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It's surprisingly easy to do. I did it with an iron and nail clippers to remove the frets. Then veneer and wood glue to fill the holes. Then sand it down, going finer and finer (I used quite fine, and a bit finer than that, and then steel wool or whatever it's called). Do all this with the neck removed from the body. Take your time with the sanding bit to get it all smooth and even. Then tung oil or Danish oil, one of the two, can't remember which. And that's it.

I then chose to get a new nut done by a tech, as the old one was sitting too high without the frets.

I can't play the thing, but it sits there, looking nice.

Oh, that's not me, I just busted in to someone else's thread.

Thanks, but I'm specifically not asking about an amp. Well I suppose I am, but not in the sense of a large heavy black box covered in carpet or tolex.

The smallest simplest (cheapest) way to get a line level (NOT mic/XLR) from a bass into a (line) mixer.

And is there such a thing as a simple pedal or box that does nothing more than take the signal from my bass and output it at line level, with a jack output? (rather than a balanced mic level XLR output)

Oh I'd love this. Will PM you.

Although, actually, having done that, and read some reviews, I'll pass actually.

So... a bump for somebody else to grab it.

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1433509815' post='2791704']
pop without Jamerson would be unrecognisable.
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Would it really? Would it not just be a bit different?

[quote name='Lw.' timestamp='1431609560' post='2773158']
They're made by Mark...
They're nice bitsa's...[/quote]

The first part suggests he makes the bodies and necks himself. The second part suggests he buys them from somewhere else. Do you know which it is?

(Or I've misunderstood, of course).

Thanks.

Who actually makes the Limelights? And how much do they cost?

I've never been able to work it out.

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1431001312' post='2766744']
Always thought 'Gaye Bykers On Acid' smacked of trying a bit too hard.
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I liked it when they played as Lesbian Dopeheads on Mopeds.

He wasn't even the worst drummer in the Stones.

Update: I'm going to get some Shure SE215s for my birthday.

And maybe add a FiiO E06 headphone amp, unless that's overkill.

Yeah, I remember siting in the pit for a musical and watching the conductor's baton/hand/arms, and how the different instruments responded to them. Visually, it was utter chaos. I couldn't make head or tail of it, or work out when anyone was supposed to be coming in. Yet they were all in perfect sync, and sounded wonderful.

Is there an element of the following at play as well: if you (drummer or bassist) play behind the beat, there are going to be notes that actually have to catch up so that the next downbeat doesn't keep lagging further and further behind, so playing behind the beat can actually have rushed notes, which makes it all sound like a bit more of a groove, or syncopated, or shuffled. Without actually being about triplets and syncopation. It just sounds... relaxed, but lively. Rather than late. "Slower, but faster," to paraphrase Martin Hannett.

Or is that a load of cobblers. I have no idea.

They can be earphones, yes. They might even be preferable; in my mind they're still headphones.

Thanks for all the suggestions folks! I will give it all some thought, and possibly some canny eBaying.

My aim isn't to block outside noise, but prevent inside noise from leaking out. Is one a natural consequence of the other? I honestly don't know.

You do love your emoticons, Dad, don't you.

Bose for less than 50 quid? Which ones?

I have a pair of HD 668B that I use for monitoring at home, and I'm very happy with them (for the price). Superlux was the first place I went to look for 'on-the-bus' headphones. The reviews suggest they're not very good for noise attenuation. Which is why I'm asking the question here, to see if people have a pair that they [i]know[/i] to be good at not leaking noise.

Obviously I'm aware of the hazards of listening to anything loud for too long -- 'too long' means precisely that. I expect my 20-minute bus ride to Bromley every other day will probably be okay. I just don't want to bother the people around me with the wibbly-wobbly ambient rubbish I listen to.

Any at all? Are some better than others, or are they all the same in that regard?

Do any of you have recommendations for headphones that one can wear on the bus or train and listen to music quite loudly, without the person next to you hearing it?

I think I want the inverse of what noise-cancelling headphones do -- I don't want to bother the outside world with my noise. Do they have a name?

Budget of up to, oh I don't know, fifty quid tops. Really tops.

Henrietta Collins and the Wifebeating Childhaters did a few very disturbing numbers. [i]Hey Henry[/i] and [i]Men Are Pigs[/i] in particular.

Not something to listen to in public.

[i]Drive by Shooting[/i] is, er, a bit fluffier.

[quote name='leschirons' timestamp='1429107083' post='2748066']
and that crappy song from about the 90's that keeps repeating "74 - 75"
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The one by The Connells?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-ITv4OBV9c

Music with distorted guitar in it.

Unless measured by the use of capital, of course, when the part is of good use to get already almost to the sound.