SpondonBassed

The list to date: Bridgehouse - Peterborough, Leicester/Nottinghamshire Geek99 - Coalville, Leicester Honza - Nottingham Grangur - Bishops Stortford, Herts Fiatcoupe - Kingsbridge, Devon TheGreek - Hatfield, Herts TrevorR - North Surrey If I have missed anyone or if anyone wants to add themselves, please go ahead and edit my list above.

It isn't the worst excuse that I've seen for using YT as an outlet.

Sorry for the poor quality but I clipped this from an old photo of our living room. Our cats had ruined the grill cloth on my Heco Superiors. Their back feet would hit the front during the flying leaps they'd make to reach their favourite perching point on top of either cab. As they reached maturity, their claws were starting to leave witness marks on the front baffle behind the cloth. I feared that the drivers would be punctured. The cloth had to go. To replace it, I bought a roll of galvanised wire mesh from one of the DIY suppliers locally and wrapped it around the grill frame. The cats have passed on but the speakers have survived. For a cab that is intended for gigging, I'd suggest a heavier grade of wire mesh than mine but if steam punk is your thing*, a similar plan may work for you. * I'd never heard the term steam punk when I did this twenty years ago and I disassociate myself totally from the term.

Welcome to the forum Adam. Do not attempt to repair it until PMT have made an assessment. If they say it is not their responsibility you have the choice of accepting what they say and taking the hit for repairs costs or seeking redress via consumer rights. You'd have no solid ground from which to present your case otherwise. For what it is, I'd remain optimistic that PMT will deal appropriately with it. PS; I agree. It's a great bass to take you further with your playing. I have the SR605 which is broadly similar. Given that these instruments are made really well, your issue should not present a challenge to the vendor to fix at their own cost.

Welcome Lwinter.

Welcome Andrés.

Yes. Heeheehee. You've kind of shot yourself in the foot by leaving those two choices. Personally, I think you are spoilt for choice in that there London. You have a great network of public transport with multiple connection choices. Oop North, it's a bit grim like, if you don't drive.

I assume it has plain white dots then. I was speaking from the point of view of a passive bass owner wanting a bit more tonal choice without going active and needing batteries. My Vantage fretless would be a possible candidate. I'd imagine the composite neck would expose some interesting overtones even with flats on.

Nice. Did you go for Luminlay side markers? It's interesting to hear that you've got a better range of tone adjustment with it being passive. When you've played it in well enough I'd like to find out from you if it is a viable alternative to converting a bass from passive to active, given that you have the pickups you like to start with.

More of an honest reaction to the jive talk really. I was not that pretty as a baby, believe me.

Welcome Steve. If you haven't already found it, the Build Diaries section of Basschat should be of great use to you. Also Repairs and Technical for some of the more specialist issues.

I'm sure you can whip up a corduroy grill cloth... Heeheehee.

There's a serious seventies HiFi vibe off of that. Well done!

This is where it all starts to make sense. You must have been wanting to see this image from your thoughts become real for some time.

Hahahahaha Snap!

Now I am thinking you were attacked by Amy Winehouse after she'd been lurking long enough to hear that you played better than Mark Ronson... That would be proper controversial.

Now there's a thing. I have light gauge piano wound strings on my B2A. The packet they came in was endorsed by MK. I bought them in '88 after I returned to England to live once more. They're still sounding good on the active, neck-through bass. Correct me if I am wrong but isn't that one of the unique things about Mark's playing - the light guage strings? Going from my other basses to that one, I have to make an effort not to bend strings unless intending to. My other basses are strung with medium gauge. I am practising double thumbing (early days) but only on the wider spaced four stringers; the B2A and the fretless Vantage. If I want to single thumb and pop, I am not bothered what the string spacing is so much.

There is a fine line that isn't always seen by hecklers. It's the one that separates banter from abuse. I'm glad ^they^ weren't music related.

"Statii" - That's given me a cheesy grin. So, a NND topic is imminent as an antithesis to the woes described herein? Hooray! Your findings re: active vs passive with composite necks are eagerly awaited.

Depends on your flavour of normal. Where there are complex curves, especially when machining metal, 5 axis CNC is most advantageous but for guitars, being relatively shallow in depth, complex shapes can be achieved easily on the more affordable 3 axis machines. You need an aptitude for programming them though, even with the so-called intuitive models. I suspect that I am not the only one to have issues with that aspect of the equipment. For those wanting to know the difference between 3 and 5 axis CNC. Yes. Me too. Heeheehee

Were you attacked?

I was thinking the same. The band of red down the centreline will not be so stark with the hardware in place. It should give the effect of a red aura behind the strings. That's going to look cool.

I have found this too. If you submit more than one point or question to a customer support team, it is often the case that only the first part of the query is answered... if you're lucky. Then the answer you get depends very much on the team's interpretation of what's been written. As with GPs these days; it's usually better to deal with one issue at a time. Still, you'd think that Hiram's two issues are related, ie; the sudden warping and the coincidental loss of thread contact with the adjuster.

Limits aside, it's a good discussion - all points of view being considered in the context of the whole. I especially like how Mr Honza has now side-stepped it all by modifying the body shape of his bass to suit the pick guard he likes best. Class.