SH73

[quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1500752081' post='3340018'] I've got it. Very good. I'm using my Helix more these days but I'll never delete SVX. [/quote] How would rate SVX?

[quote name='NancyJohnson' timestamp='1500740461' post='3339912'] A mate has this in his studio...you record the bass clean/dry and apply the effect during mix/mastering. You can't get decent results applying the VST during recording. It's a lot of fun, mixing heads/cabinets, mic options and positioning, but there is a [/quote] I record my guitars and bass with vst straight away so I get the feel of e.g. an overdrive.This way I know how much to mute the strings. The Swedish guy on You Tube plays it dry and clean first then applies plug ins. I find it odd. I recorded two bass lines for two different songs. The same vst settings but one song was with a j bass the other song with a p bass. They both sit nicely in the mix.

[quote name='SpondonBassed' timestamp='1500733849' post='3339871'] May we know what the reason was for returning the guitar? [/quote] Faulty locking nut.

Nothing wrong buying online. I set it up to my likings. However, I recently purchased a guitar from one of the big boys shops and after 5 mins of setting it up I put it back in box and called then back asking for a replacement but eventually went for a refund. I'm not going to name them as they dealt with the matter professionally. This won't stop me from buyibg online.

I've always fancied big stage amps and cabs but never owned one. Well apart from a BW Peavey combo weighing a ton. I recently bought Amplitube4 and I am very impressed with it. The only downside is that to get full advantage of it you need to buy add ons from tgeir Custom shop. I am now thinking of getting Ampeg SVX plug in for my bass. I've seen good reviews on You Tube but would like some basschatters reviews uf anyone uses one. It would be used for home recording.

Good stuff. Sounds like local finests to me. Some thieving bastards probably lurk on this forum!

Basschat won`t allow me to attach more images?

Cheers chaps. Found a solution.

[quote name='Norris' timestamp='1500459041' post='3337883'] Have a look on the Seymour Duncan website - they have loads of wiring diagrams on there, which will also tell you which pots you'll need [/quote] Cheees. I had. There're so many. I ordered a wiring kit from axetec

I've done lots of research on potentiometers but it seems it's horses for courses. Therefore I'm asking you reliable basschaters for advise. I want to wire up HSS configuration for my electric guitar project. The humbucker needs a push pull volume. So basically I'm after either one volume one tone or one volume two pots. The question is. Do I need a linear or log pot.I've been advised that volume pot needs to be 500kohm and tone pit 250kohm.Any suggestions?

First two coats if primer applied.....so far so good

Not sure about red tortoise pickguard on surf green.Looks like Jimmy Hendrix had one.

Can't decide on colour. Thinking surf green with pearl white pickguard or white with pearl white pickguard. Marbeling painting might be harder than it looks. Any suggestions on colour?

Have you reported it? I would start searching e bay, gumtree, schpock and local pawn shops.

[quote name='Norris' timestamp='1500128312' post='3335795'] Certainly leave the undercoat on if you're refinishing it anyway. I've seen someone recently finish a guitar using magic marble paint on another forum - however it did take him several attempts to get it right, and levelling it out afterwards wasn't easy. (Magic marble is a paint that you float on water and then dip the guitar body into - you'll need a big plastic bin, enough to submerge the whole body if you're going that route) I'm not sure if I'd use gorilla glue anywhere. Afaik it expands in contact with water, including natural humidity. As far as removing the existing finish, you shouldn't need to. Just sand it all to provide a decent key [/quote] Thanks for advice much appreciated. The gorilla glue is 100 % once dried so should be fine for that missing flake of polyurethane.

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1500108305' post='3335637'] I've had that on a japans squier - it was kinda this awful mess of bad basswood, coated in a plastic type outer that made it hard. I picked the body up secondhand and someone had taken a chunk of the plastic type layer off already - I ended up buying a cheap replacement body. My 2p if you haven't already taken it off - leave it and use the existing base to put your paint on - there's no need to take it back to the wood [/quote] I only removed a small piece of outer coating. I filled the missing bit with a thin layer of Gorilla glue, so no major damage done. Thanks for advice

New pick ups arrived from Iron Gear.

I started sanding the top guitar surface. It appears it is polyurethane. So I got the heat gun out and removed a small part but noticed there is some more plastic like underneath.The guitar body is apparently, according to internet search, made of basswood, but the body material seems to be something else. Could it be made of some hard plastic? This might make it difficult when it comes to routing the body to fit the floyd rose. I have sanded of the guitar logo and sanded off the neck thickness. The neck felt comfortable as it was so I only gave a little sanding.

Hi B-chatters, This is my first, hopefully thorough guitar rebuild. I have attempted one decades ago, which turned out decent ish. This time, I decided to re build my electric guitar, namely Cruzer ST-220/3TS Sunburst. I`ve had this guitar for about 5 years from new but I thought I `ll give it a complete make over. I`m not a fan of sunburst...... The plan is to insert a floating tremolo with lock nut, and new hardware. Also set of new pick ups with similar characteristics to dimarzio super distortion and samarium noiseless. All hardware will be black including pick ups.Initially, I wanted the guitar white but I`m thinking of marbleling painting method. Have yet to decide on the colour. White/blue with black hardware would look nice. BTW, any suggestions on new colour are welcome.

Age is only a number. Some people get married and have kids after they turned 40. I got back to bass playing when I was nearly 40 and now that I'm 40 I take on new hobbies. Enjoy and don't start buying too many basses too soon.😊

Most of my songs are composed by accident. For example when I'm tweaking the guitar tone or messing with effects. I then guick record them on my phone. Often when I go to sleep I've got ideas going through my head. I even dreamt about a song but when I woke up I couldn't remember the tune. I'm crap with lyrics.... Maybe taking a break coukd help you to clear your mind.

[quote name='adamg67' timestamp='1499959351' post='3334853'] What about a PRS HFS? I've got one in an S2 Custom 24 and I really like it, especially with coil tap for more options. [/quote] Nah i ordered some from irongear

I've been looking at bare knuckles and oil city. They look expensive. In fact you can get dimarzio or seymour duncan for less than that. Toneriders are better vslue pickups but they were unable to answer my questions.

[quote name='Sibob' timestamp='1499780932' post='3333555'] That sounds like a ground loop hum.....which usually only rears it's ugly head when monitoring over speakers (with unbalanced cables) as opposed to being recorded and also heard on Headphones. But hey, computers can be weird! If it's a cheap laptop, then the internal power supplies are often a bit crap, sometimes once they're engaged (by plugging in the power), they can cause the USB ports to act strangely. We saw this with a number of laptops simply dropping peripheral devices on some USB ports when connecting to power, perhaps in your case it's just adding some noise if struggling to power it properly.....maybe. Would be interesting to test the 2i2 on other computers that perhaps fall above yours in the budget/specs etc. Anyway, I know it's not idea, but at least you've found the culprit. If you still want some advice, do contact Tech Support, as they will be more on top of any recent known issues with laptop brands than I am. Cheers Si [/quote] Cheers Si

[quote name='Sibob' timestamp='1499725104' post='3333224'] Talk to Tech Support, there may be a fault but they'll help trouble shoot it. Si [/quote] I think i located the main culprit. It's the laptop charger! On batteries it soundd decent. As soon as I connect the charger, there it is: his his, buz buz, hum hum etc