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Mike sold me his Aerodyne Precision. It's a great bass, well looked after and it came well packed. Great comms from Mike too, don't hesitate to deal with him. cheers Mike. Will.

[quote name='iiipopes' timestamp='1354328069' post='1884984'] Congrats. Mr. JH has invested heavily in QC in the past few years, and all the current instruments produced by RIC are the best they've ever been, and only getting better. Re: price - just do what I do - gig enough to pay for it. Your wife will understand. Mine does - I was in three bands when we got married; I'm in three bands still, all these years later. The bands have changed over the years, but the gig money makes the weekends worth it. [/quote] +1 to this. Whenever I buy anything Bass related I tell myself that the gigs pay for it (which they do).

I started off playing guitar but always found myself drawn to the Bass. It's what I hear in songs, I never hear the lyrics much, in fact I don't think I know the words for a complete song. I much prefer Bass to guitar.

Thanks Cygnus, I'll have a look.

I bought an old beat up Korean P-Bass from evil bay and it arrived with the customary neck problem. Action was about 1cm at the 12th fret even though the bridge saddles were set at their lowest. Straight away I dreaded the worst but got the Allen key out and started to adjust the truss rod. It was really loose so I thought there might be some hope. Managed to get the neck nice and straight but after around 10 mins it had moved again. Tweaked the truss rod again and brought it back into line but again it moved. I've been doing this for around 5 days now hoping the neck would settle. The truss rod seems to work but also seems to be slipping as the neck goes back to having too much relief. Anyway, I feel I'm getting to the end of the truss rods limits so I'm not holding out much hope for this neck. What I don't understand is why the action is still massively high when the neck is straight and the bridge saddles at their lowest. I've never had any problems with Korean made Basses in the past so I'm wondering if the neck has been put onto a different body, although the neck fitment is excellent. I've shimmed the neck for now to make it playable but in all honestly I'm more than a bit peeved with the seller as I obviously wouldn't have bought the Bass had I known about the neck. I also lost out on another Korean P-Bass I was watching. I've written to the seller explaining my thoughts on the Bass so I'll see what he comes back with. I paid £100 for the Bass plus £16 postage. It'll cost me money to send it back to him so is it really worth my while pursuing this course of action. Maybe I'll just leave him appropriate feedback, put it down to a bad deal and make that the last Bass I buy on Ebay.

You live and you learn

[quote name='lobematt' timestamp='1352818150' post='1867792'] Hi guys, I'm looking for some new lights for my [b]wedding band[/b] as the old ones are a bit battered now! They don't need to be anything super powerful, the ones we have at the min are small multi coloured LED lights that are sound sensitive. I've found these [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/stairville_led_par_56_alu_schwarz.htm"]http://www.thomann.d...alu_schwarz.htm[/url] but we got our last ones from here and having to use euro to british adapters is a bit of a pain. Is there anything else a bit closer to home that anyone can recommend? cheers! [/quote] They'd look pretty stupid hanging from your ring finger if you ask me.

I've got an SR1300 and love it. Very slim body and one of the best necks I've ever played. You won't be disappointed. Sorry if it's not what you want to hear.

[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Genz-Benz-Shuttle-Max-9-2-Including-Footswitch-Gig-Skinz-Bag-/281016851868?pt=UK_MusicalInstr_Amplifiers_RL&hash=item416de8dd9c"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Genz-Benz-Shuttle-Max-9-2-Including-Footswitch-Gig-Skinz-Bag-/281016851868?pt=UK_MusicalInstr_Amplifiers_RL&hash=item416de8dd9c[/url] There's one going here.

It's not even a Fenders Auntie.

Thanks for the input, I'll have a look at the sites mentioned. We won't be going as high as £500, it'll be more like £150 tops although that £500 banner looks excellent.

We're looking at getting a band backdrop made. I'm looking for some input as to size, material, where to get etc. Any info would be appreciated.

A tweak of the truss rod might help if it's needed, check the relief of the neck and see how much bend is in it. I've normally found with acoustics that the bridge needs filing down to get a decent action. You might have to file the nut slots as well, I use a drill bit the size of the slot for that in my hand and slowly work it until the height is just right.

Cash on collection is the only way I'll sell on Ebay these days unless it's a low value item. I've been stung for a "repair" in the past and it's not going to happen again.

The '63 gets my vote for looks and also because it's my year of birth. I want it.