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  1. wrinkleygit
    Thanks for the replies, just measured mine which is 30” scale and it’s 42.5” over all, Mike.
  2. wrinkleygit
    Hello, looking for a case for my old ‘73 EB-0, anybody on here have an Epiphone SG bass case, they look like good value for the money, but I can’t find any measurements to check for fit. If anyone has one, could they measure the internal length for me or better still have any EB-0 users any recommendations, thanks, Mike.
  3. wrinkleygit
    Big thank you for the Dave Holland, Thieves in the Temple transcription, after listening to a couple of YouTube videos of what appears to be a little known Herbie number, we’ve just started to rehearse it in the trio I play with, keep up the good work, Mike B.
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    Thanks for the info, 64mm might not be too bad, would love to get my hands on one of these at some point, I used to own a fanfret guitar, so I’m well aware of the advantage, in fact a friend of mine borrowed it to do some acoustic solo gigs, while I was in hospital, and begged me to sell it to him. Also, working with a Sax player we do a lot of stuff in F and Bflat, so it’s nice to play all around the 6th fret to save a bit of a stretch.
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    Excellent review, do you mind me asking for the string spacing at the bridge and also the width of the neck at the twelfth fret. I do some times miss my old SEI headless 5, but as my hand deteriorated I struggled with the width of the bound neck.
  6. wrinkleygit
    My fretless is 31.5” and is much easier on the hands than a 34”, my fretted bass is 30” and I hardly notice the difference those two. I do miss playing a 5, but for me the issue was the width of the neck. However with the state of my hands now, shortscale definitely rules.
  7. wrinkleygit
    L’abella low tension stainless flats, every time, normally available from Bass Direct .
  8. wrinkleygit
    Looking good, when you get around to wiring for the coil tap, don’t go directly to earth. Instead go through a capacitor, the value of the cap will control the amount of treble you bleed to earth on the tapped coil, this method will leave the pickup in humbucking mode and avoids the massive drop in volume that a straight to earth tap gives. As a general guide I normally use a 22 cap on guitars and a 47 on bass, when I use this method, mainly because these are the standard values in my parts drawer, anything between 010-050 caps will work with different effect depending on the humbucker that you have. Looking forward to what happens next, keep safe, Mike.
  9. wrinkleygit
    Six pages here and nobody has mentioned “Rita” the infamous Basschat Bike, I owned her for quite some time, came to me with an odd switch fault that turned out to be a broken wire in the Nordstrand pickup, sadly had to be sold to help finance an Overwater fretless, went to someone else on the forum. Great bass and much better to play than a mates “Ray”, Warwickhunt might remember her, wonder where she is now.
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    What an absolute gem, looking forward to to following the 5 string build, the fretless is still proving it’s worth in the trio, only rehearsing these days, hopefully better times next year, stay safe, Mike B.
  11. wrinkleygit
    It was only a matter of time, I’m hooked as well 😃
  12. wrinkleygit
    Big thumbs up for Neil @ Newtone Strings, basically he will make whatever you want & I don’t think he is expensive in that respect. I have used his Heritage acoustic guitar strings for many years now, if like me you have wrinkley arthritic fingers they are an absolute joy to play and I can’t recommend them highly enough.
  13. wrinkleygit
    Words alone cannot describe, even though all of our gigs have been postponed for the foreseeable future, I’ve almost managed to justify why I need at least two more basses !!!!
  14. wrinkleygit
    I still miss my 5 string with the low B, the problem for me in the end, was the width of the neck stressing my arthritic old digits, but playing with a sax those extra low notes were a god send. Whether it would be possible to make a low B work on 29” would be quite a challenge in itself, it would be interesting to know from other 5 string players which would be more useful high C or low B tuning. As always good luck with any future project & I would love to see a fiver at some point.
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    Exquisite as always 👍
  16. wrinkleygit
    Looking forward to the next SW bash to see another fine example of craftsmanship 👍
  17. wrinkleygit
    Anyone using one of the above for gigging, are 2x8’s a bit too “toppy”. My current SWR 2 x 10 setup gives me the tone I like but it’s getting a bit heavy in my advancing years .
  18. wrinkleygit
    Ready for early April ?
  19. wrinkleygit
    Jabba I hope you’re bringing plenty of stock !!!!
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    Hopefully that’s filled out ok
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    If I had a calendar it would be on it. Frank, check out Tiffins all you can eat curry house, only a couple of miles from the venue 🥵🥵🥵
  22. wrinkleygit
    I think you had better make another thumb rest, that is a stroke of genius 👍👍👍
  23. wrinkleygit
    Absolute stunner !!!! by the way I wouldn’t let the wife see these pics, you might have to do a refinish on that table 😂
  24. wrinkleygit
    Hang on in there Frank it won’t be long now, played an outdoor wedding gig on Saturday & had nothing but positive comments on my bass sound, Mike.
  25. wrinkleygit
    pm sent, mike
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