King Tut

I'm learning it at the mo and have a hell of a time working out where to come in after the vocals each time! Any help appreciated!

I love it when I help someone out by buying a bass!!

Yes - very good - nice bloke and reasonable prices - does it cos he loves it - I'll pm you his phone number.

OK - as promised here's some pics. I've decided to go for a tort scratchplate, which I've just ordered, so I'll put the mirror plate on my black 86 Jap Precision. I gigged her on new Year's Eve and I'm very pleased - a very solid sound, very deep - with the treble rolled off she'd make a lovely reggae bass - nice for the Police numbers we do! here goes....... Front - Back - Front Closeup - Headstock - And here's the repair on the neck - it was a double groove - very deep - about 1 -1.5 mm at the deepest. It looks just like a fag burn now, and very smooth - you can hardly feel it - Enjoy - if anyone wants any close ups of anything just shout!

Pics will be forthcoming shortly fellas!! Col

I needed one for mine and used brass from a hobby shop - looks and works fine.

I bought this bass and took delivery on christmas eve. I don't usually buy unseen so took a bit of a chance. I read this thread about 5 hours after the money had changed hands and started to worry - particularly about the comment regarding the scratchplate holes!! Anyhow, it was pretty much as described in the ad, although it did have some fairly serious fret wear, which wasn't described. The scratchplate - I think - maybe is the original one, but had been painted over, making it look like bakelite. By pure coincidence, my son bought me a mirror scratchplate for christmas, so that went straight on! I think the comment about the holes not matching up relates to the pickup cover holes - they were in the correct place - just that the holes hadn't been drilled into the body! Anyway, I got her back from Andy Viccars (luthier) today. He's dressed the frets and filled the hole in the back of the neck. She's definately a keeper - vintagey mojo'd looks - reasonable weight. The action is fairly low for a precision - got it down to about 2.2mm on the E at the top fret. Absolutely no dead spots - and it sustains forever. She came with a good quality lead and gig bag and a Boss CS 3 - so I don't think it was too bad a deal - I'm quite pleased!

I think 1.5 mm at the 12th is EXTREMELY low - I couldn't possibly run an action that low - I'd be clanking all over the shop - maybe that's bad technique on my part - most of my basses are 2 - 3 mm. I'm not surprised you have to keep tweaking! Good luck though matey!

I think you're asking too much from the bass mate - if you love that particular bass - being realistic - you prob need to get a higher action. Can you be specific and give us an idea of the measurement between the bottom of the string and the top of the fret at - say - the 12th and 15th fret?

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='93864' date='Nov 24 2007, 06:11 PM']You could try one of these, tike Tony Levin: [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/ns_design_strap_system.htm"]NS Bass Strap System[/url] I though about getting one when I first bought my CR5M, or maybe the [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/ns_design_eps.htm"]endpin stand[/url], but I got used to the standard tripod and I think I'll stick with it.[/quote] Thanks jean - Luc - I thought about one but it's a lot of money to pay for freedom (what price freedom eh??!!) Daf - I've put the strings on and gigged them - I thought - reading other posts - that 'real' double bass strings would make a world of difference - they are better, but not as much better as I thought they would be. Having said that - for arco, they're much better - with the NS strings the bow kept 'snagging'. I really appreciate your recommendation however - I do prefer the corelli strings over the NS so I'm pleased I bought them.

[quote name='cheddatom' post='104372' date='Dec 14 2007, 04:29 PM']We discussed this in another thread, and there are lots of ways around it. A big plus for the Zoom for me, is that it's small enough to go on my board with a load of other pedals.[/quote] OK Cheddatom - I like my Zoom - I like the fact that it's small - help me here - either direct me to the thread and/or suggest some way around the limitations of only being able to change to the patch next door. I like small units so much that I usually don't gig my GT6B, prefering the simplicity of my BFX 708 - Id like to use the B2.1u more but am stumped by the patch changing probs

I've got both. I love the Zoom BUT it has two major downfalls - 1 - you can't name patches - how good is your memory...was that octaver patch on B1 or C1???? Also, you can only change directly to the patch next door - on the older models, you could select a patch - whicg would flash, then select by pressing both together. The GT6B eats the zoom for dinner - but it is much more expensive - The Korg is blimming good as well - i regret selling mine

My mum once went out with an american guy who sang for Ronnie Scott's band............

Hi Tam - you found someone here who occasionally plays a short scale Mustang - and who also thinks a cube 100 is the dogs danglies - although I don't gig it often cos my drummer is farking loud - welcome dude and enjoy!!

Welcome sir - nice to see a semi = what is it exactly and how do you find it?

Well - I'm not sure of the models I tried - but one had two small (6 or eight inch speakers) and one had four. Both stall holders apologised that I wouldn't be able to hear them properly due to the loud environment - but that was exactly what i wanted. As soon as I got anything like the volumes needed to add any kind of punch - even from close by, they seemed to fart a bit. Regarding the roland - to be honest - you'd be far better off with the 100 - I'm lucky enough to have both. The 100 is significantly louder than the 30, and it has a proper DI out - switchable pre or post. The 30 just has a recording/phones out - which is obviously a jack - and cuts out the speaker. However - if you're happy with a pre eq out - you could use a cheap passive di box in front of the amp. Both are unfeasibly loud for their size. I've gigged the 100 in a trio with pa support several times with mixed results - sometimes I've found it lacked bottom, but in other rooms it's been fine. last wednesday I gigged at a local secure mental health unit with a trio in a medium room (6 times as big as a normal living room?) to about 30 people. Our drummer is 'Cozy Powell/John Bonham' loud. I used a yamaha powered desk set to half power (approx 150 WPC). We had the kick and two vox through the desk. The guitarist just went through his amp, and the cube was easily loud enough to cope with this without going through the PA - OK in fairness - it'll never flap your trousers, but it did the job. The 100 also has a speaker out - but be careful - I think it's wired in series. This means if you plug in an 8 ohm speaker you will LOSE volume. However - if you plug in two eight or one four ohm speaker, you will lose a little bit of power but gain volume due to increased speaker surface area - there's a few threads on this if you look around - the eden nemesis combos are the same. I've never gigged the 30 - but I reckon it's as loud as the PJB's I tried - with far more useable features on it. The amp modelling is very good - it has compression, chorus/flange and echo/reverb as well. I'd say save your pennies for a cube 100 - but if you can't stretch to that give the 30 a listen

The Cube 30 is fantastic....but - if you use a DI, it cuts out the speaker - so you'd have to use a DI box in front of the amp. I tried some PJB stuff at Music Live, and the Roland knocked it into a cocked hat

[quote name='stingrayfan' post='97383' date='Dec 1 2007, 08:16 PM']Get a new band going and get back out there! Recommend a three-piece. So much more fun.[/quote] +1 for trios - more room to play, easier to organise, more money each per gig. Col

[quote name='Vasquez Rich' post='96285' date='Nov 29 2007, 06:48 PM']Yes, I always end up being the daddy in the bands I'm in anyway, that's pretty much what I'm trying to do, but, and I'll be honest, it ain't easy to get people to even think about joining when your not in your 20s, or even older! Richard[/quote] I don't know what it's like in the rest of the country - I guess I must be lucky - living in Milton Keynes there is a diverse and thriving music scene with loads of musos of all ages and abilities, from indie to classic rock to folk, swing, blues and tributes. Lots of jam/open mic nights and a fair few venues also. Col