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Might be a confidence thing - maybe you could persuade her?

Well whatever it is, if it plays and sounds nicely, that's an absolute beauty!

Nice one!

Are folks not just trying to do too much with these preamps? 

I love filter pre's and have 4 basses with them - 1 Wal, 1 Alembic, 1 ACG and 1 Status with ACG pre installed. For recording, the ACG's are unmatched - you can provide essentially a fully finished and eq'd sound to the board direct from your bass and it will be the sound *you* have sculpted.

But live I just run them in wide open "flat" mode as described by @skelf in an earlier post in this thread. Do I need to set a different eq for each song? No- I can change which pickup I'm using or move my hand along the string to get enough variation for a live set.

Once you know what's happening with each control it's easy enough to start tweaking live and use them intuitively but the bugbear comes if you're trying to insist on accurate repeatability. That's impossible with these setups. I would argue that it's not necessary for live work but others' circumstances may be different. There *is* an argument for recording when you might be required to revisit a section of a song at a later point. 

Would we like to see a programmable preamp in our basses?

I'm just making mischief now lol.

Always fancied one of these...

17 hours ago, neepheid said:

Furthermore, I don't feel pigeonholed by any bass.  I don't give a crap what other people think of the bass I'm playing.  I pick them on a whim and if anyone has a complaint, they're welcome to come on stage and take over and do a better job.  I'll play a Mockingbird or an Explorer in church, or at a country gig, and I'd play metal on my JC because I DGAF.  People who complain about these sorts of things should remember that they use their ears for listening, not their eyes

 

Ah @neepheid... you speaka my language!  😂

Like Victor Wooten, Charles' bass pyrotechnics are unexpectedly musical.

His playing does seem to be from the heart and his musicality and self deprecating sense of humour shine through.

On 01/03/2024 at 17:49, Shaggy said:

Anyone recommend any individual albums, or has likewise discovered bands they should have discovered ages ago?

 

Ah, my favourite band of that era/ genre.

What's generally regarded as the “classic” lineup wasn’t fully in place till the 1974 Turn of the Cards album so anything from that up to ‘79s Azure d’or is well worth the effort. 
Also brilliant is the “Live at Carnegie Hall” double album recorded over three consecutive nights with the New York Philharmonic.

Camp was/ is a great bassist and along with Chris Squire a massive influence on early me in my playing style and bass buying habits!

9 hours ago, skelf said:

 

Yes it is a huge influence but I want an ACG identity don’t want to be the guy that does the Wal knock offs I will leave that to others. 

Don’t think anybody’s going to accuse you of that these days Alan. 

My Japanese SD Curlee is one of my favourite basses. The pickup placement is broadly where the Stingray pickup is so the sound has a bit of that flavour about it too. 
 

Hope it comes back to life well for you.

On 14/02/2024 at 12:07, Rich said:

Remarkably it's introduced me to something I never thought existed, i.e. body dive  that makes it impossible to play on my knee.

I have an ACG that exhibits this very thing. The answer is to use a strap even when seated. If you follow the usual advice to have the bass at the same height standing as it is sitting then you won't even have to adjust the strap length.

Don’t know how long these have been available but I saw a Norway based band/ actor/ audio-visual thing at the Edinburgh Fringe pre-Covid and the drummer was using something like this ie invisible drums. 
Was impressed then with how good they were/ he was.

I read the topic a couple of days ago but didn’t have time to play the song.
 

Now I have and I’m intrigued. 

There’s a version of Bohemian Rhapsody on there which is weirdly compulsive listening as well. 
 

More study needed. 

Have voted for Squire, Gunnarsson, Pastorious in rough chronological order of when they started to influence me. 
 

Conspicuously missing from the list; Louis Johnson, Dee Murray, John Giblin

As usual, late to the party here...

I had this issue actually way back at the beginning of the year with strings I had bought online last august!

Bass centre swapped them for other sets I was needing but quite surprised that this is still marching on.

I was led to believe it was only the .040 gauge sets which had the problem but that seems to not be the case.

Status have their strings back in stock and so I bought a few sets from them- can confirm the lengths are correct. They're easy to deal with too.

Credit where due - really enjoyed your set!

Dee Murray has been hugely influential on my playing throughout my musical career.

He could hold down the groove effortlessly whilst still filling in melody and harmony to not just support but enhance the song.

You don't have to be hyper technical to be a bass god!

2 hours ago, cetera said:

Hopefully seeing them at Reading Hexagon. My mate Bobby is The Christians bassist so a double reason to see them.

Excellent player and his five string (Yamaha?) got best bass sound of the night award from me! Crystal clear and punchy.

Saw them in Glasgow last Wednesday. I've seen them 4 or 5 times over the years but this was far and away the best yet. 

King/ Lindup both at the top of their game and the rest of the band absolutely on fire. Top notch sound and lights as well.

All this and the excellent Christians as support.

Great gig.

Man's a genius.

You are an amazing and very innovative Stick player Kevin.

Great work as ever!

On 27/08/2023 at 17:27, Longhairedhippyfreak said:

Chiming in from British Columbia , Canada. I was at the authors house a few weeks ago buying a Mesa Boogie Mark II and we got to talking about Odyssey an Attila guitars. I used to visit Iron Music on Granville Street downtown Vancouver in the late 70's and 80-81, just down the street from one of my favourite strip clubs. I think I longed for one of the Odyssey basses far more than the beautiful girls I would see that same day. I remember that you could basically order your guitar optioned the way you wanted it, pickups, finish, binding etc so there are a lot of one offs out there. Highly thought of by the local music crowd at the time. Unfortunately as a musician I could not afford to buy the one I wanted, about $1000 CAD at the time. I bought a 1973 Rickenbacker 4001 instead for $450! Very recently I have acquired 3 Odyssey basses. Not sure how to submit photos. Does anyone have advice for cleaning up the old brass hardware?

Cheers

Pics please! You can just drag them into your post where you see the paperclip or click the link which will open your file browser for you to choose which ones.

The brass parts like most of the '70s style brass parts were lacquered to prevent them from tarnishing. If they are tarnished, it means that the lacquer has been chipped or has peeled off allowing the air to get at it and the oxidisation to start. Very tricky to clean using polish if some parts still have the lacquer on.

To make them like new you'd probably have to find a way to remove any lacquer left on and then polish and re-lacquer. Might be better and definitely easier to just accept it as is, relic style?

Thanks all who have chipped in ideas.

I tried the box spanner thing but the ones I have are still too thick.

I got a pair of small jeweller type needle nosed pliers and have managed to get enough on it to tighten it up for now.

In addition, I have discovered tools I had no idea existed, which I have enjoyed.

4 hours ago, The Raven said:

I have never posted before but felt I had to chip in. I am a proud owner of the Series-23 # 37, picked it up last week from Status. Although I never played a Status with a graphite neck I have to say my bass looks, sounds and plays fantastic. I am over the moon with it. I had a nice chat with Dawn while I was there, she is a lovely lady, and I was so pleased to hear that Rob is doing well. BTW I did see a couple of headless models while I was there.

Nice one - I'm sure it is a great bass - enjoy!

I know... well tighten it up then!

Problem is the jacks, switches etc. on the Briefcase are mounted recessed into the aluminium front panel of the amp head and there is not enough room around them for any of my small sockets to fit in the gap.

Any ideas how to do this?

iTunes is still available to download for PC so it still exists and can run on Mac or PC. Apple music is Apple's music streaming offering.

@Roxy import your audio files onto your computer and add them to an iTunes library. Then you can pop them back onto the apple music library on your iPhone.

An added benefit if they're only in existence on your phone at the moment is that you'll now have a backup on your computer.