franzbassist

A set of Silver Slaps have been on my BSX for four years....

The new electric [url="http://www.fenderjapan.co.jp/fuk_ms.html"]mandolin[/url] from Fender Japan

I'm in... 1. Hamster - 2. Silverfoxnik - BC Rich Eagle, Schecter Diamond P5, Levinson Blade B15, amp & cab tbc 3. Bluejay - with no fewer than two cameras, and possibly her so far pretty successful - despite being lefty - Warwick Corvette 5 Pro 4. Happy Jack - who knows what I will bring this year? 5.Chris B 6.TheGreek 7. iD Entity - Zon 5, Wal 4, Amp of some kind, a couple fun pedals 8. Bassace: Double Bass and a small amp 9. Walman - some bits to be decided 10. Kiwi 11. Sibob - Whatever I'm using for my gig that night 12. obbm - Sadowskys, Mesa Prodigy, Berg CN212, Mesa Bottle Rocket and some cables 13. StephenY - Alpher Bass #004 and EBS TD650 14.seashell - MIM Fender Precision 15.Bottle - mixed bag of goodies, Ibanez, Squier and a bunch of cabs, amps n pedals 16.Macdaddy - possibly Paul the drummer. Will confirm at tonight's gig. 17. Billy Apple. Burman rig and a Ric. Maybe a Squier JV and some other bits 18. Clarky - maybe something DB-ish as my Fender JV Precision is covered by Billy Apple's 19. PTB - MTD 535, Reverend 5, MarkBass combo, any new toys acquired in the meantime 20. ChunkyMunky - Musicman Bongo 4HH, Musicman Bongo LTD '07 HS, MarkBass F1. 21. Charic - Modded MIM P, ACG 4, Yamaha RBX6JM, Hartke Kilo, Bergantino NV610 + Pedals 22. Shockwave - Waghorn RD Artist carved top clone. 23. Walbassist - Fender American Special Precision, Sandberg Custom Thinline fretless 5, Demeter VTBP-M-800D, Bergantino HD210

Yes, I like that. If it comes in sub £100 it could be popular. Product page [url="http://monocreators.com/bass-sleeve/"]here[/url]

[quote name='Karl Derrick' timestamp='1409405485' post='2539405'] Gareth, Thanks very much for the pics and input. Much appreciated. There seems to be a clearer picture emerging of what and where the tweaks need to be. 1. One inch narrower at the shoulder. 2. Scoop out a little at the inside at the neck, possibly. 3. Narrow the strap down as we head down the back, to take out the slack. Karl [/quote] My pleasure Karl, and thanks again for letting us test it. I agree those changes would be the ones needed.

So, here's my thoughts.... Beautifully made from top quality, soft leather. Clearly a high quality, hand-made product. It was perfect over the shoulder and made my already lightweight basses feel like they weren't there. I would imagine for heavy basses it would be terrific. I agree that it's too wide though. I'd slim it a touch on the neck side, and quite a lot on the other, as there's a big gap between the outer side of the strap and your back as it runs across the back. Thanks for letting us test the strap, Karl, and I'd be tempted by a couple of simple single strips of leather cut to my chosen length. In the post to ead today, 1st class recorded. Cheers Gareth

Hello all I've been playing pizz for about 4 years now on my BSX and am very comfortable with an action of around 7-8mm at the end of the fingerboard. However, as I am starting to play quite a lot of rockabilly I'm not sure this is adequate, as I struggle to play cleanly and miss the strings when playing at pace in a band setting, so..... I ask my BC brothers and sisters, what's a "typical" action for slappin'? As the BSX is easy to adjust I could just play around, and probably will anyway, but I am curious to know what others go for. Oh, I've got Silver Slaps on the bass, for info. Thanks Gareth

Sold a set of strings to Gavin and it was as smooth a transaction as our last. He's a 100% top geezer.

Received, and ready for road testing!

I'm just happy that she's out playing live...

If it's [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fender-American-Series-Precision-Bass-/331300091609?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item4d230636d9"]this[/url] bass, then it's from 2004-2005. I would imagine this became what is now the American Standard?

[quote name='paulears' timestamp='1409169189' post='2537121'] Oldies but goodies! I've been a fan of Judie Tzuke since around the same time, and always go to the shows when she tours, and it's become a very personal thing between her and the fans - she pops up and asks for suggestions for new venues, and people suggest them, and they happen - she's been doing a song club for ages where we cough up for the CD price, and then she sends them out as downloads as they are recorded which is a great idea. [/quote] She's another favourite of mine too!

I'd go in an instant if someone offered me a spare ticket. While I loved some of her early material, I much prefer the more recent stuff such as "A Sky of Honey" (especially "Sunset" and "Nocturn") and the first four songs of "50 words" plus "Among Angels". I find her work totally immersive.

[quote name='daflewis' timestamp='1409081153' post='2536183'] Can you remember roughly when you got them?[/quote] Edit: I found the email from Tony. Definitely November 2010.

[quote name='daflewis' timestamp='1409045353' post='2535679'] It turns out that we don't make a B for the silver slaps, so I can only guess that Tony, the old chief tech at the factory made them as specials (in which case they would have been a "best guess" experiment) Perhaps walbassist could confirm? That said, I'll see if we can find the formula in his old note books, in which case we might be able to sort something.... Otherwise, I'll add it to my list and try and come up with a new formula for you asap... [/quote] Yes, Tony made me two to try out, each slightly different from t'other. I am inclined, therefore, to send fretmeister the one I've been using for a while and pop the new one on, so I can try them both. He labelled one "No 1" and one "No 2", so if Daf finds the formula we can tell which is which.

Glad I spotted this. I have a spare you can have. Fire me over your address via PM and I'll get it out to you. Edit: It's a full 4/4 length, will that fit?

Happy to cover signed for postage after it gets to me, and post pix too!

I'd love to try this out too.

My American Special P is, hands down, the best Fender I have ever played. I would imagine this bass would be terrific