Owen

I have to confess to wondering 75 years of what are Chic celebrating. Sorry, I am tired.

Thanks Andy, that looks like an attractive option.

I am looking at getting a Faith Mahogany guitar. This one would do nicely http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Faith-Mahogany-Dreadnought-Acoustic-Guitar-Hard-Case-MINT-/142009390432?hash=item21106b5560%3Ag%3AWdEAAOSwepZXTHI%7E&nma=true&si=0VqcDA%252Bx0U1U0KqQ8v1Zya0Jb7I%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 but I want a decent pickup in it. Sadly they only seem to do pickups in the mahogany ones with a cutaway. I do not want a cutaway. They are wrong on an acoustic. How much hassle (read expense) is it to retrofit a decent side mounted preamp and undersadle pickup into an acoustic and what would the board reccomend as a decent retrofit electrics set up. This will be for my daughter. She will not be doing top sessions in the near future, but there is no point in paying someone to put rubbish in so I would welcome some advice. TIA

Very yes.

I used to have a Reverend Brad Houser in bug eye chrome. It has no bearing on this topic but hearing the name Reverend made me remember and it was a cool memory.

[quote name='Left Foot' timestamp='1465216650' post='3066158'] Let me kniw how that goes Owen, I was very close myself. Ive got the Adrenalinn II sitting beside me at work and cant wait to get it set up. [/quote] I am having more fun than is good for me. A Future Impact driving into the Slicer is completely addictive.

Thanks to this thread I bought a Boss SL-20. Basschat = feeding GAS I did not even know was there.

You can run older kit in osx by using legacy settings (or something). I cannot remember the details but I was in this exact situation and managed to get my Ozonic Firewire interface working.

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1459705211' post='3018780'] but it would easily drown out the rest of a trad jazz combo at a rehearsal. [/quote] I am struggling to not comment...........

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1464789811' post='3062561'] Suggestion? Gold machine heads instead of black? Perhaps swapping wooden pegs for the black like Bernie (Goodfellow) does on his? [/quote] Thread derail! Can anyone point me at somewhere that would do wooden pegs. I love my bass but hate the machine head buttons.

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1464727154' post='3061979'] Did TC buy this rig? And if he did, did he pay full retail? [/quote] What difference would that make? I don't see anyone asking the same of Ampeg/Fender/Boogie/Monique etc etc etc users. Alex has a high profile user using his kit. Good luck to him.

............... you guys!.............

Anyone know anything about these? They look very lovely. I am aware that there is more to a piece of kit than how it looks. [url="https://www.facebook.com/MoniqueForBass/photos/a.365968426787632.101412.343690049015470/1044569205594214/?type=3&theater"]https://www.facebook...?type=3[/url]

[quote name='Bigwan' timestamp='1464244138' post='3057787'] That's lovely! Always fancied a Sadowsky (even took time out on honeymoon in NYC to visit with the man himself!) but just never pulled the trigger... [/quote] I took a 3 hour detour during our honeymoon to pick up a MM5. My wife still smiles when she thinks of it. OK, she does not.

[quote name='NancyJohnson' timestamp='1464184423' post='3057317'] Steve Barr/Dudepit did some [/quote] Not wanting to derail the thread but THAT was a blast from the past. Whatever happened to him?

I paid, it arrived the day afterwards. Just fabulous.

[quote name='owen' timestamp='1464123000' post='3056803'] More importantly, the fretted is fine on G and A, appreciably louder on D and sadly quieter on E. I presume it is time to take the bridge saddle off? [/quote] I took the bridge saddle off and retrieved a small strip of metal from under the piezo element then screwed it all back up. The G and E were fine and dandy but the D and A vanished. I then put the small metal strip over the piezo element under the D and A. It is now OK but it is too late for me to turn the volume up to a level that drowns the acoustic volume to check properly. That would go down like a bucket of cold sick as the rest of the house is asleep.

[URL=http://s8.photobucket.com/user/peredur/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20160524_223100_zpsmdcsif56.jpg.html][IMG]http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/peredur/Mobile%20Uploads/20160524_223100_zpsmdcsif56.jpg[/IMG][/URL] I had no idea that I was that attached to dot placement!

There are fret lines on the side but a dot on fret 3/5/7 etc it is a bit disconcerting! More importantly, the fretted is fine on G and A, appreciably louder on D and sadly quieter on E. I presume it is time to take the bridge saddle off?

Ukes arrived today. The fretless has the side dots (where there would be side dots) where the fret lines would go. What is that about?

Less is more.

For whoever buys a Uke bass next time, remember to buy a case for it as well Cheap and cheerful - http://www.thomann.de/gb/thomann_gigbag2_classic_12_bk.htm?ref=search_prv_1_1 Or nicer - http://www.thomann.de/gb/thomann_gigbag1_classic_1_2_bk_2.htm?ref=search_prv_3_1

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1463674089' post='3053301'] [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_kahuna_clu_bass_ukulel_deko_2.htm"]http://www.thomann.d...ulel_deko_2.htm[/url] Deco Uke's, fretless and fretted £36 plus p&p [/quote] Not any more. Thanks