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mark76 wrote:Why do you have a left handed bass?

I'm naturally left-handed but learned on right-handed guitars because I thought affordable lefties were hard to find. When I took up bass I saw it as a chance to learn the 'natural' way from scratch. It was hard at first but I'm hoping it'll be useful in the long run. I'm starting to get worried about tendinitis/arthritis later in life, so being able to swap might be useful. I might go the whole hog and buy a leftie guitar too at some point.

My Pedal collection as of the moment. Funnily enough I got both the chorus pedals for free.

How is the CE-3 compared to modern CE-5? I am jealous you got the CE-3. Get a delay pedal, you'll sound awesome.

Funny that...my CE-3 was the first pedal I ever owned but I don't really like the sound of it now; it just sits under my bed unusued. I've read reviews that say it's very 'sterile' next to the CE-2 (and presumably the CE-5?)...it's certainly 'metallic' and very different from, say, an EHX. Interestingly, it's apparently analogue...which proves that analogue does not necessarily equate to a 'warm' chorus sound.

I did find though that maxing the rate and pegging the depth of a CE-3 at halfway exactly matches the chorus tone in the intro to the Pumpkin's tune 'Soma'...which was cool for me because at the time when I was using my CE-3 regularly I was utterly obsessed with that album!

Concretebadger wrote:I'm naturally left-handed but learned on right-handed guitars because I thought affordable lefties were hard to find.

I'm the exact same way.. lefty playing righty.

Concretebadger wrote:Funny that...my CE-3 was the first pedal I ever owned but I don't really like the sound of it now; it just sits under my bed unusued. I've read reviews that say it's very 'sterile' next to the CE-2 (and presumably the CE-5?)...it's certainly 'metallic' and very different from, say, an EHX. Interestingly, it's apparently analogue...which proves that analogue does not necessarily equate to a 'warm' chorus sound.

I did find though that maxing the rate and pegging the depth of a CE-3 at halfway exactly matches the chorus tone in the intro to the Pumpkin's tune 'Soma'...which was cool for me because at the time when I was using my CE-3 regularly I was utterly obsessed with that album!

It can be quite sterile, however I've found that mine works brilliantly in a band setting. The tone doesn't overly colour the sound and also provides a little bit of boost which is useful when using a modulation effect.

BacchusPaul wrote:The Fuzz Factory I built the other day. I'm loving it. It's a lot more usable than I was expecting. I was under the impression that they are glitchy and not much use outside of squeally sounds, but there's loads of nice fuzz tones and a few usable overdrive sounds too.

Love the FF! Got mine a couple of weeks back. I see my Twosome as more of a distortion and the FF more as my "fuzz":

Concretebadger wrote:My currently in-use guitars and bass: Leftie MIM Fender J, CIJ JM and home-built '65 CIJ Mustang

Where'd you get that white pearl pickguard for your '65 Mustang? I can't find one anywhere.

BacchusPaul wrote:The Fuzz Factory I built the other day. I'm loving it. It's a lot more usable than I was expecting. I was under the impression that they are glitchy and not much use outside of squeally sounds, but there's loads of nice fuzz tones and a few usable overdrive sounds too.

That looks great Paul, is it a Musikding kit?

Tis surely. It's given me a bit of confidence too. As soon as I get paid from my new job I'm reckon I'm going to set myself up a bit to make some more pedals.

Love the football vibe knob/paint job Paul

Think I'll paint all the pedals I make myself in football colours. It seems kind of obvious, those colour schemes are designed to be eye catching and recognisable, so should look cool on other stuff.

Noisy Cat wrote: Where'd you get that white pearl pickguard for your '65 Mustang? I can't find one anywhere.

It's a made-for-CIJ Fender that I bought off Darren Riley. Even so, there must've been changes to the CIJ Fenders over the years because I had to do a bit of filing around the neck pocket and not all of the screw holes line up. I really ought to get around to do the old drill out/dowel trick but I was overcome with relief that it's as close to complete as it is. The pearl effect looks really nice though!

Fuck the arty farty types. I need to do everything I can to isolate myself from them.

BacchusPaul wrote:Fuck the arty farty types. I need to do everything I can to isolate myself from them.

Haha.
I went to edit my post and deleted it by mistake

Concretebadger wrote:

Noisy Cat wrote: Where'd you get that white pearl pickguard for your '65 Mustang? I can't find one anywhere.

It's a made-for-CIJ Fender that I bought off Darren Riley. Even so, there must've been changes to the CIJ Fenders over the years because I had to do a bit of filing around the neck pocket and not all of the screw holes line up. I really ought to get around to do the old drill out/dowel trick but I was overcome with relief that it's as close to complete as it is. The pearl effect looks really nice though!

You mean this one? I've just bought this exact same one and it doesn't fit my 65RI; so I assume it's for a CIJ '69RI. Filing won't do any good - the holes for the pickups are too far apart and don't allow them to fit in the body cavity.

Some of my amps.

NIICE^^

DEATH CAB.

i got one of those in my basement!!!

i should probably use it. my bass player left it here 2 years ago when i let him live in our house for a month