fretmeister

Lovely!

Nobody owns software anymore. It's all licensed. I'm annoyed at online DRM but then I've got loads of plugins that use iLOK so it's not like I'm not used to having some sort of system.

I don't know how many people work for SD but I do know that Glenn's wife is seriously ill at the moment. Perhaps that has an impact on the support answers?

I really ought to buy some callipers for more accurate measuring purposes.

I do reuse old strings quite a lot - swapping between rounds and flats depending on what I'm playing. In an ideal world I'd have duplicate basses with flats and rounds but I don't have the money for that. That looks pretty good to me!

What is a Jim Cairns neck? Is it an after market neck for a ray? I have never heard of them.

I'd take that down to SIMS to get some white fretboard LED markers put in it to really bring the glam / disco thing home.

I'm really liking the Solid Gold FX Beta V at the moment. It has an ampeg flavour to it. Works great at low and high drive levels. No clean mix though if that is important to you. I am also a big fan of the EBS Billy Sheehan Deluxe - a lot more versatile than people thing, and the Darkglass Alpha Omega. Bit left field - but I love the kind of dirty drive the Fairfield 'The Accountant' compressor does when compressing a lot. It's absolutely horrible on its own, and just amazing in a mix.

No wonder most of my instruments are German or Japanese!

Also - WTF can measure anything in imperial? What the smeg is a 32nd of an inch?

I had no idea that shorter ones could be purchased! So obvious! If anyone has a link before I trust google that would be very useful.

Saddle height screws.

The bridge crews on my bitsa stick out a lot. What is the best way to cut them down? Hacksaw? Dremel type thing? ta

I took out the black labels from my TT4 and stuck in EMG J set and their preamp.

Fully up is the same as any other fully up. It’s the amount of treble cut available that is the change. I really like it.

It’s a plastic Fender one. I’ll try that first.

My bitsa P has a “pull the strings through” bridge and it’s annoying me already! I’m used to quick change bridges now. I’m looking at replacing with a Hipshot B Type Fender mount, but are there any others with the usual 5 screw Fender mount that are cheaper? The Hipshot is quite expensive. I don’t want the hassle of having to plug holes and redrill for something that isn’t a Fender mount. ta.

I need to lower the nut slots in my bitsa. Can someone recommend some serviceable nut files that don’t cost the earth? ta.

How do you mount it on the strap? Does the light unit unscrew from the goose neck clip?

That's a neat idea. I'm just disappointed the pink hair isn't real.

I bought it like that from the classifieds on here.

I should have done one years ago. I always wanted a P with a J neck. I might start planning another one now! It does seem to be quite a good way of getting another bass into the house past the boss. Parts arriving is far less obvious! I can't afford a EBMM Joe Dart but I do have a good MM type pickup (Aguilar), tuners, an old BBOT bridge and a selection of old pots lying about. Might have to start looking at ebay for cheap bodies... Won't even have to be painted!

That's very kind but I actually found one - they are the same as PRS strap buttons and when I had a PRS a long time ago I swapped the strap buttons for strap locks, so there was one in my random jar of metal shiny things. There's a thread on it in Bass Guitars now. Just needs some good strings on it now.

it’s sounding mostly ace, just getting some warbling on the G string on high fretted notes so I suspect either the pickup is too high or the string is twisted. I’ll sort that out tomorrow. I went with a 0.1uF cap and it goes super dark and reggae like with the tone fully down. and I did my maths right… it’s bang on 7lb.