neepheid

Someone in Ireland must stock G&L? Fire a message to G&L and ask who, then order via them? Or as mentioned, leverage the fact that you're in the EU and cast your net far and wide with no penalties (must be nice). Nice choice of bass BTW. You can prise my wunkay from my cold, dead hands.

Sometimes it's on the back of the headstock, and sometimes it's front, loud and proud...

I fear it might cost more to replace the truss rod than the bass is worth

Depends what it is - I could understand your point of view with regards to the myriad FSO signature basses out there. But if you can't afford to truffle out an original 1970s Gibson Les Paul Signature bass, then the JC Sig is your only hope for such a bass, and it kinda doesn't matter if you like Jack Casady or want to sound like him or not. I certainly didn't buy mine for the name or association, but to give JC his due, he was actively involved in its creation so I think it's fair enough if he wants his name on the headstock, coupled with the fact that he actually uses the bass as his main instrument.

Don't feel dirty, they have their fingers in a lot of pies - they'll get to you one way or another

And I, for one, see nothing wrong with that sentence. You do you.

I'm just going to straight out say that the Epiphone Jack Casady Signature has more than transcended JC's use of it. I would go so far as to say it has become over a 27-ish year production run (and counting) one of the go-to answers to the question "which long scale, hollow bodied electric bass should I buy?" I don't think I've ever played a lick of Jefferson Airplane or Hot Tuna on mine. It's a great sounding bass regardless of the genre being played. Furthermore, I don't feel pigeonholed by any bass. I don't give a crap what other people think of the bass I'm playing. I pick them on a whim and if anyone has a complaint, they're welcome to come on stage and take over and do a better job. I'll play a Mockingbird or an Explorer in church, or at a country gig, and I'd play metal on my JC because I DGAF. People who complain about these sorts of things should remember that they use their ears for listening, not their eyes

Should work OK through the effects loop, yeah. Either that or stick it between the wireless receiver and the amp input, as if the wireless setup was a cable.

Top up, purely by accident.

The one in those photos looks in great nick - hardware is clean with little or no pitting.

Anyone looking for a BB1000? Decent price for one with a hard case, if it's genuine... https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/276845555444296/

Holy crap that's fake as F!

Nice to feel valued, instead of encountering anything from blatant disregard at best to utter contempt and made to feel like a nuisance at worst!

And what would you like from a replacement set? Apart from more output?

What don't you like or are unsure about the current pickups?

This is the exact opposite to me. I deliberately rotate all my basses. Basses I don't play get sold.

Hot damn! I had a BB350F, total beater, but still a great bass. Shame I can't play fretless for toffee!

Damn, that does look nice in red. Oh dear. Just as well I think they're a mite bit too expensive, even with the addition of a gigbag and other minor improvements, if the price had been the same as the previous Vintage Pro/60s model then my gear abstinence this year might have come under more serious threat...

Main difference is that the BB3000 is neck thru, BB414 is bolt on. The BB3000 generally comes with gold hardware, BB414 is chrome. There will be hardware differences, tuners, bridge. Pickups are probably different.

Hand on heart, there was no googling involved - wasn't the Mystery Machine predominantly green?

Well maybe one day the music industry will be a meritocracy...

Thanks! Have to say though, after a Monday at work, bashing the rivets out of the chain with hammer and punch was very satisfying indeed After this, I put up a picture for Mrs. Neepheid. When you get on a run of practical stuff and the tools are out already...

Right, that's not going anywhere fast! And I think that will genuinely be it now. Thanks to whoever it was who surfaced the idea of using bike chain links to secure pedals to boards!

Design revision required - turns out my velcro is great at keeping pedals in place when gravity is working with it, not so much in the opposite direction. It was actually the adhesive that failed, not the velcro itself. Bugger. So a more permanent way of attaching the PSU is required. I could replace the tape with... better tape like 3M Dual Lock but I figured in keeping with the whole "make do and mend" approach I'd find a way to mechanically couple the PSU to the board. Someone on here, I'm sure it was put up a picture of using bike chain links as brackets to attach pedals to boards. As luck would have it, I had a small length of bike chain lying around so I spent a satisfying 20 mins or so bashing the rivets out of the chain. Thanks to T-Rex putting all the screws on the side and none on the bottom, I had to bend the links to make right angle brackets. This is when I found out that the outer links are too brittle to be bent, but the inner ones are fine? Anyway, some hammering and bending round the vice gave me this: Now, just need to find some screws small enough to get in those wee holes. Maybe tuner screws, maybe pickguard screws. Time for a rummage in the spares boxes!

Yes, it's currently my office bass because I've been doing some lunchtime swotting - perks of having one's own office. A couple of the guys in the workshop play bass or guitar and I asked them to tell me how much they thought it cost. They overestimated by several hundred pounds and were blown away when I told them the actual price...