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[quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1390746201' post='2348887']....
a quick rub down with IPA seems to sort the tacky nickels out no problems .....
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You rub your strings with beer and wonder why they are sticky?

[color=#ffffe0]IPA = isopropyl alcohol [/color]

[quote name='Funky Dunky' timestamp='1390672069' post='2348217']
You a dons fan chief?
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If I had to choose then yes.... but I'm more a F1 nut

[quote name='Funky Dunky' timestamp='1390675386' post='2348270']
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I loathe myself.
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It's not your fault mate..... but I did warn you.

Message [url="http://basschat.co.uk/user/236-7string/"]this[/url] guy. He's down your neck of the woods and does (or did) good setups and should be able to get you out of this.

[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1390669589' post='2348176']
What?! I thought the bass tones on 13 sounded great!
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Horses for courses. I thought it sounded very "generic metal" in places and strangely clacky in others (Tony nailed it on 13 though). Having said that I only listened to the album right the way through twice - partly because of the hipster press (and hipsters) endlessly espousing a return to the "old" Sabbath and partly out of respect to Bill. I'm old school Sabbath (only listen to original line up era) and it broke my heart that I couldn't get with the album the way they said I should - the auto-tune was a right turn off for starters. I've been a Sab fan since the late 70s and it's Gezz's early tone that I reeeeeally dig and emulate (he was my only credit (outside my family) on our last album ).
This pup seems to connect with that tone.

Nae borra

[quote name='dave_bass5' timestamp='1390654548' post='2347951']
I wouldnt worry too much, im sure most of that tone in the video is coming from his playing and rig.
After all, he hasnt always used them.

On the subject of EMG's i dont think ive ever owned a proper one, but I have had quite a few basses with thier Select pups in that i really liked. In fact my headless bass has two Select humbuckers in it and i love the tone from that.
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He did lose his "Geezer" tone for a few years though (I'd imagine ever since he's been a Lakky boy) ) and these pups seem to have brought it back for him. Shame he (probably) didn't use them on the last album coz his tone on that was utter pish.

Those Selects are among the best that EMG do - articulate and loud. Don't tell everyone though or they'll be the next big thing to be hyped out of reality.

DON'T adjust your trussrod for this! (especially if you don't know what you are doing or why)
The tr's is job has very little to do with the symptom you describe. The intonation may be out (and probably is) but you said you have a weird noise no matter where you play. This strongly suggests the permanently fixed points : ei. your nut or the saddles. A single string issue indicates a saddle problem (or a duff string). 2 or more strings narrows the culprit down to the nut (given a regular configuration). 8 times out of 10 this sort of pain in the arse anomaly can be attributed to the nut not being set correctly. It could be alleviated by dampening the string beyond the nut but it doesn't address the main issue that's causing it.

Does the nut look ok? ie. seated correctly, decent groove for the string

[i]Please allow 5 working days to arrange ccollection.[/i]
Yeah right. Here, take my thousands. Hope to hear from you in about 5 days time.

Sh!t the bed that P pup sounds good.

[quote name='LeftyJ' timestamp='1390566164' post='2346904']
I thought of SEI earlier on, and now I'm certain. Compare it to this one (with a bolt-on neck though) at the Bass Gallery:
[url="http://www.thebassgallery.com/product_details.cfm?ID=2670&type=Bass%20Guitar"]http://www.thebassga...e=Bass%20Guitar[/url]

Looks very similar, same headstock shape and print too.
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I think we have a winner

I'd keep the workhorses - the G&L and the P.

Dimarzio's are awesome and were often retrofitted in the '70s. Best of both worlds.

Looks a little used right enough.

Yup that's the fella.
Sorry for the previous short reply. I didn't read your post asking if the size before you edited it - just read the original version that was in my email notification

[quote name='Thunderbird' timestamp='1390503741' post='2346193']
...... I think the truss rod is Imperial
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It is.

It's more backseat friendly?

[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1390487359' post='2345945']
Tricky. It's certainly a weird and wonderful thing. But if we say no, then won't that inspire you to dig deeper around your psyche to come up with something even more weird?
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Haha true.
Luckily though I'm not too short on weird.

*pssst by the way, watch this space

[quote name='hamfist' timestamp='1390485797' post='2345922']
Lovely job ! new neck, or re-shaped headstock ?
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Reshape and refret.
I had no tools back then so it was all hand worked.

This how it looked when I bought it.

Lovely

I bought a similar beat up old Encore to the one above and turned it into this....

Does my Demon bass qualify for this bizarre bunch?

[quote name='hamfist' timestamp='1390337355' post='2344281']
I prefer to keep the P in it's exact sweetspot, and put up with the MM a couple of mm nearer the neck.

I haven't tried the exact arrangement you have but it looks like the D and G strings when soloing the P pickup will sound significantly different to a std Precision. That part of the P pickup looks at least 5cm nearer the neck than std.

Are you a fan of the standard Precision layout ? and do you notice the difference in use when soling the P pickup on your bass (I assume that is yours) compared to a std P ?
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I have around 30 basses now and wasn't surprised at the last head-count when I discovered that I own more Ps (split and single) than any other configuration. I guess I'm a bit of a fanboy ... although when I build for myself I usually now plop an MFD bucker in the P postion (along with some passive black magic trickery) rather than a regular split P - unless I am going with some other concept.

While keeping the EA section in it's correct (Fender) position and switching the DG to the other side I find very little (if any) change to the inherent P tone. It also somehow seems to make more sense to me to have the treble side of the pup that way round on a bass instrument.

I do find however that the placement of the MM pup has to be exactly where Leo placed it otherwise it just doesn't cut it sonically. It lacks the basic harmonic nuances which make it Stingrayish.... I'm also a major 'ray fanboy.

Yes that bass is mine. It's affectionately know as the the Pingray. That's genuine 'ray pup in there too.

Here's another one of my experiments in reverse P-ism....



This is my current main player and produces a surprisingly vast array of differing tones from it's passive circuit.

Wow. I must have seen this one in action with the Banshees. Bit out of my price range like.

[quote name='JimmyStrange' timestamp='1390256053' post='2343332']
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Bridge wise you've certainly given me something to think about though OS. It was partly the looks that sold it of course, but engineering wise it looked like it should work. What hi-mass options might you suggest? ....
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Well obviously there is the Badass but many find them a tad ugly (not to mention overpriced) these days. Hipshot and Gotoh ones are very well constructed and fender do their own version which looks the biz. There are a number of cheaper yet equally as massy versions on ebay.

[quote name='hamfist' timestamp='1390255280' post='2343314']
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Anyway, my recommendation is to add a MM pickup, but right up against the P pickup. This is where the MM sweetspot is. If you put a MM pickup nearer the bridge is will tend to sound weak and honky. It will NOT sound like a STingray for sure.

I'm talking about something like this ...

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I have tried loads of different PJ's and twin P basses. My favourite overall is the MM/P combination with the MM butted right up to the P.
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Actually the MM and the DG side of the P pups partially occupy each others territory. In order to keep the exact MM sweet spot I found the best compromise was to reverse the P.