Zenitram

Clever.

One more question: I was looking at getting a radius block to do the sanding, but I don't know which radius to get. What would you suggest? Just go by hand, and be very gentle? Guess at a radius and use that?

Understood, thanks. There are 250 ml cans of Danish oil on eBay for about a fiver, so this is good.

Danish oil of what? Oh I see, have looked it up. Thanks!

Thanks for the reply -- I will use wood filler, and tapewounds. What sort of oil do you mean to finish the board?

Art just sang it. Batt composed it. Edit: "just sang it" is perhaps a tad unfair.

Orinoco wrote Bright Eyes, you know.

Hi gang. I have decided to defret my cheap Stagg bass, for a larf, and on the cheap (target budget: around a fiver). So far it's gone well. The bass is in bits (in a good way), and the frets are out, for which I used an old pair of nail clippers. They did a great job, though they fell apart at the end. It was much simpler than I had feared; you just have to be gentle, slow, careful, patient, etc. My concern is what to do next, and I'd just like some confirmation (I've been reading around, and I think the list below is what I need to do, as a minimum): I'm thinking: 1) Sand down the neck a bit to get rid of any loose bits on the fret edges. 2) Clean the fret holes out with a needle or something, to get rid of any gunk. 3) Tape up the neck between frets (optional) and fill the fret holes with commercially available epoxy resin. Not rushing it, taking my time, a few frets at a go. 4) Allow to dry, overnight maybe, then check to see if they need any more epoxy resin (I don't know, maybe it settled or something). 5) Get sanding, from slightly coarse down to extra fine. 6) That's it. There's no real need to add any extra finish to the fretboard, is there? If there is, what are the simple options? Once done, reassemble bass, try it out with flats and tapewounds (I have both on other basses) to see which I prefer. Look at string height, nut height, etc., and see if I can get away with not doing anything else that I could screw up. Maybe shim the neck a bit when reassembling? Any thoughts? Thanks.

Roy Hodgson?

Hands in the air everyone! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7AhfFaANIw And look at Rick, looking at you, spinning and spinning and spinning... eyes right into your soul.

The bass synth/synth and beat is ace!

What a gorgeous design, like a modernist/art deco sculpture or piece of architecture.

Did you cut that scratchplate yourself? What did you use?

You could argue that they also help people to bid for auctions that end when they're not at a computer, and by helping to secure a lower price make people more inclined to shop on eBay.

I've heard that bassists don't get much sex. They do do it, but the frequency is quite low.

It's so magical and special, like a dream.

Aye.

If it's after 13 August I can come along. I'm pretty new here and new to the bass, so won't have much to add, but I'm really good at drinking.

Good old Clarence. Always needed above the magnet.

Ben sold me his very loud Orange Crush 35B amp yesterday, and delivered it right into my front room for a modest fee. It's a very nice amp, and he's a very nice guy.