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As a kid, I grew up near a penny arcade so "Barred For Bumping" instantly came to mind.
Might not get you many pub gigs these days though 😄
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Allparts do them but they're waiting for new stock.
(Their Fender measurements are usually on point)
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Just Say No - the kids from Grange Hill
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This chap's work and reputation look to be worth at least a phone call and a chat about it:
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7 hours ago, DTB said:
I already play fretless.
and they don’t do a fretless version of the BBNE2.
It was my main bass before I started playing fretless and I miss the build quality and the weight, tone and feel.
My take on playing music is that the player is actually the instrument, the conduit for the music. A bass is simply a tool for the job.
You have your favourite tool, it's ok to change it so it's up to the job at hand.
Imho of course.
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Do it. Onwards!
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"I hear you telephone thing, listening in..."
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19 hours ago, DTB said:
I have a PRS Silver Sky that had terrible static problems as soon as the central heating went on. Pick guard and neck were full of loud static which rendered it totally unplayable.
i tried all sorts of stuff, including commercial anti static sprays, diluted fabric conditioner etc. all they did was leave some degree of residue on the guitar which worked for about 5 minutes.
in the end i took the neck off and place a single piece of silver foil in the neck pocket, to which I soldered (tricky but possible) a ground wire that went to one of the ground wires, any one will do. I made certain that the neck screws contacted the silver foil when reassembling so that the neck plate and therefore the surface of the neck were grounded. This solved the neck problem.
I did the same for the scratchplate, rather than shielding the whole thing which can be bad for tone, i did strips making sure the pickup adjusting screws and rear of scratch plate were connected then wired that to ground.
sometimes I get the odd crackle now and again still from the scratchplate, when this happens I rub the scratchplate with a fabric conditioner tumble drier dry sheet, and that solves what the earthing cannot for a long time.
strange because I had another Silver Sky with a maple neck and fingerboard rather than rosewood and a satin finish on neck not gloss, and it never had the same problems.
if you get caught out on a gig, a bit of spit rubbed on the area of the scratchplate that is static will work for a while.
good luck.
Shielding the whole cavity can be bad for tone? Interesting...never heard that one before. Can you elaborate? Kind of makes sense but I'm no expert with electrics ☺️
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I put a set of Gotoh Resolite GBR640-XN (X Nickel) on a custom shop P I used to have. They were a perfect fit and not new shiny chrome. They looked the part and were so much better in operation and balance.
Reverse wind gears like the originals. I don't think they do the forward gear version (GB640) in X-Nickel unfortunately, soon got used to them though. Recommended.
https://www.thomann.co.uk/gotoh_gbr640_4l_xn_bass_tuners.htm
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18 minutes ago, Chris26 said:
Hi everyone, I think I’ve come across your bass in a live auction with Wellers Auctions in Guildford. I check their listings from time to time for instruments, and this one caught my eye due to the very limited information provided. A quick Google reverse image search led me to this forum. The auction ends tomorrow, so it may be worth contacting them ASAP. I really hope you’re able to recover the bass. Chris
Have you pm'd the OP? He might not see this quick enough!
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14 hours ago, MichaelDean said:
I prefer a bit more helium in my tone air, for the high frequency response 😂
Guinness tone air for girth.
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Mani - I Wanna Be Adored
The Stone Roses first album was my personal green light to go get a bass and get stuck in.
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It's kind of Basschat lore to always opt for UPS Premium when using Interparcel as musical instruments are covered that way.
I hope that there's a happy ending to this tale...🤞
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1 hour ago, jazzyvee said:
Keep it clean and on point please.
My regular strings are D'addario Pro steel rounds 45 - 130 which I really like. The only issue I have and it's probably due to physics rather than any shortcomings of the strings. That is, I find that I don't want to play any notes below the 7th fret on the G-string as there does not seem to be enough warmth in the tone so I tend to use the D-string for those notes instead.. I'm due for a string change in the not too distant future and would like to try a thicker G-string but keep the rest of the set the same.
The constraint is that all my basses have brass nuts and bridges where some are plated so i'm restricted in opening up the plated ones and for the non plated ones I don't really want to open up the slots until i'm sure that the larger gauge will give me a bigger sound. So i'd like to know how far up in gauge I can go on the G-string without having to open the slots so I could investigate.
Thanks in advance.
A .50 G should fit fine. I've done the same this week actually, going back to a .70 D and a .50 G (Fender flats). I'm working on using open strings to help with transitions and the thinner strings I had on weren't cutting it.
Both strings fit fine on my Fender P.
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8 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:
Just see this, I think I can make out a L serial number, am I missing something, crazy cheap
Strange price, especially for Reverb.
Hard to tell from that screenshot Tony but could it be a custom shop Jazz? Either that or it could possibly be a seller typo by missing a "1" at the front of the price in their haste to post 😄.
(Or option #3 - it's a scam.)
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On 21/01/2026 at 19:35, Beedster said:
It's........
"Confused? You will be..."
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On 21/01/2026 at 20:41, JazzyJ said:
Ok, update on my bitsa.
Fender '64 vintage pickups & Monty's J loom setup fitted. Just need to get the soldering iron fired up.
A little hefty at 4.6kg but hey ho, see how it goes 😏
Very nice, love this 👌
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7 hours ago, SteveXFR said:
This may have wandered a little off topic. What was the topic?
Something to do with Fray Bentos? I think.
Mmmm....pies
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Lithium, Nirvana. Drummer's choice for a new one in the set. I wasn't too keen when he suggested it but it does have quite a tasty bassline actually 👌
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It was the 90s man. I quite fancied one at the time ☺️
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21 minutes ago, SteveXFR said:
I guess another major factor is what you play. Mainstream genres will get more gigs than accoustic free form blackened industrial death skiffle.
😂
It has to be something like this, that sounds interesting, to get me to leave the house these days.
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Roasted Maple Neck Supplier
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There's loads on ebay. Yes, shipped from China. I bought a roasted flamed maple neck there for about a 100 quid. It was stunning. I didn't end up using it though but I know the basschatter who I sold it to liked it a lot.
I couldn't say if the fingerboard was real rosewood but it looked good. Nice and dark.