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Ah, sorry, didn't know that, I just use the file or a polishing block to do that.

Bought a Fane 8" speaker from Ash, a totally hassle free transaction it arrived very quickly and was exactly as described. Thanks Ash 😁

Bought a bass theory book from Nick, a totally hassle free transaction it arrived very quickly and was exactly as described. Thanks Nick 😁

Brian bought a preamp valve off me - A great guy to deal with, highly recommended ☺️

Would it make me sound like a cork sniffer if I said that this was from after they sold out to Peavey... thus said I do have a couple cabs from this era, but very much prefer the older amps.

@Hellzero I want to remove the push/pull entirely, not wire in split and series modes. @tauzero this is very helpful, thank you 🙏🏻 would you use 500k pots instead?

They criticised your tone? WTAF? tell them to go f*** themselves with a fish fork 🤬

Hello folks I recently acquired a Cool Z Medium Scale P Bass. It's real nice (might swap out the pickup at some point mind - no rush) The thing that bothers me is the balance - even on the strap It's a bit neck heavy and am looking at some options to help out - but reckon I could start by swapping out the tuners for something light weight? I have NO idea what these tuners are - but wonder if anyone knows of a lightweight drop in alternative without doing any drilling? Many thanks

Yes. I was just more concerned for their dummer's health...

I know, but @Sean and his predecessors aren’t actually dead as a result so I felt the spinal tap reference worked better with his situation in mind …. 🤷‍♂️

Looney On The Bus — Roy Harper

Damn, that’s a real nice piece of ash there…. I’d love to do this to mine as well, but the last bass I refinished with sandpaper gave me carpal tunnel… any way to remove it with heat or chemical?

Did Fender offer a replacement single coil pickup during the 70‘ies for these 68-72 first series Telecaster basses with the single coil pickups ? I have seen one which has a date stamp 11876 , which seems to be 1976 if i am not wrong and i was told by the owner that it is a rare item and that in these years Fender offered them as replacement if the original pickup was broken….? In 1976 , Tele basses already had a mudbucker pickup…..perhaps they used the bottom plate of a guitar pickup to rebuilt a 1. version Telecaster pickup for a customer ? 👻🤗 it‘s Fender 🥹

They all died in horrific on-stage accidents. Just sayin'.

Weird People - Little Mix

I've owned three Tribute JB-2 basses and preferred any and all of them to the JB jazz bass model which came along later (and also owned, pictured with the sonic blue JB2) I've owned the blue, pink and sunburst finished models and my favourite was the sonic blue with carribean rosewood fretboard. Used that as my main bass for close on a year and gigged it with my band at the time. Great neck, no frills passive jazz in a non offset body with really good sounding pickups. The alnico pickups in these basses get a lot of love and rightly so. Really strong sounding and articulate. You can't go wrong with them. The pink one I got had some shielding issues and the fretwork wasn't as good as the other two but was fine after somentime was spent putting it right. I also had a USA JB2 which was a fantastic instrument in every respect.

A fret rocker doesn't do the same job as a fret kisser. They look similar, however the fret kisser has a recessed diamond file in the centre of each edge.

I think the only things I've bought this year have been a pair of 15" speakers for my old Sunn cab. They sound cool and shift some serious air, so I guess they're my winner.

Usually four string sets are labelled I to IV in Roman numerals, with O for Orchestra or S for solo on the other side of the ball. But I've never had a low B or high C, those might be labelled differently.

That’s great man, I really enjoyed hearing the new vibes 😊

Worst was a brand new Gibson NR Thunderbird. Stunning to look at, and probably the best sounding 'bird I've ever played, but that neck shape... nope. Felt totally wrong. Back to the shop it went. Best is this, because it's absolutely amazing.