Industrial Radio Midi Bass - Lefties available!

pjmuck · **Posted:** November 24th, 2009, 12:27 am

Definitely. Let's hope it's just a prototype shot and not indicative of a final instrument.

fivebass52 · **Posted:** November 24th, 2009, 4:19 am

markcv wrote:

Wow! Just checked out the YouTube demoes. Very cool! Being a bit of a techno dweeb myself I think this looks like a fantastic instrument with a ton of potential. I was looking at the pic of the bridge though.... is it just me or do those individual bridges look just a smidge out of alignment?

The screws themselves look to be straight across. It looks like the back piece that the string is fed through appears to bent at slightly different angles. In other words, the metal "sprang back" a tiny bit more on some bridges than on others. Plus, there is the extra handling from the chroming process, and the hands-on polishing process that changed that 90 degree angle ever so slightly. I'm sure it has no effect on the set-up, the bridge is the final factor in length and pitch.

slybass3000 · **Posted:** November 24th, 2009, 6:14 am

fivebass52 wrote:

markcv wrote:

Wow! Just checked out the YouTube demoes. Very cool! Being a bit of a techno dweeb myself I think this looks like a fantastic instrument with a ton of potential. I was looking at the pic of the bridge though.... is it just me or do those individual bridges look just a smidge out of alignment?

The screws themselves look to be straight across. It looks like the back piece that the string is fed through appears to bent at slightly different angles. In other words, the metal "sprang back" a tiny bit more on some bridges than on others. Plus, there is the extra handling from the chroming process, and the hands-on polishing process that changed that 90 degree angle ever so slightly. I'm sure it has no effect on the set-up, the bridge is the final factor in length and pitch.

Plus,after reading on the site,this design helps recognize the pitch-bend on the string.

Sly

pjmuck · **Posted:** January 25th, 2010, 3:06 pm

Hey Slybass, when's your midi bass due to ship/arrive? I'm dying to hear your opinions!

slybass3000 · **Posted:** January 25th, 2010, 5:56 pm

pjmuck wrote:

Hey Slybass, when's your midi bass due to ship/arrive? I'm dying to hear your opinions!

I'm waiting. I don't know if they are at the NAMM. I'll drop a line as soon it is over. Me too can't wait. But having used the older version about 20 years ago I know it is going to be good AND useful.

Sly

slybass3000 · **Posted:** February 1st, 2010, 7:08 am

The bass will be shipped next week.

If I have pics I'll post them here asap.

Sly

pjmuck · **Posted:** February 1st, 2010, 8:48 am

Prepare to be asked a few dozen questions.

Congrats!

slybass3000 · **Posted:** February 1st, 2010, 3:28 pm

LOL

I'll do my best !

markcv · **Posted:** February 14th, 2010, 7:00 am

Hi Sly, has your midibass shown up yet? I too am anxiously awaiting your report.

Cheers.

slybass3000 · **Posted:** February 14th, 2010, 12:03 pm

I'm still waiting. They had problems with the knobs. You know lefty knobs !!!

It is very humide right now in Australia so it takes longer for the paint to dry.

I did receive some pics of the body been made. You can view it on their blog page.

markcv · **Posted:** February 15th, 2010, 1:10 pm

Hi Sly,

Can't seem to find the address for their blog. Could you post it please?

Thanks

slybass3000 · **Posted:** February 15th, 2010, 2:20 pm

http://blog.industrialradio.com.au/

Sly

pjmuck · **Posted:** February 15th, 2010, 2:32 pm

Uhm, I'm assuming that most of those blog posts are dummy holding copy, unless I just developed dyslexia.

slybass3000 · **Posted:** February 15th, 2010, 2:50 pm

Yes, they told me that the site is not reading but at least they are posting some pics.

slybass3000 · **Posted:** February 24th, 2010, 10:07 am

here's the 1rst pic from them. Should be ship at the end of the week.
I'm drooling right now LOL

pjmuck · **Posted:** February 24th, 2010, 11:46 am

That looks spectacular! You ordered this when around November? 3 or so months isn't a bad turnaround for a custom made instrument, but factor in the higher than average anticipation ratio and it must seem like an eternity. :lol:

slybass3000 · **Posted:** February 24th, 2010, 11:59 am

Yep not too long. I think it is the shortest time I've waited for a custom bass.

I'm happy with the color.

pjmuck · **Posted:** February 24th, 2010, 5:24 pm

Excellent color choice. I'm leaning towards either that blue or the teal myself.

Now where to scrape up $4000 :?:

slybass3000 · **Posted:** February 27th, 2010, 9:41 pm

pjmuck wrote:

Excellent color choice. I'm leaning towards either that blue or the teal myself.

Now where to scrape up $4000 :?:

LOL

It is a good thing that i have a good relationship with people at the bank ;-)

I'll let you know guys how it goes.

I'm a bit scared because I sold all my MIDI bass gear a long time ago when I got my bass stolen.

Now I plan to do everything in a laptop with softwares but I have no idea how i can use the patch changes in it like i used to with my Yamaha midi patchbay MP-4. It was awesome ,i could change from Arco string section to Pizz in a fraction of a second. Now I have no idea how to do it with all that techonogy that we have ;-(.

markcv · **Posted:** March 1st, 2010, 6:39 am

Hi Sly,

The bass looks great. I'm looking forward to hearing your reports as well. In regards to the patch changes you could use a Line 6 Bass Pod XT Live to send MIDI patch changes. I have one and it can do that and much more of course. If you don't want to use the sounds (which can be great if you spend the time learning how to program your own patches), I don't think you would even have to plug your bass in to it to use it as a patch change device.

I'm sure there are other pedal boards that will do the same thing. The Boss GT10-B or the Roland FC-300 for example. The FC-300 is just a foot controller so it may be the best for your purposes.

Both the Boss and the Bass Pod also have audio in so you can record the bass's audio direct to your laptop via USB.

Good luck.

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