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[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1336936038' post='1653002']
I'd call 2mm at 12th fret a low action, I prefer a bit higher, 3 to 4mm and about 5mm on my fretless acoustic bodied.

I agree with the comment about better tone with higher action - couldn't prove it though.
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Is it better tone cos of the string height, or just that you pull the strings harder I wonder. I doubt if I could even play a bass with 2mm. thats for widdly widdly guitar players.

[quote name='gary mac' timestamp='1336931974' post='1652919']
Just checked mine at the 12th fret, £1 coin slides under just touching the string slightly as it goes.
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Same here, £1 coin, and thickness of a fag packet relief. Can be a bit klanky though, especially with new strings.

I think mostly, apart from the image thing already mentioned, its the re sale value. Where at one time if you bought new, which I couldnt afford to do, the old kit went back to a shop as a part ex, or just got sold cheap. So by the time the likes of me got it it was battered, stencilled, and horribly bodged inside as well usually.

But now we have ebay for re sales, and it seems, at least to me, either young kids financed by doting parents, or old gits spending their redundancy buying new..

I dont mind my kit getting accidentally battered, or worn - long as its me that does the damage.

[quote name='Batfastard' timestamp='1336852891' post='1652048']
True, I meant just a regulator circuit. Another thing to consider is shielding of the signal wires.
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+1 for a requlated supply, How about using two 12V batteries in series, regulated at say 15 or 18V. that way your battery volts can drop off a fair bit before you notice any ill effects. Or two batteries as above with a 24V to 12V converter like what truck drivers use. Have a mooch on ebay etc, loads of class D output boards and kits around last time I looked, simple pre amp from Velleman or copy something commercial using a couple of 741s or 4558s.

Cant see screening being much of a problem, no mains on a beach / no AC = no hum problems, inverters, or DC-DC converters might radiate though.

Not really an antique I know, but would somewhere like Christies help value it ?

I would have thought it was a daft question as well, but I kid you not. i know somebody who approached them to value a late 90s japanese Strat, that had been signed by Brian Adams, and they werte more than helpful.

What you got to lose ?

One like this any good ?

[url="http://www.wdmusic.co.uk/product/CONCENTRIC_POT_500K_WITH_CHROME_KNOBS_CP500CR"]http://www.wdmusic.co.uk/product/CONCENTRIC_POT_500K_WITH_CHROME_KNOBS_CP500CR[/url]

I'm self employed, run my own place and have for years, rarely take breaks, so it doesnt really apply.

But when I worked for firms, I avoided taking a Bass or Guitar case to work whenever possible. theres always some wag who has to call out 'Give us a tune then' or some other wiity line they think you never heard before. Just gets tiresome after a bit.

Bump.

Just this once.

[quote name='Mornats' timestamp='1336137153' post='1641451']
I've never ever had to tweak an SGC Nanyo made Bass Collection ever, other than when changing string gauge or type (i.e. roundwounds that were on my fretless when I bought it were changed to nylonwounds). Or even have to retune one.
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Yeah, its been great, Had it 20 years almost, and apart from replacing the crap pups its never been touched. Nothing I've ever owned in that time has come close. Just not right for the stuff I play nowadays, and I wish it would growl a bit more.

These seem to sell well on Ebay, But Thought I'd try it on here first.

Belonged to a friend who died recently, I am trying to sell it as a favour for his wife. It hasnt ben used for donkeys years. Has a Co Ax Plug on it, and a Co Ax to 1/4" Jack patch lead. I think he use a pre amp or a matching TX with it.

Plugged into my Hartke Rig it seems fine as it is, but would be better with a matching tranny - I might have a 50 Ohm matching tranny if your stuck.

On ebay they seem to fetch £80 - £100 ish, so feel free to PM with any questions or make her an offer.

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Thought this was goint to be a thread about a Peter Green/Fleetwood Mac number.

Not something I've noticed before but my MIM Precision is buzzier than usual, too my Jazz/ P Bitza out of its case and the action is much higher at the 12th than it was, and its almost a quarter tone flat. Hope a truss rod tweek later cures it. or at least cures one of them, got Gigs tomorrow and Monday.

My old Bass collection 301, which lives by the settee is still fine though.

As been said. A precision, a lead, a Fender Bassman Head and a 2 X 15 Cab.

The rest is in the fingers.

Steve Gibbons, Eddie Vortex. Classic Rock n Roll circa 1976. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nb_NYVv2P7I"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nb_NYVv2P7I[/url]


Dave Edmunds, I knew the bride. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sms2ueBW5A8"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sms2ueBW5A8[/url]

[quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1333308805' post='1599899']
Johnny Marr?
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Definitely Johnny marr, the only really goood thing about the smiths tbh.

How about The Pirates, Mick Green ?

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QEQCWAjXFI"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QEQCWAjXFI[/url]

[quote name='tommorichards' timestamp='1333240308' post='1599207']
I suppose there is a use but you can't really cut it to a smaller size.
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Why not.?? Just needs a little imagination, and some side cutters, or if you prefer, a junior hacksaw.

You can buy smaller sizes, you can also get it without the screw holes.

[quote name='tommorichards' timestamp='1333230667' post='1599102']

I dont mind the veroboard stuff, but that is some strange looking stuff in the ebay listing....
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Its great with op amps, use it like vero, but no need to cut the tracks

Somethink LIKE this. Run a small amp from a car / car battery. You can get inverters pretty easily, Maplins do a good one.. I keep one in the car for charging my drill or for my mains soldering iron. cheap and still useful afterwards.


[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/300W-12V-DC-AC-220V-Car-Power-Inverter-USB-Adapter-/310315137996?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item4840393bcc"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/300W-12V-DC-AC-220V-Car-Power-Inverter-USB-Adapter-/310315137996?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item4840393bcc[/url]

Mind if I stick my oar in and suggest using this stuff instead of Veroboard ?

[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/160499593193?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/160499593193?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649[/url]
You can get it at other places, the link is just a convenient example.

Even perf board - the Vero type stuff without the copper - is better than Veroboard. I hate the stuff.

Funny nobody has mentioned Keef Richards. Stuff like JJF & Midnight Rambler just wouldnt be the same done by anybody else.

[quote name='GRAHAM SG1' timestamp='1333134564' post='1598015']
How many bands have had their sound dominated by a single guitarist in an original way, obviously Hendrix etc but how about Dr Feelgood, Wilko is a great player with style and is still going strong, he is no great singer but his guitar speaks enough !

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yimn3Y19R-A&feature=related[/media]
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Have to agree, but a lot of Feelgoods songs were best live and with the original lineup cos of J B Sparkes Bass lines, nothing flash, but still underrated in my humble,

Not so much with Shouldnt Call the Doctor but if you watch the rest of that concert video theres some great Bass lines on it...

[indent=1]Sorry if its too obvious, have you tried somewhere that mixes and sells car paint ? Jawel Paints for example.[/indent]

[quote name='Ou7shined' timestamp='1332773598' post='1592889']
I used to use lighter fluid before the advent of switch cleaner.
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lol.

I remember trying meths once cos it was all I had at home, was working on an old valve tape recorder which was powered up and running at the time. Trickled a few drops onto the big long record slider switch, pressed the record button and the bloody thing burst into flames.

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1332779290' post='1593012']
There are a few servisol products, not all have lubricant. Whichever of de-oxit or Peavey funkout the Subthumper uses does leaves a residue, as sprayed some in a cap for dipping, and it retained an oily film. I jsut looked, I have Servisol Super 10, says lubricant, but is doesn't leave much residue, I think the IPA100 or similar is the no lube one. ED40 does bad things to plastics, not sure if it is the oily part or the solvent part though, pretty bad news for your fingers either way.
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Unless pots have changed since I last bothered to take one apart, they have silver plated contacts where the slider connects to the central slip ring type arrangement. If you dont put some sort of lubricant/coating on it the silver tarnishes and the pot crackles. Its not always the track.

I started as an apprentice in the late 60s for a firm that would and did repair just about anything
there were a lot of older engineers where I worked who still liked old methods, so silvered contacts were cleaned with metal polish and smeared with vaseline, The equivalent to servisol super 10 was around, and was use liberally by others to clean pots. Same with valvebases, older guys would use a penknife and scrape the pins on & valvebases, and tighten them with a needle as well, younger ones just squirt em. I was lucky, i aquired a few skills and learned to improvise with [s]bodges[/s] modifications that a lot of engineers my age, let alone younger ones, would never think of, or would certainly frown on, .

btw, dont use servisol on slider pots, makes them stick and feel orrible to use.

[quote name='Johnston' timestamp='1332774996' post='1592921']
Oil and WD40 have a real bad side affect. they attract dust and dirt and leave something nice for it all to stick too.

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And the lubriant in Ambersil/Servisol/2GA/Maplins own brand etc doesnt ?? how about the lubricant thats put into the pots by the manufacturer, yknow, the stuff that dries out and makes the pot stiff to turn.

Mineral oils might attach the plastics used these days though, older stuff didnt have so much plastic, pots were gunmetal and paxolin, with a cadmium plated back,

One Christmas at a gig in Nuneaton, there was a 7 or 8' Christmas tree at the back of a fairly long stage. Guitarist in that band thought he was Wilko, right down th the Tele, long red curly lead liked charging about etc.

You can guess the rest............,