The Burpster

Dave, spot on again..... Thnaks bud.

Spoony, You might be best splitting this into 2 topics..... 1 asking about luthiers on here...& 2 a seperate wanted one on the wanted section.... That way you'll get best responses to both issues...

Yup thats a classic....

Glad it did the biz...... just one point I picked up on.... you say the low notes didnt come out well... Did anyone in the audience point that out? sometimes they are hard to hear when your playing but they do come out of the PA or amp to the audience , its just that for some reason ( That I cant remember, it was explained on here some time ago ) you cant pick it up from where your playing.....

As opposed to Swamp Ash ( a personal favorite of mine ) it may be knotty ash...... (wasnt that a place that Ken Dodds little folks came from....?)

....... and the gig went?

Certainly doesnt look like maple as its not dense enough, could be some kind of ash, but I'm not sure about the knots...? Could it be basswood? If you'd have shown me the wood nort formed into a body I would have said pine...... Is it light wieght...? Its an odd way to join 3 peices too....

Pound for pound the Squire is a snip, but you may want to upgrade the pups (the weakest link of it IMO), Fenders quality this year (of the ones that I've seen), is some of the best for a while..... Last few years were quite shonky, but I feel they have got thier act together with this years models. The H1 is going to be a constant (from your list) they are not quite a US Fender but they are damn good for the money (especially of you can get a clean undionked 2nd hand one.... eg ask Voxpop! ) If you can get a 2ndhand US fender for sensible money which you can at the min, of your list thats what I'd go for..... My advice FWIW is dont jump in (unless its imperitive that you get is asap) with what you see for sale NOW as next week might be an absolute doosey come up and you'l kick yourself for buying in haste..... all stated with the caveat obviously that its IMHO.....

[quote name='dave_bass5' post='319363' date='Oct 31 2008, 09:52 PM']Funny enough i have just tried to put a .132 low B Chrome on the P5 and it wont go through the bridge. Through body or top loaded. The silk winding at the ball end is too thick for the hole's. Not sure what to do now. The other strings are Chromes but i guess i might have to stick to the stock string on the low B for now.[/quote] Just carefully take it off..... It wont do any harm its decoration. I even had to take some of the flatwind binding off the tuner end to make it cosy on the HM5 I had, but its worth spending the time and effort to get it in......

[quote name='mathewsanchez' post='319253' date='Oct 31 2008, 06:13 PM']I totally agree, she is gorgeous now, I was just talking about the 'dirty' phase.[/quote] Oooohh I see.... but you wouldnt mind making her a little 'dirty' tho' eh? Mmmmm me niether!

[quote name='mathewsanchez' post='319217' date='Oct 31 2008, 05:19 PM']Sort of attractive in a wierd way... like christina aguilera... you know it's wrong but you can't stop staring. :wacko:[/quote] Not sure I agree with CA thing I find her goergeous...... Back to the Leah, I've seen the geetars in the flesh and they dont look lewd at all, for once the pics dont do them justice...... Not my taste and I wont be buying one, however they are very nicely made and look pretty darn good up close..

[quote name='dave_bass5' post='318812' date='Oct 31 2008, 09:09 AM']I think ive already said this but it looks whiter in the pics (evne mine) than it does in real life. Im used to it now and it does seem to depend on the type of lighting but yes, it does look and play very nicely. Your already second dib's im afraid. It will be at least a year before i move this on though.[/quote] 2nd already....... Oh well... try a new full set of chromes 40-135 they sound :wub:

[quote name='Delberthot' post='318877' date='Oct 31 2008, 10:55 AM']Or would I be wasting my time with something that won't get me a better sound than I already have?[/quote] Only you know the answer to this question and FWIW I would add this little bit, a chunk of your decision making should revolve around the sound you want to produce. As has been pointed out above you CAN replicate a good facsimilie of a valve sound with solid state, but somehow its just not the same......it doesn't feel the same and doesn't sound the same. In a preverse way, with valves you become attached to playing to get the best tone from your set up (bass and amp), well I have anyway. You need to try one or two to see what is meant, but dont get one for the sake of it.... Me? I use a hybrid (Mesa walkabout) so, valve pre-stage through MOSFET power stage. I love it....... That being said my guitarist plays thru a 30yr old pure valve amp, so maybe I've just got used to it or am brainwashed.....

[quote name='Peter Train' post='318669' date='Oct 30 2008, 09:37 PM']I'm also interested in replacing the pick ups on my P Bass as it's a very cheap fender copy (Only cost £50 on ebay but it seems OK to me) and I'm told that an upgrade will improve the sound. Hoever, given that funds are limited, what would be a good but fairly cheap replacement for my existing ones. Pete Cumbria[/quote] Pete, As this is an upgrade and your P is working OK for the time being, ( I understand about not shellig out loads!) keep looking in the for sale ads below, P pups come up regularly..... US Fender OEM pups will be better than you have or a 2nd hand set of SDs as above, 1/4 pounders are really fat and loud but there are esveral other SD options as well that will make a huge difference to your current set up..... How does that sound?

Hummm never thought I'd hear myself saying this but thats a nice WHITE bass...... D, keep it nice and I'll have 1st dibs, if you do think of moving it on.....

[quote name='jerseytrev' post='317970' date='Oct 29 2008, 09:49 PM']hi about 3-4 mm have e-mailed warwick told them the serial number and still under warranty .will search around for washers . will keep you posted if i get a reply[/quote] If you can measure then and compare the sizes to some known thread sizes..... try here..... [url="http://www.modelfixings.co.uk/washers.htm#nylon%20washers"]http://www.modelfixings.co.uk/washers.htm#nylon%20washers[/url]

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='318567' date='Oct 30 2008, 05:51 PM']My parents have a dining table set made from ancient swamp kauri that cost them about a thousand quid.[/quote] Do you think they'd miss a PRS neck sized sliver missing from one side of it.....?

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='318163' date='Oct 30 2008, 09:19 AM']should have dropped me a line Bob, I would have popped over as well [/quote] CK, I thought I'd be on a really tight schedule but as it was I had an hr free, yep it wouldve been great to see some other friendlies..... Hell who knows I may have to 'pop' down again soon......

Proper tech question that so off you go......

Yesterday was a great day for me.... took day off work to go to London to pick up a new toy from a fellow BCer, completely out the blue Tuesady afternoon I was contacted by another BCer who wanted one that I had for sale and wanted it..... Met up with BCer #1 at Kings X and did the deed with bass one, and put a huge grin on his face..... (thanks again Marc!) and then off to the Bass gallery to meet up for the other deal (again thanks Gareth!).... Well I've now met two more BCers that are thoroughly decent folks amd the type of peeps that if we'd had more time I would like to sit and talk b8ll8x about basses and music with all day, AND got two bass transactions fullfilled that I'm very satisfied with.... To top that I had about an hour waffling with with Al at Bass Gallery about EUBs ( I still havent got enough confidence to take the plunge.....yet!) and he is very accomodating, and again I reitterate what a great place for a bass player to go! to top that when I got home a part I have been waiting for, for my Jeep was there so I can get that mended..... Whilst I'm not above using pubic ( )transport I find it very hard having a vehicle stood that I cannot use because its thrown its teddies out the pram because of a £30 part..... All in all went to bed throughly pleased last night.....

[quote name='walbassist' post='311311' date='Oct 21 2008, 12:54 PM']I'm sure this is a great bass and the seller looks good, but isn't [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Wal-Mach-II-5-Bass_W0QQitemZ220297852128QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item220297852128&_trkparms=72%3A1301%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"]this[/url] a somewhat optimistic starting price/BIN?[/quote] I never really looked that hard at these before but I can now see what the fuss is about, that is beautiful.... Worth £3.5k? I guess so to someone.... Maybe its because they are hard to obtain and with a (potentially) shakey future that this one sold for so much....? Similar thing has happened in the shooting world, a Large swedish rifle maker has stopped making a model of rifle that was popular (ish) model, and re-vamped it for teh US market (read dumbed down..... ) and now they are sellig for silly money in Europe, I have twice now been offered more than I paid for mine new 4 yrs ago...... Just because folks dont like the new one.... Similar thing?