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There is a shop near me that focuses exclusively on tuition. Its five minutes walk from work and they're doing a £5 for 30 minute taster session. I simply dont have the time due to home commitments to take hours out to go to lessons evenings or weekends so lunchtime is my only viable option. I told him I want help with subdividing the beat, I tend to get a bit lost as I'm concentrating on playing the right notes ( i've tried practicing myself aginst a metronome and I''m not getting there) - i have no trouble finding the 1 each time (theres an online tester somewhere(Korg?) and I averaged 6ms off). Any advice from those who take lessons regularly?

if youre going for a solid colour you shouldnt need to do much except take the gloss off it with fine sandpaper. Obviously you need to be careful of the cavities as the paint might narrow them.

I like the ones I got from Matte_black on this forum - they are split coil humbuckers in a standard sized casing. They are very quiet and also nice and punchy,

[quote name='toneknob' post='1272367' date='Jun 17 2011, 08:10 AM']Annie Clements of Sugarland [/quote] good call !

[quote name='Big_Stu' post='1270787' date='Jun 15 2011, 10:46 PM']More years ago than I care to remember I was looking for some pups for something or other- I phoned around & spoke with Kent who was incredibly helpful, he was just about to start a new business "Rainbow Pickups", which was where I eventually went. Since I haven't seen anyone mention Rainbow in this thread so far I guess this is old news? Kent Armstrong Rainbow Pickups. Hazeldene House, Nickley Wood Road, Shadoxhurst, Kent TN26 1LZ England Tel: +44 1223 732527 I also had an old KA P90 dogear in a guitar & sold it on along with a guitar sale. I still kick myself to this day over letting that one go.[/quote] I actually spoke to Kent (also many years ago) at about the time Rainbow started. He made me up some Strat pickups** that were just amazing. ** I'm glad to say I moved away from the Dark Side.

[quote name='73Jazz' post='1242181' date='May 23 2011, 08:20 PM']under the bridge cover there was a little bit of foam sticking underneath in the early years, so you have that little mute on the strings from above. over the pickup it was used to prevent interspersion?(do you call it like this in english?) that is what i know about it. i love the look of the covers on j and p basses, but on a p the pickup cover is at my sweetspot, so i only use a bridge cover. same on a J..unfortunately..because i really dig to the style with pickup covers as well.[/quote] I think you mean interference ? They were originally wired in as part of the shielding in '51 precisions - see The Fender BASS Manual book

I'd start by putting new strings on and setting up the intonation and action. There are Plenty of guides on how to do this on the Internet

I have that model and it is great but I do think it's a little overpriced at £600

Yes it does, I can find the parts now on google even if that kit isn't Perfect Thanks for replying, ross

Mine has splined shafts

I have a CIJ 62 reissue jazz bass - with black plastic knobs (no grub screws). Can someone please advise what kind of wiring kit I need to redo the wiring ? poly, ceramic, cts, alpha etc - all seem to be available on ebay thanks

I had this - there's an operAtion on the wrist to loosen the muscle collar which worked really well for me There is also an injection of an anti-inflammatory called benisol which worked for about a year

Can't watch that on blackberry at moment, but will later. Thanks

Thanks, I didn't know there was a tempo change to 3/4...

Its better than the one I had, thanks

any version is fine

Hi Does anyone have this ? I think its in G Thanks

[quote name='FlatEric' post='1031181' date='Nov 21 2010, 10:01 AM']Simon took a great shot of my twin - the guy playing it in the pic, standing next to DaveC, had a very nice MIJ Jazz with period tuners fitted - lovely to play but had a issue with the badck pup. Hope you get it sorted Cheers. [/quote] That was me, Eric I thank you for the tip about the tuners. [b]Oldgit[/b] of this parish (RIP) did mention at the time of sale that he thought "someone had messed around with the tuners", but I never imagined they'd be "more authentic " than the MIJ originals. I was pleased to hear everyones' feedback about the new pickups, as they are not mainstream models like SD or Delano. PM "matte_black" on this forum for more details about the split coil jazz humbucker, its very very quiet indeed yet also pokily loud. A double neck was an experience, thanks. I'm going to get the dremel to work on the cable routing through from the bridge pickup rout to the control cavity. Its quite steeply stepped and I wonder if a prominent piece of wood there is nudging the treble side coil of the bridge pickup. Well done Luke, btw.

Apols for bailing early, the little munchkin needed feeding. Thanks to everyone for letting me try their stuff, liked the b2a and the sei fretless especially

I wont be there till 2 at the earliest as I have to do shopping and get a tyre changed first.

I'm also bringing my CIJ jazz 62 reissue with Prometeus pickups.

Wonderful thanks. My bass playing colleague ben (non bc-er) showing some interest too