The Burpster

Well they look hotter than a blowtorch flame! For 400 sobs it "looks" pretty good. I'd like to play one!

I'd suggest using NEW virgin brown paper shiny side to the PG and an iron as you can control the temperature. DO NOT RUSH. start farily warm and if that doesnt lossnme it up try a bit warmer. dont touch it whe its warm as you may leave finger prints in teh surface.... (naff!) PM me for advice if you need to.... I kinda used to do this stuff for a living....

What kind neck is it? Maple/maple or rosewood? and is it lacquered?

Has anyone tried the floor stompy version of the Peterson? I doont have and doubt if I will ever have a rack as my Mesa is just to cute to be bound by a rack, however the tuners have the best reputation I just wondered about having a stopm verison instead.....

+1 to above but if you are just doing a solid colour it doesnt matter that its polished before you spry the lacquer, it just needs to be perfectly flat (smooth) in fact it you leave it with the wet and dried surface you maybe surprised who well it looks. Make sure the clear was compatible with teh base colour your using too as they can act as a slovent it you get the wrong one.

As much as I realise there is a market for 'distressed' or reliced basses. Nothing looks as auathentic as one that has just been played for gozillions of years... Taking chips out and rashing nice new instrumnets should be banned..... They get beaten up quick enough if you use them; even if you look after them. Even my prized and beloved PRSs have dings on them, but I know where everyone came from and albethey stories normally of my clumsiness, each ding has a story......!

Bose dont have noise isolation as they have an open port. You will have to pay a lot of money to get better than the Bose. If you really need isolation maybe get some proper ones custom made by somone like Ultimate ear. Compared to some that you can buy off teh shelf these are npot that dear for what you get. Mine are very good. [url="http://www.ultimateear.com/"]http://www.ultimateear.com/[/url]

Shure E2cs are pretty good but they are not a patch on Bose IE tri ports.....

[quote name='simon1964' post='116190' date='Jan 8 2008, 01:47 PM']I was wondering the same [/quote] Dont get sucked in...... ! it will be some fatuous reason..... Warwicks are excellent instruments, as are the other German makes....

^ by the number of owners its had it sounds like it is!

^ ^ I nearly crapped myself when I saw that..... Spot on... Having valves does tho' My PRS basses have 18v pre amps and yes just back off the input vol (gain) and play with the bass EQ or pup vols to get it right..... Everything doesnt have to be on 11 unless you are in 'Tap of course....

As I have re built my own Blazer and worked on my mates 6 string guitar Blazer, I would be very surpirsed if the T-rod is broken...They are built like a Main battle tank.... I wouldn't be surprised if the nuts just fallen off and got lost! Mine is only 1/4turn after finger tight, so with floppy strings it wouldnt have to be at all tight! Getting a replacement may not be way easy but not impossible. I'd try that route first.

Nikki Sixx........ Ovation even do a signature C778....... 'kin amazing accoustic bass (especially without all the flamey bits!)

[quote name='BOD2' post='114190' date='Jan 5 2008, 05:27 PM']If it's really stuck you can cut the nut sideways across the direction of the fretboard until you almost reach the bottom, then collapse the nut in on itself.[/quote] +1 for this technique especially if you have a finished headstock or lacquered maple necks.....

To me, a beat up 30yr old bass is just that....... Now a mint 30yr old untouched collectors piece is, well just that..... Value is relative, I have what I was advised is an 'investment' Fender, but I am seriously thinking of selling it on as it just sits there, immaculate in its case. My being 5hit scared of using it incase I ding it and therefore reduce its value..... So unless you can afford to own them, just for the sake of it ----- to some degree I cant now see the point. So why do some have the WOW factor and others make folks wanna puke........ Fashion, and personal taste......... Just like clothes, cars, watches..... the list is endless....

D'addario Chromes are flats that are quite bright whilst new, and 1/2 rounds sound more like round than flats. Either are excellent strings.

N, If it were me I'd make a sleeve to go around the shaft, (out of old credit card or similar) rather than leave a gap, but if thats not a go then the top of your 2 optiions is teh better as teh shaft will be supported along its length. As for your Grovers..... bad luck that one... Stay calm ring up and complain and send tham back.

Make your own you wooos!

Clover are sweet. You will not be dissapointed, wether you get 4 or 5 string. I will be ordering an Avenger 5 soon (and probably disposing of 2 Fenders to do it!) I believe they are that good. 5 string issue, Do you need a low B? if you do then a 5 is worth looking at. If you dont, why not stick with 4? My only suggestion FWIW is if you are changing from 4 to 5 try to get an instrument with the same string spacings and layout and then the transition isn't that difficult. Change too much at once and you can end up in overload.

Matt. £10 seems ok. You will have to chuck a big load of trust at ebay as it could be cack..... Sovtek are OK but if you can find Mullard, Mesa or Groove Tubes.... they would be my recomendation(in that order)! Bob.

[quote name='SJA' post='112031' date='Jan 1 2008, 10:54 PM']Charlie Jones, playing a see-thru bass custom-built by Nightingale Guitars. he's posing with it on the cover of an old Bassist magazine issue. he's got a new even-more-see-thru P-style bass now (body, neck, fingerboard, bridge, pickup, machinehead buttons) [url="http://www.crimsonguitars.com/CharlieJonesBass.html"]http://www.crimsonguitars.com/CharlieJonesBass.html[/url][/quote] THANK YOU SIR! Why Oh Why tho did you have to include a link to the maker...... You bad bad bad man..... Now I've got to take myself outside and give myself a damn good good talking to! Ummmmmmm clear body, bolt on Status graphite neck....... oh dear I think I need a tissue!

OK so just watched TOTP2 and Robert Plant was on doing 'Morning Dew' from 2002. I've heard it before, quite like it but not my fave RP track. However.... The bass player (no idea who he was) was playing a clear, as in transparent- P bass. It wasnt a Dan Armstrong, it was definately a P bass. With pick guard from spangly silver. It even had the 4-1 tuners and a Clear headstock although it had a darkwood (rosewood?) fretboard. So anyone know who was playing bass for RP around then (or was it a session player) and WTF was that bass.... it was lovely! I want one....

IS that warm- damp- cat? Am I on the correct track now..... BTW check these puppies out..... Me want one........ [url="http://www.biasking.com/"]http://www.biasking.com/[/url]

I'm gonna git me a valve checker and balancer in the new year, then while he still has enough nouse I'll get my Pa to tell me how to do it..... I know theres a couple of Valvophiles on here and I'll never be one of them, but a warm glowing valve is a wonderful thing to behold......