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I had a G30 that did exactly the same thing. I ended up sending it back to Thomann who tested it and declared it was working A1. After a week, it started to drop out again. If you have a quick trawl of the web, you'll find lots of people with the same experience. If you get a good one, they're golden-on a good day, mine worked brilliantly with a huge range. Unfortunately, it became really unreliable. I've since bought a SmoothHound which has been rock solid reliable.

Well, I finally came close to one of those "Car Boot sale '59 Precision" moments. Whilst idly browsing on Shpock, I came across an interesting ad - a guy about a mile away from me, selling a worse for wear OLP bass and an equally tired and emotional Washburn BT9. I shot round and £60 later, they were both mine. The Washburn polished up nicely (after I replaced a pot and scraped off a layer of rattlecan white paint, that is...) It now resides in Seattle, with a very happy new owner. I had plans for the OLP... [attachment=242334:Electric-Guitar-and-Bass.jpg] [attachment=242335:Electric-Guitar-and-Bass-64cc3416.jpg] I've used Tru Oil before on some bass necks and always got great results. My plan was to strip off the glutenous yellow gloopy lacquer on the OLP and use the oil to get a satin finish. I had a lovely afternoon of sanding merrily away until all the noxious stuff was off, revealing a nice piece of wood (well, two actually) After about 9 coats of Tru Oil and a bit of light sanding between coats, I got a really tasty satin finish. Lovely and smooth and natural. Similarly, the neck got treated and finished with some 00000 grade wire wool which has left a superfast, frictionless finish. I put on my trademark "comedy" headstock decal - not a bad job. [attachment=242337:headstock.png] I'd got some new/old hardware for it - a set of tuners from a Mexi Fender, a new pup and an Ebay scratchplate. Tuners were great - it turns out that they were reversible, so I could switch the "G" tuner round. Ace. The plate needed a bit of modification to get it to fit, but nothing my Maplins "Dremel" couldn't cope with. The pup was an issue. Wiring is not my forté. Even after getting advice from the Tech-heads here, I still couldn't get it to behave. I got close, but one pot ran in the opposite direction to the others. That's not right, is it? I gave up and took it my local fixer-upper, who did a bang up job and put in proper pots and wired it in series. As a diehard P Bass man, I mistrust anything with more than two knobs, so the redundant volume knob has been converted to a DFA. Does it sound like a Musicman? Well, sort of. A lovely aggressive twangy noise. I splashed out on a set of those £6 Ashdown 40-100 Roundwounds which are doing a decent job, too. I love it. It looks and sounds ace and I've saved it from the bonfire. Job done. [attachment=242338:real whole.png] [attachment=242339:whole.png]

[quote name='T-Bay' timestamp='1490215773' post='3263389'] Does anyone know what the solution on this is? Just updated my pedal board and ended up using a 2m cable as the noise was horrendous, never had a problem before. The smooth hound is presently next to the zoom on the board so I could shift things around a bit but would probably only get a 15-20cm separation maximum. [/quote] Get in touch with Chris at SH. He sent me out a new receiver which works flawlessly.

[quote name='KiOgon' timestamp='1489938602' post='3260939'] How's about:- https://www.dropbox.com/s/pnvefqapt7qhf91/MM%204%20wire.jpg?dl=0 Leave your red/white soldered together & use the black/yellow as black/red should be good John [/quote] You're a gentleman...thank you so much.

[quote name='pete.young' timestamp='1489933331' post='3260898'] If it's the same as the OLP 5-string MM3 that I used to have, it will have two volume controls, one apparently for each side of the humbucker, and one tone control. [/quote] Yup, that's it, as far as I remember. I got as far as plugging the instrument in, checking that the three pots all did something and then started taking it apart.

Hi Basschat Hivemind, I recently rescued a poorly OLP MusicMan bass (passive) and very lovely it is too. It's the three knob version. My plan was to upgrade it with a Wilkinson Pickup. That's where the fun started. The pup I've removed has just two wires leading from it - the Wilkinson Pup has one, divided into four: Black Yellow Red/White soldered together. Some (rather limited) instructions were included, but no diagram. I can't seem to find anything on the web that is exactly what I'm after - there are some posts on here, but they seem to be written by people with a decent knowledge of the tech. I've wired up many a P bass and even a six string or two, but this one is eluding me. Can anyone hold my little hand or point me in the direction of a passive, four wire, three knob wiring diagram, please?

I had a chat with him at the London Bass bash a few years ago and he's a lovely, humble, unassuming guy. I'm not a fan of his flavour of Metal, but there is no denying that he's a monster player. Plectrum technique to die for.

I bought a set of tuners from The Lovely Ash. Delivered in quick time with no hassle. Buy and sell with confidence.

[quote name='Rich' timestamp='1488274780' post='3247369'] My rig as listed in the other thread [u]is[/u] my basic live setup. It's already as simple as i can get it -- bass, amp case, FX unit, one cab, couple of cables. [/quote] Similar for me - the beauty of playing in a revved up R&B band is that there's no pressure to sound like Steve Lawson...although that would be pretty interesting.... I could knock out a satisfactory performance with any four string bass that holds it's tuning, a lead and something that makes the noise louder and which I and the audience can hear. I'm a low-maintenance dude.

1986...My first gig was supporting the amazing Noseflutes at the City Tavern in Brum. My "rig" was - A Carlsbro Cobra combo ( bought for £50 from the drummer of The Great Outdoors) and a custard yellow BC Rich Warlock. Jeebus knows what the lead was or how (or even if...) I tuned the bass. That bass would have been fine in a Poison/Crue type band, but I was in an REM styled janglepop combo. Oops. [attachment=239340:cobra bass.jpg] One of these... [attachment=239341:1980s-BC-Rich-Warlock-Bass-Guitar-Dark-Red.jpg] And one of these, but mine was in a nuclear yellow. The amp was OK, I think, but as long as it was louder than silence, I was happy. The BC Rich was brilliant, but totally wrong for the band. Hey ho.

[quote name='SH73' timestamp='1488185059' post='3246488'] I played this on my phone and my one year old started dancing and smiling.Good video [/quote] Cheers! This opens up a whole new demographic for us...edgy R&B, but available for children's parties....

oooh, can I play? Bass: One of a variety of mongrel bitsas (thread is here: http://basschat.co.uk/topic/292523-show-us-your-bitsas/page__view__findpost__p__3141586) Cable: Van Damme/Neutrik to Smoothound Classic Wireless via Neautrik Rean adapter FX: Smoothound receiver into Zoom B3 Cable: Van Damme/Neutrik Amp: Genz Benz Contour 2x10 combo (occasionally with the 15" extension speaker if I need to frighten the townsfolk...) I'm GAS free... for now.

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1488116224' post='3245935'] Nice! And I love the sound of your Precision [/quote] Well thank you...although (gulp)...I recorded the tune with my Mexi Jazz Bass. And that (gulp again...) has a pair of Mec pickups...Don't hate me.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1488060724' post='3245591'] Nice job! Blue [/quote] Cheers Blue.

Here's my band - The Peoples Republic of Mercia - rocking out in an Old School, Dr Feelgood, edgy R&B sort of fashion. The video is a wee bit cheese-tastic, but what ya gonna do, eh? It's from our new little 5 track CD EP thing, called DIY - have a look at the website if you fancy it - www.promercia.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhSSnnzM93o

On the subject of ace Canadian bands - Max Webster. Basschatters of a certain age may have caught them touring with Rush on the "Tour of the Hemispheres". They were incredible. A sort of Pop/Rock/Prog/Zappa amalgam. And they even managed to sneak on to TOTP... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUhc8-vUp8o Their latter-day Bassist, Dave Myles was a brilliant player - fantastic plectrum-Precision sound. Kim Mitchell still plays in Canada and has survived a recent heart attack. A unique guitarist and writer.

[quote name='dmccombe7' timestamp='1487534572' post='3240600'] All very Prog i'm afraid. Apologies to the Non-proggers amongst us but hope the enlightened like it Dave [/quote] I'm only a part time Progger, but I love Saga.

Another vote for the Zoom - I'm a pretty sparing user of effects (compression, drive, distortion, a bit of chorus for the sensitive ballad moments and an auto wah for the occasional comedy interlude...) so it's perfect for me. It sits on a plank of MDF next to my SmoothHound wireless dealio and a two way plug socket to power them up. I've even squeezed in a little tin with some spare batteries and plectrums on there. Fits nicely into a laptop case. I made the step away from single pedals when I had recurring issues with interconnects, in spite of having decent quality ones. The Zoom is perfect for me. It's done well over 100 gigs and rehearsals and always delivers. Rugged construction and it's boyracer red, too.

Some great stuff here... Lovely to see some love for Bark Psychosis ( I saw them in Brum a lifetime ago and they blew my doors off), Miracle Legion and a stack of others. I'm currently very much enjoying The Mummers' tune... From the dusty crevices of the Rushbo archive, I give you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE-znePV0UQ The Grays - Very Best Years. A PowerPop supergroup. Peerless. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ2Cdw8THX8 Game Theory - Erica's Word. Scott Miller is one of the most under-rated songwriters of the last 50 years. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7hkO8v9aiI Captain Wilberforce - Good Times, You Said. Something current! The "band" is essentially Simon Bristoll - A Brummie now based in Leeds. He's been steadily cranking out Pop-Rock masterpieces for over 10 years and there's a new album due very soon.

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1487245978' post='3238311'] one thing I've found really useful is going wireless, unless you've got a soundman it's really useful to be able to go out into the room to see what you and the rest of the band sound like in the crowd, I found my bass can sound a lot different 30 feet away from the cab than standing in front of it [/quote] This is a great tip. I use my wireless kit even on the smallest stage as it's one less wire to trip over. I did play "plugged in" at the weekend at an acoustic gig and it felt a little odd. My SmoothHound wireless gizmo was money well spent.

This thread has taken a rather peculiar turn...

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[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1487096258' post='3237061'] You need to up your clock game.. [/quote] Brilliant. Now I have digital timer GAS. Thanks for that.