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I did jump into a pretty warm seat one time, and while the before times are none of my concern, the drummer made everything clear to my predecessor and I had a nice, cordial chat with him about it. In all cases where I've been involved already, everything's been above board and talked out. I've had bands be dissolved by the leader, I've left bands, but it's always been face to face. Maybe I've been lucky.

Mine goes straight into pedal one on my pedalboard (Boss TU-2) without issue. Just to throw a spanner in your spanner, or something

"Solderless" doesn't mean easy. And in this case, you'll have to get the soldering iron out anyway. Either that or the drill...

The barrel jack you're holding will be fine, but as has already been explained to you, you need to figure out which of the three terminals is ring, sleeve and tip. If you get a new one, I'm willing to bet that it won't come with a guide - you'll be expected to know how to find out how to wire it correctly anyway.

They are wonderfully overengineered, aren't they?

Wood be woody.

I think you'll have some trouble finding a like for like replacement - they haven't used that style of tuner for a long time now. If you're lucky you'll find someone in the same position as you having already done a complete tuner change and have some spares they're willing to sell. But as usual with these kind of things it'll be a case of "right place, right time". As for replacements, depends how picky you want to be regarding the cosmetic results. I think you will be fortunate to find anything with the same screw pattern - later BBs (such as the BB414) used a simpler mechanical design (no adjustable tension collet thing) but look like they might have a similar footprint/screw pattern, but the buttons are a more traditional elephant ear versus the heart shape.

Classic late 70s, early 80s Yamaha tuners. I have these on my BB1200 and SB500S. Overengineered to the nth degree. I take it the button has completely sheared off?

What kind of tuners are they? Pics?

Sure I don't know what you're talking about...

Around 15 years ago, I did a stupid thing. I sold my 1978 Gibson G-3. In the intervening years, the prices of second hand Gibson G-3s have gone through the roof, beyond where I was willing to go. So, thank you, Epiphone, for issuing this and helping me right a wrong in a more financially palatable way! You can imagine the smile on my face. It is, quite simply, amazing. It is a tastefully modernised G-3 - it frankly speaking feels better put together than my old Gibson G-3. The same oddly twangy but thick at the same time tone is still there, I reckon these pickups are on the level as far as recreations go. I do low level wish they had done clear covers like the 1975-78 G-3s, but these sound as good as I remember the originals sounding. The pickguard? Don't care, mate - the silverburst disguises it as far as I'm concerned. Because Andertons did individual photographs for most of their stock of these, I deliberately picked one where the burst lined up with the bottom edge of the pickguard, giving it context instead of just floating in mid air. I can't wait to take this to band rehearsals this week. Tonight I have mostly been playing songs I played 15 years ago with my first originals band - well, the ones I remember anyway!

Definitely more P than J - 42mm nut width, 12" radius. But not super chunky front to back, maybe a tad shallower than your typical P. It's no half baseball bat, put it that way. Very comfy (to me anyway)

When I bought my Epiphone Les Paul bass for the first time, it came with a Neotech Mega strap. Accidentally found my favourite type of strap. That was handy!

I never met Mani, but he always seemed like a sound bloke, and a great player. The only Mani related story I can think of is that during soundcheck for a gig, I was idly playing the intro to "I Wanna Be Adored". I didn't know it at the time, was just working it out from memory. Well, some drunk guy hears me and goes "YAAAAAAAAAS! STONE ROSES!" and I'm like "F***, I don't know the whole song!" Thankfully he was too drunk to remember and the request I was bracing myself for never materialised, phew!

A new venue to play and it's like 2 minutes from my house! Playing tomorrow night with Nine Lives at the Grampian Bar in Torry, Aberdeen. Always an experience to try new places - no idea what to expect!

You're worrying too much - there's only a problem with break angle over the nut when there isn't enough of it.

No, go on yersel, bigman

I'm selling my burgundy Z7, FWIW. Not because it isn't a fantastic bass, because I need funds for something else, and I can always buy another one some other time.

Nice pair!

In my experience, in terms of maple bodied Gibsonesque basses these weights are very reasonable, actually.

With a hard case tho. Try not to look at it through the prism of "it's an Epiphone" or "it's made in China" or whatever. You're buying a G-3. Your options right now are the Epi at £1200, around £2500 for a used OG Gibson G-3, or you can commission the likes of Baard or Decibel to custom build you one - can't imagine that'll be cheap.

I'd probably just report it for not as described then buy some Hercules ones from a more reputable source.

Well, I had been ill since Thursday, nothing major - just a lurgy but ill enough to mean I didn't get around to sorting out the tuners until today. I won't bore you with a complete step by step - the results of polishing are great but the process isn't exactly a spectator sport. But to give you an idea of the amount of difference I was making... Anyway, very long story short - all tuner parts rinsed of cola, dried, polished, reassembled and greased. Frets polished. Fretboard and headstock polished. Tuners reinstalled - had to put some cocktail stick and wood glue in a few of the holes as the screws were just spinning. String tree polished. Doesn't look that shiny now, but it looks a damn sight better than when it got here. And I don't have to wash my hands after tuning it up, so that's a bonus!