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Cool, try another 1/4 turn until you get no buzz from the strings, then start lowering your bridge saddles one at a time until the buzz starts to return... then it's a judgement call (based on how comfy it feels to play) whether to nip back the saddles a 1/4 turn to stop the buzz or have another 1/4 turn on you t/r (if it has any turns left) and repeat the process.

[quote name='Kelso' timestamp='1320896029' post='1432927'] I doubt this was ever a signature release but thought I'd post it anyway. Hope that's ok? Mr. Big is my guilty pleasure and Billy Sheehan is one of my all time favourite bassists. I think this bass is a stunner! Love the humbucker and [s]single[/s][size=5][b] split [/b][/size]coil combo . . . [/quote] fixed

LOL this thread is just a list of pretty much every sig bass ever. I wonder which one is the "nicest"? I might as well chip in Bob DeLeo's.... since it was probably him that kicked off the whole retro P look fad...

[quote name='danbowskill' timestamp='1320873325' post='1432707'] cheers :-) im a bit of a spaz with the lecky side of things. [/quote] No probs. It should sort out your hum no end.

Solder it to to any earth ie pot casings, the negative on your jack socket or cavity shielding.

Cynically speaking, he has a point.

[quote name='woodyratm' timestamp='1320795363' post='1431679'] Didn't I say that to you last week? ...[/quote] You did. I'm just trying to get a debate started again.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1320794368' post='1431660'] Anyway Flea always played a Wal, Blah Blah Blah I think Tims Pre EB Stingray had a Badass bridge too, I wonder If EBMM would make a Sig model for him with a BA bridge [/quote] And no pickguard.. they sound better with no pickguard.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1320786696' post='1431516'] +1 although I never did sound like either of them [/quote] Haha me neither.

[quote name='SteveTredgett' timestamp='1320783178' post='1431449'] Thanks will give it a go ( )[/quote] Good luck. Keep us posted... all might not be lost. [quote name='SteveTredgett' timestamp='1320783178' post='1431449'] I got it like this, ebay!!!![/quote] Yep I feared this might be the case... someone using the bay to pass on their problems to someone else. [quote name='SteveTredgett' timestamp='1320783178' post='1431449'] thanks for the comments re pics I guess they should be good www.stevetredgett.co.uk !!! [/quote] Haha I can spot quality a mile off.

Got a pic there David?

Hmmm, using my virtual straight-edge (a line in photoshop ) it looks to me like your neck may have some issues. Try slackening off the trussrod (as per the guide I gave you earlier*) - give it a full half turn and leave it for a day. Was the bass playable before it went like this (I'm thinking central-heating may be warping the neck) or have you just bought it and it just came this way? *loosen off the A & D strings to perform the t/r loosening but then return them to pitch after you're finished. Btw, I wish everyone asking for help could provide clear pics like you've done - nice work.

[url="http://www.garywillis.com/pages/bass/bassmanual/setupmanual.html"]This[/url] should help explain what's going on.

[quote name='brensabre79' timestamp='1320757615' post='1430872'] ...The height should be just above the height of the first fret (the same height the string is above the second fret when you play the first fret - i.e. just clearing it). This might be a job for the shop as you need special files and [b]if you get it wrong and take off too much the only thing you can do is replace the nut![/b] ...[/quote] Not quite.. but I get what you are saying. Steve : great pics. Can you give us one or two more looking right down the neck so we can see how much bow is on it. Your bridge is already set quite high but as you know your strings are hitting the upper frets. It looks like you might need to slacken off the trussrod and (hopefully) lower your bridge saddles. Don't worry we'll get you through this.

Don't be ashamed of your Hondo bud. I have an old Hondo II Jazz in my armoury which can hold it's own very nicely indeed. Can you post some in focus pics of your bass, especially neck and action. It sound like you have two oposing problems which shouldn't be on the same bass, ie buzzing frets = too low action / hard to press the strings down = too high an action.

If you are on about those ultra expensive leads made only from pure or precious metals etc. then I think most people will agree that any benefits will be negligible and completely lost in a live situation. Some guys claim to hear the difference in hi-fi set-ups and maybe they have a point but for our purposes they are just one more bit of snake oil to waste our money on.

[quote name='ped' timestamp='1320750048' post='1430756'] ..... We just installed the patch update so a few things might be a little different. ...[/quote] Ah ha. Nice one. Let's hope a few of the other wee niggles have been quashed too.

[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130598155537&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:GB:1123"]Here[/url] you go you sinister weirdies. It's in the US of A but so budget for import duty but as you don't see them too often and I'm sure there has to be a southpaw or two over here desperate for one. Incidentally it has the G&L embossed bridge, making it just that wee bit harder to tel that it is a tribute.

Spotted a couple of changes to the forum today - no more boxes under your av and when you click to follow a thread the box for immediate notifications is already checked. Anyone else got these or is it just that IE8 catching up with BC?

Not really big on the whole sig guitar (or anything for that matter) thing... ... although I did get my 'ray because I'd always wanted to sound like Timmy C/Flea.

[quote name='charic' timestamp='1317372272' post='1389917'] I think there should be baiting sub forum ....[/quote] It's called Off Topic.

[quote name='bremen' timestamp='1320743975' post='1430652'] I wonder how they'd react to a follow-up email warning them that you've reported them to the busies? [/quote] Indeed.

There was a lad on here recently who bought a new Epiphone T-bird with P90's (or at least chrome 6 string guitar 'buckers of some sort) installed from new and he reckoned they sounded utter pants.

Man that's weird. I actually did something I've never done before and reported it. I put forward a decent case that it was a counterfeit rather than just "not as advertised". I heard nothing back but presumed that ebay would pull it. I guess that makes ebay knowingly complicit in the distribution of counterfeit merchandise.