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[quote name='cocco' post='1130567' date='Feb 17 2011, 08:17 AM']I have an epi T-bird I'd like shot of if you're interested?[/quote] You have a PM.

[quote name='TheRockinRoadie' post='1130213' date='Feb 16 2011, 08:36 PM']Hi everyone, I'm trying to set up my Fender Marcus Miller Jazz IV, but I cant find the right size key to fit the bridge - does anyone know what size I need? Me and my dad have searched our whole machine shop and cant find one small enough - its really annoying!! Cheers, L[/quote] It's a really annoyingly small imperial size which I can't remember. That's the best I can give you. Hopefully someone will remember the exact size.

I despise them - please make them optional if they are introduced!

I bought a shoulder pad thing (not the ones from the 80s - it's for augmenting my strap, not my shoulder) from Ed - it was sent promptly and arrived safe and well. With good, polite communication on top of that, one can't really ask for more. Have no fear, trading here.

First: Epiphone EB-3 Go-to: G&L Tribute L-2000 Your: Ach, as long as I can hear myself when I play, I'm happy.

Nothing on the go at the moment and 5 basses. I don't care - I do intend to get something together this year, but I just like basses, both as instruments and as works of art, so I won't be getting rid of any that I wouldn't get rid of through natural wastage or curiosity.

[quote name='Bassassin' post='1124198' date='Feb 11 2011, 06:58 PM']Bloody 'ell! Think you've just cured my GAS for one o' these! Jon.[/quote] That's why I wasn't concerned about your threats to steal mine - you'll never outrun me

[quote name='TommyK' post='1124071' date='Feb 11 2011, 05:10 PM']Cheers mate that would be great, when you the have time. + How heavy is yours? I am used to a Ray35 which is pretty weighty i.e 10lbs+. Will more training be required??!![/quote] Mine's somewhere between 12 and 13lbs. Be warned File is here: [url="http://www.ifb.co.uk/~matthew/gibson_victory_prices.txt"]http://www.ifb.co.uk/~matthew/gibson_victory_prices.txt[/url] View it in a monospaced font to keep the columns correct.

[quote name='TommyK' post='1124026' date='Feb 11 2011, 04:40 PM']Looking at one of these on the bay.com. Condition wise, It is about as mint as you can get for a 1981 bass,complete with original case. Been on my GAS list for a while (Along with RD Artists) [url="http://cgi.ebay.com/81-Gibson-USA-Victory-Artist-4-String-Electric-Bass-/250771837056?pt=Guitar&hash=item3a632a9080"]Yer[/url] Does anyone have any idea what it is likely/ought to make? Cheers TK[/quote] Can't really help you, mine was a wreck and had no case. If you are going for it, get some weight training in Having said that, I have a list of all the ebay Victory auctions from Dec09 until Jun10 when I got mine if you're interested.

Simple solution - stop saying it! Just state your price, never mind explaining. If the price is right then it will sell.

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[quote name='paul h' post='1120137' date='Feb 8 2011, 02:38 PM']I'm a total convert. After fitting one of KiOgon's harnesses in my Jim Deacon [b]I think it's mod right up there with changing pickups[/b]. In fact I am thinking of going for a jazz style one for my Retrovibe.[/quote] I disagree with the section highlighted. Apart from the fact that there is no frame of reference with which to properly quantify the perceived improvement, in my humble opinion there is no way that any loom mod will have as as much impact as changing the pickup(s), assuming we're talking about sound quality and not functionality here. I made that assumption because the statement doesn't make it clear. In the case of non-functional looms and non-functional pickups then yes, they are of equal importance. Either way, I'll take your opinion as just that, an opinion and then disregard it because as stated above, I disagree with it and if I may be so bold I think it sounds like rabid, unsubstantiated fanboy talk. I'm not calling you a rabid fanboy, by the way.

[quote name='icastle' post='1121213' date='Feb 9 2011, 12:02 PM']...or wasps will chase you... [/quote] Hence diet coke...

Try soaking the chrome bits in a diet coke bath. My G-3 bridge went from this: to this: Not perfect by any means, but a damn sight better than it was. Remember to rinse and dry thoroughly before putting it back together

[quote name='Rich' post='1120914' date='Feb 9 2011, 07:18 AM']You could always wait for an Epi Bird to turn up on eBay for 'spares or repair', with the usual broken-headstock problem. There was one the other day, can't find it now so it might have ended.[/quote] I was watching it - it went for way more than it deserved to. Some silly people out there

During a drunken conversation at the Moffat Bass Bash, I proposed a solution to the neckdive of the Thunderbird bass - make it headless. I remember it being a visionary idea at the time, but in the cold, sober light of day it seems like a daft project to take on for a laugh I would like to butcher a bolt on Thunderbird (Epiphone or whatever) and add a headless neck and bridge. I might alter the body shape a little to address another of what I see as one of the faults of the Thunderbird - high fret access. I've been pottering around in the GIMP and come up with this: I then had the body modification idea and so did this: Not sure how much I would move the bottom horn back, that's just what might happen. I've got no parts yet and even less clue apart from the pictures above. It might not even work, but it'll be a laugh finding out as long as I keep the costs down.