Ou7shined

Oh and one time we had a gig up in Aviemore and when we arrived up there the drummer realised that he'd left his cymbals in his hallway. Cue a couple of mad hours trying to track down a set cymbals in a remote ski resort village. We got a shot of some in the end from a kid with a 3/4 size kit.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1326462957' post='1497544'] I'm sorry, but there's no way you can just slip a line like that into a post and not get pulled up on it. How the hell can a guitarist be 100 miles from home before he realises he's forgotten his guitar? It's not like forgetting a tuner, a lead, a strap, or even an amp - all things that have happened to guitarists near to me. I mean, actually forgetting to take your [i][b]guitar[/b][/i]??? [/quote] Are you sitting comfortably.... Well, we were doing a lot of touring around Scotland at the time and our drummer who didn't have his own transport would 9 times out of 10 deal with the hire van and would be in charge of the gear. He has a rather "unique" character... so no one really wanted to ride with him and because we were a mix of smokers and non-smokers we'd all make our own way to the venues/digs in our respective cars. Matt (the rhythm guitar) who shall we say, can be a bit spacey at times had a Fiat Panda then, so only had bearly enough room for his guitar and Orange gear in the back and his girlfriend (now wife) in the front. He lives 50 odd miles out of town up in McDuff and would usually take all his gear with him but this time since we had had a rehearsal (in town) the night before, the arrangement was that he'd leave his guitar at the drummer's pad after practice, who would then stow it with the other gear in the morning after he picked up the van, leaving him more room for his gear + g/f in the Panda. Somewhere between leaving the rehearsal rooms and getting home both numpties had completely forgotten the plan, then the next day both presumed the other had the guitar until Matt realised too late that he'd not dropped it off the night before. Typical Matt moment* really... still love the guy though. *Like the time we were loading in down a tight flight of stairs into a sub street level venue and he dropped his heavy Orange cab. He'd been carrying it normally from behind but somehow during the raucous journey downstairs Matt ended up in front of the cab. When the noise stopped we all looked around in silence at the crumpled mess of man and cab at the bottom of the stairs. Luckily everything was fine... except the cab had landed on a bollock.

[quote name='throwoff' timestamp='1326459511' post='1497462'] The tiny bit of the fretboard in your photo looks amazing, lovely bit of tigerstripe ebony. [/quote] Isn't it rosewood?

[quote name='brensabre79' timestamp='1326456637' post='1497388']...Dave & Ou7shined you have made me feel a bit better! Thanks. We had to fill in last night actually as halfway through the first set the guitarist left the stage as he couldn't wait 15 minutes for a piss! cue impromptu cover of Fever! ...[/quote] Haha that unlucky guitarist I told you about earlier decided he needed a sh|t mid set one time. We tried to get him to hold on but you could see how much trouble he was having and eventually he had to make a break for it. Obviously we told everyone while he was away what the problem was. He returned to the stage amid thunderous applause and with the reddest face ever. It still cracks me up today.

We had a gig in a well known live venue in Edinburgh. Well we thought we did... turns out (after we'd driven 150 miles to get there) that we were double booked with a fecking wedding reception. Luckily they made some phone calls for us and got us booked into a rock venue just along the road. Most of the way down from north of Aberdeen, the rhythm guitarist remembered that he'd left his guitar at home. So he had to head back up the road to Dundee where fortunately he knew someone he could borrow an axe off. This meant he missed soundcheck. During the gig said rhythm guitar bust not one but 2 strings (cue random jammings from lead guitar, myself and drums to fill time) and at one point he lost his strap mid song, which I hooked back on for him tapping the notes with my left hand so as not to break the flow. The house vocal PA went quiet. And to add insult to injury we tripped a fuse every 20 minutes of our 2 hour set, cutting the power to the amps and plunging the stage into a familiar silent darkness except for a couple of bars of drums and a desperate twang of electric guitars played acoustically. Strangely enough the audience had a ball and we made some good friends.

[quote name='charic' timestamp='1326447637' post='1497242'] Just out of interest why do people consider skinnier necks to be faster? I struggle on skinnier necks personally.. [/quote] Good point. When I used to play Ibbys (and the occasional Jazz) I seemed to find long runs more effortless. I normally play P (or wider) width necks now and notice the difference quite a bit when shooting up and down the neck on a thinner neck. Maybe because there is less wood in your hand to impede movement? The good news is that you don't actually play faster... that would lead to a barrage arse meets boot moments from the rest of the band.

I hope the guys who have already bid over the odds for it notice the amendment. I see the reserve is still set presumably he still thinks it's worth a fair bit.

They all do if you've got some sandpaper and some spare time.

A mate of mine sold an identical looking one on here last year for 250.

[quote name='Dave Vader' timestamp='1326384152' post='1496480'] I quite like the look of that clearly-not-a-gretsch though, worth 150 definitely. .....[/quote] Until the neck comes away at the patched up heel.

Btw I've heard that replacements may take some time to finally get to you so bear that in mind.

If you can feel it with your finger nail then it will require more than just cutting and polishing out - it will need sanded out first. It also looks to be in a wee bit of a PITA area to work on. I have a feeling T/mann just work a collect and replace pollicy but contact them and ask what your options are. If they offer a decent partial refund and you want to keep ithe bass take it .. as it is fixable... unless you like "mojo" and want to leave it.

Must admit I haven't kept up with the price of tribs lately. Last I saw, 5ers were a 100 more than a 4, which is around where this is at now [b]incl p&p[/b]. I mostly posted as these don't come up all that often and for someone specifically looking out for one of these beasts might apreciate the heads up... ...but cheers anyway guys.

It's in Spain. If the price doesn't go up too much in the next few days (even with international postage) it could be a winner. -> [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270890921104&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:GB:1123"]linky[/url]

[quote name='gmtx725' timestamp='1326325429' post='1495656'] I'm still torn between a Music Man SUB and the Squier CV Precision if anyone can give me a gentle nudge towards either one of those... [/quote] For me the Squier fits the criteria of the title of the thread perfectly so maybe you should go for that. On the other hand I personally wouldn't have one precisely for that reason - I would however have another SUB despite having "grown out" of them so to speak. If you want something you could fall in love with and keep, go for the SUB. I still don't think you need worry about an amp straight away unless you will be playing with mates. A headphone trainer is perfect for practice night and day. I think you lock into what you are playing a lot better with headphones, you can mix in an mp3 player or whatever to jam along to, you can experiment with the built in effects (most come with at least some basic ones) and importantly you don't annoy anyone else. When we talk about wide necks and thin necks on here we are only speaking of 1 or 2 mm in difference - don't get put off by such things. The 1st bass I spent any great amount of time on was an Ibanez SGR job with an extra thin neck but I find myself playing more P or Musicman size necks now - however I'm equally happy playing fat 5 old strings, skinny Ibbys, guitars, mandolins etc.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1326309904' post='1495346'] .... Have to say, I'm quite taken with the notion of a Les Paul Starnard. Sounds a bit Eric & Ernie, if you know what I mean. [/quote] Morny Stannit !!!

[quote name='Rick's Fine '52' timestamp='1326307841' post='1495300'] Its not even a Squire, that headstock shape is very different to anything even remotely Fender related, and those tuners.................ewwwwww........not nice at all. And of course the horrible trussrod adjustment at the headstock end, someone's gonna be dissapointed! [/quote] +1 At least the reserve hasn't been met..... yet.

As above really. All I can add is that Jon deserves a medal for his impeccable wrapping and for keeping me in the loop regarding postage. Also I can't remember the actual terms of the sale (original post now gone) but I'm sure he bunged in a couple of free extras. Cheers again mate. Rich.

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1326209477' post='1493828'] [size=4]How can you evaluate what I want to spend on strings?[/size] [size=4]Why does anyone drive a BMW when a [size=5][b]Ford Focus [/b][/size]is perfectly adequate?[/size] [size=4]If you can appreciate the difference and that difference is important to you then spend as much as you need[/size] [/quote] I claim my £5. You are "Friendly Seller" from the ebay links thread.

[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1326210631' post='1493846'] You can remove the head from all the combos, but you need to get a top plate for the head. The heads used in the combo s are LM II/IIIs. Top plate can easily be made with a thin sheet of metal cut to size & 4 holes drilled in it (where the bolts go through, of course). [/quote] This is what I understood to be the case too but I was keeping out of it as I wasn't 100%.