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The issue with the setup was sorted at the time, and we had good communication with the customer. There is a link to the shipping information on our website, costs are hard to declare as it varies a lot for different territories. We can all give good advice, and we all have our different ways of working, thats just human nature We try to be as competitive as we can on our prices, we really do. I think its worth mentioning again that we are just 3 people running a shop, including the social media, photography, videography, all communication etc, it is a very busy atmosphere, and we are actually debating whether to start opening the showroom with appointments to help with 1 on 1 customer service (which raises the level we can provide, especially when we are a 'man down'). Thank you again for your comments, they all help for us to grow and constant improve the shopping experience.

Never mind lad, we’re here for you.

Here are the two wiring diagrams, 1973 being a pivot year for this.

I placed this order quite some time ago, so long ago in fact that I don’t even have the original email chain with all of the details on it. I did ask Jon to ping the spec back to me so I can share it with everyone, but this beauty arrived today. It’s not the first lavish spec Shuker I’ve owned, so I know how good his work is, but this is quite something. The preamp/pickup combo is fierce, a really biting tone. Soon as I get Jon to send the spec back to me I’ll share!

Tee hee

4 34 Anything else is attention seeking or trying to be clever 🤣

Better grounding from 1973 on as it's not relying solely on the poor contact with the aluminium shielding since wires are now soldered to the ground @Steve Browning. The capacitor is simply easier to solder and less prone to grounding a lug from 1973 on, hence a quicker installation time and a more reliable wiring.

Ah well…the whole gang’s here…

Some people can't rise above their ego unfortunately! I'm having the same problem with my current band. The drummer is passionate and professional, we dissect every gig and practice on the drive home for the purpose of continuous improvement, egos removed. Yet the singer and guitarist get their knickers in a twist and take any suggestion as a personal attack. Very frustrating and I hope you find a group that respects your commitment to the craft 🤟

Jon has kindly sent me the spec 32" scale 24 frets 45mm nut width 17.5mm string spacing at the bridge 20.5mm neck depth at the 1st fret 22.5mm at the 12th shallow c carve laminated maple neck 5A roasted maple laminated (i've picked the best piece i have, its stunning) wenge stringers scarf angled headstock, roasted maple with wenge accent matching headstock facings front and back, matching body finish Indian rosewood fretboard two way truss rod carbon fibre reinforcement stainless steel fretwire 3mm luminlay side markers No inlays satin neck lacquer Schaller M4 light tuners brass nut black walnut body figured drop top, 5A flamed sycamore black contrasting veneer between top and body pink / red stain then tint polyester base coat satin topcoats 1/2" body edge roundover ABM bridge Schaller s-locks Aaron Armstrong MM & stacked single coil. MM switchable series / single / parallel. John East Unipre 4 knob. Vol / balance stack, mid / mid freq stack, Treble / Bass stack, passive tone. Active / passive switching.

Funny how some ‘big’ names from 15-odd years ago (Snow Patrol, Supergrass, Franz Ferdinand, Fatboy Slim, Scissor Sisters) have fallen so far down the bill.

Well done. Of course you can. 😎

Today's job was to fit one of those two LHZ-03 preamps that arrived yesterday into the 2018 Euro LX4 Zebrano. The cavity was as it left the factory. untouched. It's the adjustable TonePump. The pickups are EMGs however they don't have the quckfit or "flying" leads, so it's a bigger soldering exercise to install the LHZ than with the other connectors. It's a bit fiddly and you need to know how to joint wires, but the instructions are amongst the best I've seen and the whole product is beautifully engineered. This is the second one I've done, the first was a month or so back to replace a Mk1 non-adjustable TP. This was exactly the same installation. In answer to the question on where the other one that arrived yesterday is going, you'll have to wait a while but hopefully it'll be worth while as it'll be part of a full electrics swap out in a Euro LX5 that is going to lose its non-adjustable TP, 40DC soapbars and get a 40P5 and a 40J. The LHZ-03 has been very much like a good airfryer for me; once you've had one, you can't live without one. Now I need to find out what to do with old TonePumps and whether there's a market for them. If anyone needs any help putting in an LHZ, I'm more than happy to help.

I'm looking forward to playing with Duran Duran/Spandau Ballet tribute show 'From Gold to Rio' at St Austell Keay Theatre tomorrow (Friday) and at the Warners Hotel 'Littlecoate Hall' near Hungerford on Saturday

Impulse responses date back to 1999 when Sony's DRE-S777 digital convolution reverb was first released. These units were very pricey. If you have a convolution plug-in in your DAW you can load IR's into it. Our purposes for the guitar and bass community, are generally for speaker simulation. Red Wirez was the first company I remember offering commercial IR's and a loader for sale. Here is an old Premier Guitar interview with Mike of Red Wirez where he explains what they are and how they are used. They have some nice bass cab IR's. While you can make a digital EQ curve that is beyond the capabilities of an analog hardware EQ and use it as an IR, technically it's not quite the same thing. An IR of a mic'd speaker cab also has time and phase information whereas a digital EQ does not have that information.

Depping on a gig on Friday, rehearsing this afternoon, given the set list late last night!!! I know about 25 of the 30 songs, but most of the arrangements are new to me and not straight forward! I got some scribbled notes. We'll see how it goes. Should be interesting!

The one in natural looks slightly better, but that black one is just wrong! Yes, that would bug me too.

Here's four of my rigs:

Well, that's me crashed out of gear abstinence for this year and it's time for my full confession (although I'm 1 in, 1 out for the year so far, so could be worse). But I have a good excuse - this bass has been living rent-free in my head for nearly 12 years* and I finally snagged one in the finish I wanted. Black and silver ones pop up more often but I've only seen the purpleburst available two or three times in all these dozen years, so seeing as I'm not getting any younger, I decided a bit of carpe diem was in order. It's a three pickup, Les Paul shaped bass. It has three Greco T-bird-a-like pickups and three volume controls. That's it. Hardware is good quality - a Hipshot B style bridge and Gotoh tuners. It's had a life, there are some dings and scuffs in it but it's taken a polish well, the pickups have buffed up nicely and the fretboard enjoyed a drink of lemon oil very much. Lovely, dark rosewood board, yum. S'pose you'll be wanting some pics... It sounds great - I had a blast through my TC Electronic BH250 into headphones and it's got a lot of mid poke about it - might have to boost my mids a bit less when I'm playing this guy! Using the different pickups in different combinations makes noticeable changes to the tone, but it's not quite the same as having a tone knob - I might mod it but I'm not in a hurry. * TWELVE BLOODY YEARS - https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/210350-sorted-greco-3-pickup-les-paul-bass/

You can definitely fit both. I've been in multiple bands on saxes and bass. Rehearsals every night of the week! I was younger then. Now I grumble about having to rehearse in person and not on jamulus.

This is key. People can list and advertise instruments for whatever price they like, but finding out what they actually sell for is what's important (and not that easy). eBay, shops and even our own Marketplace are full of stuff that is priced high and sits there for months. I've always reckoned on approximately half new retail for something that isn't vintage or particularly desirable when buying or selling.

Don’t mention ms Hofer please, she plays better bass than me, whilst riding a unicycle … its just not real … huge fan

Oh I miss it, but my back doesn’t 😂 But this was one hell of a rig 😍

Thanks people for the advice. I followed some of it and I also started consciously working on pulling my shoulders back and making sure I don't drop my chin down whilst doing the things - typing, looking at screens etc. And whilst playing. I just ran through a set with minimal discomfort, so I think I might be on the right lines. I also booked a physio. I 'sledded' down the stairs about a year ago on my back (unintentionally) and that can't have helped!

I’ve heard from Don Chandler @donstrumental and tomorrow he’ll be launching a reggae bass course for anyone interested on Reggae Bass Hub

“Broadcast live on Friday 28th November 1985, plus the songs they carried on playing when the show went off-air after transmission”. On YouTube. Go watch it. Michael Burnett playing a Stingray that sounds amazing. What a player. What a singer. What a band! Eyes right!

I was really interested in these until I saw the pickguard…shocking

Thanks, Deserves a Bump... I'm outside with a short coffee and the bong in the sunshine... So Nice. Got to get my Son going again on his 24Tet @Andyjr1515

Yes I am! Also, for anyone else that's interested, it looks like Fret Nation should be releasing some demo videos soon!

As @Beedster said, being in London is a big help. There are a few places that could sell you bass for you on commission. Plus there are plenty of double bass players about here. Found myself on the overground with two others in the same carriage coming back from a gig the other night! A lot will depend on the quality of the instruments. It’s probably easier to sell cheaper ones as there’s a larger market. The better basses are best off in a shop where the right people are more likely to see them. Laurence Dixon’s Bass Place in Herne Hill is a great place to start. Bridgewood & Neizert in Stoke Newington maybe. I’d probably steer clear of the bass guitar shops for now as it’s generally the wrong customer base. Out of town you could talk to Thomas & George Martin in Banbury about more high end basses, or The Double Bass Room in Battle for more mid-range instruments. I’m sure there are other places. There’s also a good Facebook group for selling double basses. It’s international but there don’t tend to be many basses for sale in the UK so you could attract a bit of attention there. And of course there’s the mighty Basschat! Let’s see some pictures! 📸

Well, it was his car and he was driving [1] so he didn't get any complaints. [1] although I'd promised to share the driving I fell asleep

While you're in there, your future self will thank you if you junk the existing socket and replace it with a switchcraft or pure tone one.

From this album, presumably?

...the Keen Ocean transformer Polar have got listed on ebay is for 400rb mk3 and mk4, also backline 600 models. The amp repairer I use used one in my old 400rb mk2 to convert a US model to UK voltage. It worked fine but it involved drilling a hole for the toroidal transformer. Just a heads up if anyone wants to keep it as a spare. If you can find a backline 600 they're also useful for the same reasons....decent amps in their own right.

I just wanted to say I have been working on reading guitar parts recently and am making progress. I bought five books of reading studies in January and read through all of them in about three weeks (600+ pages inc. Sor, Guiliani, the Leavitt Advanced Reading book etc). The skill of reading is a massive enhancement to your capacity to learn. It's not about reading gigs, it's about opening doors.

My other child plays bass (and is very good). One out of two isn't too bad. Maybe I can make up for it by teaching the dog to play bass, I'm sure he could manage some Status Quo

Everything Must Go - Manic Street Preachers

Weird women are attracted to bassists

Having had a few basses that have gone through the Shuker workshop and then subsequently sold them on, I would say, generally, that the work done doesn't command a higher price for the instrument but it does create more buyer appeal and some differentiation. What it really helps with, which is quite unusual nowadays, is to make the "try before you" type sale easier for the seller as all that work should make it play as well as it can. Unlike say, an aftermarket pickup, which has a tone that is subjective to each person, good fretwork, proper set up, intonation etc is absolute. The wonderful Paul Richards of Milehouse Studios regularly points out that a pro set up with some fretwork nowadays costs more than all the budget-end guitars but it generally transforms them into instruments that you could have a career with. I'm very much in agreement with this post in that I prefer stock and then do it myself (or get a pro) so I understand the history. I'm always happy to help someone out who's looking to improve a cheap instrument. The tools are there and I know how to use 'em. 😊

Anyway, yes, we had a gig yesterday and despite polishing my DMs earlier in the day I didn't take a photo of them. In fact I didn't take any worth posting. A new venue for us in Nuneaton. This is probably the 10th place we've played in the town and it's all been organic, word of mouth - which is nice. We had a few in from another venue we play not far away, which was also nice. It was quite a large pub so we were glad of the extra people. Low ceiling and carpet made for a slightly different "on stage" sound to normal, suppressing the top end, but I've played my Rumble for long enough to trust that it will still project a good tone out to the audience. The drummer even removed some of the gaffer tape damping from his cowbell 😂 Anyway we went down well, and they did the usual trick of waiting until the last song to start dancing and then wanting us to carry on all night. At least we left them wanting more. That's our last one for a few weeks - our guitarist is off touring the UK and Germany with Martin Turner (ex Wishbone Ash) through March and April. We just have the odd gig or two in the gaps. I'm looking forward to some free weekends to crack on with the garden and my VW camper (1979 aircooled late bay).