kodiakblair

Cracking bass Paul.

One of Mr Konig's finest, no surprise he kept it as his own personal player.

5 hours ago, police squad said:

even if its a small hole,

Not all have the hole.

It was absent from my first 4 PB-50's. Present on one from the first run when Thomann switched factory in May 2018, absent from the red left hander bought last year.

Yes, I've owned multiple PB-50s and never felt the need to return a single one. It's been one of the most important basses I've ever bought, had a house full of pretty basses with active EQ, CF/Graphite necks, fancy aftermarket brand pickups/ tuning pegs/bridges etc.

One £78 purchase put an end to that malarkey. 9, soon to be 10, years later, PB-50 still brings a smile to my face 🙂

Fender Deluxe is 3 screw/through body.

The Wilkinson compensated is also 3 screw/through body but looks much more in period.

3 hours ago, la bam said:

does anyone else use or has anyone else used a double humbucker bass?

Had loads of them.

A Wal, Fender with 2 wide range HB, several Peavey Cirrus, Peavey C-5 and Grind; thats just tip of the iceberg.

Also had 5 Peavey T-40's. Spin-a-split for single coil was a crap idea so I nipped the red wire an left them humbucker only.

To further irk the purists one got a preamp, another converted to 5 strings 😄

Aye @Pea Turgh is right, Brian is the man for the job 👍

@BMBR

Either ask him for a PDF to print and try for size or send him  a tracing, sending up your existing plate is an option but it's a bit of a hassle.

6 minutes ago, Bassassin said:

I'd expect the original bridge (if you have it) will be a pretty crude 2-saddle job, so if you intend to us a more conventional replacement, check the string spacing/neck width. Not too sure about these basses but a lot of the earlier original-ish MIJ stuff has pretty narrow spacing.

I bought a couple of BBOT with 16.5mm spacing on Ali-Ex.

That was just last month so still have the seller's details. Went for black and chrome at £9 each.

@Rayman

Just remembered, I've a single pickup version upstairs in need of a bridge. Will be ordering again from Ali-Ex soon, if you'd like one just let me know. 

49 minutes ago, max_overdrive said:

I've seen many Alpha pots that have Made In Korea written on them.

Search on that emporium of legit goods, Ali-Express, turned up plenty of them 😄

I wonder what the real company thinks about them.

1 hour ago, alyctes said:

Where does one buy strings for these?

I'm pretty sure somebody makes roundwound for bass ukes.

6 hours ago, max_overdrive said:

Which is the logo of the known Alpha brand that makes potentiometers in South Korea?

I've never heard of South Korean Alpha pots before, Alpha is a Taiwanese company.

Opened their factory in 1970, specifically to make potentiometers. Paid off as they're a massive now.

Bourns' factory is about half hour from them, CTS plant 4 hour drive south.

On 19/10/2023 at 15:43, Pea Turgh said:

What were the import duties & wait times like

Mine arrived within 2 weeks, paid 20% VAT same as on any purchase from outside the UK.

So it's not about Scott making the Guinness book for waffling absolute S**te 🙁

23 hours ago, thegummy said:

Just received the pickguard today - sadly the pickup is nowhere near in the right place, it's way closer to the neck

Brian in Glasgow will make you one, basic 3 ply are £30 rising to £40 for fancy stuff like mirror finishes.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/earlpilanz/Jazz-Bass/_i.html?store_cat=19748356010

Came here for the plywood floor.

That's not plywood, its OSB  🤬

1 hour ago, dmccombe7 said:

I remember playing in the Burns bar in mid 80's just up the road from it.

Falkirk was no bad for live bands. All changed now.

The Burns bar, it's all wine or cocktails now ☹️ The Argyll, went from skinhead pub to fancy gin lounge 🤬

Glenfinnan is gone, so is the Brig and the club at the ice rink. Town hall too .

4 hours ago, AndyTravis said:

does it pull towards the bass side a bit, looking face on do the strings pull a bit over to the right?

No Andy.

At the nut I've 3.5mm from edge of fretboard to centre of the string on each side, down at the heel its 4mm each side.

Original pickup mounting was off the square so that'll throw your eye.

Bridge spacing was given as 16.5mm, it's 17mm/16mm/16.5mm; dare say we'd find something similar across most bridge saddles.

4 hours ago, AndyTravis said:

Were the thunder holes pre drilled?

 Paddle peghead so they needed drilled.

Shape was marked out on the back, total PITA. All my templates were too long, shortened it freehand. New 'improved' shortened version didn't leave enough meat for open gear tuning pegs so it got Gotoh copies from a Peavey. Gotoh tuners don't match the templates, made one using this Shine.  

Course the bloody centre differed from the template 🤬 Angle coming off the nut would be fine if it was a Gibson 3+3.

Lucky for me the 2 +2 template is already done for the Mosrite 👍

11 hours ago, dmccombe7 said:

Its an odd venue.

Decent pub, 40 year back 😄

1 hour ago, bass_dinger said:

I need to post a synthesiser, 100cm × 35cm ×15cm.

I get mine from Lidl, veg boxes are best being 2 or 3 walls thick.

Remove the short end from 2 boxes, decide on the length then trim the sides to suit; that'll give you 2 tongues. Slide one over the over and either tape or hot glue together, 2 strips up the sides will keep them rigid. Cut another 2 boxes to form the lid.  Wrap in brown paper or more cardboard.

Still to do.

2 black screws in the holes left by original bridge, some kind of plate to hide the string ferrules on the back.

Maybe trim the peghead lines, looks a bit oversize to me.

Neck got drilled and fitted.

Bridge position, Lady Luck shined on me. Fazley bridge is through body strung so I'd 6 holes and a ground wire in a nice row at the front 😬

Base plate covers them by 3-4mm 🤸‍♂️🤸‍♂️🤸‍♂️

Warman Quad drive replaced the white humbucker, black knob replaced the white one.

Hofner light gauge strings will get replaced with Status Hotwire tapes. 2nd time I've tried light gauge strings , yet again I'm struggling to get proper relief.

Fazley Hot Rod from Bax was chosen as the guinea pig, b-stock.

Yinfente baritone neck, messed up there. Picture showed 22 frets, spec said 24 frets. This eejit chose to believe the picture 🤬

Here I really messed up, not least because I've lost the photos 😬

Heel was both too wide and wrong shape for pocket. Paddle peghead was too short for my usual 51 template. Fudged the size of the peghead, used files and sanding bobbin to sort the heel.

Baritone neck is quite narrow at the heel, 56mm. This meant a narrow 4 string bridge, £8 Ali-Ex 👍

Have a Mosrite Ventures idea been on the backburner for years.

While thinking through how I'd do the German carve etc, Thomann released Mosrite style guitars. Could things be as simple as fit a shorty neck to a guitar ?

This is the trial run 🙂

4 hours ago, upside downer said:

Is that the reason? That was the excuse last time around. Their facebook page hadn't said anything about it the last time I looked.

Aye, the visa thing was mentioned on FB a few weeks back.

Thought about Corby but then they booked shows in Edinburgh and Glasgow. Being just half hour away from both cities it's 2 gigs I won't be seeing 🤬

22 minutes ago, Grahambythesea said:

because it was damaged presumably in transit to the shop. 

Pal of mine lives in Kenya. To avoid any return problems he sometimes gets stuff delivered to me, I give it the once over then if it passes forward it on.

Boxes contained an Ovation style acoustic bass, somehow it was unscathed 😮

Was looking forward to seeing Messer Chups next month.

Surf guitar, trashy movie reels, Betty Page clone on bass even a theremin appearance was possible 🙂

Gig cancelled due to visa problems, they're a Russian band . P!$$ed off hardly describes it, been waiting years to see them 🤬

Double p!$$ed off since their US tour over the summer went ahead with no visa problems nor the current European one. 

Bought one of their LA Select P-basses, 2nd hand £20 🙂

Nice wee bass, took about 10 minutes to set up.

Followed that with a RedSub fanned fret. Again bought 2nd hand. Another nice bass, perfect way to see if multiscale is your thing.

One complaint, would have preferred a wider spacing between the 2 soapbars.

Last was yet another LA Select P-bass. Pushed the boat out on this, £160 split new delivered; came with a serviceable gig bag 🙂

Blocks & binding, toasted neck, Peavey shape peghead. Tidy 👍