing it for yonks!

My mate Ellen O'Reilly can do that while singing, and looking a whole lot better

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1Pnz5CogUE

Nambucca, 596 Holloway Road, N7 6LB doors open 5pm - £6.00 at the door

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[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/fcamardo_night_time_photography/10756548604/]Nambucca, 596 Holloway Road, N7 6LB[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/fcamardo_night_time_photography/]F. Camardo Photography™ © 2013[/url], on Flickr

Here is the latest video for Hangarvain, and a little reminder their gig is at the Nambucca in London on Nov 17th, £6.00 on the door, if you are in town please go and check them out

Thanks

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2c71Vx99LE"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2c71Vx99LE[/url]

... continued

The guitarist is Alessandro Liccardi a guitar teacher, music editor of a famous italian guitar magazine and writer of guitar method books, can be seen here: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjQ6oDW0x98[/media]

However with this new band Hagarvain they are not playing jazz but rock and here is a video of a song from their latest album click below:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vWCTGOh7KA[/media]

Hi all, please if you are in London and you want to see a great Italian band, come and see [b]Hangarvain[/b] playing at the Nambucca at no. 596, Holloway Road, London N7 6LB, advanced tickets at the link below £5 or £6 at the door, cheap as chips! but a great band.

For more details look here: [url="https://www.facebook.com/events/169172386619531/?notif_t=plan_user_invited"]https://www.facebook...an_user_invited[/url]

The bassist and guitarist are good friends of mine and both are true virtuoso's Alessandro Stellano (bass) normally plays his own jazz compositions with his own band [url="https://www.facebook.com/alessandro.stellano.official"]https://www.facebook...ellano.official[/url]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fbfLBkSqXU[/media]

[quote name='drTStingray' timestamp='1380700159' post='2228985']
Several conflicting views here then - my MM Bongo 5HHp was strung with one of the first batch of these strings in the UK early in 2012..........and still is.

I haven't noticed any particular change in tension from normal rounds, they haven't rusted and they are still as bright as they were when new, to my ears. Which is not as bright as brand new nickel or stainless rounds but still bright enough for me.

I was so impressed I put a set on my Classic Stingray last year which I gig with very regularly. No fret wear, very loud, great harmonic content and a significant boost particularly in upper mids.

I think they're great strings - I must confess the Classic Ray now has Thomastik flats but that is more to do with wanting a Bernard Edwards sound across the board than any problem with the cobalts - I would recommend giving them a try - the sound is great. And I have experienced no negatives with them.
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Agreed with all of the above. Please can you ask Big Pooper to make a set of 5's for 37" scale so I can stick 'em on me Dingwalls?

The worst bass I ever had [size=3][b](mostly down to me being a cheapskate at the time)[/b][/size] was a Columbus fretless Jazz copy. Aboslute gawd awful sh|te. But it took me enormous pleasure taking it to bonfire night and watch it burn.

£1300 is indeed a bargain considering that brand new this bass retailed at just under £2500, a Stingray with a difference, part of the limited FBR series (Familly Ball Reserve) Mahogany body & neck, and a stunningly matched redwood veneer top, Mark Stickley said: [size=3][i][b]"...Second hand bass in immaculate condition with no dings, scratches or missing finish. The bass has fully cleaned and set up with a new set of strings and comes with original snakeskin custom hard case..."[/b][/i][/size]

[url="http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Stingray_REDWOOD_4.html"]http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Stingray_REDWOOD_4.html[/url]

Although not an SR300, I have a 1984 Ibanez Roadstar II RB650, which I bought it last month for £199 + £20 postage and all I had to do to it was to give it a thorough clean, I've had to scrub some serious dirt and grime from the neck and cavities and after a set of new strings and a quick setup it plays better than a bass worth at least a thousand notes. I was reading about it on TalkBass and some people there were saying the pickups was the only thing that let this bass down, but I reckon whoever said that don't know what they are talking about, these pickups are fantastic, clear as day, loud and the simple controls work like a dream, infact to me this is one of the best P/J 4 string basses I've ever played.

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Tried them at the last London Bass show, very comfortable to play and certainly an array of usable sounds for the money, the most interesting feature most peole overlooks, and one that set these apart is the way the neck joins the body almost all the way to the centre of the body, the rep who was there told me it offers the best compromise in tonal rendition between a bolt on and a fixed neck.

Surely if you are close by Bass Direct, try them, I am planning to try them there too sometimes because sadly at the show.... couldn't hear much of it due to the show noise.

I love those cobalt strings, I am all in favour of them, and the loss of zing I believe is a rare occasion, I have bought 5 sets so far 1 of the 5 sets died within one day the other aged normally without premature downfall, I guess there are still some experimentary formula batches being sold and its luck of the draw, but for presence, mid punch and clarity, I will stick with them for as long as I can.

I wish they made them extra long scale so I could use them on me Dinger's

[quote name='dave_bass5' timestamp='1380028564' post='2219730']
This Bass Bash sounds just like a Sat afternoon in the Bass Cellar. I thought us bass players were a sensible, considerate bunch, who on the whole cant stand slapping :-)
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That's what I thought Dave, much to my disappointment. If it was a masterclass by Victor Vouten or Stanley Clarke, Stu Hamm or even Flea then I do appreciate a bit of tasteful and artful slapping but believe me none of what I heard on Sat was in that category. Not even close.

And Dave if slapping wasn't bad enough there was someone playing some kind of synth pedal board through a huge rig that sounded like duelling food mixers or a high pitch chain saw that was total and utter noise, [b]if you call that music I am ready to hang up my basses[/b] and sell them all giving all proceeds to Help for Heros or Scope (charity for Cerebral Palsy)

Obbm had some lovely vibes coming from his 70's Fender and nice amp / cabs, but I could barely make out what was being played. Clarky had some very nice basses too, and yet I had wanted to try some and compare them but no joy due to the amount of testosterone fuelled slapping.

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1380026520' post='2219679']
Try it. I bet it would still be better standing behind and to the side of some of those cabs at the bash.



Not as much of a health issue as my ringing ears.

Is running a cable(s) safely an insurmountable problem?
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Yes 1000% no amount of gaffa tape is going to secure a cable on the floor where 100's people are walking over it in all directions.

[quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1380016208' post='2219434']
I imagine URB and I didnt help playing with the new Alex monster cab. That thing is insane!

Apologies, sorry!

Mind you when I was helping Billy Apple later with his compressor I couldn't talk to him over someone battering a Status next door, for hours and hours and hours (it felt like). Got a reasonable result in the end, but it wasnt easy, and I couldnt explain what I was doing or listening for at the time at all.
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Yes I wasn't going to name and shame but that lot with their Status basses were breaking my balls too.

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1380014481' post='2219401']
.... as I suggested earlier, set up in the middle of the room facing outwards (with the big rigs at the end) then no one else is in the "firing line" except the guy playing.
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Yeah but where are you going to get lecky in the middle of the room? Run a long extension reel along the floor all the way to the nearest wall at the risk of people tripping on it?

You see... the logistic of your suggestion could be a Health & Safety issue

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1379960546' post='2218808']
For the London Bass Show BassGear were set up in the 'quieter' zone and people were only allowed to play through headphone amps and noise isolating cans (all the little Carvin combos have decent headphone pre-amps).

Worked really well and was easy to set up. Could probably do something similar next year
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The issue I have had, and I am not complaining, was that a couple of people attenting, maybe more than a couple didn't just turn up with a small amp set up, like for instance, a head and speaker or a combo, oh no! They've turned up with such large rigs as if they were going to play Wembley, this resulted in a watts war between the few individual with such large stacks whereas those like me who carried only a medium sized combo couldn't hear myself thinking, and was unable to let people try stuff or even play a riff as I was completely dwarfed by this geezer next to me with a rig bigger than John Entwistle.

Oh and one last thing. Every time there is a London Bass Show at Olympia, the most repeated comments by members of this established forum are complaints about those individual who spoil the show for them with all that [b]slap[/b] clickety clackety noise pollution, and yet. you go to a place like this and [size=6][b]YOU'RE ALL AT IT! [/b][/size]like if it was going out of fashion, saying one thing and doing the other. tut tut....

Fair is fair, if volume and large rigs belong in this Bass Bash meetings, I am not against it by all means but they should be set up in smaller insulated rooms or a dedicated auditorium and then those with smaller rigs can enjoy a more peaceful room with speaking voice level.

I am all for a headphone set up next year