Grangur

[quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1369859524' post='2093721']
Aw, bless - it was the exact opposite in my case. If there was one thing I had started disliking about the ex, before he walked out, was that his guitar playing had been relegated to occasional hobby, as opposed to the previous almost constant rehearsing and gigging. He had simply grown bored with it. (So it wasn't only me he was bored with, then!)

So yes, another bass player (me) involved in a split. But I became a bass player after the split! Which way does that push the statistics' result?
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+1 The first Mrs G laughed at my playing and told me I was useless at it. I stopped playing for our 24 year marriage.
Then as the 2nd Mrs G was a keys player I picked it up again and I'm getting better than ever thanks to her support and encouragement. [size=4] [/size]

I use Musescore for writing and transcribing scores. It doesn't do tabs, but it's for all instruments. It's also FREE!!!

I also use it for downloading music for other instruments and adapting it for the bass for reading practice.

Get it from www.musescore.org

[quote name='1970' timestamp='1369904256' post='2094078']
First and foremost, I just want to see the shape of the bass, man. Front on.

THEN show me some dings, and whatever, don't make me click through 25 photos of the front and back of the headstock and a closeup of the bridge and some of the fretwear before I ACTUALLY SEE WHAT THE THING LOOKS LIKE FRONT ON.

I've reported all your posts for not being in agreement with me, and you can expect to hear from my lawyers. Please provide your real names and addresses for the court summons.

Will consider PX for a mid 90s MIJ Jazz with a matching headstock.

Time wasters welcome.
[/quote] PM'd (Dammit)

My first ever bass was a [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]VOX Clubman. I'm sure whatever you fit will be amazingly better than the original pups. You would struggle to find anything as bad as the originals. [/font][/color]

[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]That's to say "bad" = awful. Not to be confused with "bad" = wicked. Good luck[/font][/color]

[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Cheers[/font][/color]
[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Rich[/font][/color]

The original Fender Musicmaster bass first came out with guitar pups.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1975-Fender-Musicmaster-Bass-Fretless-/161023743644?pt=Guitar&hash=item257dc3569c

I may stand corrected here, but I'm sure I read somewhere that the original idea of the Fender bass was for it to be cheaply produced as a mass-market instrument, so they used guitar pups to keep the cost down.

Watching the van, and the gear on stage; isn't this why we have wives/husbands and partners and maybe friends of the band?

Hmm... Treatment does soak into the wood. I recon it's best to clean it off and go for a lacquer. Maybe a matt or semi-matt finish if you want the look of oil.

[url="http://www.morrells.co.uk/"]http://www.morrells.co.uk[/url] do good lacquers look [url="http://www.morrells.co.uk/products/sundries/9#169"]here[/url]

[quote name='lowvoice' timestamp='1369737540' post='2092059']
To be honest I'd rather not say publicly as he told me that he isn't meant to do any work on guitars not bought in the shop! On the offchance that someone may read this in the future, I'd rather not land him in it after he was so generous!

It was crazy though, I thought he might be able to just have a quick look, and recommend me someone to see, but once the case was open the next thing I knew was the SG was on his work desk and he was unscrewing the truss rod cover!
[/quote] But when you want your 2nd bass where will you go?

Also, now you've told us all and we think better of the place for the good service you got others may follow. So, not such a bad PR move is it?

Sorry 1970, but your pics are too high in contrast for us to see the full features of the bass. Also, you're missing the reason folk take pics from all angles. They're either showing the dings and scrapes, or they're showing it doesn't have any. From your pics I have to take everything about the damage on trust.

Cheers
Rich

[quote name='Jack' timestamp='1369670143' post='2091400']
I haven't. How do you mean?
[/quote] Mrs G has used Endsleigh in the past to.... they don't pay out. or they argue until you die of boredom waiting.

I just got a quote from Allianz. £1000 of cover inc, £800 for the bass and £200 for the amp, including cover when in and unattended vehicle. This came to under £2.70/month - £29/year.

[url="http://www.allianzmusicalinsurance.co.uk/find-the-right-policy/power-play.asp"]http://www.allianzmusicalinsurance.co.uk/find-the-right-policy/power-play.asp[/url]

You can also get liability insurance too for, what seems to me to be good rates. I'd be interested to hear what others think of them?

[quote name='Jabba_the_gut' timestamp='1369668568' post='2091384']
Cheers for all the advice. The tung oil I have been using hasn't hardened (if that's the correct term) - if I handle the body, I end up with oily hands. This is about 10 days after applying it and wiping it off etc. Hopefully it will soak in or the excess rub off. The sample I tried was fine but the actual body, looks pretty good but is just oily to the touch.

What I'm finding is building basses is fine in terms of wood work, but getting that quality finish is proving a bit more tricky!!
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This sounds like the wood you have is already sealed with lacquer. Oil needs to soak in.

The advantage of an oil finish IMO is the repairablity of it. If you scratch or dent it you can repair it with a lot less fuss than having to re-spray it with lacquer.

That said; if yours is lacquered, then if you want to go to oil you have a lot of hard work on your hands.

If you want to stick with lacquer and remove the oil, you can do this by wiping it over with white spirit. After the oil has gone you can bees-wax it.

Don't use spray polish under ANY circumstances.

Many thanks guys. The tweek I'd done on the neck was to release it to get rid of fret buzz. So I have already given the strings more room to move.

I've now lowered the pups and it sounds better again. I'm still not sure about the strings. They sound good now and look fine. I'm clearly on BC too much and not "giving my strings hell" enough.

Hi there Lowvoice,
The Bass Gallery in Camden will do a great set up for a far price. Or you can do it yourself.

The first thing to do is see if the buzz happens on all strings. If it does, then you can be fairly sure the truss-rod needs adjusting.

Here's a vid on how to do the truss rod adjustment:
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te44eWXd9pc"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te44eWXd9pc[/url]

For left and right hand technique, take a look at the videos on www.scottsbasslessons.com

Another good site for other stuff is www.studybass.com - but you might be past that level

Good luck

[quote name='lowvoice' timestamp='1369422254' post='2089207']
Here it is, I went for the faded SG!

All lovely, a bit buzzy unplugged but you can't hear it when amped. But check out that rosewood on the neck, is that colour tinted to look like that or just super red in colour naturally?

Thanks to everyone who helped me in [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/208050-first-bass-gibson-sg-faded-vs-squier-mustang-vm/"]this thread[/url]!
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Hey! Welcome to BC and congrats.

You say it's a bit buzzy, maybe you can tell us more and we can help you fix it up with a small tweek?

My guess is a small turn of the truss rod and you'll be happier still

Does anyone have a curly wurly bar from the 1970's?
Damn I miss them

Do you still have this box?

Has it done Mrs Boy's head in yet?

Good morning and thanks for the feedback guys.

The string I changed was the "E". I'll change all of them tonight and lower the pups a bit and see what happens. I think the existing strings could be the original Warwicks, so they could be quite old. They're still a good bright colour, but my fingers do get grey when playing.

I've got a set of Elite strings, I'll give them a go. Maybe their less bright?

You've all been a great help.

Hi All,

Sorry if this is a noob question... but when I bought my Warwick Streamer Stage 1, to me it sounded like a nice deep growl. It was all I wanted, I called Mrs G and told her I was in love with a beautiful blonde.

Move on 6 months or so, an a tweek or 2 on the set up, and now to me the instrument sounds more "metallic", some might say punchy. In any case the "woody" growl has scared its self off and gone.

The pups, for those don't know the instrument is a P-J set up, with 3 band EQ.

From day 1 I preferred the neck P-pup and I tend to play it in passive mode. So, in theory, nothing's changed. But I may have raised the pups a bit and tweeked the neck relief. I've not changed the strings, but I tried changing one yesterday to a Rotosound and it got worse.

Any ideas?

BTW the amp is the same one; Roland 100w Cube

Thanks

Rich

If it's not yet worn out, I'd like to join the list please

OK, I stand corrected

[quote name='DorsetBlue' timestamp='1369051730' post='2084229']
I took the girls into Harrods earlier in the year and couldn't find the music department.
[/quote] Me thinks the girls found it straight away. They made sure YOU didn't.... you forget, women have an instinct for these places.

Not a bad life is it where GAS will ALWAYS give you a profit margin like that? We shouldn't forget, however, Harrods will be taking a good% cut in profit.

Hey! Congratulations! (Bump)

Liked that a lot, so did Mrs G. Great rhythm, the vocals were nice. Good band you've got there.