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  1. KingBollock
    Yeah, rub it in why don’t ya! Y’lucky bugger!
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    That’s the only thing that would bother me about buying a replacement Raider (which I will do, given the chance), I really, really miss the smell of the hard case that I had for mine.
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    If I was ever to come into a lot of money, there are some signature basses that I would like to collect. There’s the Steve Harris blue one, but that’s not pointy. However, I would like the Blackie Lawless BC Rich Widow and a Jo Bench Ironbird.
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    My headless Flying V is also a very vivid yellow. It was originally a translucent red, so I know that it has a good looking wood under the paint. So I am going to strip it and stain it walnut (hopefully this year, though it has been an ongoing, rolling project since 1995…).
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    My Raider was my Christmas present for 1987, too. Nothing wrong with naff 80s Hair Metal! With any luck, I have an upcoming project that involves that very genre. A drummer has found me that wants to bring back Hair Metal. I don’t know why that, when he saw a photo of me, he thought Nikki Sixx… I look more like Nikki Sixx ate Vince Neill! Mind you, I’ve bought a Thunderbird now, so I suppose I am committed (or should be…).
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    If you see one in silver/grey, I’ll fight you for it!
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    Thanks! It does look cool, but I think I’d struggle to justify even a cheap bass right now. I rather like the idea of building a kit. Maybe one day.
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    Love that! When you say cheap… How much and where from?
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    Do you mean Red/Gold or the Raider II with a red body and black headstock? The bass player I replaced in the first proper band ever I joined, had the red/gold version.
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    My very first bass was a Westone Raider I. One of my biggest regrets is having to sell it and, should I ever find one, I will buy another. My current number one bass is a BC Rich Warlock. I also now own a Thunderbird, but that’s fairly rounded. And a headless Flying V (not a bass, though I did once narrowly miss out on getting its bass twin). Seeing the other posts in this thread reminds me of a guitar (not a bass, sadly) that we had in the guitar shop I worked in when I was a kid. It was a BC Rich Ironbird in black with pink crackle. It was glorious! *Neither of these photos are of my own basses.
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    Do you know what? I think that, due to this thread, I might well be. My number one is my BC Rich Warlock. I have/had all these plans for it. New tuners, including a drop tuner, new pickups (DiMarzio DP127 because they look cool) and a better, more versatile preamp. But now I really think about it, I don’t really think I’d be making any actual improvements that would make much difference. If I had one niggle, it would be that the centre detente on the pick-up blend knob is difficult to feel. Oh, having just said all that… I still think I am going to replace the control cover plate. I want to make one with a built in battery compartment, so that I don’t have to take all the screws out just to change the battery. So, I suppose, the answer is actually no. Oh well!
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    I have recently bought my first bass with a front mounted jack socket. I have only ever owned seven basses, though, this being the seventh. I’ve never had a problem, but then I have never known any different. I always remove the plug before putting the bass down anyway, a habit I developed to save on preamp batteries.
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    I’ve got my entire Hair Metal playlist on shuffle. I’m singing along very, very loudly, and very, very badly. I messaged my wife to tell her not to walk in without warning me. I told her I was watching porn.
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    One of the strongest memories caused by music also involves a smell. In 1991/2 I worked with a mobile disco. We had a couple of brilliant DJs, and I love all the pop music from then because of it. But the smell of the coconut scented smoke from the smoke machine proper does a number on my feels. I actually own a smoke machine that has coconut scented smoke. It’s left over from when I put my own mobile disco together in 1999. Mainly so I could play with the lights, but also because I loved working on the earlier disco. There are some songs that I can’t listen to because they take me back to another time that hurts to think about. And they’re great songs.
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    I adore the look of the DP127 in black, I’d love to have them in my Warlock. But my Warlock is a double P, so it gets a bit pricey having to have two sets. Especially as I don’t know how they’d sound in it. I suppose I could buy one set to see how it would sound, and if I wasn’t keen I could put it in my Westfield. But the pick-up would cost more than that bass is worth…
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    I know this isn’t an expensive bass, but it’s the only experience I have of this sort of thing. I bought my dream bass over EBay, a second hand BC Rich Warlock NT. The action on it was stupidly high, and it had to have been right from the factory because everything was bottomed out. Flat neck and perfectly cut nut, but the bridge saddles were too tall, despite being as low as they would go. My first thought was to replace the bridge, but I couldn’t find one that would be any better. It would have to be very low profile, 10mm maximum. In the end it was either recess the bridge into the body, which I didn’t feel comfortable doing, or grind the bottom off the saddles until they were half their original height, which is what I did. It plays beautifully now.
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    Thank you. It’s not cheap, but it is very tempting. The one I’ve got is the GS412B Plus, and it’s ace. Apart from not being quite tall enough to take my Warlock. http://herculesstands.com/international/products/fretted-and-bowed-instrument/guitar/single-stands-(1)/gs412b-plus/ It takes my Thunderbird fine, so I think it should be ok for an Explorer.
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    What stand is that? It looks like a really good solution to not having a lot of floor or wall space in my Lair. I have one of the grabby Hercules stands and really like it, however it doesn’t fit my Warlock. It won’t go tall enough. I had been hoping to get the triple version, but I think it is the same height. And as my Warlock gets played a lot, it’s one of the basses that needs to be kept close. Your stand looks like the triple Hercules stand, but with another one stacked on top. On yours, is it possible to remove one of the lower grabby arms? And/or move them up or down independently?
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    Anyone know if the Dunlop Max Grip .60 nylon, are just standard size? I’ve got one of the Max Grip Jazz III Carbons that is a nice size and very grippy (similar to the rather poorly made Lemmy signature picks that you get in the little tin. That I still took some sandpaper to to make usable, despite never intending to use them), but is too thick. The red Jazz III and the Ultex Jazz III are too small (and thick). I need something flappier. Annoyingly, this is one of those cases where my fingers are being stubborn. They like the .60mm and won’t hear any argument for fractions either side of that. Most troublesome!
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    Yeah, I prefer nylon to tortex. I briefly switched from standard 3mm big stubbies to the nylon version, before discovering Primetones. I actually have quite a large selection of picks, but the only ones I have in this size are these cheap, nasty ones. I would take Maude’s advice and alter them (I’d drill holes in them for extra grip) if I thought they’d last more than about five minutes. I shall do some measuring on the morrow and do some research. If I have to I can take comparative photos and ask on here for suggestions.
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    As much as I tend to prefer a heavy pick for most things, I have found that on heavier strings (120 - 130), I prefer a lighter pick, especially for fast stuff. Annoyingly, the one I find myself using the most is a rubbish one that came free, thrown in with something else I’d bought. It’s a .60, like the orange Dunlop Tortex, but a bit smaller. It’s a bit like trying to hold onto an eel, though. I am going to have to see if I can find something of a similar size that is grippier.
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    The mnemonic that I learned in college is rather unsavoury, but it is the one that has stuck in my head. It’s done it’s job, I suppose.
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    Going for a simple, home brew idea (because that’s all I’m good for!), if it were me, I would try to find, or make, a 4.85mm dowel. Drill a 4.85mm hole in the ball. Then split off sections of the dowel to fill the gaps where the flat bits are, and glue them into the ball. I think that makes sense.
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    I did think of using white, styrene tubing, but I don’t have enough here to do a whole bass (and I need to do two). I might try to drill down the middle of the new dots and fill them with luminous paint. Though I’m not sure I will be able to drill accurately enough considering that I would normally do such small drilling on a desk, under bright lights and a magnifier. The dots will have an outer diameter of 2mm. I’ve got drill bits that go down to .3mm and I can use a syringe to inject the paint. But how small is too small? I need to allow enough of the white showing to be able to see it when the paint isn’t charged.
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