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Very Good Steve. Good luck with it.

[quote name='Beedster' post='172804' date='Apr 9 2008, 07:19 AM']You bet, if you have small hands on fat necks you have to [/quote] +1

I've been approached by a member to supply some long mains leads. I can get some 6-metre moulded leads but like all things the more you buy the better the price and the lower the postage. Anyone interested in any at £5-each plus postage from me to you?

[quote name='The Burpster' post='171783' date='Apr 7 2008, 09:32 PM']Dave, Whilst that twin from Maplin isn't cheap, it would make a fantastic start for the effects loop? BTW what braided sheath did you use? I can blagg Blk Nylon stuff from my dads old employer (the stuff they used to make up welding cables with- same idea different leads....) but wondered if you had some 'pretty' stuff... ? Bob.[/quote] No just the black ribbed. Alright I lied about the ribbing.

[quote name='OldGit' post='171767' date='Apr 7 2008, 09:18 PM']Tried OBBM?[/quote] Yes he has. Studiospares do a very acceptable Stereo Mic cable which I have used for stereo guitar leads. Also I have a drum of stereo cable with two individually screened cable inside a single round jacket. Great for stereo jack cables but no good if you want to come out to separate jacks.

[quote name='super.rad' post='169232' date='Apr 3 2008, 04:13 PM']Plugged my bass (P-Bass copy) into the amp on friday at band practice and it was buzzing really loudly, i could barely hear what i was playing over the noise. Eventually worked out it was the tone pot, I always have it on full but the only way to stop the noise was to turn it completely down. Had 2 gigs on the weekend where i had to play with it completely down, luckily managed to get it sounding alright by fiddling with the amp's eq. Need to fix the bass now but I'm thinking as the tone is always on full (I play punk) would it work just to wire the bass without a tone control? If so could someone please find a wiring diagram. Thanks[/quote] The best place would be the support section on www.fender.com. They have all the wiring diagrams.

What a great day. Highpoints were playing Merton's Retroactive and G77s Streamliner plus realising that I could lift Dood's Epi UL610 on my own. Thanks ped for organising. Thanks Woodenshirt for Sarnies. Thanks Rich for cup of tea. Thanks Merton and G77 for giving me Status gas yet again. [quote name='bassace' post='166537' date='Mar 30 2008, 08:54 PM']I was reunited with OBBM after thirty years .....[/quote] Actually I think it's closer to 25 Roger, but still a long time. [quote name='bassace' post='166537' date='Mar 30 2008, 08:54 PM'].... and I didn't even realize he played bass.[/quote] I assure you its just an unfounded rumour.

It depends whether you want it to still sound like a Stingray. I bought an SR5 in 2003 that had an OBP3 and a Bartolini in it. I didn't like the Bart so I changed it for an SD and then a Nordstrand. It had a really nice clean sound but it wasn't an SR5 anymore. It's took me almost 5 years to track down and fit an genuine SR5 pick-up and pre-amp and then it sounded like an SR5 but I didn't like it. It was just a bit coarse, if you know what I mean, so I put the Nordstrand back in. All is now right. Before swapping out the pre-amp consider changing the pick-up.

[quote name='Tee' post='165901' date='Mar 29 2008, 03:32 PM']and a Duck Dunn, or whatever it's called (do they only come in red sparkle?)[/quote] It's a signature bass named after Duck Dunn, see above for potted biog. It only comes in Candy Apple Red and as standard with a Lindy Fralin pick-up. There is the option of a dark Star pick-up.

Hi Folks, I know there's been a 'gear' thread and a 'lifts' thread already but here's another thread to get a quick list together so we can see who's going to be there tomorrow. To start it off, there's us three coming up from the south: 1. Silverfoxnik 2. WalMan 3. Merton 4. Johngh 5. OBBM So, feel free to add your name and help move this along. See you all tomorrow. Nik

[quote name='steantval' post='164142' date='Mar 26 2008, 10:33 PM']I would like to see this from the other side of the coin. I was in a long term band doing very well until the guitarist decided to get involved in another band, the drummer was then playing in two other bands and the vocalist was also involved in another solo project. It ended up being a bloody nightmare and no longer any fun as we were cancelling more gigs due to double bookings because the other three could not keep their diaries up to date. The outcome of this is that the band has now folded. I am currently in the process of forming another band and have made it abundantly clear that all the musicians have 100% commitment to this new project, being involved in other bands will not be an option. Maybe I have just had a bad experience due to the incapabilities of other people and my thoughts are if you want to get involved in other projects you have to be really on the ball and super organised.[/quote] +1. I too have serious reservations about commitment when others are in more than one band. There are issues like which band takes priority when gigs are offered and "I don't want to do that number because we do it in my other band".

I took a bass in a Hiscox to Texas and back in the hold. No problems. I've had that case for 10 years now and it's still as good as new.