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Great to hear you're so pleassed with the finished instrument Now post the pics !!!

Godo to hear that an abused bas has a good home

Very cool Was it Mansons Guitar Show and not the Masons? Could be a totally different event with weird handshakes and all that.

I'm another of the lucky ones who have their ideal bass(es) already. L-R: Conklin GT7 fretless, Jackson Kip Winger, ACG 9 string, Sei 7 string & James Tyler 4 string. Wouldn't swap any of them for anything else.

Cool bass Just realised the time of your last post. 1/11 11:11

Nice lineup.

Try [url="http://www.guitarnuts.com/index.php"]Guitar Nuts.[/url] Loads of info on solving buzzes and noise. I think this is the 3rd time I've recommended this site this afternoon! It is good for wiring/shielding/noise though.

The Guitar Nuts site has chapter and verse on all things shielding and grounding. The link is [url="http://www.guitarnuts.com/index.php"]here.[/url]

Could be a good project at some point though and if you do get a noise problem you know what to do

Thanks Hutton The problem could be your tuner not being sensitive enough. The gauge you've changed to isn't that far away from your old set, so the saddles shouldn't need too much adjustment. [quote name='Gareth Hughes' post='645271' date='Nov 4 2009, 02:15 PM']Sometimes the screw on the saddle can move but the saddle doesn't. Loosen everything and yank the saddle itself to where you want it to go.[/quote] I agree. You can also do this when the strings are on. Just shove the saddle with your thumb in the appropriate direction. You might hear the spring clang a bit, buts that's fine.

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='644061' date='Nov 3 2009, 12:49 AM']Cheers man. That's a heck of a compliment coming from a guy with a fantastic collection such as yours. Great to meet you again. It was so funny when you were playing the intro to The Chain on NGH's rig. Turned out to be the only bit of F1 action I got on the last race day of the season. [/quote] I think I mentioned that I had the Fender 50's Reissue, stuck a SD pickup in it and it was one of the best basses that I've ever owned! I think it's because I have zero woodworking skills that makes your bass all the more startling. Mind you, I did use a Dremel for the first time last week, so maybe there's hope. The Chain is one of those simple iconic basslines. Add to the fact that there were some monster players there and I didn't want to embarrass myself (especially with such a great sound from NGH's rig!). This has just reminded me to keep an eye out for the "Tone Hammer".

Nice changeover. Very classy

What a great setup Usually don't like the look of Smiths, but that looks pretty darn good.

If you're going to shield then go the whole hog and do everything. You can get copper self-adhesive tape on eBay. It's sold as slug-repellent! Gardeners put it around their flowerpots! When a slug goes over it, they create a circuit which gives them an electric shock. Aluminium tape works as well but I remember reading something about the joins. I've used copper tape on all shielding so far. Cover the whole control cavity, the cavity cover, the pickup routs and the underside of the scratchplate. Also, spiral the copper tape around the runs of wire which go from pickup to control cavity. Lastly, make sure the there are tabs of tape over the screwholes for the scratchplate/control plate in the body. This way the two surfaces are copper to copper. Sorry if I've just made a simple job sound long-winded. But no point in just shielding one bit, might as well go the whole way. There's some great stuff on shielding and wiring on [url="http://www.guitarnuts.com/wiring/index.php"]Guitar Nuts.[/url] Worth taking time to read, although I can't say that I understand it all.

It's 0000 grade wire wool. Literally a few passes with a piece and it takes the edge off the thick gloss you get on the back of the neck with some basses. Takes about 30 seconds but makes a world of difference. Be careful around the neck/body joint (don't touch the body) and don't do it with anything but 0000 grade wire wool. Anything thing else is too harsh.

We should have logged all the basses! There were very few Fenders, but still a lot of 4 string basses.

I saw this bass at the Moffat Bassbash yesterday and it looks the proverbial million bucks Congrats again on a great job.

A brilliant day indeed A great gathering of great people and their basses. Had a great time talking bass with you all. Really something for everybody. Loads of great basses from a wide variety of brands; Zon, Sei (included half of Jezebel!), ACG, Statuses(!), Shukers, Traben, Sadowsky, Celinder, Gibson. A cornucopia of basses! Like others on here, I though the chambered ACG was a great bass to play. I think 5 of us would have bought it! It really was a kid-in-a-sweetshop kind of day. Homer's Wizard-equipped Shuker bass with the Aguilar rig sounded fantastic. I was surprised by the Traben bass (hadn't played one before) as well as admiring 4000's duo of Seis. The Sadowsky looked the proverbial million bucks as well. More will come to mind as my memory isn't great!! Must mentioned that there was also a small gathering of Bass-bash WAGs as well, who supported (and tried to understand) their boys and their toys If anyone's in the Glasgow area, you're more than welcome to pop round for a cuppa [b]Bob & Sue[/b] - Glad to hear that you arrived home safe and sound. Roads were appalling on the way back to Glasgow as well. Loads of surface water and passing artics was a case of going through a big curtain of spray. Not nice.

No need for a template. Just cut a piece roughly the same size and stick it to the bottom of the cavity. Any excess can be cut off or smoothed up the sides. Also, remember to shield the underside of the cavity cover. Also run a tab of copper so that the cavity screws go though it and then in the holes.

Make sure that the ash that's being used is "southern" or "swamp" ash. The "northern" stuff is heavy and is used for making baseball bats. The "southern" stuff is lighter in weight. One of my basses has "northern" and the other "southern". There's about 5lbs in weight between the two of them

I would expect the electronics to be checked as well. I've done the odd setup for friends and students and came up with this list to make sure that I didn't forget anything: Truss rod nut cleaned & lubed. Neck evaluated and adjusted (if necessary). Fingerboard thoroughly cleaned and conditioned. Frets polished. Bridge cleaned and adjusted to fretboard radius. Nut and string slots cleaned. Nut height taken down (if necessary). Electronics checked. Pots cleaned. Switches cleaned. Control cavity checked, cleaned (and sanded smooth if necessary). New strings fitted. Intonation checked with a strobe tuner for super-accuracy. String height checked and adjusted either for your playing style or to original factory specs. Neck satinised (if requested). Pickup heights checked and adjusted (if necessary). Guitar cleaned and hi-gloss polish applied. Sanding the control cavity makes people think about shielding and makes the job a lot easier for them to do. I really don't like the heavy gloss on necks so I take care of that as well "satinising" the neck. By the way, my parents live in Bexhill. Small world !!

I thought I'd bring some tools along in case anyone needs to setup or adjust a bass.

My ACG 9 goes down to F#0, so I'd recommend getting in touch with Alan at [url="http://www.acguitars.co.uk"]AC Guitars[/url] about a bass. They're great instruments and the price will surprise you. There's an ACG thread in the Marketplace part of Basschat. The ACG pre goes down to 20Hz without modification, so it still has an effect on the extremely low notes. Definitely worth considering one of those in whatever bass you choose to get. I use a .165 for the F#, but you might want to go for that .175 Warwick string as the .165 is a little floppy. There's always some negativity when you start to talk about low F's, but if that's what you want to do then stick with it. I can hear the F# perfectly well through a Laney 40w combo with a 15" speaker!