Grangur

[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]D'Addario were great sponsors of the Herts bass bash. They came and did a talk on strings and supplied all the strings for Lozz'z head 2 head bass test.[/font][/color]

He seems to have modded the ad. But £499 for a MIM is optimistic IMHO. Shouldn't this expect to go for about £350?

[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1445270561' post='2890117'] I lay mine down & line it up with this... [/quote] Just as well you don't live in Wales then,,,

[quote name='Twigman' timestamp='1445243383' post='2889777'] yeah I suppose so...I started this thread because someone had joked in another thread that my action must be 'only' like 1mm at the 1st fret, as if that was uncommonly low....which of course it isn't. I was curious as to how high some people's action might be set as I couldn't even play a bass that had 1mm at the 1st - imagine what it's like at the 12th!!! So it wasn't so much how accurately it's set up but which measurements you employ that I was interested in. It seems the chap who feels 1mm at the 1st is low hasn't turned up to this thread. [/quote] It does, of course, matter HOW you measure the action at the first fret. If you take Warwick's recommended method, you measure with a business card having fretted the string at the 3rd fret. [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NEXH61OCJY"]http://www.youtube....h?v=-NEXH61OCJY[/url] But if you're measuring without fretting at the 3rd, then a business card height will be seriously low. But if you are, and it suits you, then fair play to you Bro. It's your bass.

Shameless plug here, but I'm going to list a Marshall Jackhammer this evening. It would be £23 Inc post, if you're interested. Btw I am a fully paid up member.

[quote name='Twigman' timestamp='1444667145' post='2884923'] Feeler gauges work better than allen keys IMHO [/quote] Isn't this what this thread is about? I have feeler gauges, and would use them if I were setting up a bass for someone else, but I read this thread as being about "how accurate do you measure yours?"

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1444324499' post='2882292'] I wonder if anyone has tried a domestic iron on very low heat? might do the same as the oven trick? [/quote] I just did this just now. I put a towel on the floor, PG on the towel and an old shirt on top of that. I then ironed the PG through the shirt (any old cloth will do). The PG got all soft like plastacine and i then put a glass kitchen board on top of it and books on top of that, to keep it flat whilst cooling. My buckled PG is now flat. Job done and a custom PG is no longer on the shopping list.

Congrats on the New Old bass Day! I hope it lives up to the memory. It's also cool you've got chance for a "bonding activity". Good luck

Hi there, and welcome

True, but the best route is surely to replace the pots. After all, it's only £5-6 each and then it's "job done"

[quote name='hubrad' timestamp='1445005220' post='2888117'] Either that or make up some uneven washer, so they get pulled back into a straight aspect. [/quote] But if the shaft is bent, the pot-top will turn in an irregular wobble.

[quote name='markdavid' timestamp='1445002899' post='2888086'] Thanks, I have already taken the lugs off with pliers (the angle was worse originally) but the pots are still at a slight angle [/quote] it's possible then, that when tightening the pot on the PG the spindle of the pot has been bent. The answer is to change the pot.

Hey there E, Welcome to BC. It'll be interesting to hear your thoughts on stuff. See you around. Rich

Ade bought some leads from me. Nice simple, quick transaction. Would happily deal again. Many thanks Ade.

[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1444846517' post='2886697'] [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EKO-Camac-THRU-NECK-Bass-Guitar-MADE-IN-JAPAN-Matsumoku-/121786774342?hash=item1c5b0eb346"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item1c5b0eb346[/url] That looks a bit more like early Alembic neck throughs. Is it Matsumoku? It doesn't look it. I'm wondering if it's a bit more pizza than it is sushi. [/quote] The headstock looks convincing. I like it, but then I'm easily pleased. Shame about the "upgrade" to the pups.