stingrayPete1977

[quote name='bazztard' timestamp='1481948767' post='3196501'] haha that is so funny I assumed they didn't like it or something well, if they're over fifty, tell them it's time to either learn bass, or sell bass hehe [/quote] From personal experience I suspect the big shops in the UK rely on the 50th birthday present market and a lot of the guitars,basses that they sell will go unused. Most of those sales will be Fender or Gibson too.

There is no need for that, I can see what you are thinking and I can see where Thomann have got confused, are you responding in English to them? Your English is excellent but you may be finding by doing that both you and Thomann are translating to an extent, depending on your first language you might find it easier to correspond in that one, they might even have an employee that speaks the same language. Like I said that is not a dig at your English as someone trying to learn another language at the moment yours is brilliant. Alternatively many of us here would be happy to read your email in a private message for you no doubt, myself included, just to make sure you have not left yourself open for any more confusion with them

For me that is too much, ok for a verse maybe, the guys sat behind him should be nodding along but neither the bass or the drums are giving them a solid beat to get a count on to groove to, yes the musicians know where the count is but the singers are out of time once it gets going until about 4 minutes in when it finds a pulse again, they are have a great time because they know the song so well and it is a big favourite. That's a miss for me regardless of the chops I am afraid

The profit margins are so small that sending a bridge for free that may or may not fix the issue to someone they have no knowledge of regarding their ability to fix the bass would be pointless for them, put it back in the box send it back, they send it back to their contact with Fender and send you a new one, they make the same amount of money and you get a good bass that works.

[quote name='Les' timestamp='1481762624' post='3195011'] We run a smoke machine, smallish, cost about 30 quid I think. We only really want it to enhance the lights to be honest, not fill the stage with a smoke effect. Has set the odd fire alarm off in the past but generally it doesn't. Dissapites quite quickly though. Don't really know anything about hazers I'm afraid. Les [/quote] We have had a couple of venues stipulate that we MUST NOT use a smoke machine, I suspect trying to explain the difference between a Hazer and Fog would have been fruitless too! Our fogger that the drummer owns is also so old and roadworn that it probably puts smoke out without the need for any fog juice,it has been retired off along with the stage lights they made in the back of the van on the way to a reggae gig in the 80's

I don't notice 34 or 35 inch scales, I don't mind what the spacing is either really, as long as it feels good all together I'm happy.

Wednesday's [URL=http://s997.photobucket.com/user/stingraypete/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-12/IMG-20161216-WA0007_zpsaaytxsjp.jpg.html][IMG]http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af100/stingraypete/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-12/IMG-20161216-WA0007_zpsaaytxsjp.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

My wife follows their Instagram page,this was our set. [URL=http://s997.photobucket.com/user/stingraypete/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-12/IMG-20161216-WA0008_zpsp9a4cyao.jpg.html][IMG]http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af100/stingraypete/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-12/IMG-20161216-WA0008_zpsp9a4cyao.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

Haha thats it, they are either the best or worst band I've ever seen, I'm still not sure! There was A LOT of backing track though.

I was looking around on the web, there's not many Laklands about, can't find one 99-14 for sale new or used.

[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1481917339' post='3196326'] I had an SR5 in blue pearl with matching g headstock that was awsome, but my only bug was the weight. [/quote] My Blue Pearl is my lightest SR5, very nice weight, Alnico version, dead versatile, awesome

[quote name='kusee pee' timestamp='1481918317' post='3196342'] I'm going to see them on Sunday. Getting well excited now! [/quote] They are on form right now, be sure to get there in time for Baby Metal, maybe brush up your dance moves and pigtails too!

I did a gig a few years ago stood next to some of those old Peavey PA speakers with (I think?) 6 5" speakers in each cab, they were old and unused for many years, everytime anyone dug in a bit I got showered in dust, the dust particles got bigger until I realised it was not dust but pieces of the foam rings from the speakers! By the end of the gig they were all killed and I needed a shower.

We need to see the 76!

Oh yes nearly forgot, baby metal

I went on Saturday, yep exactly the same and just the one song not on the FenderRay, the light show is worth going to see alone imo

That's a nice selection, great stuff! Any pics of the 55-76?

Don't forget the 55-14 introduced in 2014 hence the '14', it will be way out of budget new as the USA version but they are a lot cheaper than the full fat 55-94 with all the same features and USA build, you could get lucky and find a used one!

You have answered your own question, the 55-01 hasn't got any humbuckers, they are soapbars. I really like the 55-02, sounds like you need to go and try a few out in a shop?

Or is the op saying the faulty one is 5mm nearer to the body edge than the good one? I can see why Thomann are confused tbh

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1481838186' post='3195652'] Why do you think you'd need to move the bridge to intonate a fretless? There's plenty of room for adjustment at its normal position [/quote] The confusion I have is that the op says the bridge needs moving forward to the correct set of holes that will reveal the extra mystery set, that made sense but then says the bridge is actually nearer the edge of the body on his other Squier bass? I've seen basses where you run out of saddle adjustment when the intonation is correct, rattly spring is the first giveaway.

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1481817825' post='3195433'] There are no two bridge drillings in a stock new bass. The bridge is in the same spot fretted or fretless. This is not how the bass was meant to be produced. Thomann sold a bass that someone had tampered with. Who? No idea. But if it wasn't the OP, then he shouldn't have to keep it or pay to fix it. [/quote] Devils advocate here Jose, ignoring this particular situation as I agree it just needs sending back if it does not do what the OP thought it would but is that fact or opinion reagrding the holes/position of the bridge?, has anyone looked under a Squier bridge on a fretless or measured the bridge position?

I think the whole thing is a misunderstanding after the OP's first message, regardless of everything in this thread he isn't happy with it so it needs sending back, which is what the first email to Thomann should have been about rather than suggestions of fixing what they now think was the OP's handy work. All the talk of playing behind the lines has confused us here, the person dealing with it might not even play an instrument!

So the other Squier is even further towards the edge of the body than the 'faulty' one? So actually the bridge should be even further back yet you want to move it further forward to reveal the row of holes? Without the bass to hand to measure properly I'm not certain, get it sent back. It will certainly need some work just to put it back to normal now, how do you tune the bass to allow for playing behind the lines as the nut wont be installed behind the line which is essentially just another fret so open strings will be out of tune with fretted ones?

I'm wondering if it is actually normal you know? Could the unused row of holes be from the mass production of the body where they have pre drilled all the holes using a jig then those bodies chosen as fretless versions have the bridge installed further back so it intonates where the fret lines are, after all the other holes will be covered over. If that is how they are made then they are right that it's not a defect, it just doesn't do what you personally want it to. I presume you are playing it so your fingers rest on the board in relation to the lines where they would to the frets on a fretted bass?