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#6,021
steve_rolfeca said:
I was thinking more about audience reaction to pickguard swaps, than about the doll reference:

"Just a sec folks, I gotta have Tort for this next funk number!"
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Actually (getting back on a serious note) I suggested to Sheldon, last time he was here in London at the London Bass Guitar Show, that it would be a good idea to build preloaded pickguards with pickups already fitted or first and foremost to fit basses with solder free plug in little connectors so that people can buy different pickups for their basses and swap them on the fly by simply unplugging them, he agreed it was a good idea, but not sure if it's one that will ever see the light of day, meantime it is not a new invention because EMG has been doing it for a while now.
 
#6,022
Grand Wazoo said:
My first good toy that I recall was a Bontempi organ that blew air into the keyboard and I learned every Beatles song note by note by ear.

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I would've rocked that too! Is it still functional? Mellotron setting? ;)
 
#6,023
spiritbass said:
I would've rocked that too! Is it still functional? Mellotron setting? ;)
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No I don't think my parents kept it after I left home, it was quite slow in blowing the note so you couldn't play very fast passages. I continued to play keys as a first instrument in my school band, from 14 to 16 but by then the school had this great Fender Rhodes 73 MKI which I remember it like yesterday, for me it was the best thing before synthesizers which I hated so much I switched on to Bass and guitar instead.
 
#6,024
Grand Wazoo said:
Yes very weird!!

Even as a kid I never played with GJ Joe and changed his uniforms.

I had a Barbie instead! :D :D

LOL no that is a joke I never had a barbie, my twin sister did.

My first good toy that I recall was a Bontempi organ that blew air into the keyboard and I learned every Beatles song note by note by ear.

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steve_rolfeca said:
I was thinking more about audience reaction to pickguard swaps, than about the doll reference:

"Just a sec folks, I gotta have Tort for this next funk number!"
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Now THAT is weird! LOL!

And yes Ken, thanks! He is an action figure, NOT a doll. And Wazoo, my sister had a Barbie but I lost interest as soon as I discovered Barbie had no naughty bits. LOL! :bassist:

Ok, back to our regularly scheduled Dingwall programming! :eek:
 
#6,025
Grand Wazoo said:
No I don't think my parents kept it after I left home, it was quite slow in blowing the note so you couldn't play very fast passages. I continued to play keys as a first instrument in my school band, from 14 to 16 but by then the school had this great Fender Rhodes 73 MKI which I remember it like yesterday, for me it was the best thing before synthesizers which I hated so much I switched on to Bass and guitar instead.
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I always knew you Brits were way more sophisticated than us Yanks, even as children.:p

BTW, I played trombone for nine years before switching to bass, but I actually hold no animosity to the instrument to this very day.;)
 
#6,028
groovaholic said:
Have you guys heard the joke about Barbie & GI Joe?

As far as Dingwall-related: the P-tone is a "just do it!" mod if you're looking for a tone that's a little more raw/rock & roll.
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I'm thinking about modding my voodoo prima and part of that mod would be to include a P-tone pickup. I love the instrument, and I like the idea of keeping it original. But, the stock Bart pickups are a little too well behaved for certain genres.

I think an update to the latest and greatest Dingwall pups (including a P-tone in the bridge position) and a glockenlang Pre would be a sure fire cure for that.
 
#6,030
Zoomie said:
I ran a pre-Gibson Tobias 5 for years. It had Barts. In spite of it being #3 on the all time greatest basses I have ever owned list, I could never get along with them for any length of time.
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I hear ya. The thing I find good about the Bart's ( at least the ones that Sheldon had made for him) is that they are versatile in that the bass seems to fit into almost any mix.

But, it is also that sort of middle of the road character that makes them sort of lacking in personality. I like my five string basses in particular to have a bit of an edge, and it's hard to get there with the Barts.
 
#6,031
I traded a couple e-mails with Barry - there's quite a few new things on the 2014 options list.

I was surprised they changed SJ and Z pickups to FD-3 (with Super-Fatties as an option) - apparently they're "much happier" with those. Has anyone been able to compare them side-by-side on similar basses ?
 
#6,032
BuffaloBob4343 said:
I hear ya. The thing I find good about the Bart's ( at least the ones that Sheldon had made for him) is that they are versatile in that the bass seems to fit into almost any mix.

But, it is also that sort of middle of the road character that makes them sort of lacking in personality. I like my five string basses in particular to have a bit of an edge, and it's hard to get there with the Barts.
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I had a reverse-P/MM set of CB series Barts in my 34.5" Kinal. I ended up swapping them for Delanos. The most enjoyable Bart-equipped bass that I've played was my Skyline Hollowbody that I used for a while with a blues band. Sweet!

Talk about sweet, I was browsing instrument pics on my computer yesterday and had to set this one as my desktop image again:

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