kodiakblair

I ordered some parts from an ebay seller based in China start of Feb. Two weeks in they emailed saying to expect a delay,two weeks after that they emailed again saying there were further delays and I should think about cancelling. It was only string trees,bridge screws,nothing pressing so I said I'd hang fire until the due date 🙉 Every week I got the same email. "We appreciate your business but at this point it's unlikely the goods will arrive.If you can source them elsewhere we suggest you cancel your order and buy from there instead". Week passed the due date I took their advice 😃 Into the second week waiting on delivery from a UK seller 🤣

Maybe not but it's probably the bass @ezbass was referring to.

That'd been a Doug Wilkes bass from the early 80's.

@Osiris Thanks Sid. Some folk think I'm daft but peace of mind is worth more to me than a few extra quid 😎

I was looking for a short scale and Sid got in touch. Talk took a detour and ended with Sid buying a pair of Entwistle neodymium pickups I had spare 😀 No messin,no quibble just a done deal. A true Gent and I look forward to future dealings.

Aye, a wee bit annoyed about that one myself. Heard nothing regarding The Pixies in August .

Sound bit of reasoning 👍

Aye, it definitely wasn't you in the YT video. Unless you've taken to using an American accent an sporting a crap tattoo 🙊

Winsdor & Newton black ink then covered in silver leaf Rub & Buff wax. Boy in the YT video said to use teak oil to wipe away the wax. Bugger never let on how messy a job it was 😄

First time I've used it Andy. Aye it's light and it's bloody soft too 😀 Only holes bored were the 4 neck screws and the bridge ground. Bridge,strap buttons and scratchplate I just put in by screwdriver 👍 On the strap it doesn't dive as much as I expected. A mate has a paulownia jazz body due some time next month,glad I've had this one for a test run.

Very bored so used up some bits laying about the house. Freebie paulownia body, seller claimed to be in London and gave 5 day delivery time. I got a refund after 4 weeks of excuses. Turned up from China the next day. G4M neck bought from here £18 Entwistle PBXN. £10 from here,came in 2 halves with no covers or wire. Varitone pot. From spares drawer,£2.50 to build inc caps. Rest from spares box. Black ink and poor attempt at silver grain fill £10 Murder to get a decent photo. Very pleased with the action. Test fit showed it needed a shim,got it bang on 1st attempt 👍 6lbs and £30 all in 😎

Sad thing about tress infected by the borer beetle is they get left to rot or used for firewood. The beetle goes for the bark so the wood below is fine. You can't transport infected tree until they get stripped and sprayed,folk don't want to pay for that hence the firewood option.

Any idea the location of his secret bass storage bunker?

Bloody Hell !! I'd kill for a Staccato bass. Think @cetera has one.

Cheers for that. I remember the paper, some fella has scanned about 170 of them so I'll shift through them while locked down.

Bloody hell,prices have shot up. Have a hunt for empty covers then give Dave at Bloodstone a shout,I spoke to him in the past about Cabronitas but the covers were the problem. He's a good fella and up for a wee challenge. Seymour Duncan don't sell their "Sting" custom direct to Europeans so I had Dave build me one,delivered in 4 days.

Wee word o warning. Jess is pretty bad at answering emails. No a big problem but the Spanish Post Office is. Loads of parcels go missing and the Jess/email thing doesn't help. That said,his pickups are grand 🙂 Had a split single of his few year now and it's magic 👍

Naw. This was afore their time,probably mid 80's .

Aye ,that and Stairway. There was something about open strings too. I can picture the list but not all the offending items 🙂

Some of the folks on the Telecaster forum are upset about the "No Stairway" gag in Wayne's World. I have a vague memory of London Rock Shop having a sign on the door with a list of no-no tunes. Anyone remember what was on the list ? The Birdie Song was definitely one of them.

Deirdre was in Girlschool only they were called Painted Lady at the time 👍 Anybody remember Henry in "Finger Ease " adverts ?

Good shout. Space it out and we'll appreciate it much more 😎

I looked for Cabronita pickups last year. Didn't have a empty shell so that caused problems getting a custom build. Dave at Bloodstone was up for it but couldn't locate a shell. Jess over in Spain ,did sadly his normal MO and blanked emails 🤬 Bloody pest that,he does good pickups 🙁 Got lucky and found a TV Jones Thunderblade on ebay. I'm basically a flats/single coil player so the roundwound/Thunderblade was a stretch out the comfort zone. Had an old Noll P-bass preamp,fitted it last week 😎

Aye,they're just screws. If you're meant to set them instead of pickup height I'm ok, if not then I've just knackered a pickup 😀