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[quote name='SIXARMSOFCHAOS' post='71115' date='Oct 8 2007, 04:37 PM']Hi there Bassists. Yesterday I was playing and suddenly I saw that one of my trussrods had slipped out!? WTF! I've never seen this happen. My action is still ok and I haven't picked up any warping on the neck. Should I just screw it back in?[/quote] Erm, one of your trussrods "slipped out"? What do you mean? No offence meant by this question but are you sure you mean the trussrod? Where is the damage? Got any pics?

Managed to eke out a further half turn out of the existing string, and it's helped a little but it hasn't eliminated it. It's quite far down now

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Welcome to the forum. Nice pair

Victory! Listing ended! "The seller ended this listing early because of an error in the listing." - you're goddamn right there.

And still the silence is deafening. I think you can safely call this one a scam.

Scumbags! That's my bloody street! The post code is nowhere near that address and the address is of the Northern Hotel whose actual postcode is AB24 3PS. Sullying the name of the Granite City, these scamming gits!

There's a sucker born every minute. The guy's laughing all the way to the bank.

I've been bothered by an annoying rattle on the open E string of my OLP MM3. The rattle can be stopped by applying pressure on the string above the nut. I'm also rather perturbed by the fact that I can move the string out of the nut slot by hand even when it's correctly tuned and therefore under tension. Never been able to do that so easily before. What is likely to be the problem? Nut too low? Nut slot not filed correctly? Should I just fit a new nut? If so, what kind do people prefer around here?

No reply yet to my very reasonable request for pictures and to arrange a look at it in person...

I see they're still selling them by total length rather than scale length, despite my message to them. Shows you the level of expertise we're dealing with here. I always try to give the benefit of the doubt, but be prepared for it to be a poorly put together bit of firewood, sorry. Cheap acoustic bass guitars are not that good in my experience. At this price point, expect poor cosmetics, iffy electrics and bad intonation.

[quote name='Beedster' post='69035' date='Oct 3 2007, 12:58 PM']Yet another rare and vintage Fender from a zero feedback newly joined seller in, yes, you've guessed it, the far north of Scotland! Amazing how many of these live up there isn't it! [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-1958-Fender-Precision-Bass-Guitar-Original-NR_W0QQitemZ290167126727QQihZ019QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-1958-Fender-...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url][/quote] I'm on the case

Was giving my Epi EB-3 some TLC last night, when I fancied that I saw the bridge posts coming out slightly from the surface of the body. I was changing the strings anyway so I thought I'd investigate. Sure enough as I slackened the strings, they settled back down. "Uh-oh", I thought. With the strings off and the bridge itself off the posts, I had a look at the posts and managed to pull one of them out of the wood like *snaps fingers* that. WTF? Are they supposed to be that loose? There's definitely play in there, so that when string tension is applied they are pulled slightly towards the neck. I can't believe that the bridge can be so loosely tethered to the body. I'm tempted to squeeze some No More Nails or some other hole filling adhesive in there and glue the buggers in place. Thoughts?

[quote name='movwkd' post='68626' date='Oct 2 2007, 01:19 PM']Just got my daughter a kawai bass off evilbay for a top price.. [ i think ] its a AQB550 Aquarius model, can anyone shed some light on this bass for me as i can find very little info about them on the net !! Ta.. [/quote] Was that the white one with P/J pickups? I was watching that, but I didn't go for it in the end.

I'm in the "I don't get slap" club also.

[quote name='Hiperi0n' post='67960' date='Oct 1 2007, 01:18 AM']Hello i got an Aria pro II sb1000 , but it don't have the knobs..i would like to find the original one or something that is similar...i post you a picture if someone can have that sort of knobs and want to sell....i will gladly buy it or if you know some on line shops that have something similar please tell me...thanx everyone for the help[/quote] I've got one. Sorry, just one.

[quote name='stewblack' post='67973' date='Oct 1 2007, 07:26 AM']A bit odd though - if I was selling an original Music Man I wouldn't want people to thing it was just an OLP. I understand the zero feedback bit but it's the no winning bids in the last 5 seconds part that seemed a tad pointless. If I was going to snipe with 4 seconds to go - well all I now need to do is do it with 9 seconds to go.[/quote] I think he means that zero feedback types will still have their bids removed, even if [i]they[/i] bid in the last five seconds. I think people with OK feedback will be fine.

Traversing the wibbly, wobbly web I stumbled upon this: [url="http://www.hipshotproducts.com/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=264"]http://www.hipshotproducts.com/cart.php?m=...etail&p=264[/url] If there's one thing I'm unsure about on my Epi EB-3, it's that 3 point bridge, hovering above the surface of the wood on 3 bolts. It looks about as secure as a house on stilts. Having said that, it hasn't moved in the 4 years I've had it. It's nice to see that Gibson/Epi types have an option similar to the Badass II for Jazz/Precision (as in direct replacement). Thoughts?

[quote name='beerdragon' post='66566' date='Sep 27 2007, 06:51 PM']The guy i bought it off described it has a Fender Gibson replacement. and i asked him if it fitted a jazz, he did'nt answer.[/quote] Read anything like that as "I don't have a bloody clue what I'm talking about" - steer clear unless you know what you're after.

OK, managed to make a whole one.

[quote name='petra' post='65859' date='Sep 26 2007, 01:14 PM']I really don't think adding a reserve price is a good idea - it tends to put buyers off, cos we might have spent time researching the item, asking questions, sorting our finances etc, be the highest bidder, but still not win the item cos the seller stuck too high a reserve. I almost never bid on items with a secret reserve. The best way to sell is common sense really - a few nice photos, keywords in the title, correct spelling, and make yours stand out from the rest - easy peasy !! Thanks. David :-)[/quote] As a buyer, a reserve doesn't bother me. I picked up my Takamine on a second chance offer despite not triggering the reserve. I don't know how far off I was, but I got it for a good price nonetheless.

[quote name='nedsbeds' post='65858' date='Sep 26 2007, 01:11 PM']Might a hot wire cutter work better? From my school days I seem to remember that they are fairly good at cutting plastic rulers [/quote] I don't know how easy it would be to use one of those because of the small dimensions involved. Plus I don't know anyone who has one. I basically clamped the CD to a wooden board with a paper towel between them and "engraved" through. It broke when I was filing it afterwards. Fact reinforced: CDs are brittle. I'm still experimenting, but I think when it's finished to the standard I require and inlayed it'll look pretty neat.

I had my first go at fabricating an inlay. Mixed results. I had this idea to make it out of an old CD. I marked it and cut it out with the engraving tool of my miniature drill. It was no good anyway because I slipped slightly a couple of times and shaved off the silver stuff, but I persevered to see if I could make it regardless. Unfortunately, I cracked it when I was filing. So I guess I'll have to be a little more careful. Nevertheless, I was quite pleased with it as a proof of concept. This is what I ended up with. Bear in mind it's very rough, I had only started to get the right hand side of it a bit closer to what I wanted when I broke it. This is what I'm trying to make: It's my initials (MJN), squished together. Some people say it looks like an elephant So I guess it's just a case of taking more time and care.

I don't gig. I'm not good enough. QED.

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