kodiakblair

6 hours ago, Paul S said:

Does anyone have any recommendations? 

Stick a neodymium bar magnet to the underside of the Roswell , that'll liven things up no end 😃

7 minutes ago, lidl e said:

Now been 4 weeks im waiting for two orders shipped from UK.

Have you had a dispatch note or email yet ?

Heart tells me I'd go to £600. 

Head tells me I'm a lying barstool who wouldn't part with £300 , Head of course is correct 😄 

Had a hankering for a Mosrite/Univox quite awhile now, almost bought the Aria version last week, £329. Before hitting the buy button, Head steps in with "Hold on son. You've a cove bit for the German Carve, plenty of timber stacked/stickered under the stairs. Spares drawers are groaning under the weight of tuning pegs/pickups/bridges."

Before I knew what hit me the templates were drawn up ready for cutting 🙂 

1 hour ago, thisisswanbon said:

Did you manage to rectify the SBMM Sub issue?

Naw.

Had an email from a SBMM manager saying it was preamp related, pretty cool; fella saw my request for advice on Talkbass 😃 

London shop it came from were total d**ks. First they said they'd sent a replacement bass, then changed their tune when I thanked them for sending an exact replacement ; even the ID note I'd hidden under the PG came with the the replacement 😄 That had them singing "we just replaced the preamp", b0ll0cks they'd done heehaw bar resend the same bass.

Was an Xmas raffle prize so they weren't prepared to ship a 3rd time, told me to pick something else up to B-stock value. 

Biggest problem I have with selling is energy.

Couple of issues came to light recently where me selling the basses now will save family a whole bunch of hassle later. Trouble is, just the thought of taking photos, weighing the bloody things, answering messages, set ups and packing them is knackering 😃

9 hours ago, thisisswanbon said:

You can see the paint stripping from the thread where there's friction.

Disassemble the tuning peg, any stripped material caught between the worm and gear will lead to further damaged.

Take them apart, give everything a wee clean and grease the worm gear. Reassemble, making sure the wheel is round the right way and the cogs seat into the worm spiral.

Regards your unbalanced E/A strings, had the same issue with a SBMM Sub. Offsetting the pickup height might help.

8 minutes ago, ern500evo said:

are your controls still volume-volume-tone, or is it now just volume-tone with the Warman pup? 

You can set it for either.

Warman comes wired in series, if you want Vol/Vol/Tone just separate the red/white wires.

Black would ground on one vol pot with white as hot, Red ground/Green hot for the other pot 👍

2 hours ago, lidl e said:

Is that a white g bass i see?

No.

The White Peaveys are 2nd & 3rd gen Furys, DynaBass, Foundation & 5 string Foundation and finally a MIDIbass; almost out of sight is a white Void PXD.

My G-bass is black sparkle, front row at the couch between 2nd gen Fury and 4 string Foundation.

4 hours ago, BassApprentice said:

This is tempting....

Let me know if you give in to temptation 😃

Sold my 1st generation TL-5 to a lad in Hungary so I'm still got the 2nd gen (right hand one in the photo above).

4 hours ago, lidl e said:

Peavey US build is impressive.

 Some was, some wasn't.

Owned nearly 60 Peavey basses, here's most of them . There was a lot of penny pinching went on. 

3 hours ago, binky_bass said:

All in, a rather tasty beast in fairly astonishing condition!

Aye, they're braw beasties 🙂 

I'd 1st and 2nd gen TL-5s and a 1st gen TL-6.

4 hours ago, Paul S said:

Priced to sell at £350 collected from Benfleet in Essex

Saved by a 900 mile round trip 😄

Smashing bass, should sell in no time Paul👍

1 hour ago, TonyCanGroove said:

I was told was either an Ashley Pangborn or TuneBass/Bad UK Bass guitars.

It's not from Tune Guitar Technology, they were bolt on necks and the TWX, TWB and TWBZ all have a different body shape.

4 hours ago, stewblack said:

I was spoiled by going straight to an Aria from my Kay but the memory of that early 'instrument' lives with me still.

It's a terrifying thought but this was a step up from my first bass 😬

3 hours ago, Ed_S said:

Oh I don’t doubt that at all and I’m sure they’d be very nice about it as well,

I don't remember them being nice about anything, not that I expected or wanted them. All I wanted was the faulty item replaced with little fuss.

Thomann may not be "3 bags full sir" but their CS was a damn sight better than a certain London shop who lied about replacing a bass then lied about doing a repair on it.

Give me cold formal yet efficient over smiles every time 👍 

27 minutes ago, Ed_S said:

The skills and experience would be beyond most raw beginners, and the tools and parts would probably equal if not exceed the purchase price of the instrument.

Thomann would suggest 'return for refund or replacement. They actually prefer buyers follow that course of action, it allows them to identify dodgy batches/ pull them from the shelves and hold a very large stick over the factory at fault. 

11 minutes ago, Ralf1e said:

I kind of agree but I remember guitars with cheese cutter abilities having strings 1/2 from the neck. I believe some are still available if you buy unadvised

I believe there is now a huge amount of free information available online will address any set up issues.

2 hours ago, Ralf1e said:

So sad how many beginners give up after crashing on the rocks of an unplayable first guitar.

Most of us managed to survive unscathed.

Truth be told most beginners give up simply because learning any skill/craft/art requires time and effort.

1 hour ago, stewblack said:

No clue if Glarry are even playable but you know me...

Massive thread about them on TalkBS 😄

From what I've read most folk, who appreciate they're buying $100 instruments , are happy enough; the basses allow new players to learn without too much hassle and occasional players to dabble. Cheap, cheerful and does the job 👍

Been swithering about the Fazley surf green hot rod, seeing that blue/maple Glarry I think the Fazley is history 😄 

31 minutes ago, gjones said:

I'm in.

Fingers crossed you get a speedy resolution 👍

I knew there was a class action coming.

Think FMIC are stuffed, lassie bringing the action has pretty decent credentials. Just hope it doesn't drag on for years.

1 hour ago, carlsim said:

to be honest, it was @kodiakblair who did it first, 

"and the lazy bugger still hasn't sent me any photos how the back of the chopped headstock looks !!"

On 11/12/2022 at 11:31, Jackopie1 said:

This Tokai was one of the first I played, and for me, none of the subsequent Ps I played felt or sounded as right to me. It also has a feel of sturdiness and quality to it, that many of the basses I played did not.

Back in the 80's I was shopping for a Fender P. Played a bunch of them then , just for something to gauge against, tried a Tokai HP.

Never gave Fender a 2nd thought for the next 30 years 😃

Congratulations on your wise choice. 

7 minutes ago, mr4stringz said:

In terms of mods all I did was replaced the pickup with a Warman pickup.

A pal asked to do that on his sunburst version. No idea if it was an improvement as I never got the chance to play it before the swap.

Another 2 jobs I did were wire the Warman in parallel and knock up a Stingray preamp. Nothing wrong with the stock tuners or bridge so left them alone.

1 hour ago, NikNik said:

wonder who the '..long established and highly respected Musical Instrument Company, established in 1988

That'll be Runway Pro Audio, formed out of the Runway Music shop in Horley.

53 minutes ago, Paul S said:

but both are too weighty for my fragile back, sadly.  This one is under 8lbs (hopefully).    

To keep it under 8lbs.

Ditch the Gotoh Hi Mass bridge, it sevres little purpose except add weight IMHO. 

Ditto for the full size CTS pots, bloody massive cap and those 'heavy duty' knobs. Knobs alone weigh near 2 oz 😮