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Ooohh!! Me me me !! Please! Pm incoming!

thanks, I think this job is somewhat beyond me, I've no meter and don't really understand what all that means, I've only ever changed pickups etc in passive basses before, I'll see if my sound engineer can help with this one, he works as a tech for a vintage guitar shop. I reckon trying to save the £ could end up costing more if I mess it up!

cheers, its all a bit beyond me this active stuff, I might just snip the wires leaving the plug in place and then solder to the wires, I guess figuring out the colours will be trial an error.

I know this should technically be in technical, but as it’s very specific and many of you seem to have fiddled with your Ibanezes…. I want to replace the power spans in my sr300e, but they are on a connector (3 wires) onto a board under the power tap switch (which I hate) Is there a way to replace the pickups alone (I have some Bart’s that will fit) or do I need a whole new preamp too? 

We did a private do in a place we’ve played loads, only to arrive and find that they had refurbished the function room into - yep - A giant bathroom. No soft furnishings, high angled ceiling. But everything’ was still eq,d to last nights giant bathroom, so it wasn’t too big a deal. First outing for my new SR300e. A tad heavier and less sophisticated than my sr500/1200s, but much nicer to look at 😂 

Thankfully I’ve discovered that an old bass I no longer use had close enough screws, so that’s handy for now. 
just added some tea staining and a single coat of danish oil. 

Did a test fit using neck screws borrowed off my sr1200! Went together perfectly. Only issue then is finding the right bloomin’ screws!!
Every single set I’ve bought so far has been wrong. But at least now I know it’ll work if I find the right ones!

anyone have a set of Ibanez neck screw kicking around ???!

Played in a massive converted warehouse venue last night on Gloucester docks. Basically a giant bathroom acoustically speaking. It was fine, with the only thing of note being me watching with my usual amusement as a drunken ‘expert’ regaled our sound engineer with lots of pointing and hand gestures. When I spoke to him afterwards, it turns out the guy was brilliant and actually really helped with some advice that transformed the sound and resolved a bass bloom issue. 
I suppose mathematically speaking it had to happen eventually 😂😂😂

I had a blue one modded with a maple neck and a mm humbucker. I sold it on here simply because the neck was too fat for me.  Shame. It looked ace. 

1 hour ago, JapanAxe said:

What’s that c-shaped gubbins on the floor?

23 minutes ago, jimmyb625 said:

Looks like one of these:

 

https://www.thomann.de/gb/drumport_stomptech_laser_stomp_pro.htm?glp=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAveebBhD_ARIsAFaAvrFR4JIhWh7gcb6muwhwdMYNpmRyZLbKXbbAyjBCgObGBv87EVrlqMAaAsSIEALw_wcB

 

Looks interesting.

It is indeed a laser stomp. Expensive but absolutely brilliant and so much less painful than a traditional stomp box

Private solo acoustic do in my local, easy enough night, voice held up after a few days off work with the lurgy, otherwise nothing of note. Back to bass duties next weekend, then only one more solo gig for the foreseeable due to my pgce course eating my life. 

My collection is growing 

I recently picked up a stripped sr500 body and neck that had seen better days and decided to see if I could save it on the cheap.
Both parts were around £40, and I’m hoping to keep the total spend as small as possible. (Student teacher with no income beside gigs) 

The black paint came off easily with a heat gun, but the psychedelic paint job underneath was tougher. An hour or so later with various grits of sand paper, I’m looking at a body that's never going to be perfect, but I think I can get it looking ok.

I’m not sure yet what finish to do. I wanted a silver blue burst, but I’m not sure I can pull it off with rattle cans especially with all the dings in the body. So I’m veering towards a rustic finish using stain akin to the current sr600e antique stain. 
Hit the first snafu already. After sanding, the neck no longer fits. Must be the heat, I’ll have to sand the pocket a bit. 

New addition 

Sr300e in ocean fade metallic. 

Works fine, no dramas with it. No longer required. £20 posted uk only. 

No longer required. Boxed. 20 posted uk only. 

Bought for backup pedal board for my IEMs. No longer req’d. no psu. £20 posted uk only. 

 i’m neck deep in my PGCE and I’m exhausted, so something has to give. And it’s the acoustic gigs! Hence I’m selling a few bits off. boxed with cable  as new. Never actually used it!

£25 posted Uk

Works fine, just sat about doing nothing. No psu. £20 posted uk only. 

Works fine, sounds fine, sponge slightly bent slider. 
£25 posted uk only 

Brilliant one box acoustic gig pedal. Sounds fab but i’m neck deep in my PGCE and I’m exhausted, so something has to give. And it’s the acoustic gigs! Hence I’m selling a few bits off. boxed with psu as new. Unit:£25, postage :£5
£30 posted uk only. 

Bought this recently for my solo acoustic gigs, for which it sounds nothing short of amazing. It gives me an instant orchestra or more subtle string section or a flute background which sounds really nice. I did not expect to be selling this ever!
However, i’m neck deep in my PGCE and I’m exhausted, so something has to give. And it’s the acoustic gigs! Hence I’m selling a few bits off. Some light scratches to one knob, otherwise it’s boxed with psu as new. 
£150 posted uk only. Or poss swap for Ibanez bass. 

Zoom goes to foh, the sonicake boom ave and eq let me tweak what I hear to sound as close to foh as possible. Then I  use the Rolls to blend my signal into my monitor feed. It works brilliantly. A multi core guitar/headphone cable is the finishing touch