Kev

as i said, its nickle that causes the reaction to happen with some pans, and as i said makes food n that taste very odd afterwards, which cant be healthy dude if your gunna go for the boilin idea, put em on boil for 20 minutes at least, and then either dry them by doin the oven thing, maybe blowdryin them or just leave them to dry overnight or something. obviously dont try dryin them with a towel or something as youl just rub sh*t back into them again!

boiling removes all the dirt and grime n grease from the strings, and stretches/shrinks them with the heat, making the strings fresh n zingy again. i usually follow up with a quick bake in the oven for 10 mins at 200 degrees to dry them off n finish the effect obviously wont last as long as new strings, but you can do it several times before it loses its effect, saves alot of money boiling will not soften the strings at all, if your not getttin on with steel get nickle although warning, do not boil nickle strings in the same pan as you cook food in, itl leave a nasty residue and your food will taste funny!

good stuff

[quote name='escholl' post='244028' date='Jul 20 2008, 08:26 PM']how broken is broken? do you have a picture of it? --eric[/quote] the footswitch is ripped off, and some of the trace on one side leading from the switch has been damaged by my carelessness the footswitches seem to break a LOT. and as iv discovered seem very difficult to cleanly remove

with the musicman stingray market the way it is, i reckon with a bit of careful ebaying you could pick yourself up a stingray 4 for £500, and for that you'll be gettin a stonking bass. the SUB's are nice, but the body contouring and nicer finishes of a proper stingray are worth the $$$ to me, specially in this climate

do youself a favour, make sure you find someone and dont attempt it yourself! i tried, and managed to f*** up the trace on the board around the switch, gay. if anyone wants it btw, you can have it for a tenner

i doubt you'll get the bass di to make that sound the odb-3 however should give you something close. try having the balance at around 9'o'clock, gain about 10 'o' clock, bass flat and cutting the treble slightly.

just happened now, pretty much all the threads iv read today in the bass classifieds are now 'unread' apparantly

yep, which is why i aint bought one yet, still tryin to figure out if id prefer just the black or not

any more info on this: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300241574654#description"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...654#description[/url] it looks nice, might have a punt

id like to see how much that goes for...

cant find that one? link?

that £900 odd BIN one is stunning, simply stunning man this is bad GAS!! i think the fact that its got 4 strings and not 5 is gunna save me from doing something my girlfriend would kill me for!

[quote name='thedontcarebear' post='242812' date='Jul 18 2008, 03:37 PM']Although I posted this in the other bit, this is mine...... [/quote] i want it!!!!!