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New Mollerup 6-string pic

LM Bass

LM Bass

Jul 19, 2002
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Vancouver, BC
#1
Here is my new 6-string Jazz style bass.
Swamp ash body, knotty birdseye maple fingerboard with dots made of chakte kok, 3 piece maple neck, Hipshot bridge and tuners, Aero single coils, Raven Labs J-bass preamp prototype, ebony knobs, and a "slap ramp" between the neck pickup and fingerboard.
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#6
Thanks guys,

It's not for sale, I'm keeping this one for myself and loving it!

The ramp is held on with "Glass tac" double sided tape. I like it because it allows my fingers to only go in so far, which speeds up my slap technique (and I need all the help I can get!) The bridge spacing is 19mm or 3/4". The nut is 54mm wide.

I definitely am inspired by F bass, but I hope it's not too close. This is the latest Orca shape I've come up with and I really like it. It's slightly bigger than my past designs.
 
#9
Yes my last name is Danish.

The Raven Labs preamp is a prototype that Steve Rabe sent me to try. It is vol/vol/tone, with the tone adding bass in one direction and treble in the other. The preamp is great, with a lot of output, and it's very clean sounding. Sometimes I wish I could add bass and treble both, or add some low mids. I'm still thinking about it, but I might put an Aguilar 3-band in there.
 
#11
I'm not a fan of the obp-3. I have one in my bass. I want to see Steve Rabe make a 3 band with boost only. I think that he could make one that is very clean sounding and that doesn't add much to the original signal. Something along the lines of the true blue eq but an onboard with less options and with gain. Something that runs the original signal parallel to the active signal. There isn't an onboard preamp on the market that I like except for the Fbass pre. I wish that it was available to the public.
 
#12
Originally posted by emjazz
I'm not a fan of the obp-3. I have one in my bass. I want to see Steve Rabe make a 3 band with boost only. I think that he could make one that is very clean sounding and that doesn't add much to the original signal. Something along the lines of the true blue eq but an onboard with less options and with gain. Something that runs the original signal parallel to the active signal. There isn't an onboard preamp on the market that I like except for the Fbass pre. I wish that it was available to the public.
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That sounds like a U-Retro! I don't know about the parallel singnal thingy.
 
#14
Originally posted by emjazz
I had a U-Retro once. It was so noisy that I couldn't keep it.
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Oh yes. I have two Acacia basses with U-Retro preamps. I have never had a noise problem with either of these basses. However, just about every other bass I have played with a Retro has had a noise problem. I think great care needs to be taken in shielding these pre's. Also John has revamped his electronics in the past year to make it less noisy.

I guess that F bass has the same deal as Wal about their electronics.
 

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