pete.young

I have just put some Status half-rounds on my Duesenberg, which is a short scale with a similar tail piece, and they needed to be medium length. You need to measure the distance from where the string goes in the tail piece to about 1" above the nut, and this gives the 'speaking length', the minimum distance between the ball and the beginning of the windings. You will probably find that you need to cut the string about 2 - 3 inches past the string post before you fit it.

You need to look in the 'Musical Backwaters' thread for the truly rare examples. Someone had an 800 series and there was a guy who used to post on here called Karim who had a 600 series with LEDs . I have an SB465 which has been modified with a 2-band Nordstrand pre-amp and a GK-3B Roland pickup, [URL=http://s46.photobucket.com/user/cr0ut0n/media/2010-12-05212043.jpg.html][IMG]http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f123/cr0ut0n/2010-12-05212043.jpg[/IMG][/URL] also a natural ash SB320 fretless. [URL=http://s46.photobucket.com/user/cr0ut0n/media/202_zps8f4e2267.jpg.html][IMG]http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f123/cr0ut0n/202_zps8f4e2267.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

Another problem with the way this has been implemented: normal users can't reply to posts, even to their own posts. So no bumping. Except that mods are allowed to reply to posts. Including thier own posts. So no bumping, except for mods. That doesn't seem fair or equitable .

How did it go Luke? Just over £300 seems to be a very good deal for someone.

[quote name='TG Flatline' timestamp='1382122209' post='2248417'] Hi Pete, With the pot lugs facing you and the pot shaft facing up, the lugs are 1-3 left to right. The metal tab allows you to drill a second hole in the enclosure for this to slot into. Chances are you'll want to snap it off with some pliers and forget the second hole. Hope that helps! Tom [/quote] Hi Tom, Yes, that's very helpful, I can now see what I need to do to finish the build off. Many thanks for your reply.

Recent purchases mean that I'll have to stick with my similar-vintage BB800 .

Si I love your artwork! I'm working on a pedalparts TS808 kit and I have a couple of questions about pots. Firstly, there's nothing on the pots to identify which terminal does which. Pots are 'Alpha' like the ones in Si's DAM Meathead and Fuzz Face. PCB has 3 connections for each pot, outers are labelled 1 and 3, middle is presumably 2 but isn't labelled. Is there a wrong way to connect these up? Secondly, the pot has a cast alloy lug sticking up next to the shaft which stops it sitting flat in the enclosure - presumably I can just file this off to get the pot to seat properly, or is there something missing? Kind regards, Pete

This looks to me like a BB1200, from the date and the pickup configuration. In original case, with tools and an unfitted clear perspex pickguard. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=181238563983 I know there's some love for these here, so hopefully someone will be able to pick this up. Definitely not crap, so deserves its own thread rather than going in the Japcrap one.

I predict that it will be flipped on Ebay for five times that price before the week is out. You mark my words :-)

So AnnoyingTwit, did you get any response? My son is going to Norwich and could pick it up next weekend for you , then you would only have the problem of how to get to Ipswich instead of Norwich!

That's nice - I think it's either an SB600 or an SB700, which would be something of a bargain. I can't tell from the front, maybe noel27 or flat eric can help?

I have Thomastic Infelds on my Precision and was looking for something a bit more lively. I've gone for a set of Status Half-rounds, which were a perfect fit, feel really nice and sound great.

If I had to predict which would be more likely to explode between Ashdown and TC Electronic, I'd pick Ashdown every time. The Genz Benz Contours at Bassdirect are good value at the moment.

Upside-down Beatle Bass would seem to be one choice - pretty sure they're 30 inch scale. Could also use an Epiphone Flying Vee bass upside-down, they were very popular with lefties when they originally came out apparently. As an absolute last resort you could also do this with a Vox or similar teardrop-shape, but be warned - they are horrible! I had a Vox Wyman once, hated it .

Put your pics on photobucket.com or similar and post the IMG tags here. I have a mandolin with a mahogany neck which suffered a complete break at the headstock. Local luthier is a guy called Colin Fulton who repaired the break. I dont know what adhesive he used, but you can only see the join if you know it's there and you go looking for it. Colin is a top guy who would be happy to talk to you about this. Pm me for his contact details, or you can find them in the pinned 'luthiers' thread in Bass Guitars.

Andertons have some of these in stock. They seem to be extremely well made and finished, which is reflected in the price.

I use a VB-99 live. For many of the gigs we play, there simply isn't room for another keyboard on stage. It would actually make a lot more sense to ditch the bass guitar and use a keyboard - the ideal size and shape for a midi controller is a piano accordion IMHO.

Ah yes, the wayback machine. Access to the Wiki, the Blog, .... More relevant than the current site in many ways.

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1381325451' post='2237596'] That's something Thom Yorke doesn't need anymore. I cant really see his point about Spotify. [/quote] It seems to me that Tom Yorke is making this point altruistically - [u]he[/u] doesn't need the money any more, but he recognises that up-and-coming bands don't enjoy the kind of financial stability that acts like Radiohead who became established in the pre-streaming era do, and is making that point on behalf of them. What no-one else seems to have mentioned is that it's not just Spotify who are the culprits here. The record companies have the choice to distribute the royalties fairly, and many of them choose not to.

Effective, in what way? What are you going to measure, and how are you going to measure it? It's going to be 100% effective in stopping anyone posting replies in the Wanted forum. People have already started posting quasi - for - sale ads in other forums, there was one in General Discussion this morning. Its impossible to completely eradicate. If you want to completely stamp this out, you'll need to stop anyone replying to any postings in any of the forums. Seems to me that you're throwing the baby out with the bathwater. For the very small volume of people posting 'ads' in the Wanted section, you are taking away a whole load of useful functionality that paying contributors to the site are going to miss out on.

And me - excellent tape, super fast service. Recommended.

[quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1381222147' post='2235856'] There are subforums on this site that have 15 or 20 pins, and I have absolutely no problem reading them and finding my way around, on desktop and on a tablet. It's a matter of personal preference - I tend to find it far more tedious to have to jump in and out of subforums, especially on a tablet - in a word, scrolling has in my view the edge over navigating. [/quote] Up to a point. Since the number of threads on a basschat page cannot be increased, once you fill up the front page you cant scroll and are back to navigating. I don't believe you should be making changes to the forums based on your own personal preferences without having a discussion and a vote about the issue in 'Site Issues' first.

I agree with BigRedX . In particular, the pinning is not going to work. The only thread in the forum which needs pinning is this one. There was nothing wrong in my view with the original concept of the forum, which was to announce gigs. A better solution would be to start a separate forum for photos, reviews etc for gigs, on a per-band basis.

Since Hamster locked his thread, lets kick off discussion here. My view is that restricting replies to Wanted ads will be counter productive. People will simply reply in PM instead, mods will lose visibility of who is trying to circumvent the rules, and it will prevent the kind of interesting discussion around alternatives that frequently breaks out following these threads. Also, it penalises those of us who have paid to advertise items on the site, and prevents anyone posting a link to an item legitimately advertised in the 'For Sale' forums. Please reconsider.