paulnb57

The intonation adjustment screw on the Bronco are in the centre of the saddle, is it the same on yours? Can't quite tell from the photo....looks like your might be offset a little....

Sorry Sko I had a senior/too much red moment last night....anyroadup, I should have said, " I wonder if BRONCO saddles would do the job" So, suitably rested (and more sober) heres the saddle dimensions for a Squier Bronco, 2 strings per saddle like your Ibby... Total width of each saddle is 35mm Diameter 9mm String spacing 17mm If any use heres where I got it... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fender-Squier-Chrome-Bronco-Bass-2-Saddle-Bridge-005-5410-000-/331682545511?

I wonder if Mustang saddles would do the job? Narrower than standard and two strings per saddle, I have a bridge somewhere I'll have a measure in the morning......

Might as well trade the joker against something else.....

Could it possibly act as a sort of ramp as well as a thumb rest?

You don't need prayers, just go back to basics and be methodical!

I think you need to go back to basics and start a setup from scratch, you may have adjusted the saddles when it was neck relief that needed adjustment and made the situation worse.....or similar........ There are good set up tutorials on the net if you search http://www2.fender.com/en-GB/support/articles/bass-guitar-setup-guide/ http://www.talkbass.com/threads/all-basic-setup-questions-answered-here.125382/ Have a check round the whole instrument, are the neck bolts tight (I'm assuming a bolt on neck, if a neck thru, you might be there a while!!) is the bridge still secure on the body? Its unlikely that the nut has suddenly become and issue, so I would first check the neck relief and adjust as necessary, some basses need the string tension slackening first, also check if you have a single acting or double acting truss rod....ypur adjustment may have increased relief rather than decreasing.... Then check saddle height....... Unless you have messed with anything recently I cant think of anything else that could affect playability suddenly if it was OK before the issue...... Good luck!

Coooool! Seriously good effort!

Not been into pub bands/ jam nights since we moved back to the Island ten years ago........give me a few pointers where they are please?

I'll keep an eye out on the Comical Facebook site and hopefull will not be working, havent seen a pub band for ages!

Double post....doh!

No not in a band, although thinking about it, I'm a bit old and rusty! Where do you generally gig? What style of music? I haven't been to a pub gig for ages!

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1447100216' post='2904916'] I'll have most of my amps up around 1' o clock on the dial, at least, and the smallest is 500w. I recently listened to a whole day of music at a charity bass and the pub hired in a P.A which had 6 boxes including subs. After the first two bands... you couldn't hear what the bass player was playing altho you knew it was still there. I don't know why they bothered, tbh as it was so draining and tiring on the ear. I think many bass players can be heard..to a degree in a pub with all the guys playng loud, but what exactly can you hear and what can he play? Maybe you don't need to hear more than they've got and maybe you don't want to...but you get a loud drummer and a pokey gtr like a Les Paul or SG and you have a wall of sound that notr many basses and rigs will get passed ...and I mean 'passed' as in you can hear what the bass player is doing. This free for all should not be about a wall of sound, it should be about the layers of the sound... and you need people to stay out of each others sonic space as well as staying out of their playing space... [/quote] Reminds me of Iggy Pop at th Isle of Wight festival a while back. It was a wall of noise.....Iggy strutting about, like he does, climbs onto the bass rig, the bass player stops playing and a roadie appears at the bass amp. The band keep playing, now just Iggy wailing, drums beating and heavily distorted guitar, bass amp fixed, bass resumes. If I hadn't seen it and Iggy apologised to the basist, no one would have known! The whole set the bassist might as well have stayed in hostility getting blathered!

Hi Scott, I'm in Lake...

Thanks Dom, appreciate your thoughts...

VVTT is Volume, Volume, Tone, Tone... So, volume and tone for each pickup and a selector switch...

Was it fairly straightforward getting the transition sorted between the sawn off headstock and the new string retainer? Did it all marry up OK? Can you still access the truss rod adjustment? Are you happy with the quality of the headless hardware? Cool build!

Will answered my wanted ad for a pickup, we did the deal, it was sent well packaged, quickly and exactly as described. Thanks Will, Paul

Thanks Dom!

Kwality! Really like what you have achieved there... Where did you get your headless hardware? I'd like to have a go........ Paul

Thanks for the replies folks

So I have an Epi EB -0 shortscale bass, the Mahogany one, to many on here probably considered a toy (!) Anyroadup, I really like it, but as everyone knows the Sidewinder pup is a bit muddy, not as muddy as a Muddybucker, but well, its muddy, the tone pot is redundant really, and just sits there sulking...... So to my question please, I like Stainless flats, and I guess the brighter they are, a bit less muddy it will be, as they say in Tesco, every little helps, any recommendations for bright flats? Thanks! Paul