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[quote name='Sarah5string' post='225459' date='Jun 23 2008, 10:38 PM']Latest in the saga... guitarist 1 has full out refused to play it or anything between now and the end of august... *rolls eyes*[/quote] tell them you'll play without them.

[quote name='Smash' post='225482' date='Jun 23 2008, 11:01 PM']Wonder why he took it bits I probably would have had it as it was looked very nice, shame.[/quote] the seller says "I bought this a couple of years ago with a load of other parts to build up a Sabre Cutlass style bass which I have now taken apart. " but it's till a shame a sabre's been taken apart...i'm having a bit of a epiphany with mine at the moment.

another one [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Old-Rickenbacker-4003-copy_W0QQitemZ220249631845QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item220249631845&_trkparms=72%3A638%7C39%3A1%7C65%3A12&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"]here[/url]

are the pole pieces on the pickup staggered ? just curious...they are on my sabre

i'd be right onto one of these if i hadn't recently decided 'no more overdrive pedals'

nowt galvanises a band faster than an impeding gig* book it for a months time, and then practise the set till then. you're not a band until you've played a gig ! [size=1]*other than dipping them in hot zinc that is[/size]

[quote name='eastwind' post='224848' date='Jun 23 2008, 11:19 AM']mind you I've never seen Jaco play with a plectrum, that would of been interesting.[/quote] indeed.

[quote name='eastwind' post='224641' date='Jun 23 2008, 12:11 AM']if you do not play "fingerstyle" you will be missing out on control, feel, the ability to slap and pop, easy volume control with your fingers alone, right hand damping, double harmonics, finger tapping.....and on and on....[/quote] developing control, feel and volume control with a plectrum is just a matter of practise, as much as acquiring the same skills with fingers is.

playing with fingers isn't 'proper' playing any more than playing with a plectrum is. i tend to play with a plectrum at lot more than i do with fingers simply because i prefer the sound. i'm also a lot better at it. that's not to say i don't play fingerstyle...

black, of course

i'm a bit too scared of the plate voltages on valves to go down that route. i've built plenty of op-amp and tranny-based circuits before, so i'd prolly be looking at that again. that kit looks good, but a bit too pricey tbh

[quote name='nick' post='224515' date='Jun 22 2008, 10:08 PM']That's nice. For a while I was after one of those myself in sunburst. Why don't you use it much these days?[/quote] it just doesn't get the sounds i like to be honest...it's pretty darn clanky for a semi, but as i tend to use a very clanky sound it doesn't quite cut it. it plays well, but just isn't for me any more.

just mooching round the 'net i found [url="http://www.albertkreuzer.com/preamp.htm"]this[/url] again, something i stumbled across a while ago. in my quest to get rid of the 'annoying fan' situation i've just scored a cheap [i]silent[/i] power amp from ebay and i thought i might try to cook up my own pre to go with it. anyone ever tried this ? know of any good schematics ?

ok, here's mine. it used to have some mods (hence the two small switch holes between the vol and tone controls), but now it's back to stock. it's lovely, but it's mainly used for 'on the knee' noodling whilst watching tv these days. as i said...[i]could[/i] be up for sale.

perhaps cos it's pick-up only ?

not to my taste, but then i'm not a huge fan of figured woods.

just to add i've just come back from practise where i was using a peavey solid state bass head and an ampeg 8x10, with the eq on the head set flat...just relying on the mxr for eq. sounded fabby...both with and without the distortion channel.

mrs. pickguard...paging mrs. pickguard to the white courtesy phone... good price btw

nice !

looks like i'll be cleaning the pole pieces on my cowpoke tonight ! thanks for the advice peeps

that's a great sound...works well with those drums

[quote name='The Legoheads' post='223230' date='Jun 20 2008, 08:30 PM']I sometimes have a problem with Stone Roses, I Wanna Be Adored... it's so repetitive that as soon as you think what you're doing it can all go belly up... I also hate playing those really simply basslines where you just follow the chords... no riffs.. I can never remember them as they are so indistinctive....[/quote]

got a mail back this afternoon from jon at black guitars. lovely chap, and the price is right. thanks for the advice (don't worry - when all the work's done, pictures and a run-down will follow !)

sounds like a lovely guy