The Last Bass Outpost

There's already a few other interesting projects in the works guys. I'll keep you posted.

While working on the NR Tbird, BaCH was trying to find a way to make the tooling of the bridge and tailstop affordable. So I suggested they maybe could make more models to use that bridge and tailstop combination, such as a Reverse Thunderbird, a Fenderbird and I even suggested an Embassy. Don't know if they're already working on those. I will ask. Okay?
Can any of you guys provide the measurements and detailed pix?

Like Chris said:

Gibsongruppenführer

A friend of mine has a Danelectro Long Horn (not a reissue). They even named the band after that silly little bass made of masonite (sort of compressed cardboard fibre). It sounds real cool.

I was curious what is you guitarist playing?  Great tone. 

No, it.s not a Strat. It's a handbuilt Aspe. Aspe is a Dutch luthier who until recently had his shop in Arnhem where we live.
The Aspe Superfrankrocker is a strange hybrid mixture between a Strat (pickup configuration), A Les Paul (scale length and bridge/tailstop) and a Gretsch (large and extra thick body).
Frank experimented with a few different kinds of pickups, but he now uses Kinman pickups. The bridge pickup is a minihumbucker.
He use a special gauge 013 strings to get that fat SRV tone.
His amp is a Marshall Super Tremelo (basicly a super lead with a tremelo unit). He bought it from Brian "Robbo" Robertson a few years ago.

I was also curious what is providing that rotary/phaser effect at ~4:00.   

I'm not sure what Frank used on this song exactly. I think it's a combination of a Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face with a Fender Vibratone. Or maybe a Univibe.
I'll ask our producer. I'm sure he remembers, since it was his idea

Never been a fan of Warwick basses. The shapes were always a bit too "amoebic" for my liking. And the "hanging dog ear" machine heads have always looked silly to me.

But I must admit that their latest Star Bass II look downright appealing...




The description on the Warwick site is confusing me. They mention a bolt on whereas the pics show a set neck.





And why would Warwick want to make pickups that look like mudbuckers when they're not?

Beautiful!
Typical those hybrid Gibsons we've seen lately.
Wonder what took "us" so long.

Thank you guys. 

Did you use a passive DI box for the slave output Rob? I'm curious of using it on my Orange.

No, just a balanced stereo jack plug into the amp and on the other end an XLR straight into the desk.
The result was so good I immediately made a balanced Jack plug for myself to use live on stage.
I remember telling Chris P Dekker this last summer. Because he too needed a pre-amp out for gigs. He doubted if that would work on the Orange AD200B Mk3 he has.
Maybe Chris can chime in and tell us if it worked? Chris, are you there?

Some of you may remember the modification I did to the Epiphone Jack Casady Signature of mine.
Those who don't: I replaced the Elektar pickup with a Gibson Lo-Z pickup from a Les Paul Bass/Triumph.

Recently we (Superfloor) finished our new album. And there's one tune that features the JCS.
I used the middle setting of the tone selector. The treble rolled of just a bit.
Plus I used my Ampeg V4B (1972 I think) and an Eden XLT210D cab.

Three signals went into the soundboard:
- a DI signal (Avalon U5)
- a microphone signal (can't remember type nor brand)
- the external amp out on the back of the amp. Which is officially meant for a slave amp. But it sounded surprisingly good.

Our good friend Rob Lamothe joined in on the second part of the song. I always think Floor and Rob is a very special combination.

Hope you dig it






(We hope to release the album this month)