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ok - -its fitted and working You can join the piezo cables - its just a wire core and a earthing sleeve. I used a simple connector block from Wilkos. Rigid piezos are way better that the cable ones as shown in my picture - the saddle doesnt wobble. The new piezo is a bit taller than the original one but i used it since it looks more robust. This means the strings are a bit high. The onboard tuner is brilliant - works very well. I didnt use the compensated saddle in the end - i hadnt noticed that the saddle is seated at a slant and I think this may be good enough. issues remaining - the saddle sits high and will need to be sanded down by at least 1mm - probably more. Bit concerned that this will reduce the already slim break angle even further - pictures tomorrow.

[quote name='Huge Hands' timestamp='1485943732' post='3227822'] Maybe you should show her you're a keeper by not going for the most expensive thing you can find [/quote] good point.

[quote name='Sammers' timestamp='1485947775' post='3227878'] Personally I think you've shot yourself in the foot leaving it so long without complaining as there's a chance that they won't take responsibility for the damage, so my advice would be to contact them directly about the issue as soon as! [/quote] yep - too much water under the bridge to be reasonable.You should have taken photos as soon as you got it back, just to prove you didnt knacker it, and no one else did since either. Still talk to the guy though, and see if you can hammer out a compromise. Maybe he was having some personal issues at the time and didnt do his best work. Its been known before.

i like the look of both and I do occasionally play with my thumb so it is useful when doing that. take it off if you don't like it.

It's not one that I find easy This topic has brought back memories, this was the tune I chose in Greenwich Connecticut and tried to learn on a hired classical guitar one hot summer long long ago

Hello Searched eBay, gumtree, here etc and they dont come up for sale much Any suggestions of a fair price for an immaculate one ? Thanks

[quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1485331551' post='3223094'] Thank you I ordered a cheap one and will report back Does anyone have an opinion on bone nuts or compensated saddles ? Edit: I've ordered a cheapie compensated nut to try also [/quote] Annoyingly I found the original piezo on the gravel today while reroofing the shed - must have fallen from my pocket days ago

[quote name='SpondonBassed' timestamp='1485511474' post='3224439'] I had hoped to do that but as I said, despite turning up well before the official 9pm start, the organiser was already on stage doing his thing and there was no-one else to do ensemble with. I am given to understand that last night is not typical of the venue. Being a weekly open mic and being in Derby, it has good catchment and I reckon it is worth sticking with for this phase of my development. [/quote] It takes time to find people - I had several weeks where I couldnt find anyone as everyone seem to be in a clique already, or that I had no confidence to do a solo spot (I feel bass IS an ensemble instrument), once people noted how bass filled out a performance (I really enjoyed upstaging those weedy solo acoustics), and once performers got a better response, it was easier to find people to play along with. Be patient is my advice, leave your bass out in sight of all and someone will invite you.Me? I absolutely loved watching people clapping or tapping or even just nodding. Lots of people told me bass made a nice change to hear.

I usually pick something on the night with my acoustic guitarist chum and we rough it out in the corridor then wing it. Someone in the audience asked where we find the time to practice ** "practice?" I said ** more down to their low standards I suspect than any innate talent or skill or indeed adherence to musical norms

Drum Roll please

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1485299681' post='3223016'] I guess it depends on how deep the saddle slot is, but could you beef up the thickness of the saddle, say, with superglue, then rub it down to a good fit in the slot so it can't wobble. [/quote] Interesting idea but I think movement of the strings when tuned would eventually bust it loose

[quote name='3below' timestamp='1485327671' post='3223076'] Cables can be soldered together. I have used one of the cheapo piezos in an acoustic bass I have, it works well. [/quote] Thank you I ordered a cheap one and will report back Does anyone have an opinion on bone nuts or compensated saddles ? Edit: I've ordered a cheapie compensated nut to try also

all true, but I dont see how that helps the bridge wobbling on the softer mesh transducer. I can buy a cheapo solid piezo on amazon, can someone advise if I can just joint the cables ?

hi all can I have your thoughts on this? Its about a twelve string Tanglewood Oddyssey (bought off here). Its a narrowbody with a bowlback. It had an Artec APC Pro with a [u][b]solid[/b][/u] PP607 piezo in the bridge, 75 mm saddle with symmetrical min height of 4mm and rises to 6mm high at the centre, Width is 3mm. When I got it, the preamp didnt work, but since I had no need of it, I didnt pay too much attention. It sounds awesome acoustically. Fast forward and I find tuning it a pain; I wanted an onboard preamp with a tuner so after much searching for a narrow preamp I finally found that a Fishman Presys + would fit with a little chopping of the cutout. It comes with a mesh style piezo.I kept this as A) its hard wired into the preamp the existing piezo had a 3.5mm jack on and I didnt want to chop and join. Its fitted, it works and I threw the rubbish away, its was only when I went to retune it that I noticed the bass E strings were a bit low and buzzy,. two reasons 1. The mesh squashes, in a way that the solid preamp didnt so the saddle sits a little lower. 2. There is less bulk (no solid right angle) where the wire passes though into the bridge and so the saddle "wobbles" on the bass E position and sits lower as it tips slightly under the tension. I'm aware that the mesh style allows fuller contact between saddle and body and so has some advantages, Equally I need it to work. My thoughts are 1. buy another a solid piezo and join it (I foolishly threw the existing one not realising they cost about £13 2. get a taller saddle(possibly a compensated one) and sand it down. Issues - 1) most of the claimed bone ones seem actually to be plastic 2) I might cock it up ( any tricks tha tI can pickup) 3. Prop the saddle up with some match sticks and sand those down What do you recommend, folks ?

I use cheapie fender phosphor bronze on my shortie They are peanuts on amazon

[quote name='highwayone' timestamp='1484775696' post='3218420'] Tinkered with guitar on and off for years and never really mastered it. Any tips on the best way forward,had some lessons but all the tutor was doing was learning me a new song every week but nothing else. Any good books or sites out there to have a gander at? Cheers. [/quote] Yes change the strings for bass ones

[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1484663983' post='3217279'] NO!! Well, now tell me this isn't a true blue USA Fender http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OLD-HOUSE-CLEARANCE-BASS-GUITAR/112270155837 Encore I believe. [/quote] To be fair he never claims it is one, and notes that the decal has probably been added

why would you bother? Squier VMJs are perfectly respectable and hold their value well. They punch well above their weight in my humble opinion. Actual fenders have faces that discolour more quickly that the side or rears as they used to use a different varnish to cover the decal so it really doesn't matter what you use and it may even end up looking cool, as a poster above noted.

Totally unreasonable buyer

Nice !

[quote name='The-Ox' timestamp='1484068915' post='3212421'] yeah agreed, when done well, a subtle bit of sunburst does look good in my opinion. Just debating whether or not to refinish it all olympic white and let the sunburst come through naturally, as its nitro [/quote] I would - and I would also stick with the tort

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1483291345' post='3205965'] Not sure what you mean.... http://youtu.be/QAVm2bWulLc [/quote] Ugh that is now burned into my retinas .....

He is a hero of mine

[quote name='SpondonBassed' timestamp='1483734527' post='3209764'] You filthy minded individual you...! Heeheehee. Just clean the floor before you leave for H&S please? [/quote]

[quote name='silverfoxnik' timestamp='1483730222' post='3209705'] Totally agree Pete; she was sensational! [/quote] And I really like that purple dress