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bertbass

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  2. everything you could possibly want. https://www.crimsonguitars.com/collections/fretting/products/essential-fret-levelling-and-dressing-toolkit
  3. Looking good.
  4. Having started playing in the 60s, all the basses that I could afford, apart from one, were short scale and scaled down from 34" scale. It was only in 1972, when I bought my first precision, that I experienced the wider Fender string spacing. The only long scale bass I owned before that was an Egmond and that had a narrower spacing too. I think I was expecting the same with 21st century short scale basses. As an aside, the going rate for a second hand bass in the 60s was about a fiver!
  5. I believe that TC have been bought by the Behringer group.
  6. 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.
  7. I thought I was the only one.
  8. I'M LIKING THIS.
  9. That might even put Amazon to shame.
  10. Interesting, but I much prefer the sound of EL34s.
  11. Anything Danelectro is lighter than a light thing that's very light and they sound and play great!
  12. 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.
  13. I once bought an empty speaker cabinet, 2 x 15, and it arrived with just the address label stuck to the cab.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. I don't know. Once I found out how good Tuff Cab is I stopped looking.
  17. 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
  18. This is what you want, comes in many colours too. https://www.djsupplies.co.uk/products/tuffcabblackspeakerpaint5kg
  19. We did it and it worked.
  20. Here you go. https://smallbusiness.co.uk/registering-a-company-name-a-small-business-guide-2549037/
  21. But I use wireless.
  22. I can hear a can of worms opening here!
  23. 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.
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