kevin_lindsay

Your bass works right now as the electrical screening paint in the cavity is completing the circuit (albeit far less efficiently than a wire wikk do), do, yes, get a proper earthing wire between the circuit and the output jack.

My setup from last Thursday my rig is: Aguilar DB680 preamp Korg rack tuner Chevin 1,200 watt power amp (which, of course, was set low! Hahaha) the rack is housed in a Gator roller rack case - very handy. Aguilar DB410 cabinet And, my trusty bass. [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/Screenshot_2013-12-01-19-27-32.png[/IMG]

Good luck Paul, hope the gig is fun for you.

I played in a bar with 10 people in the audience! Still, the bar paid us £200, gave us free food (delicious), and free drinks all night. I'd quite happily do that every night! Hahaha

The monthly bandwidth replenishes on the 21st, so only a couple more days to go I just checked - it's actually the 28th before the bandwidth replenishes.

The song list has some fantastic tracks in there. The 80's style would be a great draw for an audience.

Pish!

Repro paper in oil capacitors, and carbon resistors. When the new CTS 250k/500k stack pots arrive, I'll try out the original style wiring. [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131114_204935.jpg[/IMG]

MEGA!!!

Oh YES!!!!!!!

Looking good matey!

I loved it, it made me remember just how great a band they are. Right, I'm off to dig out my Quo CDs!

The bass is getting a public airing today in Bar Gumbo in Glasgow. Yippee!!

Andy McCluskey from Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark also stribgs his bass "upside down". I've got a guitarist / bassist friend of mine - Marcello Marinelli - who is a leftie. He learned to play using his older brother's right handed guitars - simply turned round to the left hand position, with the low E closest to the floor. It was funny at the Wembley Guitar Show years ago when he asked to try out a Gibson Les Paul, and then flip it over to play . The rep said " wow, I've never seen that before". Chello's older brother Rico was also there, and he lost his right hand aged 16 in a horrific accident. He too asked to try out a guitar. The rep said, "are you going to play this one upside down too"? The look on his face was even better this time around as Rico answered "no, I play right handed", then proceeded to take off his right hand and replace it with a new one specially made to hold a plectrum! The poor rep must have thought he was being filmed for a hidden camera tv show! Hahaha

[quote name='John Cellario' timestamp='1383945500' post='2271244'] Great choice..is this Mike and The Mechanics? [/quote] this clip is from the Strat Pack concert at Wembley Arena. It also featured Brian May, David Gilmour, Albert Lee, Gary Moore, and loads of others. I was there and it was a great night,

Looks great mate.

I'm going to give the bass a control cavity makeover soon as I'm due to receive repro paper-in-oil .050uF caps and a pair of carbon resistors. Quite a few people have suggested I try out the original "twisted resistor" layout. So, I thought I'd give it a go.

Thanks mate. Fortunately, the bass plays fantastically well - really even accrossbthe neck, with no fret buzz anywhere. Nice and punchy.

I just built this [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131103_151127.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131103_151210.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131103_151250.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131101_151429.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131103_152509.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131103_152519.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131103_152531.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131103_155416.jpg[/IMG]

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Here's my latest [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131103_151127.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131103_151156.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131103_151210.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131103_151250.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131103_151303.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131103_152509.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131103_152519.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131103_152531.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131103_155416.jpg[/IMG]

I've just looked at the Kent Armstrong diagram. It shows the wiring for a DPDT switch like yiurs. Haven't you tried that?

Seymour Duncan's wiring diagrams might be useful? http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wiring-diagrams/schematics.php?schematic=musicman_3way

Looking forward to seeing the neck being fretted and shaped. It's great so far mate.

Thanks Myke!