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Buzz or rattle? It can sometimes be difficult of differentiate the two, but buzz indicates electrical fault - could be preamp tube(s), transistors, output transformer or an earthing problem on your bass. This is one of those occasions where thwe easiest way to work out which bit is at fault is to meet up with a mate and swap over kit. Whereabouts are you.

I had a similar problem on an Aria acoustic bass. The stock piezo transducer, which was really cheap and nasty, wasn't actually long enough to cover the entire length of the bridge piece and ensure sufficient coverage for all of the strings. I bought a replacement from ebay; it may even have been from this [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FISHMAN-Sonicore-Acoustic-Guitar-Under-Saddle-Pickup_W0QQitemZ180181706806QQihZ008QQcategoryZ22670QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]seller[/url] £10 and a cinch to fit. It will make a difference. Unfortunately, you'll then probably turn your attention to the preamp.

A mate of mine temporarily traded his Jackson 5 string for a Sabre with a pro bassist who wanted the extra low end. If the battery on the Jackson hadn't died mid-gig the other guy would probably have gone for the swap. Needless to say my mate nearly killed himself for having not shoved a fresh duracell in there before handing it over.

[quote name='Clive Thorne' post='68119' date='Oct 1 2007, 12:25 PM']I'm glad to here that: That it became a piece of piss. It's not the sort of thing I'd normally be interested in playing, but it seems I've got till the 8th December to learn it! My 11 year old is drumming for it in a concert put on by his drum teacher, and I've been volunteered to play bass for him. His teacher (who also teaches bass) says that its not so much difficult as relentless. From where I'm standing it sounds both difficult and relentless!! Having cracked it, do you have any hints for someone who's still at the stage of listening to it to get the feel of it into my head? Clive.[/quote] I've tabbed out the main verse using a couple of possible fingerings - the way I think Chris Wostenholme (?) plays it and the way I prefer to play it. PM your e-mail address and I'll send it over

It's understandible. You've picked up a load of new skills and techniques and you're keen to show them off. I'm not being patronising when I say that I used to be just the same. In one band I used to be in, I used to overplay so much it was offensive. I would counter that overplaying os worse than underplaying. By underplaying you're not adding anything to the song. When you verplay you detract from the song.

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The only bass I've played with Piezo and magnetic pickups was an Ibanez EDA900. ThePiezo makes the bass sound very 'zingy' but I don't remember it making the harmonics stand out that much more. I don't know of any aftermarket piezo bridgesthat are a standard retro fit on a Fender. You'd also need to do some routing to the body for the preamp required by the piezo pickups. So,with all the mods required, A jazz pickup by the bridge would be an easier and more standard option.

[quote name='ARGH' post='89194' date='Nov 16 2007, 12:14 AM']Any of you guys into Coroner?[/quote] Masked Jackal. Quality Tune. Any of you guys heard Martyr - Feeding the Abcess. Liege of Inveracity is one of the best album openers of all time.

Very good clip by the way. I thick playing a fretless suits his sounds. I remember reading an old intervew where he said he sets the EQ on his Hartke to an unhappy face - you can hear how wellit cuts through! I've never played a Warwick Thumb. Is it just me or are the necks THAT thick?

The only ropey bit of his playing was the dodgy intonation on the high chorus part at the end. My problem with the performance is that it suffered from the usual Later with Jools Holland blight of being overblown and over-embellished. The original was performed by one of 'the' power trios, so the army of backing singers of percussionsts kind of ruins the feel.

Depends on what cab(s) you are going to be using. If I had a pair of 4 Ohm cabs (which I do as it happes) then any heads that couldn't drive a 2 Ohm load would be a waste of time.

If you have an ebay account, then a good way to ascertain market value is to do a search for completed listings of whatever item it is you wish to sell. Items tend to go for around the same amount, give or take a few quid.

I may have to get a ticket when my wife gets paid next week. Jimmy Johnson's work on the new Planet X album, Quantum, is amazing. I've been learning/trying to learn Matrix Gate the last couple of evenings.

[quote name='Bassassin' post='89334' date='Nov 16 2007, 12:34 PM']That hole on the edge looks very much like it's been for a jack socket - I can't think of a reason why a P would have that done, other than using the original jack hole in the plate for an additional pot - perhaps because of an extra pickup. Makes me very worried what kind of nightmare excavation might be hidden under the scratchplate. Jon.[/quote] If he lets it go for under £500 then it would be a good project bass. Stick a jazz pickup in it and either go for vol/vol/tone with a side mounted jack, or go the whole hog and bung a nice Audere 3Z preamp in it.

[quote name='ste_m3' post='89190' date='Nov 15 2007, 11:46 PM']just had this on in the background kinda thing, and i saw the intros, and one of the bands has a row of hartke cabs in front of the drummer, no joke, like 5 in a row... could be interesting?[/quote] One of the bands? One of the bands? That's Jack Bruce you're talking about. Actually, I caught the last few bars of Sunshine of your love and thought it was pants.

I simply couldn't justify it when I regularly tell everyone that I have the best bass for me, etc.... I told so many friends in the hope they'd buy it and give it a good home and give the seller something more reasonable than the paltry £159 that the tossers at X Electrical ended up giving him.

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