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geoffbyrne

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  1. Traveler (sic) Reflector Astronomical Telescope for sale or trade. Cost £80 so value to £40? Used once with all the bits including software. WHY? Would trade for a chorus or compression pedal that works with bass. Would need to be local pickup. [url="http://h8349.serverkompetenz.net/htdocs_traveler/uk/front_content.php?idcat=275"]http://h8349.serverkompetenz.net/htdocs_tr...t.php?idcat=275[/url] Geoff
  2. [quote name='kurcatovium' post='564389' date='Aug 9 2009, 07:49 PM']Hello. I might be interested. Will it work with 2 MM style Bartolini humbuckers?[/quote] Bassmeg has first dibs on it at the moment, but if he doesn't want to take it, I think it would be fine with the Barts as they are passive. I just found that with the very low impedence of the Peavey active pickups, the U-Retro moved everything basswards by quite a lot and could find very little in the way of treble, hence I replaced the Peavey Pre, which is actually, apart from the lack of a sweepable mids, pretty decent. G.
  3. I have a 3 x double pot John East U-Retro which I recently bought off Ebay (from a Basschat member) to replace the pre in my Cirrus BXP. The John East didn't work well with the active pickups and I've put the Peavey pre back in it, so the U-Retro is out on the bench (I've mounted it on a Jazz control plate for safety). ***This is a U-Retro with cables. It will NOT fit in the standard J Control Route. You need the R-Retro for that. ***Similarly the U-Retro has longer threaded controls (10mm) for back mounting through the wooden face of the bass. ***The R-Retro has 6mm threaded controls for mounting on a metal plate. It's slightly non-standard in that the passive pickup switch has been *factory* modified to allow neck, both, bridge. There's an extra connection point on the bottom of the switch, but I haven't a clue where or how to connect it. The cable for said switch came to me totally unattached. It is no great problem if you are handy with the soldering iron to tack them on, but it's a delicate fix & easily knocked off. While I'm asking JE about the switch, I'll try & beg the 'cuffs' he uses for the attachment of the lines to replace the missing ones. Pics here: [url="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v213/geoffbyrne/John%20East/"]http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v213/geo...ne/John%20East/[/url] I'd want £120 posted. All chrome hardware. ***ADDITIONAL NOTE: I've decided to return this unit to John East Products to have the 'Blend' switch cable re-attached properly and the extra connection determined, as a possible buyer ascertained that John East wouldn't comment on the connection until he saw the set-up. If you are interested in this, I would ask you to still PM me and declare your interest and you will have first 'dibs' when the unit is returned. Geoff
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  7. I suspect certain salesmen rub their hands with glee when they see you coming.................. G.
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  11. You could go through an MXR-80+. Put the Shuker straight through it and set up one or both of its channels for the Jazz. G.
  12. [quote name='geoffbyrne' post='557383' date='Jul 31 2009, 07:41 PM']I went down to B&Q & got some 3/8" or 1/4" dowel (not sure which), bored out the screw holes (don't go too deep!!!) and pushed in the dowel after dipping the ends in an excellent wood glue. Let it go off for 48 hours then you can re-drill a pilot hole for the screws. Worked fine for me. Geoff[/quote] I think that should have been 3/16th or 1/4"!!!!!!!!!!!! G.
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  14. I went down to B&Q & got some 3/8" or 1/4" dowel (not sure which), bored out the screw holes (don't go too deep!!!) and pushed in the dowel after dipping the ends in an excellent wood glue. Let it go off for 48 hours then you can re-drill a pilot hole for the screws. Worked fine for me. Geoff
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  16. I used an Ibanez P clone tuned (& strung) BEAD - 130 B string. There's actually less stress on the neck with BEAD than with EADG, so you may not need to adjust the truss rod. You'll probably have to widen (NOT DEEPEN!!!!) the nut slots. Apart from that, that's it. I'd pick up a semi-decent squier P or Jazz from a Cash Converters or the like.......... [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FENDER-SQUIER-PRECISION-BASS-GUITAR_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQhashZitem3ef73c1197QQitemZ270435881367QQptZUKQ5fMusicalQ5fInstrumentsQ5fGuitarsQ5fCVQQsalenotsupported"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FENDER-SQUIER-PRECIS...alenotsupported[/url] [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Precision-P-Bass-Goth-Tattoo-Design-Squire_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQhashZitem1e57bef996QQitemZ130321152406QQptZUKQ5fMusicalQ5fInstrumentsQ5fGuitarsQ5fCVQQsalenotsupported"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Precision-P-Bass-Got...alenotsupported[/url] G.
  17. [url="http://store.guitarfetish.com/gfsbasspickups.html"]http://store.guitarfetish.com/gfsbasspickups.html[/url] G.
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  19. I don't know what they are like now, but I had a Wesley guitar about 6 years ago & it was utter tripe. I'd hope they'd have improved by now. G.
  20. I take it you've tried adjusting the bridge saddles? G.
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