Judo Chop

I had someone shouting "You're sh*t" after every song at an outdoor gig last August, so I took the mic and said "Well you can always f**k off and stop spoiling it for everyone else, can't you?"

The rest of the crowd just laughed at him, so he sat down and kept his mouth shut afterwards until we were packing up, when he came over and said "You're not really sh*t"

What a strange man...

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'Cause it's the usual arpeggiated math-rock fayre that anyone not on the autism spectrum would ignore as a stuck-CD.
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I bought one in November, the truss rod hole was rounded off and rusty, it didn't come with a manual, allen keys or a gig bag.
I returned it to Dawson's and the replacement came with an allen key that was too small to adjust the truss rod, but that one came with a manual.

I have a set of silk free GHS bass boomers, could be those?

GHS Pressure wound because I like how they feel, but I also put GHS flats and rounds on my other bass depending on what I fancy at the time

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I saw a lesbian punk band in Oxford years go, and after what I suspect had been a lifetimes commitment to going bra- less, the very sturdy girl on bass could have worn her thunderbird like Peter Way and still got tangled up! Scariest audience I've ever seen too!
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brilliant

I use a Boss ODB-3 for overdrive, but I rarely use it. It's still nice to have it there when I need it though.

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Nearly right, but also, very wrong.
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I know, a green scratch plate, how tacky.

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Probably... i can't be the first to think of it, can i?
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This one's almost right

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3200/2797708672_b404929f0e.jpg

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Ah, that makes more sense now! 'twill sound good!
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Hopefully, got a two week wait though before I find out.

Your idea sounds interesting, I wonder if it's been done before?

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eh... why is it costing that much? i thought market price for a decent one would be around £50, and a pretty good one about £70...
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£50 for the pickup, £106 for the routing, wiring and the new concentric knobs

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1357518015' post='1924056']
Down-side though, they are £30! (Yikes!)

I think i might cover knights of cydonia tomorrow with them. Which also got me thinking... what if i made a jazz bass with a MM style humbucker in between the 2 jazz pickups?
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Then you'd better start saving up, I'm having a jazz pickup installed on my precision which is costing me £156

Reminds me of this

http://youtu.be/ClcwKgxu2wk

Mani and Reni

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1357258795' post='1920153']


em, shall i?

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Yeah they die a lot quicker than rounds, but that could be the sulphuric acid that my hands seem to excrete

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1357258506' post='1920148']
I put them on the jazz. they sound good. mmmm
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And in a few weeks you'll have a nice set of flats

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I put on the album californication and played my way through most of it, with a couple of improvised soloy parts. I was pretty proud of myself.

Also got a set of half round bass strings, and a set of round wounds.

Somebody, please tell me if i should put the half rounds on the jazz bass?

Tell me, should i put the half rounds on the jazz bass?

Tell me, "Put the half rounds on the jazz bass"!
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Put the half rounds on the jazz bass, I've done it before and it sounded good

How do I find out my bass skill level?

Anybody got any more suggestions for pickups?

Guigsy from Oasis

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Good
Enjoy the mods, post pics!
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I will
Just need to decide on a pick up now

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Well, there's several options here:

1. You can go the "standard" volume, volume, tone arrangement and rout a hole in the side of the bass for a jack.

2. Do the same as above but with volume, blend, tone

3. Get two stack pots and wire them as volume, tone, volume, tone (whatever order you like of course!) this is more messy but saves routing of extra holes

4. Do the same as 3 but with one stack pot and one normal one, making it volume, volume, tone

5. Keep the pots the same and make it master volume, tone with a pickup switch (handy, but not too flexible!)

Personally, I like the sound of the challenge of number 3!

(I hope that makes sense!)
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Yeah it makes sense, thanks.

I think I'll keep the precision controls as they are, and get a stack knob for the jazz pickup's volume and tone controls.
Anyone have a rough idea of what that would cost?

I've decided to get a jazz bridge pickup installed on my precision, and I was wondering about how it affects the controls.

All of the pictures I've seen of PJs show the original two knobs with an additional control for the jazz pickup, presumably just a volume control while the tone knob now controls both pickups?

I'm probably wrong there, but is it possible to have the jazz pickup installed with its own volume and tone controls? And how would that be achieved without crowding the scratch plate with controls?
Somebody please enlighten my simple brain

I think Erasure were at number one when I was born...

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Learning to read. Slowly. Very slowly!
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You're doing well, you read the thread title perfectly