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Perhaps Zon and their ilk should take a peek at the internet and read what customers are saying about them. I'd be horrified if it were my business and this thread came into my view. If i were in the market for a boutique, Zon would not be on my list. ACG would though, and a few others. Feedback from the Bass community is everything

You're a mine of info Dave. Never knew turner was from headington !! Havent seen Hawkwind since Lemmy left

[quote name='ahpook' timestamp='1477991981' post='3165711'] Now there's a tune to start the day, I might just pop out to the shed for a quick...something... Superb bass playing on both Gong and Mr. Hillage's outings, what a player. [/quote] Easy there tiger

Blimey guv , Nik Turner ....thats a name from my sordid youth The Hawkwind era of course, Dave

Not only Gong ...check out his monstrous bass lines on Steve Hillages's ' Fish Rising ' all bumm Some fine fat string tubbing on Aftaglid, for example. Listen to the whole track as it keeps changing [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WC1ZqVAA7VM[/media]

There is very little morality in commercialism. Or rather ' Capitalism ' Its the system we live in, as do millions around the planet. Capitalism is based on greed . Well mostly, anyways There'll be a lot worse than that ebay seller in the world As someone already said .. Caveat Emptor. What else is there to say ?

Our lead git is by far the worst

You wont be disappointed - even at 1lb heavier than your Sad

[quote name='fleabag' timestamp='1475622428' post='3147520'] Just checked it on the bathroom scales .. cant speak for their accuracy though , but the bass came out at 4.3kg , around 9.4 Lbs [/quote]

Indeed gentleman .. i was expecting some poorly executed areas but there just wasn't any

[quote name='FinnDave' timestamp='1477476784' post='3162433'] Good looking bass, bringing it to Witney on Sunday? [/quote] Nope

[quote name='Marc S' timestamp='1477475197' post='3162422'] Just out of interest, where did you buy yours from? Cheers, and happy NBD to you [/quote] Thanks Marc - i got the beastie from Thomann.

[quote name='mikel' timestamp='1477423922' post='3162181'] Arghhhh, how could I forget Burlesque? Doh. [/quote] I don't know. Have yourself arrested.

PS some pics if anyone's interested http://basschat.co.uk/topic/292956-nbd-come-to-daddy/

I also got mine from Thomann - the natural swamp ash jobbie, just like Lobematt's but its a 4 banger Mine was virtually playable out of the box. All i did was raise the bridge pup a tad and lower the neck pup a tad. Everything was incredibly well setup. String height - bang on. Intonation - bang on. No sharp fret edges, no flaws in the varnish, nice heavy chrome bridge with option of thru body stringing. None of your flimsy tinny Fendery L shape bridges Fairly decent preamp with a nice Mid freq. sweep & boost Its just about unbeatable for the price. Nice work Sire

[quote name='funkgod' timestamp='1477173046' post='3160397'] i dont know why my links come up as lines?. [/quote] When you copy / paste the YT link , take out the letter 'S' from the https bit and ipsofacto, you will get the vid showing

[quote name='LayDownThaFunk' timestamp='1477342880' post='3161643'] Why comment on this thread then? [/quote] Because he had something to say on the subject. Unlike your post

Make sure you plaster it all over Farcebook. Since you're not playing there again, they deserve it And to add to that pub name, here's another. The Red Lion, Cropedy. They tried the same trick. The landlord even left the pub and phoned his staff from a distance to give us the good news, becuase he was an utter coward The bar staff handed the phone to our rhyth git and was relaying the chat to the rest of us. The drummer shouted out loud enough for the landlord to hear what he said. They paid up. We packed up

My own fault ! Yup, Dave at Hotrod answered the phone immediately and was very pleasant to talk to. He was recommended on BC , as i did a search for pickup winders here on BC and noticed that he's actually posted on here too. Problem solved

Decided not to mess with it, and send it to a pro. Found Hotrod Pickups on here and phoned Dave Walsh - he even described the problem before i did To think i did this because i simply changed the pickup covers is annoying, but hey ho

Its a Sire V7 Marcus Miller, so its either their own brand, or made for them. Unfortunately, that means i have no idea. I guess Sires are built abroad somewhere so that would sort of be out of the question. I guess i'm looking at UK pickup makers and see if they can do the job.

Good speech Mac Worth a shot. Apart from that , who can sort the pickup if i cant ? Any recommendations chaps ?

Ok ! Neck pup = 7.88 on the 20k ohm setting Bridge pup = 1. which is the default for when the MM connectors are not connected to anything but MM is switched on So i guess the BPU is foobarred. Bo**ocks !

Thanks for that info I have a multi meter so i'll check both pups and see what they read. I'm wondering though, if i'd damaged the BPU wiring, why there is any output at all. Its not like there's none. Its just gone a lot quieter, in a very noticable way

New singer 1 year in and 5 gigs done : " Yeah really loving it- no problems. Course i'm up for more " 1 month later " Sorry guys, the wife has said its me or the band " Gigs cancelled