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[sub]Halo. [/sub]
[sub]Another Highlander! Gle mhath! ... Where in the Highlands are you from?[/sub]
[sub]Welcome to the wonderful world of bass. Be warned though, for the bass clef is a seductive mistress. Addictive are the groovalicious fruits of the low frequencies. Aye, you'll soon become a [i]bassist[/i] who puts down [i]guitar[/i] on home recordings, to be sure![/sub]

[quote name='duckman' timestamp='1361903823' post='1992860']
Hi,
Would love to learn about the year, wood specs, pick ups (MEC, Barts, erg,...)
Cheers
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The pick-ups are EMG. Wenge neck, Bubinga body, ebony board. This is an old Thumb, you can tell by the Just-a-nut1, the EMG's, and the old style cover on the back. Aye, I would like to know the year of manufacture too. £800 for an early fretless Thumb in good nick is an amazing price.

Utoscani, what is year of manufacture, or the serial number please?

Never before, nor never again, shall a song be touched by such sublime, profound, and artful poetry. All other vocal gestures fail, like the grunting of apes, in comparison. Aye, here is [i]the[/i] bench-mark of poetic lyricism. Aspire! ... futile as it may be...

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJLIiF15wjQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJLIiF15wjQ[/url]

Welcome to the world of bass!

Where in the west are you?

Great thread!!!

It's really interesting to see how peoples taste in basses evolves (or not, as the case may be!). There's some classic progressions and some obvious experimentation on show with these lists. To a slight extent you can see how players have leaned by their changing and prevailing choices of bass.

I've owned 18 basses over my 21 years of playing. Only the last 2 on the list are still with me. Who knows where that list will go from this point forth, but two things are for certain ... There will be a Jazz Bass on that list, and the Aria fretless will be with me until I expire. My basses were/ are ...

[b]Sunn Mustang[/b]
[b]Maison ???[/b]
[b]DeVille ??? [/b]... Fretless
[b]Fender Precision Bass Lyte[/b]
[b]??? [/b]... Acoustic
[b]Washburn MB6[/b] ... 6 string
[b]Washburn Force 4[/b] ... Fretless
[b]Ibanez Blazer[/b] ... Fretless
[b]Warwick Dolphin Pro 2[/b]
[b]Aria Pro-II SB900[/b] ... Fretless
[b]Hohner TWP600B[/b] ... Acoustic
[b]Ibanez SR1200[/b]
[b]Epiphone El Capitan [/b]... Fretless Acoustic
[b]Warwick Streamer Std[/b]
[b]Warwick Thumb NT[/b]
[b]Eko B4[/b] ... Fretless Acoustic
[b]Aria Pro-II SB900 [/b]... Fretless[b] ~ [color=#b22222]this is the actual bass that I'd sold 10 years previously![/color][/b]
[b]Warwick Streamer Stage 1[/b]

[quote name='Kev' timestamp='1361041116' post='1980313']
Outdoor shots:




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Very nice. You're a man of similar taste to myself. I've got an' 87 Streamer and the same GK ... and I sold a Thumb bass only last month!!!

[quote name='hamfist' timestamp='1361014494' post='1979740']
It would be interesting to know whether those who struggle with reach and/or balance with their thumbs are of a "larger" build. The scientist within me wants to know.
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I'm 5'8", long arms, athletic build ... so, no. But Thumbs will neck-dive on me.

Aye, it's inconsistant. Some folk experience the problem, some don't. So, could it be related to how high or low on the body that the bass is worn? I wear my bass quite high on the body when playing. I imagine if it was slung low then the lower frets would be easier to reach. The physical dimensions of the instrument its self are still the same though. Would this make a difference to the dive factor?

I had a Thumb NT for years. It had a neck-dive issues and was generally uncomfortable to play when standing. The problem is thus ...

The top horn extends only as far as the 16th fret. Now, when the bass strapped on to you, this causes a balance problem as the bass doesn't have a big body to act as a counter-balance. Sure, the body is made of a heavy dense hardwood ... but so is the neck.

Basically, the strap button of the top horn of any bass is going to sit at the point where your strap naturally drops from your left shoulder. For example, on a P bass or a Jazz bass where the strap button is in line with a point between the 11th and 12th fret, the body will balance the neck better.

For me, when playing the Thumb Bass, a greater problem than the neck-dive was the reach that was required to play around the lower frets. After a while it becomes very fatigue-inducing. To put the top-horn comparison into further context ... you will have to reach 4 inches further to fret a low F on a Thumb NT than you would on a P or J bass.

I have an old Aria SB, where the horn extends to the 12th fret. It is far more comfy and easy to play than a Thumb bass. This is despite the fact that it has a huge thick and extremely heavy slab of a body.

[quote name='Oldman' timestamp='1360946243' post='1978864']
Try putting this in the "Basses for sale" forum
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Very very very nice bass ... but do this ^

[quote name='Roger2611' timestamp='1360792229' post='1976715']
Mexican Fenders etc are largely excellent instruments[/quote]

Really?!

For sale or trade is my [b]Source Audio Soundblox Multiwave Bass Distortion [/b]pedal.

This is a highly versatile piece of equipment. It is capable of a wide spectrum of sounds from mild overdrive, raw distortion, and fuzz, to the very synthy with the multiwave foldback or octaved thing happening. There's a lot of play with all the different pre-set sounds due to the "drive" control. Also, the seperate "clean" and "distortion" level controls lend themselves well to tweeking the tone and intensity. The pedal can hold the bottom end as a result of being able to blend the clean signal in. Oh, and it is also "hot-hand" compatible, if you like such gadgets.

The pedal is boxed, in perfect working order, and excellent overall condition. Velcro has been added to the underside for attachment to a pedal board.

Sale price is £70 (posted)

Trade-wise, I'd go for a decent octave pedal, such as the [b]Boss OC-3[/b] or[b] EBS Octabass ... [/b]Or a nice delay pedal.

Product Info ...
[url="http://www.sourceaudio.net/products/soundblox/multiwave_bass_distortion.php"]http://www.sourceaud..._distortion.php[/url]

Demo video (this guy likes the more far-out sounds. The pedal is capable of much more subtlety also) ...
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LEJoaj93J8[/media]

Another demo video ...
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uujFfo1S1MM[/media]

Folk players ... a beard of bassists

Sub-genre collective nouns ...

Funk players ... a groove of bassists
Metal players ... a riff of bassists
Reggae players ... a dub of bassists
Jazz players ... a [email="w@nk"]w@nk[/email] of bassists

Put a "for trade" post on the Warwick forum too

Collective nouns can be blandly functional, poetically suggestive, or just abstract. Some are really interesting ... a cackle of hyenas, a fluther of jellyfish, a murder of crows, etc.

But what would make a good collective noun for bass players?

[b]A [i]funk[/i] of bassists[/b] ... I quite like that.

Let's have your suggestions!

???

Did the one you were meant to be buying fall through?

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1360695499' post='1974931']
Irish is a million times better 'dreancaid'.
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Ha!

'S e Dreangad a th' orm!!!

The Scots word for flea is "flech" (with a gutteral [i]ch[/i])

it has a better ring to it.

[quote name='lettsguitars' timestamp='1360526335' post='1971850']
... Or just wire wool.
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I've seen this done to good effect

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Nice one man

On the circuit board in the electronics compartment on the back of your thumb bass you'll see a little trim pot with a slot in it. You can reduce the output of your bass by turning this.

I'm thinking this will solve your problem.

There are many things that I love about Weather Report from the Jaco era ... but Zawinuls [b][color=#FFA500]cheesy[/color][/b] synths are not one of them.

Don't get me wrong. As a composer and player, I think the man was truly brilliant, but lets face it ... he had a penchant for the smelly stuff. Aye, a prolific purveyor of the stilton-esque, was Joseph. The times and technology cant be blamed for this. Herbie, for example, was sounding infinately classier in those days.

Oh, if the music could be reborn I'd love to hear that Weather Report/ Jaco combo, those pieces, those arrangements with the synth parts reconsidered. Less over-bearing, more sympathetic. Rinse out the gross pads, the invasive and torturous plastic lead sounds.

So much of Jacos precious playing is lost in this mess of fromage.

I'm strictly an electric player, but for what it's worth ...

Gallien Krueger MB150E / MB150S

Beefed up with the MBX112 ext extension cab the 150w is surprisingly loud, clear, and present. You can read something of how this is acheived in the review below. These are great for recording too, the signal path is uber clean. I use it for everything .. practices, gigs, recording. Don't be put off by thinking that because it's small that it miht be gutless. It's not. I've used it with a fairly loud drummer and no pa very successfully in small to medium sized rooms. Any gig that will require anything bigger is bound to have pa support anyway. Many double bassists swear by these. there's a few big name endorsers too (I think).

Manual ... [url="http://www.gallien-krueger.com/manuals/MB150-III-Manual.pdf"]http://www.gallien-k...-III-Manual.pdf[/url]

Review ... [url="http://www.performing-musician.com/pm/jun08/articles/gallienkruger.htm"]http://www.performin...llienkruger.htm[/url]

Such high quality gear. So light, versatile, and clean sounding.

A 2nd-hand Gallien Krueger MB150E / MB150S will cost around £300/ £350. These are superlative combos, in every respect. Their popularity amongst double-bass players speaks kudos for the thing.

I'm an electric bassist. I use one of these for everything. When teamed up with the MBX112 extension cab it is loud and present enough to gig a good sized room without PA support.

I cant recommend it enough really.