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[quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1392405458' post='2368439'] just this one at the moment - drilling and spraying the box will have to wait until after the weekend. [attachment=155205:BBPre.jpg] [/quote] very neat. classy job

Also a quick mention of my home build fuzz - a Poodle Parts Germanium booster feeding a Woolly Mammoth clone. I call it the "Z-Pinch"

[quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1392339813' post='2367708'] Finally got round to finishing the BB preamp and it's not disappointing in any way, shape or form. I was a little bit apprehensive about just a 2 band on a pre, but it's really well voiced and sounds great. [/quote] Good news - any pics ?

Who blends, by the way ? Are we pure fuzz or do we like a bit of clean in there ? The Battering Ram has two channels - an overdrive and a fuzz, so you can blend amounts of each.

Wounded Paw Battering Ram for me. It's not really left my pedalboard since I got it.

Excellent !

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1392069499' post='2364421'] This is your father's [i]Dynamics saber [/i]Luke, a more elegant musical tool from a more civilised age.... [/quote]

Daddy, what did you do in the loudness war ?

First thing I'd try with the cavity open is to strip the end of the spare wire and touch it to one of the pot casings - hopefully your hum will disappear. [i]hopefully[/i]

I can't see a diagram for a 94 ATK - would it be a 95 ? My first guess would be that he wire coming from the pickup is an earth for some shielding in the cavity. Lovely basses btw.

it's your money and your time - do as you wish.

[quote name='Legion' timestamp='1391782083' post='2361219'] Glad to help, let us know how you get on. [/quote] Did the business and it worked a treat. I used the Skyline for the first time this afternoon at a jam and it sounded ace - and no buzz.

[quote name='Legion' timestamp='1390727067' post='2348559'] Buzzed like mad when I touch the pickup surrounds however, so I did my previous tried and tested trick - I cut a small spring in half, soldered a ground wire to it and put it between the pickup body and one of the screws. As you tighten the pickup screw down, it squashes the spring underneath the pickup body, grounding the chromed plastic surrounds. So now when I rest my thumb on the pickup surround it's totally silent. I also did a full shield job on the cavity (getting good at it now). Amazes me that at this price range Lakland do not shield their basses. [/quote] Brilliant ! I was pondering the best way to earth the surrounds...the spring idea - very smart. I think I'll be dloing that this afternoon ! Many thanks

have you seen my seymour duncan pickup for sale ?