Clarky

Does £250 for the pair (amp + Underwood) sound fair? New cost was £715

Some photos (not great but its dark in my study/musicroom). Checked receipts - amp bought for £480 from Bass Centre in June 1998. Underwood pickup bought from Chas E Footes the same month for £135. Silver sticky paper label around "barrel" of Underwood (into which lead plugs) peeled off so its now white but this purely cosmetic.

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Of course - will put a couple of photos up tonight

Cheers Clarky

Hi, just realised I should have posted this in the Double bass/EUB section. I have a ten year-old MiniBrute (metal grill, 12 inch speaker) in mint condition (never left the house) which cost £480 at the old Bass Centre in Wapping (I still have the receipt). Never use it and its just gathering dust. When I bought it, it was the premier double bass amplifier although obviously things have moved on in the amp world since then.

Anyone know what its worth and does anyone want to buy it off me! I am in London, near Hammersmith. Could offer it as a package with a similarly dust-gathering and never gigged Underwood double bass pick-up (cost >£100) ...

Cheers Clarky

[quote name='neepheid' post='177942' date='Apr 16 2008, 03:17 PM']Yes, the posts were lifting on my Epiphone EB-3. I fixed it in 2 steps:

1. Epoxy the threaded inserts into the body. WARNING - there may be a bridge earthing wire in the hole nearest to the controls - make sure you leave a non glue covered strip on this insert and make sure the earthing wire makes contact with this bit.

2. Suspecting that didn't fully do the job, I replaced the 3 point bridge with a Hipshot Supertone bridge. Just did this last night, yet to carry out any full scale tests, but it looks the mutts nuts; big, solid and solidly on the body of the bass, rather than the bridge on stilts.

This is still cheaper than £100. Bridge was £64 delivered from Basspartsresource in the states (got it through their eBay shop but the price was the same)

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More info here: [url="http://www.hipshotproducts.com/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=264"]http://www.hipshotproducts.com/cart.php?m=...etail&p=264[/url][/quote]
When I attach the Hipshot bridge, what happens with the bridge earthing wire? Sorry for ignorance but never changed a bridge before .... Many thanks Clarky

Hipshot bridge looks great (Standard Gibson 3-point bridge pretty archaic and unadjsutable) so I too have ordered one. Thanks for advice again

You are a gent! Many thanks

Hi, wonder if anyone has experienced this. My Gibson SG bass (about 2 years old, bought s/h a couple of months ago, no warranty documents) played fine but I decided to lower the action on the E and A strings. So ...

I started turning the chromed screw at the 'low' (ie, E/A string) end of the bridge at which point the (for want of better word) furled retaining anchor (which is sunk into the body and into which the height adjustment screw turns) started lifting out of the body.

Result is the bridge completely detached from the body at the E/A end.

Gibson tech support just said take it to a luthier, which will inevitably cost a bomb for fixing and completely re-setting action etc (I reckon at least £100).

Has anyone else suffered this and, more to the point, has anyone managed to fix it without sending it off for costly repairs?

Many thanks Clarky

Is 3 days too soon to bump? If so, apologies!

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Headstock photos as promised. Clarky

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PS, would also consider swap for Markbass amp (Little Mark II?) or Tech 21 Landmark 120 combo, if that makes things easier.

PPS, sorry had problems with camera but will try to get headstock photo up asap

Well I do play in a fast noisy punk band!

Hi warwickhunt, have added stuff in Introductions section as you suggested. ATB Clarky

Hi all, am a competent (but no more) bass player who plays in a punk/psychobilly band called Kismetik (http://www.myspace.com/kismetikmw). We started early this year and have played 3 gigs in London area (eg Hope & Anchor) and have three lined up in next month. Used to be in death metal band Nyx.

Like all those over their 30s I have a Spinal Tap-sized collection of basses, including a Gibson SG bass, 1980 Rock 4001 FG, 1976 Rick 3000 FG, and a couple of Fender Japanese P's (one for sale on Forum)! Basically I like all loud guitar-based music be it Led Zep, Metallica, Pistols or Stone Roses or Joy Division. Not picky as long as its, yes you guessed it, loud and guitar-based!

Happy with my bass collection (albeit it needs slimming down - I also have an ESP Ltd Tom Araya bass that I would consider selling with Sims LEDs) but would like a lightweight head for practices (Markbass F1?). My rig for gigs is Tech 21 Landmark 300 head plus Markbass 106HR cab. I also have an Aguilar GS112NT which I would like to pair with lightweight head for practice/smaller gigs.

Nice talking to you! Clarky

Here are some photos (I hope!), its a basswood body with Japanese p/u's - precise specs are here on Guitar Emporium page (http://www.guitaremporium.co.uk/index.php?f=data_fender_japan_new_guitars&a=3) although obviously it differs slightly by virtue of addition of Badass

Cheers Clarky

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[quote name='bremen' post='173296' date='Apr 9 2008, 04:52 PM']Hi Clarky,

where are you and can you post photographs (of the bass, not your house ;-)[/quote]

I live nr Hammersmith in central London. I'm new to forum so new to the IT here - will try and upload photos tonight. Cheers Clarky

Hi there, new Forumite here. I have a two-tone sunburst m/n Fender Japanese P bass I want to sell (I have too many basses!).

Cost me £489 from Guitar Emporium in 2006 and I got them to add a chrome Badass bridge (another £60) to improve sustain etc. If it had not been for my cleaner hoovering too close and putting a small ding on the underside of the body (not visible from the front) I could claim this is in pristine as well as ungigged condition.

Any interest out there? Not sure what to charge but certainly not interested in <£300 given it cost me about £550. Prefer cash as have enough basses and the only thing I want rig-wise is a Markbass head for practices (my Tech 21 head is 26lb in its rack case which is fine for gigs but ...)

Cheers Clarky

Hi, new forumite here. I have a Polytone MiniBrute 1 bass combo (with 12 inch speaker; metal grill) which I bought 10 years ago from the old Bass Centre in Wapping for £450 for use with a double bass. In the end I didn't get on with the double bass and the amp has been sat in my study for about 8 years unused (and never gigged). It is essentially as new without a scratch. Anyone any idea what its worth (Bass Gallery has had a s/h one for sale for £450 for quite a time now so its obviously less than that)? Any interest in it? I am based in central London.

Cheers Clarky