![SuperFunkyPete](/img/default-banner.jpg)
- Видео 11
- Просмотров 69 964
SuperFunkyPete
Великобритания
Добавлен 14 ноя 2010
This is a channel all about bass, in a bunch of different ways! Welcome.
The best bass maker you've never heard of - Celinder.
This is my homage to a luthier who is less well known these days, but deserves to have his work remembered. I love Celinders, and maybe, after seeing this, you will too.
The bass is a Celinder Jazz Update 4 strung with DR Fat Beams recorded via Bergantino B-Amp DI output to RME USB Babyface.
00:00 Intro
00:36 Apologies for blurry camera!
00:38 Fingerstyle
01:48 Slap
02:34 Rear pickup fingerstyle
03:27 Mixed front pickup styles
04:21 How I heard about Celinder.
05:06 All was not well...
05:56 What happened to the Celinder Workshop?
06:28 Where did that leave me?
06:51 What Celinders could I pick from?
06:57 The Celinder 'Aura' Basses
07:14 The Celinder 'Classic' Basses
07:50 The Celinder 'V...
The bass is a Celinder Jazz Update 4 strung with DR Fat Beams recorded via Bergantino B-Amp DI output to RME USB Babyface.
00:00 Intro
00:36 Apologies for blurry camera!
00:38 Fingerstyle
01:48 Slap
02:34 Rear pickup fingerstyle
03:27 Mixed front pickup styles
04:21 How I heard about Celinder.
05:06 All was not well...
05:56 What happened to the Celinder Workshop?
06:28 Where did that leave me?
06:51 What Celinders could I pick from?
06:57 The Celinder 'Aura' Basses
07:14 The Celinder 'Classic' Basses
07:50 The Celinder 'V...
Просмотров: 1 659
Видео
Making a Wal-ish Bass [Video 5]: I *can* make a Wal!
Просмотров 4,2 тыс.7 месяцев назад
#wal #walbass #superfunkypete This is the fifth video that follows the project documented at www.basschat.co.uk/topic/458042-building-a-walish - my attempt to create a bass that sounds like a Wal. My other videos on this: Video 1: ruclips.net/video/bDxJtT8a3cc/видео.html Video 2: ruclips.net/video/gAMnqz6Uoic/видео.html Video 3: ruclips.net/video/Wgmt10HlmPg/видео.html Video 4: ruclips.net/vide...
Making a Wal-ish Bass [Video 4]: A New Body!
Просмотров 3 тыс.10 месяцев назад
#wal #walbass #superfunkypete This is the fourth video (but my 5th bass rebuild!) that follows a project documented at www.basschat.co.uk/topic/458042-building-a-walish - an ongoing attempt to create a bass that sounds like a Wal. My other videos on this: Video 1: ruclips.net/video/bDxJtT8a3cc/видео.html Video 2: ruclips.net/video/gAMnqz6Uoic/видео.html Video 3: ruclips.net/video/Wgmt10HlmPg/ви...
Make a Classic Stingray Bass for Less!
Просмотров 30 тыс.Год назад
#superfunkypete #stingraybass #bassguitar This was a project that evolved from starting off with an Sterling by Musicman Ray4 bass (inexpensive) and modding it to sound like a vintage Classic Stingray (££££!). It worked! I wrote it up at Basschat a while back. (The thread is at www.basschat.co.uk/topic/446989-modding-an-sbmm-ray4the-quest-for-the-classic-sound-on-a-budget/) 00:00 - Intro 00:13 ...
Making a Wal-ish Bass [Video 3]: A New Neck!
Просмотров 4,2 тыс.Год назад
#wal #walbass #superfunkypete This is the third video that follows a project documented at www.basschat.co.uk/topic/458042-building-a-walish - an ongoing attempt to create a bass that sounds like a Wal. My other attempts: Video 1: ruclips.net/video/bDxJtT8a3cc/видео.html Video 2: ruclips.net/video/gAMnqz6Uoic/видео.html This Video: ruclips.net/video/Wgmt10HlmPg/видео.html Video 4: ruclips.net/v...
Making a Wal-ish Bass [Video 2]: The Lusithand Double NFP Preamp
Просмотров 5 тыс.Год назад
#wal #walbass #superfunkypete This is the second video that follows a project documented at www.basschat.co.uk/topic/458042-building-a-walish - an ongoing attempt to create a bass that sounds like a Wal. My other attempts: Video 1: ruclips.net/video/bDxJtT8a3cc/видео.html This Video: ruclips.net/video/gAMnqz6Uoic/видео.html Video 3: ruclips.net/video/Wgmt10HlmPg/видео.html Video 4: ruclips.net/...
Making a Wal-ish Bass [Video 1]: Comparing to a Wal Mark 1 Bass
Просмотров 8 тыс.2 года назад
#wal #walbass #superfunkypete This project is the first video that follows a project documented at www.basschat.co.uk/topic/458042-building-a-walish/ - basically, an ongoing attempt to create a bass that sounds like a Wal. My other attempts: This Video: ruclips.net/video/bDxJtT8a3cc/видео.html Video 2: ruclips.net/video/gAMnqz6Uoic/видео.html Video 3: ruclips.net/video/Wgmt10HlmPg/видео.html Vi...
Key Note Recognition - The Charlie Banacos Exercise (#2)
Просмотров 4,3 тыс.9 лет назад
Ok, I finally got around to recording a video for this. Unfortunately, I can't find a way for people to do this for free; you'll have to cough up $15 - $20, one way or another This follows on from www.scottsbasslessons.com/campus/index.php?/topic/13833-the-best-ear-training-exercise-the-charlie-banacos-exercise-1-functional-ear-training This is the next Charlie Banacos exercise. Essentially, a ...
Functional Ear Trainer (Basic) + Charlie Banacos Exercise #1 - Typical Session
Просмотров 1,8 тыс.9 лет назад
A quick session with the Functional Ear Trainer (Basic). This is what it looks like after you've been doing it for a while.
Functional Ear Trainer (Basic) + Charlie Banacos Ear Training Exercise #1
Просмотров 6 тыс.9 лет назад
A description of how to get up and running with Functional Ear Trainer (Basic) software in order to do a well known Charlie Banacos ear training exercise. This exercise takes a while to get to 100% - in my case, about 6 months at 100 questions/20 minutes per day - but it will significantly improve your ears in real world musical situations. Software can be downloaded for FREE from www.miles.be/...
Sire just made a version of the Stingray.. and it is pretty awesome.
Could be a winner…their other basses are good value too…
You definitely inspired me, I’m upgrading my sterling ray 4! Picked it up for $200! Love the sound stack but I want something different
Go for it!
John East is without a doubt the most innovative and most knowledgeable audio electronics engineer designing bass preamp circuits.. However they’re expensive (at least for US customers about 360$ currently) So yes you get what you pay for but wheww.. I was initially surprised you chose a 2-band J-East considering they’re known for being EXTREMELY versatile with incredibly high feature sets.. But based on your goals a 2-band makes sense, I don’t care for them personally but a lover of traditional Stingray’s naturally would.. 😊
Price is definitely a factor…but from what I could hear in video samples online it was the sound I wanted. So I stumped up…
@@SuperFunkyPete Oh.. Don’t get me wrong when I put a J-Retro Dlx in my active deluxe jazz bass back in 2002 (was that really more than 20yrs ago?!?) I was so completely blown away by how much sonic ground it allows you to cover while really not presenting any strange, narrow q type of nasal midrange.. Or any truly obnoxious, offensive sounds you nearly always get at the extremes of the potentiometer’s boost/cut setting.. They’ve actually become even more user selective since then via pcb mount trimpots for pickup gain adjustment, mid-scoop/flat pre-shape filter contour dip-selectors etc.. Which is truly remarkable! J.East’s circuit design frankly merits the hefty price tag (which isn’t really any more than Delano/Glockenklang/Bartolini/Noll/Lustihand/Sadowsky/Nordstrand or Aguilar which are all nearly identical in concept circuit wise..
Great job on the blue bass. Sounds fantastic!
Appreciate that very much. It's been a lot of work!
Bass sounds great! That Tool riff was awful lol. Why the muting?
@@matthewduncan9405 such is life
Great Video!
Glad you enjoyed it! :)
Did you wire the new pickup in series? I know the sbmm series is wired in parallel normally, which isn't traditional for a stingray. Thank you for the tips
No, this is wired in parallel, classic old-school style. I think parallel is actually what is standard for 'classic' Rays. My original SBMM pickup was wired in series, though, when I bought the bass.
@@SuperFunkyPete my mistake I got it backwards lol. thank you
I prefer the sound of the Wal-ish bass more! Blasphemy I know. 😅
I like it too! I'm playing it plenty these days...
As far as tone wood. The proof is in the pudding. A test like this is worth much more than opinions.
Agreed.
Makes sense that the neck, especially the fretboard, has much more influence on the sound. It will interact with the strings much more. So it influences the attack and sustain of the strings. The body may have more influence on the dry, unamplified sound because of its large surface, but this will hardly be translated through the pickups.
I don't know why it is, but it just is. At least in my testing...the neck is a big deal.
I'm ordering a new sterling bass tomorrow they are the absolute best you can get at that price point I'm getting a new pickup to put in it. I'm going with a certain bartolini pickup and I am getting an audere preamp
I like them too. Great basses to mod
I got one celinder update p with brazilian rosewood fretboard
Nice. I love the Brazilian rosewood feel and look.
Hey Pete!! Just found your channel, sounding great as always! I'm still playing too, BurleighBluesBand
Great to see you here Pete!! Miss you.
What tuners did you end up installing?
Those were Hipshot Ultralite Licensed tuners. Cheap but effective!
This series has been awesome!! It's the sort of thing that I would have done years ago if I had the budget. thank you so much for putting all that work in for us!!! Now if I may add my grain of salt: you've put loads of work into almost every single part of the bass, but one that, in my own experience, also makes some difference is the bridge. It might be a good idea to do some research into checking if the Wal bass bridge is made of aluminum or brass or even a combination of the 2 (maybe brass plate and aluminum saddles). Maybe even the weight of the bridge itself. The original bridge looks like it has some mass to it. I'm no professional luthier but I have built close to a dozen guitars and bases, and fixed my fir share more. Just some humble words from a fellow Wal bass lover. Thanks again!!
I’m glad you asked. I did research the bridge too. I’m told the bridge itself is zinc and the saddles are brass, although I don’t have a way to independently verify that. So for the ‘Wal-ish’ I went for a brass bridge as being as close to zinc as I could get. Honestly I have changed bridges many times on basses (Babicz, aluminium Hipshot and brass Hipshot A/B bridges and also their Vintage model, good old Fender bent bit of tin, KickAss and Badass bridges, no-name pieces of rubbish….I could not say that I have noticed much difference (once a minimum level of quality is reached). But YMMV…
Thanks for making this video. I've had a love affair with Celinder basses for a long time. I wanted one but could never find one. Wonderful to see that I'm not the only one who thought so.
You're not alone. And as it turns out, neither am I! I honestly thought everyone had just about forgotten his work. They're still the best Jazz and Precision body shapes I have seen from any maker. Same for the headstock.
What strings are you using for this?
These are round core steels - DR Hi Beams, 100/80/65/45. I like steel round wounds a lot for the highs to get this type of sound. To be fair, I use nickels on other instruments, and the older Stingray 5s with ceramic pickups (as opposed to the warmer alnico one here) sound great with the standard Ernie Ball nickel round wounds.
@@SuperFunkyPete Thanks for sharing! I actually also wound up doing nearly the same build after watching Lobster (except I went 3 band) and love toying with different strings but they're often demo'd on P's or J's, so the sound comes out different. I usually go nickels, but the only steels I've tried were Ernie Ball, which seemed too cold for my taste
Strings are a big frontier to cover. I keep trying out different sets and finding interesting differences. DR Fat Beams are some of my favourite steels; they have just a bit more mids than Hi Beams and D’Addario Pro Steels and can add just a touch of needed warmth to that ‘steel sound’. I used Hi Beams here but on my Celinder (see my other video, plug plug lol), Fat Beams are perfect.
Your completely right... Stearlin4 is good enough... The 3000$ for a stingray is unjustified
You bet!! I could get a custom made for me for that money.
Before buying it, I had the idea of buy the sterling 34 but checking the differences and the price.... I think that famous brands do the same. Gibson specially. They change epiphone pickups by gibson pickups and the increase the price 500$.... Yep. You can check some parts from the bass and it is enough. Another thing is that you want tonbuy a jewel... Then the stingray is perfect 😅
Don't sound that close...
Eh. I guess it’s in the ear of the beholder
Bass sounds sublime. What's the name of the song being played on the fingerstyle?
I found it. Thundercat / Mac Miller. I knew I heard it somewhere! I actually heard it from the bassist of a funk band called Telua. You should check them out if you already haven't!
That’s the JuliaPlaysGroove version of ‘What’s The Use’ by Mac Miller. Original bassist was Thundercat…Julia’s line is well worth copping, she’s fantastic…
@@SuperFunkyPete I love JuliaPlaysGroove! I've only started the bass in the new year, but I found some tabs for What's the use on Nate Navarro's channel, so I've just started to learn it after wringing my comment.
Very insightful! I'm planning a custom build/mod as well. Not a recreation of a Wal, but kind of similar: A friend of mine builds low-impedance sliding pickups that pair really well with filter preamps like Lusithand's NFP. The pickup is very shallow, it slides above the pickguard but requires a sliding mechanism below. So a Sterling or OLP StingRay should be the perfect base. A filter preamp should be added because the pickups don't have a pronounced resonant peak. But with that combination, this would be a bass that could do it all, especially when I use 2 pickups.
That sounds like it could work well. Let’s hear it when you’re done!
@@SuperFunkyPete I got to test a prototype bass and now we're in the planning phase for a custom build. It will probably be a custom-made body (I just designed a shape, kind of between a Jaguar and a StingRay 5 with a unique twist), paired with an off-the-shelf neck with Fender 5-string dimensions (20-22 frets for more space for the pickups, and so I can change to a high-quality neck easily). I'm probably going for 2 sliding pickups, but a single filter EQ to keep it somewhat simple. If all goes well, this will be able to sound like all the classic basses out there - P, J, StingRay, Ric, Wal, Thumb, and more 😁
@@VeitLehmann I think the sliding pickups idea is really smart. I wish I had thought of it. Record what you make, I'd love to hear it..
This is an amazing bass! It's fascinating how the J formula works so well for such a wide range of different interpretations. I also always found Celinder basses to be one of the most beautiful takes on the Jazz Bass (especially that 3-pickup 5-string is sick!). But I didn't know about the special pickups and preamp - really convincing Marcus Miller sound indeed! I also play a modern J, but a completely different take: A Clover Apeiron H.5, still made in Germany before the brand was sold to NBE in the Czech Republic. It blends passive 60s Jazz with 70s StingRay sounds. The pickups and wiring is also special, featuring Delano TheHybrid pickups. Clover is another brand that almost nobody talks about anymore. Those are not nearly as boutique as Celinder basses, more comparable to Sandberg basses, but still awesome instruments. Hard to find, but if you find one, it's usually not that expensive. I have had mine for almost 15 years now, and I'll never sell it!
I’ve seen the Clover basses. They look great; never heard one. I’ll have to try and check one out if I can.
9.5 lbs isn’t really that heavy for a j bass copy, or a real jazz bass. Many are over 10 lbs.
Fair point; perhaps I should consider myself lucky!!
That Celinder looks and sound amazing. Great job at displaying it's tonal range, and showing how the preamp compliments the picukps.
Appreciate it JJ. I’m always surprised how long it takes me to record anything. I’ll get faster one day
Gorgeous bass and awesome tone. You may not know it yet but the mistake you made was that you should have sold the child lol.
😂 ha!!!
Pete thank you so much for all the hard work you've done. Wal's are basically unobtainable for most players, and I feel like their construction and working has been a sort of "forbidden lore" for many years. I think the Yamaha TRBX as a donor is an excellent idea. Do you know the pickup dimensions of the TRBX? I did a little research and I found that Bartolini claims the BC shape (100 x 32 mm) is a direct drop in. This is wider than the Turner Stingray shell, so it would appear that the mounting rings would be obligatory if you want a clean look with no gaps. Luckily, the Turner shell is much longer than than Bartolini BC, which should give you plenty of wiggle room to get the pickup locations exact. Is my logic correct, based on your experience?
You’re very kind. I don’t know the TRBX pickup dimensions, but I have played them, and I suspect they are narrower top to bottom than Turner pickups but perhaps just bit less wide (from E to G string). I think the mounting rings would be needed too. I use Microsoft PowerPoint sometimes to measure up basses (as long as I have a shot from the front and make the distance from nut to 12th fret the same on both, I can make size comparisons between the basses). Why don’t you try something like that to help visualise it?
Thanks for this!! Huge fan of John East stuff. For me, I favor Nordstrand Audio P/U
I like them too, and would have gone with Nordstrand at the time if it was available. But, couldn’t get one, so Aguilar it was.
@@SuperFunkyPete also, another fine choice.. Aguilar was a close #2 for me
I am going to be upgrading my stingray and would like to install the bridge mute kit. Can you go into some more details on how you did that?
Sure. I marked out 4 spots where the thumb screws go through and then used a metal drill bit to drill through the existing bridge plate. 4 holes to allow the thumb screws from the mutes to screw into the wood. I would have preferred to put in metal inserts in there for the adjustable mute screws to go into, but couldn’t find any that would fit.
My Ray4 is finally completed. I wish I could show you what it looks like. It looks like no other. I’m into looks, so I did something extra special on mines. Lol
Make a video!! 🤓
@@SuperFunkyPete I’ll attempt to. I’m kind of new at this lol.
@@SuperFunkyPete what’s your twitter handle. I’ll post a picture.
Longer scale brighter sound for same note. So if you took the electronics right out of your wal and put them right into your other bass it would still be brighter. Nice versatile sound though.
Yes, scale differences would make a big sonic change. I’ve noticed 32” scale instruments have quite a different sound. Fortunately, here, both the Wal and the Wal-ish have the same scale length, 34”.
I might get roasted for this, but the RHCP example, I like the blue bass tone better, could be just the eq you have idk but it was brighter and had more snap, could also be the strings idk
That one does sound good. Both pickups together nearly full open is great.
@@SuperFunkyPete I agree, that had great tones!
Your poor Wal back there tho😢 lol this sounds like a pretty good success
Thanks man. I like it!
Awesome video and experiments man! Now I'm thinking of modifying my trusty old Ibanez srx700 with this set up. The pickup spacing wouldn't quite be right, but it should still be awesome. And I already own the bass.
As long as you don’t mind the butchery, I don’t see why not. Worst that happens is that you decide you want to move the pickups, and then you might make a custom pick guard or similar to cover it. But I’m a fan of using what you have…make do as best as possible.
Man, what a journey! From a player that would love a Wal but would never pay a Wal price for one, I salute you sir!
Thank you, Croc. I hope it’s been helpful!
This is so cool! I’m really glad you made this video series!! I’m excited to dig into what you found!
Glad this is helpful to you, that’s why I did it…not many people have documented their journey, so I decided I would. Kind of learned how to do it as I went.
I think placing the pickups in different positions to the Wal is the missing piece of the puzzle. It would probably sound exactly like the Wal if they were in the right spot. Ever considered moving the bridge pickup?
I did consider this and wish I had moved it back by about 9mm closer to the bridge. It looked so weird I didn’t have the courage at the time, but I wish I had done it now. Still, if you see the next video, once I swap out the pickups/new pre, it is very close indeed anyway.
Did you look into Rautia Multi-coil pickups? That coupled with the LusiHand preamp seems to be the go-to for people building Wal sounding basses.
Yeah, but he literally just went out of business as I was hoping to make an order. That's what led me to hounding Chris Turner as well as a bunch of other pickup makers...
ACG makes a great Multi-coil, but I’m not sure Alan sells them as replacements outside of ACG basses. Much like Wal.
@@ChemistryZero He sure does; made by Aaron Armstrong I think. However they are integral to the sound of his basses and indeed he will not sell them or his newest preamp version separately.
I had an afterthought. Have you approached Bartolini? They’re in the central coast of CA and very open to new ideas and make fantastic stuff.
@@ChemistryZero I think I'm about done for now...Bartolini might indeed make pickups for me but the next video gets me where I want to go...have a gander.
Amazing journey! I had my modulus FB4 modded with the single NFP and the Rautia multicoil, trying to get the Wal tone too. I guess it sounds "Waldulus"?
That would be quite unique. I'd love to hear that.
I modded my Spector with a Lusithand Double NFP Special & a pair of Herrick multicoils some time ago. I think I literally managed to get the Wal tone after following through with your advice of rolling off the knobs to regain the treble. It's incredible how much difference that made vs having them fully open. Thank you for that!
I’m really pleased for you. The treble is more key to the sound than I had realised myself - I only really got it when I sat down with a frequency analyser and tweaked until I could match the top end of the Wal. Who knew?
Wondering if a G&L Tribute L-2000 might make a good donor bass for a project like this. The pickup positions are approximately right (although they'd need to be routed out because they're the wrong shape), it's got four control knob holes and a battery box, it's available with a rosewood fingerboard, and it's a high quality, well-constructed instrument in general.
I think it could be. And you can get the Legacy series ones pretty inexpensively secondhand. My only slight reservation would be a one piece neck vs a multi laminate one; I think the multi laminate does add something to the mids. But otherwise - I’d say use what you’ve got if it’s what is available, or can easily access…90% (ish) of the sound is the pickups and pre…
I have a suggestion on a donor bass: there is a chinese manufacturer that builds wal fakes to custom spec. and the construction they use is the same as a original. so what i mean by that is a mahagony core on the body with for example birdseye maple facing and back. and a 5 piece neck with the same woods as a wal and rosewood fretboard. they even have the same huge electronics cavity as a original - really a faithful (and shameless) copy. the pickuppositions arent exact unfortunately - but they do build to custom specs, so i'm sure they can do the same measurements as the original if you provide them with it. comes stock with two MM style humbuckers and 2 band preamp. just gut them out for turners and the nfp and you're happy. the routing for the pickups isnt deep enough for the turners tho - i had to correct that, but wasnt really an issue. the bass costs about 600€ comes in either mk1 or mk2 shape i have that setup, quite happy but i wish i had the exact pickup-placement and the new turners. so thinking about getting rid of it again actually
What a great suggestion. I’d have never have thought of that. Was it from AliExpress or Wish?
@@SuperFunkyPete Ali But there are sometimes scammers about I bought from grandguitarampstore or however it was called
Man I’d love to see and hear it! Where did you get it!!??? That would be such a. Fun project!
Plays Tool with no pick. Lol Sounds not bad until the E string
Ah….both Tool clips are played with a pick here…? Can’t comment on the rest, the playing is what it is…
Where did you get those control nobs from? I'm having a wall style bass made by Mike Walsh of zoot and I'm looking for some control knobs like that to finish it off.
I had them made for me, but the person doing them isn't geared up for large scale production. I've actually since bought the knobs that Nuno at Lusithand just came out with, and they're great. I await version 2.0 of them - he is going to have them corrected so that the rotation on the pot and the spacing for the numbering matches perfectly, which they don't presently. Buy from Nuno
Cool video! A question. Did you make any modifications in the bridge where the rectangular plate with the muters is located? I’m doing a very similar modification to my OLP’s bridge and I already made all the holes but I’m wondering how to put that plate because the original bridge has already 2 rectangular spaces made for that piece. Best!
I did have to drill through the existing bridge plate, 4 holes, to allow the thumb screws from the mutes to screw into the wood. I would have preferred to put in metal inserts in there for the adjustable mute screws to go into, but couldn’t find any that would fit. I hope that answers your question..
@@SuperFunkyPete thank you! 👍🏽
another great video thank you 😁 great explanation and i will be doing my own this year, ive just made my own fretless bass out of an old fender pbass and added an humbucker at the neck just because i had it spare. cant wait to follow your lead and thank you again.
Go for it Matt. Would love to hear how it turns out!
@@SuperFunkyPete struggling to find Turner MC4X multicoil pickups with 'English Voicing' i CAN see MC4
@@mattbh0y you’ll have to message him directly. They are a special order I think
@@SuperFunkyPete is it less than 300?
@@mattbh0y it was around that. Postage and import tax is killer though
Character is is very close. I think the wal sounds a bit tighter in the low end. Although on marathon it's very close so that just might be how the preamp is set more than an inherent. The closest I get is with my g&l l2000, when you enable the treble switch and cut the treble knob you get a bit of the wal effect
It will never be perfect, that would need I think some preamp tweaks from Lusithand. But it’s definitely within the range of sounds that Wal basses make now…
@@SuperFunkyPete Definitely. especially in a live setting it would sound extremely close
Excellent job and sounds great! It’s been interesting to follow your journey. To my ears your bass has a lot more low end in comparison to the Wal, which might remove some of that mid bark a Wal has. I’ve tried the NFP myself previously and my biggest gripe was that it has a too wide frequency range, so either too bassy or too high endy. I also think that having some treble mixed in with the signal like Wal’s pick attack switch is key to having a useable tone when rolling down the filters. It looks like Underhill now sells a preamp that does this so would be very cool to check it out and see what you think. Keep up the Good work! 🙌
Yes, you may be right. I spent a long time tweaking the high end to be similar when playing the same clips, and how much high end is rolled has a huge effect on the perception of the low end. It is kind of surprising. I have spoken to the chap at Underhill and he does now have a filter pre with the necessary buffering for these pickups. My issue is he’s made it clean sounding, so no built-in harmonic distortion. I’m probably going to leave it for now because of that.
Marathon sounded almost identical with both basses… hmmm
We’re definitely in the area now where the Wal-ish falls within the range of sounds that Wal basses can offer. It’s not exact but it’s good…
I think maybe those wal pickups are a bit hotter, or something about it makes it sound hotter, but the character is really there in the clone. I think a decent overdrive with the slightest amount of grit/nasally mid boost will totally get you there, again it totally nails that rich mid range grind and character. Fantastic! You sir deserve more subscribers!
Thanks Badger. I’m getting more ideas for more content as I go along. I’m never going to be in ‘regular production’, but I’ll make stuff that interests me as I go. Hopefully it will interest others too.
I tried making a set of knobs a few years ago. The engraving was a sticking point. It’s been on the back burner for a bit while I sort other things out.
It really is tricky. I just got the newest knobs from Nuno at Lusithand, and whilst they are real quality, the range on them doesn’t quite match the range on the potentiometers either. I’ll chat to Nuno about it.