Mr. Foxen

Brass will change your open string sound a bit in theory, and graphtec is very brittle, so you have to make sure you file it to just the right size, otherwise you'll have same problem again.

One of my basses was hung in a shop window for ages, it made the rosewood go very pale and the red paint to go pink. Not recomended.

I've got a full set of hardware for a Westone I stripped to restore, its all tatty and stuff, shoot me a pm, I'm tempted to let it all for and start from scratch with just the body (the neck needs a new fingerboard).

If you put in a block under the whole neck pocket, then the contact area should be sthe same as before, which would make no noticeable difference in sustain. In addition, many stock basses will come with a shim in anyway. Get some numbers on how much sustain it has with and without the shim.

Other fun with amps is passive vs active eq,some valve amps have passive eq and thats all cut, my DHA pedal has passive eq, found it best to turn all up and turn stuff down to adjust.

Picking everyones brains at every opportunity, finding how to make every noise to can come out of a bass and gradually figuring which ones to not do.

Not Mr. Sheen. Wax on bodies, lemon oil on dark fingerboards. Check the tech issues forum, theres already bunches of this there.

I always use the same cutters as I use for trimming strings, cause they are always handy.

All round slick exchange. Cheers.

In the quest for epic silly noise, this is the next target, been playing with the one on my ME50, whats the options on equivalent in pedal form thats not in triple figures on the bay?

Get some helpful american to get one and send it. Surely with all the bass forum time you know someone, the uglybassplayer forum is good. Sure a few people could vouch for you if you don't have a presence there, like me, I guess, I've dealt with them bunches, and I know (roughly) where you live.

I like the way that the majority of what cantdosleepy said was applicable before recording was invented. It did occur that people should be less scared to cover songs that other local bands have written but haven't recorded, sort of like folk music without beards and knitted jumpers.

Was expecting Nick to drop this in, but ain't seen him about. Frank Aust (see reccomended techs thread) showed me. drill a tiny hole either side and use pointy pliers/wire cutters to slowly rotate it, starts painstaking, but gets easier, then standard dowel and glue and redrill hole.

I'm all about the restrung for lower tunings 4 strings. Not like I ever used the high string playing with other people anyway. Although I've been given a normal bass to fix and am loving having high strings again to play with on my own.

[quote name='Shockwave' post='174664' date='Apr 11 2008, 04:27 PM']I have owned a Ashdown 1000 watt combo made for John entwhistle, Who decided it wasent loud enough. The frontman from franz ferdinands blue guitar strap.[/quote] That the one that was in Electric Ladyland? Would have considered that, but Steve was too busy telling me how sh*t it and everyhting else was.

So.... got make-up plan?

I bought a bunch of cables apparently used by the clash, form a roady. Only 'proof' he could give was a photo of Joe being godfather to his son, who was also present.

I use my little finger, that much less stretching, plus I can do that play loads of nots not look like I'm moving my hands thing.

I read an interview that he was pounding of his hass whilst holding a chord and punched it in half (being a mad karate guy). He said it never sounded the same after, gues thats the one with replacement body.

Why basses shouldn't have more than 4 strings and should only play root notes. That would be a good one. Seriously, try and do it, good mental excercise.

Since they are all guitar pickups, you are going to have trouble finding any sort of review in the bass context. Its gonna have to be one you figure for yourself. The Cool rails is for neck position, so the output is lower than the hot rails, but I have no idea about the voicing.