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[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1432401840' post='2781195'] [sup]Next target 50k views?[/sup] [/quote] There is no truth in the rumour that the OP has invited 10,000 Maniacs to view this thread.

[quote name='Leonard Smalls' timestamp='1432212519' post='2779234'] Only joking... [/quote] John Prescott: Jaguar bass (x2)

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1432136784' post='2778510'] Bet The Ozric Spectacles can? [/quote] X-Ray Spex can see through all sorts of obfuscation.

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1432052356' post='2777608'] My postman often signs stuff for me. [/quote] I often get my bank manager to sign my cheques

Pick up height?

Very nice bass. Don't know why Fender never really did many (any other?) 32s. I've just got a 32" Squier Tele bass, but CAR not an option :-(

[quote name='Coldflows' timestamp='1432022437' post='2777253'] Maybe I will strip it down and wax the wood. [/quote] Might be engineered from 2 or 3 chunks of basswood - anyone ever done this? What does it look like?

[quote name='Coldflows' timestamp='1431983828' post='2777054'] What do you think of the bridge? Its a bit chunky for a tele I think. Makes me want to change the paint job. [/quote] I thought about replacing the bridge, but doubt if there is a drop in replacement available for the mounting holes. Heaviest bbot I've ever seen though. Yes colour options are a bit bland. Main reason I got it was the 32 inch scale and the P-like neck. Short scales seem to be smaller nut size. Also have a HB shorty P which is also a wide neck

Another Squier Telebass. Slightly modified: additional volume pot one for each pickup, chrome knobs replaced with black (never liked chrome!), 3 way Tele switch rewired as a two position high pass filter on the bridge pup. (thought original wiring was a bit 'muddy' on the neck pup). TI flats.

[quote name='PlungerModerno' timestamp='1431359636' post='2770457'] I find a magnifying glass makes seeing the shape of the nut slot easier. [/quote] Same for fret crowning - or am I just getting old..... use the finest grade paper you can find,it will cut slower and give a smoother finish. If the paper is too sharp, you can blunt it by rubbing against itself.

[quote name='police squad' timestamp='1431156588' post='2768258'] I've got La Bella 760s on my hofner violin bass. It just goes thud. Lovely. Some sort of picato flats on my epiphone jack Cassidy. It just goes thud. lovely. [/quote] I have Status Hotwire flatwounds on a short scale. They go thud. Cheap enought to try, but rather stiff compared to more expensive flats.

[quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' timestamp='1431517118' post='2772085'] .... Richard Branson would've done [/quote] Really? Can you get him to stop sending me virgin junk mail Must admit I've had no ParcelForce problems (yet). I get it delivered to work and Thomann usually arrives within 36 hours of landing in the UK. I do have mail problems though and go paperless on as much stuff as possible (mainly as I have a neighbour who is a complete A**hole) Glad the bass worked out OK, it looks a good 'un.

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1431410939' post='2770907'] ..Doused in KY jelly.... [/quote] This saved me from identity theft once - I used it to free up a jam in a paper shredder. I usually use olive oil - err for the paper shredded.

[quote name='BILL POSTERS' timestamp='1431199127' post='2768796'] They might, who knows ? [/quote] Probably envy. Caterpillars get to eat, Butterflies get to have sex.

Must have been the early 70s, Hawkwind and The Pink Fairies were sharing a gig or stage and billed in (probably) a NME advert as PinkWind. Don't google it.

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1430861694' post='2765445'] Franz Ferdinand and Sparks have joined forces and call themselves FFS....FFS! [/quote] Bored with The Who, Pete gets no pleasure in their gigs anymore, so they have joined with The Fall and call themselves WTF

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1430228726' post='2759193'] I've got an old Wilson guitar with the 'zero fret' and I've always thought "what a good idea" no more fannying around cutting the nut to exactley the right depth, I've often wondered why it's not more widely used. [/quote] Possibly so they can sell you the most exotic nut material, to match that exotic 'tonewood'. You could always drop the tuning, capo on the first fret and you have a 32" scale zero fret.

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[quote name='ikay' timestamp='1430313504' post='2760149'] Low viscocity super glue 0.49p from Maplin - [url="http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/bondloc-cyanoacrylate-superglue-low-viscosity-20g-n56bz"]http://www.maplin.co...osity-20g-n56bz[/url] [/quote] B&*%^£r never found this. Tried Farnell, RS, industrial suppliers. Low viscosity is unusual as its for pre-assembled glueing which needs a closer manufacturing tolerance, as it only fills small gaps (0.1mm) Thanks!

[quote name='ikay' timestamp='1430304749' post='2759996'] I used a low viscosity glue... [/quote] I found this hard to find at a decent price, most stuff is thick, intended to be applied to surfaces and brought together and probably too thick for this purpose. Did find some at a luthier supplier (for fixing loose frets), which seeps into gaps.

Are your first three frets level? If they are, fret at the third fret and check the gap at the first fret. This should tell you how far out the nut is. My first attempt at replacing a nut was almost a 100% success. The original nut was awful (probably a Friday afternoon job). I had to saw the old nut out, there was so much glue holding it in. Cutting my first nut was relativly easy, although I went too deep on one string. So I put a mylar shim under the nut - I had not glued it in but had sanded carefully so it was a good tight fit. I've heard of building up the slot (there is stuff on youtube) but this seems a real hack. If the bass is of a good value, i'd get a luthier to do the job (mine was < £200 so hackable with few worries.) I have had a bass where there was slight open string buzz, which went away when I replaced the rounds with flats (stiffer, less swing) and did a setup. Rob - before I removed the old nut I did put some of the mylar film in the slot as a temporary measure until I found the courage to hacksaw the nut out. It worked but had to be held in place when tensioning the string else it slipped out. The excess was trimmed out with a scalpel blade. The Mylar was just a few thou thick and quite tough.

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1430220988' post='2759052'] Talk Talk are reforming and looking at doing a collaboration with Blondie... [/quote] So, Chuck Berry turned them down?

[quote name='ras52' timestamp='1430157780' post='2758506'] The Rustle of Gypsies? [/quote] Och, that disnae make sense?

WD40 and Loctite should never be allowed on the same planet as electric guitars.

[quote name='Fettsman' timestamp='1430137714' post='2758249'] The way they go limp doesn't help either. [/quote] One of mine currently has a machine gun in it (no panic, its deactivated for a forthcoming exhibition!). Hope Mrs P does not find it - weighs about the same a three Ps. (the bass not the OH!) Alway reassuring to the rest of the household to have empty gig bags or wall hangers, shows you are not exceeding the limit.