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Had the pleasure of meeting Jon today. I trusted him so much, that I didn't even worry about checking the gig bag over, prior to handing over my cash Highly recommended as a top chap to deal with.

Like you say, it's fairly obvious why that band struggle.

Footloose is a good one to play. A bass line to have fun with.

Oh dear. This is the sort of thing that put me off years ago.

Been suffering post gig hangover today. Gigging tonight as well, so I know that tomorrow will be a write off. Still enjoy it though but next year, the plan is not to do two gig weekends.

The buzzing pole pieces is a fairly common, annoying problem. Nail varnish carefully applied to the top surface of the pole pieces can help, as can using the same type of foil used for shielding the cavity, fixed to the bottom of the pick up, so that it covers the base of the pole pieces and then solder an earth cable from the foil to a grounding point.

For a couple of years or so, Warwick used a truss rod that turned in the reverse direction.

If you can gain access to the innards and get your Serivisol sprayed inside the pot, that would be worth a try.

None but they do look cool 😀

Shared on FB yesterday. Really feel for you and hope that you get everything back.

If you're happy to look inside the amp and assuming that you're aware of the risk involved around capacitors etc. then it's worth checking the soldering to the areas that the valves are seated in. The heat generated and vibration can cause the solder to fail, it's not always obvious until a very close inspection. Admittedly it tends to be more common with Fender amps but still worth checking.

Cool looking P bass

Actually I haven't but do know plenty who have, plus the guvnor is a bassist, so he must be alright. You could make contact and see how it pans out, if you don't feel that you get the right answers or the price doesn't suit, then move on.

Check out Watford valves,

That does look much more pleasing Trevor. So you want to make your Wal sound like an old P bass, that's exactly why I've ended up selling my Wals Having said that, I must admit to having Wal GAS once again

I've owned a Super P and Super P/J, both were superbly built and extremely comfortable on the shoulder. Loved the fanned frets and after initial trepidation, was delighted to find that they just felt right and natural. The P/J in particular was a spectacular instrument, it was built for the Namm show and was the one featured in BGM a few years back. The only problem and this was really more down to my technique, was that when using a plectrum, the pickup angle and positioning made it difficult to play in my usual style. When playing finger style or with thumb it wasn't an issue and perhaps with some adjusting of my technique, I could have overcome the problem. Also, I always made it sound like a P bass and so, given that I've pretty much always played P bass style instruments, I just decided to stick with Fender and G&L, which suit my pick technique. Couldn't just have them sitting around for home noodling so they were sold.

Yes Trevor was a class act.

Just back from checking out Alan's site. Knew I shouldn't have looked, now I want a custom build

Think this is going to be a thing of beauty, looking forward to seeing the documented progress and of course, the finished job. Being a P bass chap, I need to visit Alan's site to check out the RetroB shape.

Some years back we were in need of a new drummer, so set up auditions. The first one to turn up, spent an age setting up his kit, tuning it, fiddling with drum heights etc. We finally launched in to the first song of his choice and he didn't do a thing, nothing. Claimed that he wasn't quite ready, so we started again, same thing, although on the very final note he wacked the snare drum and asked us what we thought

I was planning on doing this very job a while back, in the end I had a change of mind. At the time I found this and thought that it was pretty good info: http://www.offsetguitars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=101316

Nice job.

I very much like both, Lindisfarne and Entwistle pickups.

One of the few Christmas tunes that doesn't make we want commit a crime

I've only used one strap for the last twenty plus years and that's a Comfort Strapp. Very comfortable, light and so far very long lived