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[quote name='boabskiboab' post='478158' date='May 3 2009, 12:26 PM']I am having a sunday morning think, never a good thing after a saturday night on the sauce. Lets say i have a jazz bass. Would it be possible to set it up with qp's that are connected with quick connectors. So that i could swap out for a set of EMG's in minutes. Is there any reason why this wouldn't work?[/quote] Nothing's impossible, but bear in mind that QPs are passive, EMGs (I presume you're meaning EMG J or JV and not HZ) are active. Which means that you need 250-500k pots for the passive pup and 25k pots for the active ones. Not to mention remembering not to fire +9V through your QPs by mistake.

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='477116' date='May 1 2009, 03:46 PM']I get a lot of turbulence from my passengers at high speeds. [/quote] <python> "I fart in your general direction!" </python> (That's twice for that gag, I wonder how many more situations it'll be appropriate for)

I had a problem with mine - I think a cap went potty and burned out a resistor in the power rectification stage for the valve preamp. Replaced the caps and the resistor and it's been great ever since. Obviously a total showstopper has to be traced from the power lead backwards. The attached file might help.

Good luck, hope it all works out for you.

It depends. I've just invested in EMG pickups and EQ for my Les Paul so I had better bloody like it active! But seriously, the original passive circuitry had very little tonal range and was mostly thick humbucker sounds. This bass has become my workhorse and I simply wanted the sound to be brighter. I went 3 band EQ so that I can have a degree of mid scoop regardless of what I'm plugged into. So far in 3 venues out of 3 I've been DIed into the PA, so the more control I have before that happens, the better I like it. Having said that, I resisted advice to put some sort of preamp into my Bronco. It just seemed wrong - it already has a sweet tone, it's just a bit quiet. Well, that's what amps are for. So, like I said - it depends.

I rather liked American Idiot.

[quote name='chenzo_1' post='475869' date='Apr 30 2009, 12:05 PM']A mate of mine is selling his peavey milestone for £35 is it worth buying it ripping the frets out, whackin in some nice pups and adding an a nice set of flatwounds?[/quote] It's worth it for an experiment, but not much else. [quote]If i ever decided to sell it on after woulds would i be able to break even?[/quote] No. Keep the original pups and if you sell on, whip out your nice ones and put them in something else. Put back in the old pups. You'll probably still lose a little because you ripped the frets out.

[quote name='The_D' post='474277' date='Apr 28 2009, 03:46 PM']I have had this bass for years and as long as I can remember it has had this crack at the neck. I have had a good close look and am sure its just the finish and not the actual neck itself. Anyone know if I am deluding myself or if this is actually in the wood? Only reason I ask is because there is a chance I am going to sell it and dont want to sell it then have it break on someone. I have played it for years without any bother and it hasnt gotten any worse.[/quote] What does it feel like? What does it look like when light passes over it?

I've never spent more than £300 on a bass. Maybe £400 taking mods into account. My current main beast is an Epiphone Les Paul Standard. Bass cost £170 second hand. Unfortunately for the bank balance I augmented it with EMG-HB pups (EMG-P in a humbucker casing basically) and an EMG BQC 3 band EQ and spent £200 in the process. Oops! Just as well I love how it looks/feels, eh?

I drive around in a Honda Civic (not the latest one but the one before) which with the seat down basically turns into a van with windows.

Well done! Looks pretty good - nice woods, unobtrusive finish and an unusual headstock design which goes well with the body - looks like flames or something. If I had to give any criticisms I'd say that a little more contouring might be good, it's a little too slab like in the body at the moment. Also it might be good to shape the heel to follow the body shape curve rather than the uncompromising straight across thing which is there.