tommorichards

On 24/04/2019 at 11:19, kyuuga said:

But the pickup that comes with the Ray34 is already alnico...

well then, you're nearly there

yes, another one later in the year would be ace.

still for sale?

On 13/04/2019 at 18:43, kyuuga said:

Fire the guy who thought those Strat knobs would look good on an American Jazz.

That looks like one of those cheap knockoffs with the replaced knobs.

I sort of agree. My mate had a squier p bass with those knobs, and it does make them look cheap, which is actually quite annoying. 

They do make some USA models which use non Allen key pole pieces in the pickups. Not sure what prompted them to make this version though. 

Or do you mean the back of the neck? As I've bought a couple of older basses that have had the gloss finish taken off the back of the neck for ease of movement around the neck. 

If you go for a retrovibe stingray preamp and an alnico pickup over a ceramic, you'll get 95% of the way to a stingray tone. 

It's why Fleas newest fender signature bass is a MM pickup with a 2 band eq. That combination gives that tone. 

This was a brilliant day. I'd love to do one again this year. Maybe email updates for it as I nearly missed that one. 

My gear has also changed in the meantime, because of course it has in the past year. 

Oof, how'd that happen? Was it dropped?

@NancyJohnson thanks man. We've looked into a lot of that, and it's basically what we're going to do, buy gear over there and ship pedal boards.

@Skinnyman good idea. I thought I'd try here first as I don't post much at all on talk bass. 

I'd also say a poor solder joint, or a faulty jack. Without offending your current amp tech, i'd take it to someone who has more experience with amps.

I'm a +1 on the side that heads bounce. I had my all valve SVT head fall a metre onto the floor while in use at a gig. I didnt notice until a few mates came on stage to pick it up. It had gone into safe mode so no sound came out. After turning it off and on again, it carried on flawlessly. I had it checked out, and nothing was damaged, bar the speaker cable. I'm utterly amazed, that was 3 years ago and its still fine.

i'd also check the Fan that Stevel mentioned, as i've had a fan cooled amp in the past that cut out once it got warm, and the amp tech that fixed it said it was the fan being clogged. Being on so long and then causing an issue does point to a temperature issue.

Just a couple of questions which could help pinpoint the problem:

-When was it last serviced?

-Has it ever had the capacitors or valves replaced? Old capacitors do degrade and cause issues, especially the power capacitors.

Low adhesive masking tape is your friend, as well as some boring old string for bridge alignment.

Put the tape on your body, covering the area where the bridge will go, then use pencil to mark out the position of the bridge when its exactly the scale of your bass from the nut (34", etc) as well as when its central. Use a bass you currently have strung and intonated as a guide for bridge placement.

So guys, i've been on this site a good few years, and i know near enough all of you are trusted guys around here, so i was wondering if anyone here is based in or around Las Vegas, Nevada, who would be willing to help out me and my brethren from the 12th to the 20th of May this year.

The long and short of it is that we need to hire a guitar and bass, as well as accompanying amps for a few gigs we've managed to score in L.A. and Las Vegas. Our trouble is finding a decent hire company who don't charge an extortionate price, as well as being quite flaky and inconsistent with their replies. We've also looked into buying instruments while over there and bringing them back, but that could leave us with either a poor quality instrument or no instrument at all. 

So what i'm asking for is someone who either is: a) able to lend us a good quality guitar and bass, along with a bass head and (preferably valve) guitar head, as well as the breakables for a drum kit, safe in the knowledge that should anything happen to them, we would get them either fixed or replaced; b) Know of a good hire company that doesn't charge the earth for a weeks rental of a back line, or; c) Know of somewhere where we can buy decent equipment.

If you are able to help, or point me into the right direction for this, i would be eternally grateful.

Tom

I reckon they belonged to a butchered wal bass. There's also the case of the Fodera wal bass which Wal weren't too happy hearing about.

that thing looks amazing! It's nicely worn, which i think helps rather then the "attack with a chain and belt sander" approach.

Amazing finish too. Just all around beauty.

Maybe a nice oil burst on it?

Sold now! 

Still available, and will be at the Merseyside guitar show on the 25th November.

Still available, and will be at the Merseyside guitar show on the 25th November.

Looks like it could be a cheap set. Nearly all the aftermarket pickups you can get are always magnetic pole pieces.

The ones with a bar magnet under them are cheaper to make.So it could have come from China, a squier, or someone's spares box. Unless there's any markings on them, I doubt they will be a decent aftermarket set. 

i'd always go the 72 pickguard. Its a fabulous shape.

what a beauty!