Jean-Luc Pickguard

That story sound like a load of bovine excrement. The Shop probably doesn't have a deal with FMIC, so can't get any Fenders so is are pushing what they do have. I doubt those instruments are made in Japan.

Glad it worked out chaps.

Home Delivery network seem to give the impression that they employ drivers under some kind of scheme to integrate people with no common sense into the community. I've had stuff lost they they say they have delivered where it looks like it was tossed over a fence & visible from the street, & another which was delivered into the recycle bin on a Wednesday night when the bins were collected on a Thursday. Hope you get this sorted.

Weird! It looks from the manual that it has Volume, Pickup Pan, an LED & an active passive switch, but no eq control. I thought more control of eq was the main point of an active unit - that's why I have an East J-Retro in my jazz.

You'd have to be careful waxing this one in public - someone might get the wrong idea

He looks like he should have an extra pair of arms. Otherwise it's pointless.

I don't see the problem. I assume you have other basses, so aren't stuck for something to play. Put the money in a separate interest earning "bass fund" account, so it doesn't get frittered away & wait until something special comes along. On the other hand, I know exactly what I want (a mint(ish) condition daphne blue 1966 mustang bass) but don't have any money to spare even I did find one for sale. How about we trade problems?

Planet Waves SOS Tuner (in my opinion faster & better than ANY other tuner I've used and cheap as chips) Fast Fret Shower Hose Washers (use like Grolsch straplocks) a quids worth from screwfix will be enough for a moderate bass collection A nice soft Fluffy Microfibre cloth to wipe the bass down after a sweaty gig Spare cables (amp -> cab, power, patch as well as guitar cable) Amplitube iRig (for iPhone / iPod touch) Bass setup toolkit behringer BDI-21 bass preamp - handy as an emergency DI box / bass amp sim

I got the nut for my fretless bitzer from Wing Yip - I think it was a quid or so for a big pack of fake ivory chopsticks.

[i]...Damn! Keith has moved one of my twiddlers again and is refusing to tell me which one [/i]

[quote name='acidbass' post='1044561' date='Dec 2 2010, 01:10 AM']Both very cool vids! Great to see footage of the legendary 'claw'![/quote] Claw? Surely it was the Hook, or did his nails need clipping?

I've just sold my White Epi T-bird to get a Pro instead, but I've ordered the 5 String natural oil one, so the trans black 4 string wouldn't have interested me.

If there isn't a metal plate & screws holding the neck on, it means that the whole instrument is made from one single piece of wood.

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' post='1041654' date='Nov 29 2010, 09:17 PM']What, like this? [attachment=65355:axe_bass.jpg][/quote] That's what I call an axe

Before I got back into playing bass many years ago, I had drifted into naff DJing & Karaoking. (Its a long story & not my fault, so don't judge me ) Once I turned up to do a Karaoke show & due to lack of space, total darkness & rain outside I had to wait for a band to finish & clear the stage area before I could start unloading my boxes & start setting up. It was very embarrassing to discover I'd left the case containing all the karaoke CD-Gs at home - a 40min round trip away. Oh well my heart wasn't in it anyway.

Hacking at something with a chisel and hammer makes it a rare custom instument.

[quote name='pantherairsoft' post='1039500' date='Nov 28 2010, 01:17 AM']I had a Deep Impact. Bought it for £50. Used it for a year. Thought it was poo next to my mates Boss Syb-3... Sold it for £80 and recall feeling chuffed for making profit from something I thought was a bit Cack. Oh how foolish was I....[/quote] Ha! Mine cost £50 secondhand from Andertons & I'm sure I got £80 when I flogged it via gumtree. I don't think I even kept it for a year - I could never get a sound from it I'd actually use & my bandmates always rolled their eyes when I plugged it in. I don't miss it, but I do kick myself every time I see one sell in eBay. I also had an original coloursound tonebender. No idea what happened to it - I think I gave it away.

I'm sure warmoth will make one with unlined maple board. It'll be heavy and expensive though

Blummin' 'eck! it went for £455.66! How?

I hold my SOS tuner over the 12th fret, i.e. the node of the first harmonic. It doesn't work anywhere else.

The problem I had with the hard case wasn't that it wouldn't fit the five string, but that it was too big for my car. When I first got the bass I took it in the case to one rehearsal & one gig, but it didn't fit in the back across the seats, so I had to fold the seats down. It was handy when we hired a van for a gig at London Zoo, but after that it went into the loft and stayed there - the Ritter padded gigbag was much better.

My previous rig was the old versions of the MAG 300 head with MAG 210 & 115 deep cabs. It all sounded great together and plenty of volume. I'd still be using it now if I hadn't upgraded to lightweight single cab alternative. The current versions look much better with tolex rather than carpet & the new grilles on the cabs. I used to take out just the head & 210 for smaller gigs/rehearsals

I've ordered one! Used the dosh from the sale of my alpine white epi t-bird which I sold with the hardcase & D-tuner, so I raised more than enough. I kept the Ritter thunderbird gigbag, so it was inevitable I suppose. When the missus finds out I'm going to be in so much trouble, but I'm not frightened of her! [size=1]...well maybe a little [/size]

They're alright