geoffbyrne

I have a pickup from the 70's and the connection leads (hot & ground) have disconnected from the winding. There's nothing else wrong with the pup, but I'm looking for someone in the East Midlands who can re-solder this. Can anyone recommend such a person? Geoff

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/laney-rb4-160w-bass-amp_W0QQitemZ280317200524QQihZ018QQcategoryZ58719QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/laney-rb4-160w-bass-...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url] Pretty good for practice & with the addition of a 2nd cab, good enough for (very) small gigs. G.

Just FYI, here's what I do for practice and gigs in very small pubs: One of these (the top one): Again, the one on top..... through - yes, you've guessed it, the MIDDLE one : So I put the bass into the Digitech GNX-1 set up with certain patches to suit bass, into the Line In of the 150W Crate Power Block into the 15" Sound Re-enforcement cab with the custom baffle and the 12" Bayma 250W speaker. You can crank up the output of the GNX-1 to drive the power stage of the Crate quite nicely. If I don't need so much power I can use my MXR-80+ instead of the Digitech. You need to do this with the Crate as it's intended for guitar and there isn't much in the way of headroom through the built-in pre-amp. Easy enough to carry & works pretty well. G.

My current Ibby RD605: My late(!) Roadstar: G.

FYI A while back I tried to get on to the website but found something in it's place, so I rang the phone number given in the ad. How surprised was I to find The Man himself had picked up the phone. (turned out his site had been hi-jacked) Very easy & nice bloke to talk to. I've kept an eye on Session stuff ever since. G.

[quote name='BOD2' post='418260' date='Feb 24 2009, 12:10 PM']Anything you can do to increase the "break angle" of the string as it passes over the nut will help. Typically this involves looking at how the string is wound on to the tuner post. Neat winding and ensuring that the string exits the post from the bottom of the windings around the post will help here. If that doesn't help, then have a look at the nut slot - is the string too wide for the slot, or is the slot not deep enough ? It could be either.[/quote] +1000 Well known & documented problem on Fender-style headstocks. Always cut the length of the A a bit longer than necessary to push it down the shaft of the tuning peg & increase the break angle. G.