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[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1460361503' post='3024867'] They are indeed in series on a Tele Bass. There was a thread about this, either on Talkbass or the Gear Page. [/quote] Right my soldering iron is coming out. For some nerdy reason I've measured the inductance of all my bass pickups, but not this one.

Nice result. It was not the 22k that was killing the tone, but the inductance of the two coils are added together when in series. By putting then in parallel, you have halved the inductance and thereby increased treble response. They are now wired 'out of phase' in parallel, so maintaining the conditions for humbuck. Never understood why these are wired in series ever. I think you've given me a clue why my Telebass with a neck pickup sounds dreadful - I need to investigate the wiring in there, I bet they are in series.

[quote name='Musashimonkey' timestamp='1459797021' post='3019797'] I would... But I'm scared of logging out, especially now I've seen how much trouble logging in can bring! [/quote] Nothing to worry about, if you have problems just post here for assistance or start a new topic. Worse that can happen is you get bumped several times a week.

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1459502055' post='3017102'] I have to admit I did scour google images yesterday trying to find a picture of some fender pyjamas to post here... alas it's appears that at no point in their long history have they produced any. [/quote] Get them elsewhere, you'd think Fender would know about PJs [url="http://www.cafepress.com/+fender+pajamas"]http://www.cafepress...+fender+pajamas[/url] [url="https://www.target.com.au/p/men-s-fender-short-pyjama-set/57609263"]https://www.target.c...ma-set/57609263[/url]

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1459712972' post='3018912'] Future archaeologists will marvel at the resilience of these postings, and wonder why they were so recurrent; after all, there's not really that much of fundamental value in most of their content, taken individually. The whole is greater than the sum of its components, perhaps..? [/quote] Safely archived here for future webarchaeologists, bassists and historians [url="https://web.archive.org/web/20111013031030/http://basschat.co.uk/topic/145908-to-go-unwanted-mars-bar/"]HERE[/url]

[quote name='Musashimonkey' timestamp='1459707951' post='3018827'] I'm on the mobile site, and it looks like this is on the first page..? Am I doing something wrong? [/quote] I think you are logged in. Try logging out.

Don't think I was aware he had a son, let alone one who did music, but I lost interest in the mop tops around 1968. Not much on him, found this on youtube. Does he always look miserable? [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhBzjIxHwvc"]https://www.youtube....h?v=nhBzjIxHwvc[/url]

[quote name='Shockwave' timestamp='1459467642' post='3016966'] Nothing better then a white guard on a white bass. Pimp and classy at the same time. Just looks and screams "Clean" [/quote] Can't agree. There are a million shades of white. Get the wrong shade it looks awful.

[quote name='gapiro' timestamp='1458566151' post='3008591'] Is that a supertramp song? [/quote] No, you're probably thinking of 'Take The Log Way Home'.

[quote name='ians' timestamp='1459200783' post='3014439'] ....which is how they prepare alloy bits for anodising etc. [/quote] Yep that's what it was used for where I worked, on an industrial scale. We used to get bottles of the stuff (trade name 'Genklene') from the stores for cleaning small mechanical assemblies. Now banned or being phased out, an ozone destroying chemical. [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1,1,1-Trichloroethane"]https://en.wikipedia...Trichloroethane[/url]

[quote name='ians' timestamp='1459191782' post='3014326'] Worked a Saturday job in the auto industry as a teen. Brake cleaner is a lovely 'carcenogenic' liquid commonly known as......trychoethylene and is used in the metal finishing industry as an aggressive degreasant. It's not corrosive but it is very nasty indeed. If you must use it do it outside and wear a mask/gloves etc... but yes better still give ur strings a plain wipe down or fit a new set instead. [/quote] I thought 'trike' had been banned as it was nasty, remember it from years ago in my engineering apprentice days. Reckon I've had 15 cars, some done close to 200k miles and never had the need to clean the brakes! It must be one of those substances that advertisers like to sell us, completely unnecessary (like furniture polish, vaginal deodorent, toilet cleaner, snake oil.....)

There is also the homeopathy approach. A gallon of spring water, just add one drop of methylated spirits. Ultrasonic cleaners also seem to shift muck out of the strings, but my flats will probably out-live me

[quote name='ras52' timestamp='1459148631' post='3013772'] ...because it sounded tinny. [/quote] Big mistake allowing tinny tim to guest on Ukulele.

[quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1459068844' post='3013202'] The Paul Pry in Rayleigh, in case any local bands want to know. If you have a gig booked there, I'd phone just before you leave to m̶a̶k̶e̶ ̶s̶u̶r̶e̶ ̶i̶t̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶s̶t̶i̶l̶l̶ ̶o̶n Cancel it. [/quote] fixed it for you.

[quote name='probablypike' timestamp='1459073588' post='3013252'] Music journalism aimed at musicians is awful for excluding women. And that needs to change. One magazine that is doing amazing things is She Shreds. Check them out over here: [url="http://sheshredsmag.com/"]http://sheshredsmag.com/[/url] [/quote] Female drummers also have their own magazine [url="https://issuu.com/tomtommagazine"]https://issuu.com/tomtommagazine[/url] (isssue 24 has an interesting article on time)

It says on the can: "Removes harmfull brake dust, no dismantling required". So you'll have no trouble with brake dust and you need not take the strings off. Job done.

in no particular order. Paul Rodgers, Frankie Miller, Laura Nyro, Tom Waits, Sandy Denny, Steve Winwood, Janis Joplin, Steve Marriott....

[quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1458593332' post='3008982'] The toughest bit about building a box like this is drilling the enclosure (assuming you're going for a metal one). [/quote] I use one of these (there are several makes available). Start with a 4mm hole then ream out to the required size [i]VERY SLOWLY[/i] as it is easy to make the hole too big! Stop and check size frequently. Cuts through diecast boxes like butter. [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rolson-34125-Tapered-Reamer-12/dp/B00422ID9W/ref=pd_sim_sbs_60_1?ie=UTF8&dpID=31pJP82iMtL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR160%2C160_&refRID=073R7JPW063BZ2J62F1K"]http://www.amazon.co...JPW063BZ2J62F1K[/url]

Found this on Twitter, seems to be of great sentimental value stolen from a car, Liverpool area. [url="https://twitter.com/RubySkyMusic/status/711355951341821952"]https://twitter.com/...355951341821952[/url] Distinctive marks on front: [url="https://twitter.com/RubySkyMusic/status/711513754324881408"]https://twitter.com/...513754324881408[/url]

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1458263211' post='3006188'] Is that similar to a 'palm moot'..? [/quote] That would be the logical conclusion.

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1458230607' post='3005821'] Maybe at loggerheads with the concept..? [/quote] I guess the forum gets busy during the early evening, then when the evening wears on the numbers of visitors decreases, rather like a [url="https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/course/24-352/Handouts/logdecrement.pdf"]logarithmic decrement [/url]which is spookily like a vibrating guitar string, but that may be a mute point.

[quote name='gelfin' timestamp='1458218924' post='3005689'] This thread is a good indicator of how busy it is in GD. That is, how high or low it is on the page. [/quote] Are you logging this data, or is that just a casual remark?

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1457951467' post='3003193'] Prior to forming "Wax" with Graham Goulman, Andrew Gold mooted a collaboration with Fish ex Marillion. As usual they were stuck for a name, so nothing ever came of it.... [/quote] Welcome back my friends, to the show that never ends (alternative rock file). Also mooted was a trio with Keith 'fingers' Emerson*, but they could not decide between the two obvious band names, so nothing ever came of it. [size=3]* Still in shock at the news of the death of Emerson and how it happened. In my late teens he and Johnny Winter rarely left my turntable, once I'd shaken off being a passive Beatle fan (which is something like being a passive smoker) [/size] [size=3]RIP Mr Emerson.[/size]

[quote name='Earbrass' timestamp='1457909622' post='3003012'] ...and "who were the Beatles, anyway?" [/quote] Some guys from the 60's who should have been sleeping like a log (probably substance abuse, there was a lot of it about).

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1456666163' post='2991145'] No, the original [i]faux pas[/i] has now been forgotten. [/quote] We need to remember stuff, for future BC'ers, who will ask questions like "how do I log on", "how do I boil strings", "is this bass good for metal", etc.