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[quote name='WalMan' post='175965' date='Apr 13 2008, 11:29 PM']In your dreams They turn up on eBay occasionally, but beware shysters with little or no feedback who have only just joined & [b]are in Aberdeen!![/b] There have bee a few scammy ones recently. And you will need some fairly serious folding available nowadays sadly. I'd love a 5'er, but unfortunately have yet to come up with a plan quite cunning enough [/quote] Yeah, watch those Aberdonians, but the Orcadians are worse! Beats me why the scammers don't try Shetland, it's even further away.

[quote name='Old Horse Murphy' post='170138' date='Apr 5 2008, 09:40 AM']Mate I wish I had the talent and patience to do something like this- great job as always[/quote] Man, talent doesn't come into it really - I'm a beginner. Completed instrument count = 1. Jobs completed for other people = 1. Customisations complete = 2. Projects currently simmering = 3. It does take patience, but I find all the physical time consuming stuff like sanding rather theraputic. Routing is a bit scary when you're doing it to someone else's gear Lacquering is a bit boring, it's all the waiting around for drying time. When I go to the workshop to do lacquering, I take a bass with me these days so at least I can get some practice in while I'm waiting I'm very lucky to have snagged a place to work undisturbed. I also am lucky to have my dad to ask for advice on things, he's the sort of person who would rather do a job himself than get a tradesperson in ie. handy at most things. I still do routing out at my folks' place because dad has a workmate (must get one of my own) plus routers are bloody noisy things, so I prefer to do that out in the middle of nowhere. Thanks for the kind words

Burns Marquee bass springs to mind: [url="http://www.burnsguitars.com/product.php?product_id=marqueebass"]http://www.burnsguitars.com/product.php?pr..._id=marqueebass[/url] Can't think of others off the top of my head.

Well, I own both and I have to admit that I'm unlikely to ever make a passive bass. My 3 passive basses (Epi EB-3, AXL Player Deluxe and Fecker Imprecision (heh)) are all very well and good, and fit particular purposes (like classic rock) but for sheer variety of tone available I can't see past active. I can set my first custom build to make mud (all bass no treble on the MM neck pickup) to twang (all treble no bass on J bridge pickup) and lots inbetween. I added a 2EQ circuit to my OLP MM3 and opened up the tonal possibilities - as a passive bass it was pretty limited by the odd electronics (linear pots, eh? you might as well use switches, OLP). My fretless Squier Bullet build will be EMGed (EMG-P), as will the Zebrano Wideboy 5 (EMG-40J (bridge) + EMG-40P5/DC/CS (neck, undecided yet) + EMG BTC system 2EQ). I'm not being down on passive basses, but it's all about flexibility. I don't know enough to say if active electronics lose some mystical passive tone, but seeing as I don't believe in mojo (your car doesn't have mojo - it's just a wreck, your suit doesn't have mojo - it's just scruffy, your bass doesn't have mojo - it just needs repaired), I'd want some experience of this tone based upon repeatable experiment (same bass passive and active) to evaluate the difference. Until then it'll be a case of "played some nice active basses, played some nice passive basses" and purely a preference based upon a limited set of parameters. Having said that, there's something inexplicable stopping me putting an active circuit into the EB-3. I suspect there's not much tone to be unlocked from the mudbucker/mini bass humbucker combo. Not that it's immune to other tinkering - got a Hipshot Supertone bridge coming for it soon

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They still take a while (even when I'm looking at work - I work at a university btw - SuperJANET is a little faster than broadband ), and then the script that comes up afterwards and shrinks them to fit then mucks up your position in the thread while you're trying to read. I always scale down to 800x600 or thereabouts. Play nice!

Just thought I'd mention a proviso on Farnell - minimum order of £20 when paying with personal credit/debit card. Thankfully my work has an account with them for when I want a single [b]black[/b] Neutrik locking jack socket without paying same again or more for postage Sucks to be small fry sometimes.

Yup! And tell the seller that you're onto him, for all the good it'll do.

Try one of these washers underneath the nut: [url="http://www.nord-lock.com/"]http://www.nord-lock.com/[/url] Back when I worked for a fastener company a guy came in to demo these versus standard washers, nylock nuts, double nuts and other things. The assembly was subjected to vibration from a mechanism powered by an electric motor. Everything except the nordlock came loose. No amount of normal vibration will loosen them and to undo them, a significant turning force is required to get the teeth of the washer up past one another. Sorted EDIT: err, if there's enough room for one, that is

Certainly it was in my mind to put a "You could at least have said hello first" type reply.

Just received an EMG BTC system from him. Good communication and speedy dispatch, can't really ask for much more than that.

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='172069' date='Apr 8 2008, 10:23 AM']I have a friend who has one of these... Sound is quite nice, but string spacing is quite tight. Probably 16.5mm or something like that. Depends if you can get along with something that narrow. Seems only I complain about that sort of thing, especially on the 5-string OLP's! And no, there's no import duty on shipping items from EU countries. VAT should be included in the price.[/quote] Oh, that is good news - I intend to butcher one for the neck to make it into a nice fat, wide necked 5 with 19-20mm spacing Could I possibly ask you to ask your friend to find out the measurements I require? I'd be ever so grateful.

You shouldn't get charged for importing goods from another EU country.

[quote name='BassManKev' post='171943' date='Apr 7 2008, 11:49 PM']i did, i told him not to bother upgrading at all [/quote] That wasn't what he asked

[quote name='BassManKev' post='171890' date='Apr 7 2008, 11:03 PM']nice to see your only taking the advice you [b]want[/b] to hear... think about it mate [/quote] To be fair, you didn't really answer the question

I've maintained for some time that venues need to cool things off a notch, if anything to avoid unnecessary distortion. But yes, being able to order a drink without pointing would also be good.

[quote name='gti1396' post='171438' date='Apr 7 2008, 02:05 PM']well i'm looking at the epiphone SG EB3 bass, any info on these? oviously it's no gibson but it'll be better than my squier,[/quote] Well, I love mine but be aware of its limitations - neck heavy (can be mitigated somewhat with a thick leather strap) and limited range of sounds - basically mud and more mud. Great for classic rock, and not much else. I certainly wouldn't have it as my only bass - too limited. It's very good at what it does though - warm, deep tone. And it's gorgeous in either cherry red or black.

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Has anyone had a go of one of these? [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=360039616336"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=360039616336[/url] If so, can someone tell me the neck dimensions of it? Such a question seems to be a little beyond the comprehension of the seller, who I have asked several times with no reply Nut width Neck width @ 24th fret String spacing/spread at bridge Yes, for the sake of just over a hundred quid some might say I should just have a punt, but seeing as I'm only interested in the neck I'd rather buy something suitable straight from the off.

I don't think country of origin is a valid measure of perceived quality. Surely there's good 'uns and bad 'uns from any factory? Isn't any factory capable of turning out a few "Friday afternoon specials"? It's weird how people get hung up about M/A/J/I/C/K (Have I covered all the Fender territories? Have I made a cool acronym? ) If it plays well, then it's a good 'un. If there's something bothering you about it (machine heads, pickup sound, bridge sturdiness, sustain, looks?) then change it. But I wouldn't change it just so you can bring it up "to the same ... 'standard' as a US one". I don't see that as a particularly good reason.