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Too much "sacrilege" gone on there I think to be worth what you might think it's worth imo. But in the crazy vintage world, who knows? You've got one of the key words sorted out - Pre CBS

+1 for smaller than average hands but chunky necks. I've said it before but I think it's more to do with bulk than width necessarily - I played a Warwick Rockbass Corvette a while back and although the neck was 38mm wide at the nut, it had a well beefy profile and I got on fine with it.

I suppose in the absence of a will, my wife would become the custodian of my gear. I dunno what she'd do with them, she sings and plays sax.

I've decided to grab a pair of those ER20s today. Tried cheapo foam ones and while they're good enough for attending gigs if you've got nothing better I was less than impressed with them in a band practice scenario - I felt really detached from everything else that was going on, musically. Hoping for better things from these ER20s.

[quote name='erisu' post='719960' date='Jan 21 2010, 11:39 AM']When you put a heavier set of strings on, yes it'll give the neck more tension thus bowing the neck forward... but aren't you meant to loosen the neck? ie: bowing the neck backwards by turning the truss rod to the left... so it's lefty loosey = countering the tension from the neck from being pulled by the heavier strings.... Someone correct me if im wrong... [/quote] No, the truss rod's job is to counteract the tension placed on the neck by the strings. If you loosen the truss rod, this allows the strings to pull more relief. You need to tighten up the truss rod to lessen the relief.

Jase bought a pickup from me back in November but it never arrived. Nevertheless, I thought I should report that he paid promptly, communication was good and he was very patient while I gouged compensation out of Royal Fail and got the refund sorted out. Top man. Would have no qualms about dealing with him again.

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The bit I find most disturbing is the "The guy said all active basses do this" bit. This was in a shop? Holy sheet, that's less than incompetent.

Loving G&L MFDs + G&L preamp at the moment. Just had the series/parallel switch replaced with a 3 way for series/single (inner coils)/parallel for even more versatility. It's all about the pickups really, the preamp is a line amp, and apart from the "treble boost" option does little more than that.

Currently working on Liam Frost - Your Hand In Mine (feat. Martha Wainwright) - we're playing a birthday party at the end of February and it's one of the birthday girl's favourite songs of the moment, so it seemed like a nice thing to slip a cover version into the set for the evening.

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[quote name='Mr. Quiet' post='711527' date='Jan 13 2010, 04:35 PM'][font="Verdana"] Thanks dude, how is the snow in Aberdeen? Mr. Quiet[/font][/quote] Been thawing for the past few days now, only some of the pavements are dangerous now. Odd how it's thawing up North before the South.

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Agreed, if the repair is done properly (good wood to wood contact, decent quality glue, properly applied, clamped and left to dry for a decent amount of time) then it's more likely that the wood will break somewhere else.

Three words? Impossible!

LOVE Gibson basses G&L basses Chunky or wide necks Shiny, well looked after basses Chrome/black hardware Thoughtful, useful, tasteful modifications Front fingerboard markers DISLIKE [b]RELICING[/b] Thin necks Jazz basses Gold hardware Large metal control plates (Jazz, MM4 etc.) Necks with no front fingerboard markers

After getting started last year (joining my first band) and a rather light workload of 4 gigs and 3 recorded tracks, I'm looking forward to a slightly heavier schedule, would be nice to get into double figures for the gig count

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[quote name='henry norton' post='709736' date='Jan 12 2010, 09:40 AM']Funnily enough, the standard Gibson 3 point bridge I have on my EB-0 has to be one of the most maligned pieces of hardware ever - maybe even more than the BBOT, yet it's adjustable in just about every direction and weighs a ton! There's just no pleasing some people [/quote] I have to stop you there, chief. It's on posts which can pull out of the body (had that problem on an Epi EB-3 and ended up having to epoxy them in place, but heard of that problem on a Gibson SG bass too), the saddles are not individually adjustable for string height, only at each side of the bridge (I had to muck about with swapping out spare saddles to get an overall action I was pleased with on my Epi Les Paul - the G saddle is gold, the rest of the bridge is chrome, go figure) and if you take off all the strings, it falls off. The Gibson three point bridge is inferior to the Fender bridge in terms of adjustability and practicality. The only reason it remains on my Les Paul is the carved top, otherwise I'd have put a Hipshot Supertone (which gives you individually adjustable string height AND lateral position as well as even more mass and improved bridge to body contact) on it right way.

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I have a 2004 Epiphone Les Paul Standard bass, I must confess I was a little underwhelmed by the stock pickups. So I overkilled the situation and dropped in 2 EMG-HBs and an EMG-BTC control for 3 band EQ with mid sweep. Which means I spent as much on upgrades as buying the bass itself, oops It's a monster now though, and while I have a horrible 3 point bridge instead of the nice bridge with separate tailpiece I do have an extra fret over the Gibson LP. Lookswise, at least for the black model there's not a lot in it, save for the logo. Doubtless a burst finish would expose some less nice looking wood on the Epi.