tino

[quote name='Machines' post='929447' date='Aug 19 2010, 09:59 AM']I'm not going to lock this thread for now, but will request that members here do not cause disruption on the EB forum as the last thing we want is to be labelled as a forum of troublemakers. The topic should remain factual and avoid personal attacks.[/quote] Promise Guv I wont ......................Oh Im banned

[quote name='daz' post='930157' date='Aug 19 2010, 06:41 PM']Hmm dunno about that [i]roasted neck [/i]thingy. Airless burning of wood produces charcoal, airless burning of coal produces coke. Both hard but brittle. I dont think asking to see the tech specs for production and testing is asking too much. Have they even considered the long term of the effect. Maybe 4 years down the line they all snap under normal string pressure on the neck? by the way, who is BP?[/quote] Bullshitting Pratt

[quote name='EBS_freak' post='928900' date='Aug 18 2010, 06:35 PM']Oh Tino, you are my hero. [/quote] I dont have time for heroics.....but should you wish to purchase a C-Frew neck I will personally sign it for you

[quote name='tauzero' post='927574' date='Aug 17 2010, 02:13 PM']You could always ask on the EBMM forum.[/quote] Just take no notice of any answer given

[quote name='Fat Rich' post='928882' date='Aug 18 2010, 06:15 PM']I can't wait to get one, it's guaranteed to be wonderful if you've designed it. And the picture at the end of your post looks great although without nut and tuners it's difficult to tell where it is exactly.[/quote] "Cant wait to get one I propose constitutes a form of verbal agreement"...as such my parts manager Maurice who also happens to be a Phsycic Phenomenom has posted the First off the very very top secret invisimaker preformer machine direct to you at the address that popped into his head on reading your comment.... YOU WILL LOVE IT........GUARUNTEED..!!!! Please send cash in a flash to Tino No1 Pikey Villas Darn La Layen WalFam Abbey SX

[quote name='Starless' post='928852' date='Aug 18 2010, 05:51 PM']Having owned a 4001 back in the 70's I 'got used to it' early in life. I've owned a few 4003's more recently (pick of the bunch was actualy a Macca 4001 'sanded' re-issue) and it is still very much an odd-ball bass (IMHO) compared to more traditional designs. The Good? Mega sustain - needs to be tamed a lot of the time. Vast range of noises from gut-rumbling bottom to buzz-saw teeth-clenching top-end grind. Shorter scale is comfy, 'parallel' neck less so. Hangs nicely on a strap. Adjustable damper mechanism great for simulating an upright. Hold their value quite well. The Bad? (Here goes) The metalwork is terrible. The tailpiece/bridge assembly is a joke. I don't think they could have come up with a more awkward, limiting, un-adjustable contraption if they'd tried. The tail will lift after a while and reduce the break angle over the saddles. Palm muting is a nightmare because of aforementioned damping mechanism housing. Intonation adjustment is a constant loop of check, loosen strings, take out bridge part, tweak screw, replace bridge part, tune up, check, loosen strings, take out bridge part..... String height adjustment is one side or the other (not individual strings). The bridge pickup is housed in a gaping hole in the body, cover the hole by leaving the (plastic) pickup cover on (serves no useful purpose) but this restricts where you can pick/finger. Remove the useless plastic cover to reveal the gaping hole and the chrome pickup surround which is cunningly designed wth sharp protruding points which catch your plucking fingers right on the meat. The pickup selector toggle switch (on all 4 Rics I have owned) is sprung on a hair-trigger so the slightest inadvertent touch on it in the 'up' position will ping it back to the middle position mid-song. Solution? Replace stock tailpiece with a Hipshot drop-in Ric replacement. You lose the damping mechanism but gain total adjustability with no protruding edges and palm-muting now possible all the way back to the saddles (which adjust individually in every dimension - even side-to-side string spacing can be adjusted). Just don't mention the Hipshot on the RickResource forum - they will ban you (it happened to me). For the pickup surround, invest in a Pickguardian replacement pup surround (available in a variety of finishes) and avoid chopping your plucking fingers to bits. The company itself has something like a 2 year backlog so they don't really need to bother their arses as the order books are full for the forseeable. This attitude manifests itself in their amazing habit of messing around with the neck profile (one of a Ric's major selling points - a super slim neck) and not telling anyone. If you tried a mate's Ric in December then bought one manufactured in January you would wonder why it felt nothing like your mate's. The necks range from slim to chunky to not-so-chunky and back to slim depending on the year and month of manufacture. If you order a new one now (and wait two years for it to turn up) you haven't a clue what you will be getting. If you buy one off of eBay - you haven't a clue what you will be getting. Unless you can find one locally, in the colour you want then try before you buy. A grand and upwards is lot of money to be taking a wild stab with - and that's what you'll be doing when you a buy a new-ish Ric as far as the neck is concerned. In general, if I hadn't been introduced to Rics at an early age, I would not own one today. I discovered Fenders (and similar style basses) long after my Ric, and although it took me a while, I now 'get it' as far as Fenders are concerned. The Ric has tended to have a few 'celeb' owners (Squire, McCartney, Waters, Geddy Lee etc etc) but it always seems to be a temporary association as they all moved on to other things, and once the novelty of a Ric wears off, you are left wondering (at least I am) exactly why you paid an absolute fortune for such an oddball piece of kit. My latest Ric I got 2nd hand (very cheap) and I have been restoring it to more pristine condition. I would never buy a new one, that is just mental (IMO) (see neck profile changes above).[/quote] I agree.... Just sold my 2007 though it sat here for yonks...dealer finally took it off my hands.THANK GOD.. Buy a decent copy and save a fortune if it the shape you admire

[quote name='WHUFC BASS' post='928397' date='Aug 18 2010, 10:00 AM']It amazes me how many people on that forum just blindly accepted that this process was a good thing to do to a neck and were enthusing about buying one without even seeing one in the flesh - let alone trying one. They must be either stinking rich / blindly loyal / stupid or all three.[/quote] I think 2 and 3 can be scientifically proven as applicable to the followers whereas 1 can readily be applied to BP......could this be the same BP that has just devastated the US coastal ecology Nearly forgot to mention.....I shall be selling extra lightweight and totally see through necks,sorry but these are available only as fretless and will not be supplied with tuners or nutt . They sound superb and are a great improvement on my last venture,I feel that I should at this point apologise to all of you that bought the previous model,but please remember it was the postal service that lost them,all 398 of them. The new C-Frew neck PAF and registered with several military Dictatorships will be sent UK for an all inclusive price of £420......Sorry but this will only apply to the first 250 units. At which point the price MUST increase to £495 & postage,this just about covers production plus my usual 855% mark up Please be assured these necks will take roasting to another level,in fact in an experiment carried out earlier today we used a plasma cutter on the prototype and there were no signs of damage at all.....................AMAZING or WHAT.... Cash sales will receive a further £20 discount Thanks & love & Peace to one & all Tino

[quote name='Grand Wazoo' post='928199' date='Aug 17 2010, 11:36 PM']Afraid it was the usual whitewash, the whole lot was "ethnically cleansed" and Tino got banned: all evidence removed, in true American cover up style. Can't say I didn't see that coming though, I knew it was a futile attempt to rock their boat.[/quote] I feel as though I may have to bring a case against Mr Ball the younger.....is it not identity theft..... I may well burn my EB in protest..No dont be hasty ......sell it for a profit is better. No I shall just keep it and bear in mind not to invite him to my parties

[quote name='Circle_of_Fifths' post='928037' date='Aug 17 2010, 09:19 PM']Did you get to any of the Cowboy Bar/Clubs out there? I played in one a few times when it was still CW and not what it later turned into: Writer/Performer Experimental Wretched Showcase. Good clubs and open-mic facilities are getting to be fewer and fewer now.[/quote] Welcome Joe Is the Circle Casino still going???? it had a longer name but it was commonly known to us as the circle Im back in the US next week but Chicago this time.....Sun & rain...just like here Im told??? seen a 58 Epi at a sensible price hoping its still there while I am,I think I will get it through customs but my wife will be another matter... Take it easy...god bless YA

[quote name='tino' post='927836' date='Aug 17 2010, 06:34 PM']Joined the EB forum and posted in defence of Jim....cant wait for the abuse[/quote] Kiln dried timber will take on atmospheric moisure from the moment it is released from the kiln... Kiln dried is cheap & is probably the material sourced for 95% of all guitar necks. A decent hand built aged and airdried is pretty hit & miss but once the right blank is found & a good luthier you will have a wonderful treat in store... EBMM/FENDER/GIBSON etc etc etc none go to the lengths to do this its NOT commercially viable.... Roasting appears to be as it suggests cooking to remove further moisture and possibly colour .....it will not do any more....the gloss is just that a later tart up jobbie... So in essence its kilndried and polished,which brings us back to what just about every bloody neck is anyway

[quote name='charic' post='927992' date='Aug 17 2010, 08:39 PM']You'll have to send links! I want too see squirmage too![/quote] Go take a look.....I think they like me.......NOT

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='927969' date='Aug 17 2010, 08:22 PM']If there was ever a man to sort out Big Poppa its you Tino! How the devil are you? [/quote] Plodding along.....Hows Your good self??

[quote name='parker_muse' post='923762' date='Aug 13 2010, 12:56 PM']Sid Vicious.[/quote] Bollox....my Mums much worse than Sid could ever have been

[quote name='Clarky' post='927812' date='Aug 17 2010, 06:12 PM'][attachment=56862:clarky_basses_040.JPG] I'm really not looking to sell this bass. However, if I don't find a taker for my AC Willie Weeks and noone wants my 76P fretless this is something I may have to grudgingly contemplate in order to pay the (Spanish) taxman. Thus wondered what you good folks think this is worth? 1972 Precision in Jamerson stylee, all-original except I replaced some stripped bridge screws with new repro screws from Howard, The Bass Doc (I have the originals still). Weighs 8.5 pounds (IIRC; maybe less). B width (1.625") neck is very easy in the hand. Low action and very resonant. No hard case. Has been seen by Old Horse Murphy, jonthebass and others and was originally sold to me by BC'er Chris Kelly 18 months or so ago Like I say, I am hoping it won't come to this [/quote] I think you may be quite surprised to find this model currently makes around £25,I understand if you need to be seated it truly is a vast amount of money for a lump of wood and a few strands of wire, As I do not have one in my collection I could possibly stretch to £26. Dont sell it unless legging it really is not an option

[quote name='Al Heeley' post='927698' date='Aug 17 2010, 04:09 PM']Bad form, SB comes out of this with a soiled disposition, only thing I'm worried about is I am a Stingray owner and BMW driver. I'll have to keep a low profile and use my bass to indicate where possible. The fried, sorry, baked necks look lovely but I'm not sure they do all they claim. reminds me of the cosmetics industry where certain magical attributes are given to certain products, there may be some scientific truth behind the marketing (there has to be as legal costs can be astronomical) but it may take 3 hundredweight of extract [i]x[/i] before any significant improvement can be achieved in practice.[/quote] Kiln Dried timber will always be sh*te compared to aged and air dried no matter how its dressed up....all mass produced products simply are a compromise where next best will do

[quote name='Lfalex v1.1' post='927761' date='Aug 17 2010, 05:16 PM']Wanna hear a theory? I seem to remember reading somewhere that figuring in wood causes the figured areas to retain mositure more readily than the normal "grained" areas. Sorry. Can't remember the source. That's why you don't get heavily figured maple necks very much, as humidity variations cause all sorts of unwanted swellings I suppose my ideal wooden (all-maple, one piece) neck would have a ruler-straight grain from body-end to headstock. Maybe a little very light flame running perpendicular to the grain, but no Bird'sn Eye or Quilt. These sort of demanding requirements in a piece of maple command high prices. Now suppose that [i]someone[/i] comes up with a process that can wholly dry out all the (nice looking) irregularities and then seal it to stop further moisture ingress, thus overcoming the mis-shapen neck problem. It allows me to manufacture equally (or maybe more) stable necks with figured woods and a stain (or sealing agent) that looks attractive to prospective customers. It may also allow me to source [i]cheaper[/i] timber to offset the cost of processing. Call me cynical, but it's a possibility...[/quote] Joined the EB forum and posted in defence of Jim....cant wait for the abuse

[quote name='rasher80' post='927575' date='Aug 17 2010, 02:14 PM']Am i the only person who LIKES Peter Hook? [/quote] NO.....his Mum quite likes him too

[quote name='Low End Bee' post='927758' date='Aug 17 2010, 05:14 PM']Down in the West Country this week. I've just seen a rather nice Precision with an S76 prefix serial number. It's black with a black scratchplate and a maple neck. Not too heavy. All original apparently and only missing the tin covers. It maybe needs a fret skimming but felt and played really nicely. The paintwork is very clean with the finish intact and just the odd small dent. It's up for £995. Is this a reasonable price?[/quote] I dont beleive it!!!!!! Check the bugger out....its cheap

[quote name='Low End Bee' post='927758' date='Aug 17 2010, 05:14 PM']Down in the West Country this week. I've just seen a rather nice Precision with an S76 prefix serial number. It's black with a black scratchplate and a maple neck. Not too heavy. All original apparently and only missing the tin covers. It maybe needs a fret skimming but felt and played really nicely. The paintwork is very clean with the finish intact and just the odd small dent. It's up for £995. Is this a reasonable price?[/quote] I dont beleive it!!!!!! Check the bugger out....its cheap

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='927511' date='Aug 17 2010, 01:21 PM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1976-Left-Handed-Ibanez-2388B-Bass-Rickenbacker-Copy-/120609929906?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV"]Lefty Ibanez[/url][/quote] Hows about a righty Ibanez....in super condition......feel free to make a punt at it chaps.....no insults please...Ive heard em all before

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='927511' date='Aug 17 2010, 01:21 PM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1976-Left-Handed-Ibanez-2388B-Bass-Rickenbacker-Copy-/120609929906?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV"]Lefty Ibanez[/url][/quote] Not as nice as the earlier through neck and the pups although more accurate sound pants compared to the earlier ebo neck type pup........did I mention I just so happen to have one of the earlier model in pretty fantastic condition for sale????