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[ProDigit]

Hi,

Just coming up with an idea or two for this site,

1- Selling soft wiping cloths for the bass?
It'd be nice if you find $1-$2,50 soft wiping cloths for cleaning the bass.
I agree noone will buy them from your site with added shipping, but perhaps when they are in need of strings or a tuner, with combined shipping, they might want to get a cloth too!

2- Registering your bass
Since this is the only Ashbory site I know of, I can't even find Fender's page on the ashbory, perhaps it may be possible to have a section to register Ashbory basses by serial number?
I don't know if it would pose any additional problems posting S/N online, but perhaps a honest buyer may find through this system if a bass is already registered, or perhaps even stolen, after which he could return the stolen item, and perhaps track the potential thief.

I know a similar system is used on bass cabinets of DNA. The only problem might be that all stolen basses may end up with their S/N scratched off (on the other hand, that would be giving them even less value).
DNA uses a system with a transponder chip (or an RF chip) inside their cabinets, which is harder to remove, unless if you demount the whole cab to get the chip out.
Perhaps such a system is a bit expensive for a cheaper bass like this, but I think with the size of the bass, that they have a very high 'snatch' or 'steal'-factor, and a way to keep track of a S/N will be nice.
(unless of course a user registers a lot of numbers on his name, registers a false serial on his name, or if a user sells his bass, never visits the site anymore (because he's no ashbory user anymore, perhaps lost interest) and forgot to remove the S/N from his name.

I've never seen any site doing something like this, so I don't know how in practice this would work.

[Gman]

serial numbers would be cool

[Brock]

Soft wipe cloths are a great idea. I'll have to see if we can get those in (can't imagine why we cant).

As to the Serial Number registry, the one that comes to mind is the one for G&L:
http://www.guitarsbyleo.com/AUTOREG/interact2.php3?r=1&a=7

There's lots of reasons why the G&L registry is a nice idea:
1. The S/N doesn't indicate the date of manufacture, though it can be an indicator (though this is not reliable)
2. Lots of models and variations. Some models undergo massive changes with the same names, such as the SB-series basses. A 1984 is drastically different from a 1988, for example.

Contrast with the Ashbory Bass where there are few variations. To make things worse, there's no S/N on the Mark II!

Having a thread where people can report stolen Ashbory S/N is maybe a good idea. I'm also going to propose pulling the used section. It gets, I dunno, maybe one post a year.

Thanks for the ideas.

-Brock

[tauzero]

To make things worse, there's no S/N on the Mark II!

In fairness, there were so few made that Messrs Ashworth-Jones and Thornbory probably knew all the purchasers by name... 

[ProDigit]

Brock, you know what I've been looking for and could not find?

I mean a wiping cloth is easy to find in a supermarket (usually priced a bit high, but anyways);

A stand for this bass!

I really would want a stand for this bass, but don't even know where to look for them!

Something that is light and small.

I've been thinking about a telescopic tripod, with a clamp that will grab the bass behind the neckstock.

At the moment I'm using a regular guitar stand like this:

and turn the bass upside down (the body fits in the C-shaped clamp).

[tauzero]

I use a telescopic stand like that but with some filling to reduce the size of the C that holds the neck, and with the cradle part removed (it actually came about because the cradle part of one of my stands got lost).

[ProDigit]

I suppose I could bend the C a bit to fit the neck!

[ProDigit]

Brock, ever thought about selling the polyvinyl strings too aside from the rubber ones?

I want to buy an extra pair for the future, and heard the plastic strings last longer.

Just like our new user who reviewed his bass, I also agree that on the rubber strings the G string sounds best!
So I thought perhaps I could do some mix and match, and get two plastic strings on em (E and A)...

[Brock]

Brock, ever thought about selling the polyvinyl strings too aside from the rubber ones?

Absolutely. Worth Strings, the original urethane string maker for Ashbory Basses, sent us an evaluation set some years ago, and I wasn't at all pleased with how they sounded. I've head sound samples from other ones out there on Ashborys and, not surprisingly, they have the same sound characteristics.

[redstriper]

A lot of Ashbory users prefer the pahoehoe strings, including me - I won't go back to the old strings because these are so much more reliable, don't need talc and sound great.

My love of the original strings soon evaporated after the 3rd G broke mid gig.

I wouldn't recommend mixing strings, because the pahoehoes don't like the talc and the originals don't like the silicone spray used to lubricate the pahoehoes.

[ProDigit]

A lot of Ashbory users prefer the pahoehoe strings, including me - I won't go back to the old strings because these are so much more reliable, don't need talc and sound great.

My love of the original strings soon evaporated after the 3rd G broke mid gig.

I wouldn't recommend mixing strings, because the pahoehoes don't like the talc and the originals don't like the silicone spray used to lubricate the pahoehoes.

I've played with Poly-coated strings before on a bass, and never ever came it to my mind to spray them with silicone spray! You mean with silicone oil spray?
Why would you do that?

I play the ashbory without powder though.
True, because of the stickyness of the strings,and the short neck, I can not play as fast on it than on a real bass,but nevertheless.
So far I have my bass almost a month, and love it!
No string breaks so far,
But I agree, the G string is actually the only string with the right tension feel, and best sound.
A pitty it also breaks fastest!

[redstriper]

The string manufacturer recommends using silicone spray as a lubricant and it works.

The Pahoehoe strings are not poly-coated AFAIK.

[ProDigit]

The Pahoehoe strings are not poly-coated AFAIK.

I know, but there is no full length electric bass out there with those strings to compare to.
Poly coated metal strings are the closest I can come to the pahoehoe strings.

[redstriper]

I have no idea why you are talking about poly coated strings, which have no relation to Ashbory basses or the use of silicone spray.

Your post is meaningless and misleading.

[ProDigit]

I have no idea why you are talking about poly coated strings, which have no relation to Ashbory basses or the use of silicone spray.

Your post is meaningless and misleading.

I don't think it is misleading, neither meaningless.
Poly coated strings are the only strings available on regular basses.
I presume this forum hosts a lot of regular bassists, not only ashbory bassists.

And like I (already) have said, since I have no experience with pahoehoe strings, because I don't have gear that fits them (except my ashbory bass), I had no alternative than to compare them to poly coated strings on a regular bass; which is in essence the same thing but then with a metal wire running inside to support the tension of greater length strings on regular basses.

I think I've explained myself pretty well, perhaps you did not read all of it?