franzbassist

Will bought a Pedaltrain and some valves from me. He is a credit to BC with excellent comms and speedy payment. I would happily do business with him again.

Good shout! [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvLVSPPLZZY"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvLVSPPLZZY[/url] The cool bass kicks in around 2.48 for those that are interested! One of the first basslines I ever worked out. Tricky to play and sing, and the bass tone on that album is fantastic. And welcome to Basschat!

Protetcion Racket [url="http://www.djmmusic.com/itemdesc.asp?ic=GB7051"]electric bass case[/url] is pretty deep front to back, so it may well fit in one of those!

I have had a similar situation for a few years now, as I both play electric and EUB at virtually every gig. Switching pedal and EQ is definitely the way to do, and my two options have been: i) Radial Bassbone, which is a great all in one unit ii) Radial i/o for the switching with a separate programmable eq pedal to give me four preshapes on the fly Both work well, but I am just in the process of selling off the i/o and eq pedal to go back to a Bassbone. Cheers Gareth

Where are you based?

Just leave it there. There's a slight recess on the underside of the bridge for it to slot into no?

[quote name='drTStingray' timestamp='1347575747' post='1802790'] No prob - and what a fabulous looking bass. Have you modified the controls? [/quote] Thanks. The original pots were long gone when I bought it so I added the P Retro pictured. I've since managed to source an original set of pots and taken it back to passive.

[quote name='drTStingray' timestamp='1347561385' post='1802516'] To clarify the Jamerson reference, it was the fretless Precision (ref is Standing in the Shadows of Motown - Life and Music of Legendary Bassist James Jamerson) - it refers to him having played the fretless on the Supremes 'Someday, We'll Be Together' - it's actually a quote from keyboard player Earl Van Dyke who said he almost threw it at the wall and said "don't you ever let me play this piece of sh*t again". Presumably didn't work how he wanted. [/quote] Well there you go, apologies To make up for the error of my ways I offer up my 1970 fretless P in (viewing only) tribute....

[quote name='drTStingray' timestamp='1347399907' post='1800427'] James Jamerson - a noted upright and fretted Precision bass player, is reputed to have thrown a fretless Precision at the wall of the Motown studio, after using it for a session. Not precise enough, perhaps [/quote] I'm pretty sure the reputed bass was a Fender Bass V and not a fretless P.

Sold my lovely Ashdown LB30 to Carl a while back. A pleasure to deal with. Highly recommended.

Why would you want to do this, effectively making your bass a giant mandolin?! I can understand the lower tuning, but why in 5ths? The patterns you're used to will all go out the window.

Pete Academy uses two in his band.

Cold Chisel's Ian Moss does the business on this track by the Black Sorrows. Great song, band, and solo. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgRPaQoawIs"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgRPaQoawIs[/url]

[quote name='Tankdave' timestamp='1347019172' post='1796054'] Spill the beans, how do you get the MB badge off? It appears to be stuck on, extremely well on mine? [/quote] I just prised it off, took the grille off the head and pushed from behind with a screwdriver. Came away easily.

[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1346968121' post='1795600'] I like it but I'm not 100% sold on relic basses...but I could be swayed. [/quote] I know what you mean. That said, my VT% is going to be aged, just because it's almost a trademark of what Sandberg is (i.e. a nice shiny new Sandberg looks weird!)

For your consideration, just in at Bass Direct....