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NUBD !

Five knobs !!!!

For those who don't speak MM,
five knobs control:
Gain
PU Blend/Fader
Three Bands of EQ

Some may wonder how PU blend
works with just one PU ... but the
magic of a five knob MM is in the
bridge: Fishman piezos :)

MM no longer offers piezos, and
they no longer offer FL, with any
bass, regardless of model, gender,
race, faith, dietary restrictions etc
etc. IOW, none at all. Nadda, zero,
zip, zilcho FL basses, period, full
stop, RIP, finito, case closed.

Soooo, clearly this is truly among
the very last surviving individuals
of its species. And it's a young one
as well, 4 yrs old. No matter, there
has been zero success at breeding
them in captivity. Another species
lost to climate change :-(

But this ax will easily outlive all of
today's players, and the following
generations will have no interest
in real instruments. They will be
playing back stuff they make with
apps that write digital media files.

IOW: " I got mine ! "
 
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That'a a very cool bass, congrats.

MM no longer offers piezos, and
they no longer offer FL, with any
bass, regardless of model, gender,
race, faith, dietary restrictions etc
etc. IOW, none at all. Nadda, zero,
zip, zilcho FL basses, period, full
stop, RIP, finito, case closed.
Really? didn't know that. Not a very smart move, IMO, considering one of the most popular fretless sounds are based on Pino Palladino's fretless Stingray.
 

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That'a a very cool bass, congrats.


Really? didn't know that. Not a very smart move,
IMO, considering one of the most popular fretless
sounds are based on Pino Palladino's fretless
Stingray.

It's easier to understand the discontinuance of the
piezo option ... expensive, rather niche market, and
requires additional routing, components, wiring etc.

But dropping FL ? None of those justifications apply
other than a different wood for the FB ... and acoarst
it's in much more demand across BassLand than the
Fishman piezo system.

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Natcherleeeeee ...... I even have a Wick with a piezo
bridge. Don't know if it's factory of modified, as it
lacks the usually set of gain balancing pots for each
saddle, which means there is no extra access panel
on the back, behind the bridge ... plus, it has EMGs,
which kinda suggests a modded ax.
 

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Just finished bringing this new-to-me,
2008, piezo FL, up to PK standards:

*Perfect PK set up includes re-shim neck
*Rubber foots on rear bout and on A-peg
*Slight top-horn strap button extension
*D'Addario 1/2 rounds about 15 years old

Non-OEM PG is waaaay nutzo !
 
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Haven't posted this here yet but this is my second bass build (first completed lol)

I call it Walwannabe. I would love a Wal really badly but i cant justify the prices...in extensive searching the Wal tone has been said to be attributed mainly to the multicoil pickups and filter preamp.

I had it in my head that i would do my absolute best to get as close as possible with what is available out there. It was not easy...

Bass: Neck is a new Spector Legend 6 neck from factory maple and rosewood with twin trussrods and reinforced. Lovely necks decent price.

Body is QLD maple with a quilted queensland Maple top. This wood is from my state and is spectacular..Known in Oz for being a great guitar wood. Very much like mahogany which Wal is known for using.

Pickups: Rautia Custom Multicoils from Poland. Veijo was great these are such incredible pickups.

Preamp: ACG EQ01. Rare not made anymore. Totally crazy 3 filter preamp took me a week to find a tone but it is spectacular!

Hardwards: Hipshot A brass 17mm. Gotoh tuners. brass nut.

This bass has only been finished a week so still learning but yep it exceeded my expectations of getting me that open and rich tone that Wal and JC is known for and i love so much. I am currently building a video that compares this bass against my SPector and Warwick FNA Jazzman on a tool song.. all do a good job but this bass is so bloody close to the real thing. really really hard to get the dial in balance right.

My pics are not great and it wasnt finished when i took them but it is all I have atm.
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Looks great! And the Wal vibe is all over it. That's a good thing!
 
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Looks great! And the Wal vibe is all over it. That's a good thing!
thanks man! yeah it is a mixture of all the series best parts IMO. I still am like 80% sure i am going to order a Wal in a few months...big move but YOLO as the kids say
 
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Well, I thought with my Corvette $$5 leaving the house that I will focus on 4 strings only. But then this one came along on the local adds: Mayones BE exotic (custom NT); active Bartolinis: vol., bal., mids push pull 400/800, stacked treble/bass. Neck is amazing, very fast.
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Picked these up for next to nothing;

Ibanez EDB550, Washburn XB-600 and a Fretless Mexican jazz.
The Washburn needs some work and waxing ,the strings are super dead on that one so I put that one away for now.

The jazz is just that, a jazz. Good bass, nice and weighty.

But that Ibanez is just spectacular! Wenge and bubinga neck, VERY lightweight but with a fatter neck then usual on Ibanez. Radiussed pickups made by Seymour Duncan.
Had a luthite Ibanez that didn't work out that well, but these are amazing. Someone told me these were transitional models where they kept the Ergodyne name but went back to using proper woods, and before releasing the Grooveline and the Affirma.
 

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Ibanez looks great too. That Washburn (I had the 4 string version) is really good for the money, sounds nice warm and fat.
Is the neck on that fretless jazz leaning over to the left? The E string has a lot more spare room around it then the G does. Looks like the neck could do with a yank to the right to sit more straight on the body?
 
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The setup is a little weird on the Fender, but I usually take the neck off of each and every one I buy to check for homemade shims and stuff like that. But I couldn't find my american hex keys.
It does look a little to the side...
 
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