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[quote name='crez5150' post='566961' date='Aug 12 2009, 04:43 PM']One thing you should try if you haven't already is to try and tighten it further...... sounds mad but works... should help losen it up[/quote] that's how i managed to free the other three !! [quote name='mrcrow' post='566958' date='Aug 12 2009, 04:41 PM']i used to use a fine chisel and tap it round the edge in the appropriate direction...anti clockwise the closer you get to the edge the more torque you get what you are doing is jarring it out with little licks.. instead of a fine chisel a screwdriver head might do and go easy...mark [/quote] thanks crow-san, i'll give that a whirl

welcome indeed !

right - here's the score. played the wettest gig i ever a few weeks ago in wales, and all my equipment survived, except for my boss bass chorus - it no longer works properly when powered by a wall wart (sound is distorted and very quiet). now, i'd like to get the back off to check it's not something easy to fix, but one of the screws on the bassplate is frozen in - i've tried WD40, heating the head of the screw up with a soldering iron, but still no luck...and the screw's getting pretty stripped now. any good ideas before i give up and drill the offending screw out ?

he invented the jazz bass i'm eternally in his debt.

anyone tried one of these out yet ? i'm looking at the vid on the ehx site and it sounds like it would be spot on for the techno/breakbeat band i do now and again. greasier and nastier than my ebs iq.

that's great. very clever..thanks.

[quote name='Musky' post='560074' date='Aug 4 2009, 12:06 PM']...but I'd be a bit worried that it'd look like you're playing one of those toy guitars once you've got it strapped on. [/quote] a bit worried ? why ? you'd look like a GIANT !

that's amazing ! hard to believe it's real, although i'm quite prepared to believe the camera buffs

not last night, but i played at the celtic blue rock festival near carmarthen on friday night. totally amazing crowd despite perishing '60mph mist' rain, got loads of people bopping and made it to the end of the set without anyone getting elctrocuted or slipping over on the puddles that slowly grew during our set. i've never worn so many clothes on stage before (see my new avatar) the band after us played and then they shut the stage cos it was too dangerous...my pedalboard's still drying out at home !!!

the LPB has far from a flat frequency response. to my ears the best, clean boost i've found is the [url="http://www.jimdunlop.com/index.php?page=products/pip&id=265"]CAE line booster[/url]. no cheap tho.

my mum had tea with the kinks.

i played a friend's jedson just like that. sounded and felt fine to me.

[quote name='crez5150' post='553753' date='Jul 28 2009, 11:50 AM']I have experience of this...... if you can.... buy a cheap Ipod... you can a refurbished one for about £25 from the Apple store... that way you don't have to worry about your laptop getting trashed. You won't really gain much over having a usb interface and may introduce Latency.[/quote] plus the one.

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='553134' date='Jul 27 2009, 08:14 PM']Can it be a pedal? If so, EBS Microbass II pushes all the buttons![/quote] plus the one

[quote name='alexclaber' post='545378' date='Jul 20 2009, 03:24 PM']"ah but you need an astrophysics degree to play root notes..."[/quote] [i]finally[/i] a use for my undergraduate degree !!

[quote name='TheButler' post='552843' date='Jul 27 2009, 04:38 PM']I'll copy/paste the e-mail here, don't care if they see it haha:[/quote] don't know why they didn't start it 'dear john' and include 'it's not you, it's me' (or did they ?) that email says nowt...i think they owe it to you to be honest. email them back, tell them you respect their decision, but not to spare your blushes. you're all grown-ups ffs !

no explanation at all ? sounds a bit odd...were you all getting on ok ?