geoffbyrne

It's not just in music. My wife has a Private Pilot's Licence & one day we went over to trhe Glasgow Flying Club to buy a new chart. Although she was the one who asked for the chart & the particular designation, the guy only looked at me and spoke to me. I directed him to ask my wife, but he continued his practice much to my, and her, annoyance. We never spent money in there again. G.

I'd like to make some skid rails for the back of my cab. Nothing proprietary seems available. Any recommendations/thoughts? G.

Many thanks to you, Ian for the photos, and to Ou7shined for fixing the ribbon cable. Without both of you this wouldn't be working again. Geoff.

Success!!!!! G.

A friend of mine with a TRB-6 has the same experience when his battery dies - I've heard it - funny too, as it's a completely different pre. G.

OK, I've made a mockup - black from board & earth leads fro pickups to ground. It worked with the Red to Tip and White to Ring. My cavity(!) isn't shielded, so I have to take all earths to the socket pin. Again, many thanks for the help. It looks like I'll get the Old Dear back to original spec, then I may put it up for sale. G.

How about one of these pups? Other wise I'd look at the Dimarzio double-coil starndard-shaped pickups like the J or the Ultra. I had a Model J in the bridge of a similar setup & I wired it to a switching tone pot so I could go seriesl/parallel. In series mode it had the extra grunt to keep up with the P pup & in parallel it sounded like a J. G. G.

You should try the RBX375 with the humbucking pickups. G.

On my basses I've fixed it that those with an indent face exactly toward me, and those without indent max out exactly toward me - (6 o'clock?). G.

Where are you based? Aaaah - just used my eyes & see you are fae Fife! A wee bit far from North Lanarkshire! Good luck. G.

Absolutely ace, Ian - many thanks. G.

I have a couple of curly leads I picked up late 70's/early 80's and I still use them. I tried a comparison of the 7 or 8 leads I have in my box and only one showed any deterioration of the treble end - and that's a relatively modern lead (Planet Waves) which I bought about 6 years ago. But since I don't use a lot of top end, I don't mind using it. G.

I have a large toolbox with wheels at one end into which go all my bass & PA stuff including the big speaker leads, spare batteries, toolkit, gaffer tape etc. G.

I've got Clapton, Harrison, Keef, Pete Townsend & Ronnie Wood's along with Patti Boyd (to get both sides of the Clapton/Harrison thing) & Joanna Lovely!! G.

They were built on the same assembly line as models with Ibanez, Antoria etc on them - i.e. the same guitar differently labeled, I believe. Some of them were pretty decent. I had an Antoria Black Beauty with Super 77s and Tree of Life fretboard - it was lovely - the only guitar I wish I still had. G.

DiMarzio SDS1 in the bridge. G.

8 Ohm - the reading is usually lower than the nominal impedence. G.

FWIW, I have a 30" scale Epi EB0 with GHS Brite Flats on it. The bottom E feels very solid indeed and is a .108 gauge. All other considerations aside, I would imagine a .135 - .140 gauge for a B would give a playable tension. G.

OK, I have the original pre & I wired it in, switched it on and ........ nothing. Has anyone got a pic showing where everything is connected? Particularly what /how is connected to the black wire coming off the board just to the right of the volume pot? G.

Sounds like you've overtightened the truss rod, put a slight back-bow into the neck & the strings are hitting the frets around the 5th or so. Take half a turn out of the truss rod & lower the bridge. G.

The Fatboy (Fatbody?) neck pickup from Guitarfetish is a terrific pickup for the money - much more like a Strat neck pickup. http://www.guitarfetish.com/Alnico-Fatbody-Oversized-Polepiece-Tele-Bridge-Pickup_p_75.html I had this in one of my Teles along with a Fender 52 RI bridge - it sounded superb. G.

The shoulders & general fitting of the pickup is very like my old Westone Thunder IIIb. G.

Just as a long shot - try connecting the FX Out to the FX In with a patch cable & see if it still does it. G.

The only chart I usually have is the set list. I've never used them, always learned the songs. Even when I depped last New Year I learned the set list in 10 days. I started in the early 60's - you didn't have charts then - people would have laughed at you. I might use them at rehearsals, but never on stage. G.

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1384970347' post='2282972'] I've never "got" blues, or Motown for that matter. [/quote] Commiserations. G.