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[quote name='JayPH' post='1203496' date='Apr 18 2011, 12:31 PM']Thanks Pete. The saddle for that string is quite high now and I'm concerned it's applying too much pressure in that area. Could be prone to snap. Mind you, I don't know how high is too high. I don't know what the fretboard curve is?[/quote] Chris May (of overwater) describes it perfectly, a bass neck is not straight, but should be "ski" shaped. That is to say that around the 7th fret it starts ever so slightly bending inwards, towards the strings. A good way of measuring this bend is to hold down the string at the first and last fret and then seeing how big a gap there is under the string at the 12th fret. Ideally it should be around a mm (ish!). How far away the strings are from the neck normally is totally down to personal preference, and is subject to change when you tweak the neck, so experiment with the bridge saddles and see what is comfortable. You can't really do any damage here but do watch your intonation - If you want an explaination of what that is then just ask!

[quote name='JayPH' post='1202513' date='Apr 17 2011, 12:00 PM']Dang. I don't like the sound of that. I'll take it in tomorrow and ask them to set it up again. The thing is, I'm not confident enough to mess with the truss rod again. I have grown up with the mantra "Never touch the truss Rod" It's a place people have told me never to venture I mean how much of it is true and how much of it is scare stories? I just dont fancy going backwards and forwards into Livrpool City Centre all the time. I had an Ibanez SR500 and it played like a dream. none of this shenanigans. No fret Buzz what so ever. Trouble is the finish was woeful and much to easy to damage so I swapped it for this Fender at a cost of around £330 more. The lads in the store have been great except for when i picked it up on Friday I asked this other lad I hadn't spoke to before about the after sales service and he was a real dick about it. I said to him Yunno when i've bought guitars in the past they have always said when it settles into the environment the neck might change so to bring it in for a free setup. He looked at me like I was demented and mumbled that they might be able to do somthing if it was just in a couple of weeks. Anyway. Andys advice is good. I'll give them a chance to put things right before I start smashing the place up [/quote] Did you buy it from Dawsons? I Think I might have played that one a few times and it seemed really nice. If they can't do anything about it drop me a PM, Im a few minutes walk from Liverpool center and although im no expert I might be able to do something. Good luck!

Try Speaking to MB1, He knows his Ashdown gear very well

Sell out... Jealous as.

I played a load of the new Yamaha's at BassDay and really enjoyed them. I too under-rated them. I think it might be something to do with their marketing weight being heavier on the cheap stuff.

[quote name='Clarky' post='1184056' date='Mar 31 2011, 10:55 PM']Oly White 63 arrives Saturday so it's NBW ( new bass week)![/quote] Oh its alright for some... Enjoy her!

I really like the position markers on that one Clarky! How's the precision hunt coming along?

Fair play to him tbh, He's been dead honest and is trying to sell his bass. Each to their own.

OBBM.

That sounds really nice to me... and if they go for under £400 I might keep my eyes open.

[quote name='stevie' post='1178990' date='Mar 27 2011, 11:36 PM']I see what you mean. They might have an inductor on the bass drivers that would raise the impedance a bit above nominal, but it wouldn't raise it by a couple of ohms. Not a bad idea, although I've already made the purchase.[/quote] I would imagine that they're suggesting that TC cabs that are rated at 8 ohms are actually measuring 8 or above, and that other manufacturers may be below. It makes sense that they are covering themselves with a sort of margin for error with regards to other cabs.

[quote name='chaypup' post='1178989' date='Mar 27 2011, 11:35 PM']Cheapest train - £170. I'd have to stay overnight too. If it was in the summer I'd take time off and make a week of it but at the moment that's not really an option. Thanks for the advice though.[/quote] Does the other basschatter have a feedback thread? Or maybe ask to see if he/she has en eBay account with feedback?

I think there are a couple basses that are almost a right of passage for any bass player, whether you like them or not! 1. Musicman Bongo (although a big AL might suffice) 2. Rickenbacker, any will do! 3. Ken Smith/Fodera - as someone said, the birth of studio basses 4. Japanese Jazz/Bacchus Jazz - You can really feel good craftsmanship! 5. Sadowsky - I really do believe these are the best, most solid "traditional" style basses going.

It looks like someone broke a Ritter and glued all the salvageable parts onto a cheap Yamaha...

[quote name='nash' post='1176685' date='Mar 25 2011, 10:57 PM']isn't the V4 200 watts and the V6 and V8 400 watts? also these were around at different periods. the V8 was Gibson i think. i appreciate the 3 BTA's will sound slightly different but ampeg have done well with just a 300 watt and 100 watts for 40 years. a good business model until recently. keep things simple. don't be a jack of all trades and master of none. when people hear a bass on a 'rock' record it's more than likely going to be ampeg. they have their sound and ashdown do to a degree but they should keep it focused.[/quote] I hear you on that one but I've had this argument about Markbass stuff as well. Surely as a consumer having more choice is a good thing? It makes no odds to me what the business is doing, if I've got more choice then I'm happy. They all sound good, I know that much so I'm struggling to see a downside.

[quote name='Shockwave' post='1176458' date='Mar 25 2011, 07:59 PM']Its more of a "No one can agree what my exact address is" problem. Its just different names for the same place, the council think its "Flat, 93 Insert Road name here" I think its "93A Insert Road name here" and Equifax thinks its just "93 Insert Road name here" Which is the shop downstairs.[/quote] I had this problem a few years ago. Turned out it was actually to do with my national insurance number. Maybe go down down to your local job centre and make sure all is in line with your NI?

With all due respect Griffonite, the only thing that stops anything selling on a market like this is that the price is too high. Unfortunately its not a sellers market at the moment!

That really is something else beedster, Nice one!