nick

Bonjour, Pardon my English.... Here's my latest acquisition; a 70's Kimbara Jazz copy, which cost me 30 Euros! Rewired it with CTS pots & a PIO tone cap. Changed the bridge, which was actually OK being a four saddle one, but already had one of those no-name high mass ones, so I thought I'd use it. The stock tuners are fine, hold tuning well, & the pickups have a good enough tone, not under powered (7.5 & 8k) also. The nicest thing about the bass is the bound neck, truss rod at body end. It plays nice, good frets & has a nice 70's 'U' shaped profile - feels quite vintage-like. The neckplate has the usual generic 'Steel Adjustable Neck. Made in Japan....' with some serial no. that probably doesn't mean anything. Perhaps surprisingly, the body is solid & not ply. Its a better bass than some Fenders I've played!

Bonjour All! Voici mon vieil V-Type Pardon me for speaking English! ...... Just replaced the JJ Tesla's I previously put in preamp, with a pair of Harma (cryo) Telefunken ECC803S clones - lovely warm vintage tone, but still punchy. The matching 4x12 has a monster sound, fills the room, but is very heavy! For smaller gigs I use a Emminence Kappalite loaded 1x15 Trace '1153' cab. Merci Nick

Yes, it belonged to Paul Ryder. Was used on their first two albums,been round the World a few times! Was a big fan of the Mondays myself, big inspiration to a Manchester boy like me at the time. Here's my bass in action Manchester District Music Archive (MDMA)

Salute Pardon for writing in English.... Wizard Pickups http://www.wizardpickups.co.uk/shop.asp?category=Bass are apparently also very good. Not expensive, handmade in Wales, & can be custom wound to your specifications or needs. Lot of people in UK are saying good things about these micros http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=116&hl=wizard

Thanks. The small toggle switch is a phase switch when both pickups are on. The other is a push-pull switch for Rickenbacker 0.047 cap tone bypass mod on bridge pickup tone control. Allows me to switch between a trebly vintage, or more fuller & higher output Ricky tone.

1973 Maya 4001S Copy 'Stereo Sound' & 0.047mfd cap bypass mod (tone pot push-pull switch)

Bonsoir, 1984(?) Tokai Hard Puncher - mon Soul Machine. Seymour Duncan SPB-1 'Vintage' pickup,Sprague 'Orange Drop' cap, heavy bridge,tortoise shell pickguard, plus 50-110 flats

Bonjour, Voici ma pedalboard. Pardon for writing in English.... I made board from an old photography equipment case. I use when playing with my original music band. When playing with my Motown/soul band I use no FX. Homemade DIY Woolly Mammoth clone > Boss TU2 > EHX Octave Multiplexer >EHX Q-Tron > Homemade DIY Maestro Brassmaster clone > *bass modded Bad Monkey > EHX Russian Small Stone > Dod FX87 Pysco Acoustic Processor. *Currently making a Fulltone Bassdrive clone, which when finished ,will replace the Bad Monkey.

Bonjour, Mon 1983 RB920 , ex-Happy Mondays 80's Madchester group. Et 1981 Blazer