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lol, exactly.

Hi, Just got a used dean EUB, an astonishing instrument for the money I gave and I know its technically not a real upright, but for us mere electric bassists it gets close, especially for the upright mindset and sound. I would like to know your opinion on what strings would suit it best, thanks y'all.

And on another day it would have been played different, feel the music. put your stamp on it. x

You know, its the public that attend gigs that thould have public liability insurance, they are always pissed and falling over all your stuff ! and the venues too. they have other types of insurance.

Apart from the points dub junkie made which are spot on, its all in the taste and in the fingers, rays are the best one trick pony in the world, LTOOKAYS are a lot more subtle.

Ssssshhhhhh !!!! its true.

Hi, Im in Hadleigh and would like to know more, would e.u.b be ok for your situation ? thanx.

[quote name='yorick' post='873503' date='Jun 21 2010, 02:31 PM']Owned an MB150E for about four years or so, and gigged it pretty regularly. Never had any probs with it. The only niggle is the fact they get hot as they don't have a fan, and use the fins on top as a heatsink. Also, you need an extension cab to get full whack out of the amp section.[/quote] +1, I have an old one, it had a rattle in the amp for years, took it apart and a big blob of soldier fell out ! However with an ext cab its the nuts and has been indestructible, so much so I now have a mk3 as well, and two gk ext cabs, the sexiest little 4 x 12 in town !

Is this still 4 sale ?

[url="http://www.ggjaguar.com/gggjag.htm"]http://www.ggjaguar.com/gggjag.htm[/url] good history lesson here.

Is this still 4 sale ? thanks.

Welcome aboard.

+ 1, saves wasting time and im sure theres some bodies up 4 it.

Stunning, shame its a lefty, I love those pimpy glitter finishes.

Interesting to see open handed technique, are you a lefty, as I play an sb 8 and like to open out as well, it seems most players play cross hands, I play right handed but am a left handed person, very nice piece too. cool.

Yep you live n learn budget bassist thanks, I've taken it out on 2 gigs at the weekend, a few faint odd noises but otherwise spot on spot !

Thanks for the kind comments guys, I got it last sept or oct for £100, I was gutted when I found out how dogged it was, the paint and veneer repair cost £180, the electrics and active circuit I traded for the hipshot D tuner that was on it, the two pups were £40 each, the schallers £20, it may all sound a bit expensive, plus hours of my time, but as it was money here and there over 6 months It felt painless, so for around 400 smackers I have a nice bass, I never had that money at the time, plus Ive learnt alot on the way and as sad as it seems, its another bass that hasnt bitten the dust. 1 more pic for good measure

I had then to drill pilot holes thru the veneer to get the controls sorted, the earth from the bridge etc...major stress, 1 bit of lacquer splintered, phew, then got the ferrules back in the holes in the body so I could attach the neck, split some lacquer off, the shard super glued back on perfectly...more stress !!! Then the tone and vol pots wernt long enough to start the thread, found longer ones, finally both pups arrived and slotted in perfectly, then it was wire up time. Wired up, it was nearly ok, just let a ground off, redid it, all perfect, except the new switchcraft jack is still crap, hate them things. strings and a crank of the truss rod and all done for the weekend.

Thanks, so next step was body repair and refinish, I went for a maple veneer top, the pick up holes were sleeved and re routed to the size of the MFD pups, the original holes for the screws were still evident in the body as were the springs for the height adjustment.. one of the problems the luthier had was bleeding from the grain of leos original primer so the lacquer tint had to be a bit deep than we wanted. The headstock face was stripped and has had the L2000 decal added, someone had added an extra string tree to the headstock and this wouldnt stop bleeding green from the drilled hole !, so there is a little shadow of green on the filled hole, but not big deal. Next...assembly.

I found a usa tail piece and two guys had an mfd pick up, I traded the hipshot tuner for a trib pre amp and switches, purchased 3 knobs of e bay, got some pots and caps, found a used set of schallers of e bay. I had 2 strap buckles and I will deal with the body in the next post. Theres a pic of the half chiseled out plastic padding car filler, also both cavity's had been routed out bigger than the g&l pick up size. also the newly built up tailpiece. The body turned out to be swamp ash which was a result. but needed a solution to the problem with the top, see next post.

If anyones interested, I have a series of pics, I got a dead trib of the bay for £100 and proceeded to make it what it was, but had issues on the way but ultimately finished it this week. its a G&L L2000 again. This is what I got an un wired, 1 big pup that ruined 1 cavity,no active or anything worth keeping the other pickup hole filled with plastic padding bass, painted white over green over red, basically a pile of poo.

there is a big essex posse, welcome.