The Burpster

Claim on your insurance and then sell it to me......!


Seriously tho' if you fancy having a go at straightening out, lay it on the floor open with the open side down (both outersides up) place a peice of wood under the bent part ( to raise it off the floor) and then apply body pressure (staright arms leaning down on it either side of the bend) to straighten the metal support.....

Should work...

Hummmmn, weel you can either i) put up with it, or ii) experimnet with other strings until you get one nearer what you want.

I've found out FWIW, that one bass will make the sound you want with 1 or maybe 2 different sets of strings tops. If that sound that you have is EXACTLY what you want then then you may have to put up with it.

Off to repairs and Tech....

[quote name='mike257' post='149362' date='Mar 1 2008, 10:44 AM']Cheers for your words of wisdom everyone.... I think I'm going to go with Vol/Vol/Tone for now, seems a shame to waste the output of my pickups with a blend knob. I guess if I really miss the master volume, I can always just rewire it!![/quote]


Way to go....!

try some of these....

[url="http://www.vibrapod.com/isolatorinstallation.htm"]http://www.vibrapod.com/isolatorinstallation.htm[/url]

I thnk now you have ellicited a few answers I'll shift this to the for sale thread and see what the folks that are in the market to buy think....

You may be surprised!

Oh and good luck!

Just emailled my guitarist and bud in Long Eaton..... He needs one of these! (I'll no doubt end up putting it together for him, but its a small price to pay!)...

DN,

have you still got this board?

Bob.

is 300 sobs cheap then? or the going rate?

I'd go Vol Vol tone with a P/J.....

Can just about get the best of both worlds.

[quote name='bassbloke' post='147469' date='Feb 26 2008, 10:21 PM']Thank you for a smooth and friendly transaction. 'Tis a lovely bass.[/quote]

Dont get too attached to it!

Given some TLC that could be quite nice!

Send this pic and your above enquiry to Status, I'm sure they will tell what it is!

The serial number is normallly an indicator to its origins and year of birth....

Other than that it dificult to say as there are soooo many variables wit Fender!

As a complete newbie 2 1/2 yrs ago, I have beten myself up learning major, minor and blues scales all over the fretboard....

now when my guitarist says lets try this track.... rarely can I not put something together that sounds half decent (unless Jaco or Flea stylee virtuoso stuff).....

You need 2 things to play bass...

1. rhythm

2. rhythm

I'm hoping that the folks that are wizzing around here looking to trade and buy will spend more time in the forsale forum.

So I'll move tis to there and you may get a better response!

[quote name='barneythedog' post='145666' date='Feb 23 2008, 05:34 PM']It's nice to know he is "MUCH MUCH more" intelligent than me [/quote]

I never had you down as a scammer Barney, as thats what he says "if you are a scammer, I am............!"

i's dotted Ts crossed and seems about legit as you can get. Hes been stung hasnt he, and is realling in the pain of it!

Believe me after loosing £800 on a bum deal i'm a damn sight more careful now too!

[quote name='dave_bass5' post='145778' date='Feb 23 2008, 11:07 PM']Sorry, just going from a 5 string to 4.[/quote]

No probs, I think this may well all sort itself out.....

la la la ...... couldnt possibly comment on the above post


I've just seen in G+B mag that this bass is to be made on general release again.... ooooooh I've got GAS again....

Youtube is not going away and is becoming an accepted way to get your music out there.....

You know what you said to me Ped ([i]ebay links[/i]) ....

Great idea but your moderating it.......!

Make it so number one.

YOu dont want a swap for my HM 5 string do you by any chance?

[quote name='jono b' post='145325' date='Feb 22 2008, 09:04 PM']Total Guitar Also, that link don't work[/quote]


Thats guitarists for you, talk a good game .... thats why mine brings his to me, a humble bassist to work on.....

New link sorry about that...

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=6993&hl=soldering"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...mp;hl=soldering[/url]

Damn thats pretty, its pretty unique this side of teh pond too so hopefully it cant stay hidden for too long...

[quote name='jono b' post='145246' date='Feb 22 2008, 06:34 PM']Is that a good 'un? I have no idea about these things, but I'd heard that 50W was too much for general guitar/bass soldering. Wouldn't surprise me if I was wrong though.[/quote]

Whoever told you that was missleading you. Sometimes 50w isnt enough... Its HOW you use it not what you use.. there you go

[topic="0"]solder[/topic]

have yerself a little read.... Besides that Maplin one is variable... Bl88dy good value if you ask me. if you can get it with a couple of different size tips even better!