Norris

[quote name='fftc' timestamp='1503674752' post='3360248'] This thread is worthless without a facebook link! [/quote] Not happening - I've not accepted the friend requests! (Which was mentioned by her in one of the messages to the band page)

The mother is actually hotter than the daughter We don't mind enthusiastic fans, and back in the day we might not have been quite so concerned. However this pair have got all of us hearing alarm bells. The phrase bunny boiler springs to mind - and of course we are all responsible men of the 21st century with partners and children to consider. Luckily being the ugly bass player sometimes has its advantages. The babe-magnet guitarist is going to have some more adroit side-stepping to do this evening

Anyone got one or had one? We have a young lady and her mother coming to our gig tonight. They saw us at our last gig and there was a little bit of banter. They are now both travelling a fair distance to tonight's gig on the bus. Yesterday the daughter sent 8 messages to our Facebook page - she is so excited, and included a bit of innuendo. She wants to take some photos of the band and give us them on a thumb drive. There have also been hints that they might be struggling to get home afterwards - although no direct request for a lift yet. Needless to say neither will be stepping into any of our cars and they won't be getting any addresses to send the thumb drive to. Those alarm bells are ringing loud and clear! Should be an interesting evening

[quote name='honza992' timestamp='1503575068' post='3359292'] On the subject of gluing, the fretboard/neck glue joint came out great. No gaps and the woods look great together! No photos cos I'm a tease. The body join is good if not quite perfect. There's a couple of points where you can see a very feint black line. [attachment=252011:IMG_20170824_123241.jpg] The joint is a few mm above my finger. It's hard to see in the photo. It's pretty hard to see in real life - I keep on losing it. The body is still a few mm too thick so I'm hoping as I sand a bit deeper into the join the line will disappear completely. I'll leave it a day and see how I feel about it - I can always saw it in half again and re-joint and re-glue..... I'm assuming that the black line is caused by having a joint which isn't completely true. Anyone else get this? Any tips? [/quote] When you think you've got the two halves ready for joining, hold them together and hold it up to the light. If you can see any light it's not mated well enough yet. A long ("jack" is good or "jointing" is even better) plane with a nice sharp blade is the best tool for the job to get the surfaces really flat

One thing that can help to a certain extent is using solid plasterboard. Most usual board has air bubbles within the plaster. However you can get solid board - which usually has a blue backing iirc, which does help cut down the noise spill. It's not much more expensive than standard board. We used it when we had an extension built. The ground floor is a study/music room and the upper floor is my lad's bedroom, so we wanted to keep the noise down. Putting up two layers of plasterboard will also help - it made a huge difference when we got our lounge ceiling over-boarded and re-plastered

I think that's pretty much a consensus Have a nice time with your wife

We will use deps occasionally, usually for the drummer, and someone we know. Then it's a case of choosing some songs that we all know or are not too difficult to busk. None of us is pretentious - if the rest of the band want to earn some money when someone isn't available then that's fine. We don't dep the vox/guitarist but then he's really the kingpin of the band and the one that is making a living out of it (along with the other bands he plays in). The drummer and I have day jobs so it's just an extra bit of pocket money for us playing in the band

We used to play at a venue that provided the backline - a LH1000 with 4x10 and 1x15 cabs. After the second gig I took my own Fender Rumble V3 500 combo - much better sound IMHO. I didn't get on with the Hartke gear

I don't like JH's attitude but I still bought one. I regretted selling my lovely old 4001 many years ago and bought probably the last one to be sold on the forum before the ban. It's an early 4003 so didn't have the vintage pull pot - a kit from eBay and a few minutes of soldering sorted that. I don't play it often these days, being besotted with my Squier P-bass Special fitted with SD QP set. I won't sell the Rick though as it's a good one. The previous owner had owned and gigged it for 10 years, which I took as a good sign. I did make my own TRC though as a JH protest (see avatar) Definitely try a few. If you like one and can spare the cash, buy it. Simples

The QP Jazz pup is a single coil. At least my one hums occasionally

Not had any issues with my V3 yet. There again I don't think it's been above 11 o'clock on the master lest I cause someone permanent hearing damage

They look rather like giant artist palettes at the moment

Another tip is to put a bit of candle wax on the screw threads before screwing in. It acts as a short-term lubricant that can help to avoid shearing and mashing issues

It's possible but as Alex says it's not likely to sound very good. Two speakers with different signals in the same box are likely to have some random phasing issues - cancellation, or even possible over-extension which could damage your speakers

Welcome. Colour me jealous that you have a drum sander I have to make do with good old elbow grease. I'm looking forward to seeing your build progress

Blimey is it a whole six months since the last Rickenbacker bashing thread? How time flies

Sounds like you have enough lacquer on there. The grit you start with depends on how much rippling you have. I'd probably just use the 4000 if it's minor orange peel. Any grit will sand it back given enough time. Coarser grits will flat it quicker but will then take time with the finer grits to remove the scratches it puts in. Start light and see how it goes as you can always move to a coarser grit if you're not getting anywhere. The key is to remove as little as possible to avoid burn through

Yes that's one thing I didn't mention - if you're going to cut back into the lacquer you'll need enough of it to cut into without burning through. 3-4 decent coats should be enough (assuming you're using rattle cans). You'll want some sort of sanding block as that's what helps level it out (the micro mesh pads are sufficient as you don't press down on those or they clog up really quickly). Even 0000 grade wire wool will be too coarse and will not flatten the surface enough. If you do need to spray more lacquer, try to get enough on so that it flows a bit rather than just mist coats. Along with flatting back between coats (leave for 24 hours between each) that will help reduce the orange peel effect

Micromesh is available in very fine grits. The set I got is a series of 9 foam pads, going from 1500 to 12000 grit. Tbh you don't need to sand to that level - 4000 grit should be enough. Use it dry and wipe the pad against the leg of your jeans every minute or two to prevent it clogging. Using it wet (as per the instructions) risks lifting the edges e.g. around the machine head holes. Once flatted off, then get a polishing compound such as Meguiars ultimate compound (similar to but finer than T-cut) and polish it up, using a microfibre cloth to clean off afterwards. If you have any micro-scrathes remaining, a coat of wax e.g. Meguiars ultimate liquid wax will sort it and give you a mirror shine

Gah! Double post!

Excellent work! That's going to look lovely

Making some notes would be a good start. It's not going to be easy to program it without the lights. You'll need to look in the respective manuals to find the exact configuration to do that. Having a plan of what you'd like to achieve would be a good start though

You could call it The Swift. It's your signature anyway and it's very sleek and streamlined

Have a look on the Seymour Duncan website - they have loads of wiring diagrams on there, which will also tell you which pots you'll need

Those quad coil pickups don't come cheap