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  1. bertbass
    I bought one, a great bass, very well made and finished, however, I am disappointed with it. The neck, for me, is too thick front to back. I've thinned it down and it's a lot better, but this is only personal preference. The hardware is good, especially for the price but what I'm really disappointed with, is that while the neck is shorter, as you'd expect with a short scale, the width and string spacing are the same as on a 34" scale, the hardware is also normal precision size. The body is smaller which means the bottom cutaway is too small for my not especially large hands to get to the top few frets, yes I do play the dusty end occasionally. I wanted a short scale bass to be smaller all round. Narrower string spacing, narrower bridge and pickups, I'd be happy if the pickups were slanted to make the pole pieces fit under the strings. If you're happy with the, to me, down sides, it's a great bass for not a lot of money.
  2. bertbass
    I thought I was the only one.
  3. bertbass
    I'M LIKING THIS.
  4. bertbass
    That might even put Amazon to shame.
  5. bertbass
    Interesting, but I much prefer the sound of EL34s.
  6. bertbass
    Anything Danelectro is lighter than a light thing that's very light and they sound and play great!
  7. bertbass
    And me.
  8. bertbass
    Mrs Bert and I saw The Hollies in Brighton a couple of weeks ago, yes they're still touring and I have to say that the mix was pretty poor and got worse as the show went on but in the opposite way. By the end the bass and drums were virtually inaudible as well as the backing vocals while the guitars seemed to get more predominant and trebly. If you know the hollies at all, then you'll know that the Hollies' sound is predominantly vocal harmonies and when they're missing it's pretty noticeable, especially on He Ain't Heavy.
  9. bertbass
    I once bought an empty speaker cabinet, 2 x 15, and it arrived with just the address label stuck to the cab.
  10. bertbass
    Something like these are perfect for the job. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B094YMMPXX?pd_rd_i=B094YMMPXX&pf_rd_p=20ea8c47-afc4-4e29-bb67-5046c8898146&pf_rd_r=Z2DSSW5P706C08XMVZ6E&pd_rd_wg=p8frP&pd_rd_w=nOMoH&pd_rd_r=8b4d1e97-d2c0-4d88-a391-3b95778d906f and a nail file.
  11. bertbass
    I would suspect that if the slot was not offset, then the amount of material between the screw hole and the string slot would not be enough to stop the saddle from breaking in two.
  12. bertbass
    I don't know. Once I found out how good Tuff Cab is I stopped looking.
  13. bertbass
    I used these with Tuff Cab. Great finish and very hardwearing. Duratex seems to only be available in the US. https://www.bluearan.co.uk/index.php?id=TUFFROLL01C
  14. bertbass
    This is what you want, comes in many colours too. https://www.djsupplies.co.uk/products/tuffcabblackspeakerpaint5kg
  15. bertbass
    We did it and it worked.
  16. bertbass
    Here you go. https://smallbusiness.co.uk/registering-a-company-name-a-small-business-guide-2549037/
  17. bertbass
    But I use wireless.
  18. bertbass
    I can hear a can of worms opening here!
  19. bertbass
    I can only agree. The shop that lent it to me to try only had a 50w, if they'd of had a 100w, I would have bought! Perfect in every way. All good amps were heavy then, this was when transistor amps were coming in but that were generally no at all loud and pretty rubbish.
  20. bertbass
    Done
  21. bertbass
    Newtone make a set of strings specially for this.
  22. bertbass
    If you rely on the amp for compression, what do you do when you change your amp?
  23. bertbass
    Pirate radio, mainly Wonderful Radio London and my local record shop appropriately named The Record Shop!
  24. bertbass
    You need one of these. https://retrovibe.co.uk/product/retrovibe-18mm-spacing-bass-bridge-top-load-hand-modified-wilkinson-hardware/
  25. bertbass
    Thanks and you're right but also great for tri-amped and 4 way mono.
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