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I ended up using Tru Oil and it pretty much got the finish I was after. I've since used it on 2 defretted fingerboards and it can come up really nice looking. It didn't fill in the gaps on the more damaged fingerboard very well though - wish I'd used filler first. Very similar to the finish on the U.S Masters fretless neck I ordered. I wonder if that's what they use.

I've always liked these - remind me a bit of Pedulla in the body. I'm sure I played a fretless in the Bass Centre years ago.

Nice easy transaction on strings, a pleasure to deal with, cheers! Jules (MBA)

If the rod is adjusted with a standard type truss rod adjusted taking a 4mm allen key, what is the tread of the truss rod likely to be? I'm guessing M5 but can anyone give me a definitive answer. I think it's an aluminium channel truss rod affair. Need an answer asap as I need to borrow some washers/nuts from work this lunchtime!

No one weighed in with the "load of old Warlocks" line yet? Disappointing!

[quote name='molan' post='918877' date='Aug 8 2010, 05:25 PM']Not sure if anyone else has been up to Phil's BassGear HQ in Harrogate recently? I was there two weeks ago & he's got a couple of new AC basses in This baby really caught my eye - amazing metallic flip-flop kinda finish. I've never seen anything like it on a bass before. Picture doesn't really do it justice but you'll get the idea hopefully: [/quote] That's all well and good, but they haven't made a lot of effort with the head design, have they? looks like a cheap'70s Woolies copy.

Maybe a little disc of felt or leather would work well - just making the pot rub against the body will eventually mark the body.

My guitarist also plays bass. In fact he has a rather nice one - a Patrick Eggle New York 4. Anyhow, he's lost one of the string locking thumbwheel things, and hadn't noticed until I pointed it out (well he IS mainly a guitarist!) Does anyone know if you can source these bits? did a quick search and didn't find anything. Cheers MBA

[quote name='charic' post='927406' date='Aug 17 2010, 11:52 AM']Its called the elephant in the room effect[/quote] Should that be "eight by ten in the room" in these pages...

I've used the Line6 Lowdown 110 in just this situation, and for acoustic stuff it is all you need. And a LOT under your budget too. The d.i. is good too if you need more oomf out front.

Err, I think you mean Rogue!! there was me expecting a nice red bass too...

Now that IS a "Marmite" bass!

This is a great thread, it has made me think about one of the bands I'm currently playing with quite hard. I'm certainly no pro, but have played in bands, always originals, for years and know my place and function pretty well. The guitarist/Singer's voice is too quiet for live, the guitaring tends to the pentatonic, the songs have no noticable arrangements, and the drummer, while technically good, doesn't listen that well and plays too loudly. I'm not mad about half the material either! It sounds like a bit of a nightmare, but I'm doing it to keep my hand in, as my other band does almost nothing at the moment. I can totally get the "feeling a bit sh*t by association" thing Bilbo. Thoughts, anyone? By the way, I was once in a jazz band (our set list was almost everything on Bilbo's "pet hates" list in another thread). I can't play jazz, I found it just too hard technically, and we were mostly terrible in jazz terms. The disappointing thing is, we played at Brent town hall providing background music for a large dinner, and of about 600 people there, not one came up to us and said how sh*t we were!

would you say it's like a clown's pocket?

This may have been asked somewhere before in the mists of time, but does anyone know exactly what the frequency and boosts/cuts the pre-shape acts at?

I agree with an earlier comment about the l.e.d.s - they are much brighter than you need, and in an ill-lit environment can close your pupils down enough to not actually be able to see the control settings properly. Bright blue leds are actually not very good for your eyes too. I do like the solid machined knobs and the feel of them with indented operation, it all adds to the feel of quality. At a pub gig last night with a three piece band, I found that my 3.0 was being driven pretty hard to produce good volume. The upside of this is that the carefully designed protection circuit does clip in quite a musical way in much the same way as a valve amp warms the sound up as it starts to clip. You may miss out on this if you go for the 6.0, but then you will have the valve pre to warm it up.

[quote name='Chris2112' post='918332' date='Aug 7 2010, 08:53 PM']Thats one flat EQ![/quote] Pre-shape?

Kim Clark's solo on Defunkt's "Avoid the Funk" is one of my fave's. (the album is "Thermonuclear Sweat") Concise and funky as hell - gotta love that envelope filter! The phrasing is great too.

[quote name='Dr.Dave' date='Apr 20 2009, 02:03 PM' post='467462'] I think this is very generalised bias but for what it's worth. ". By the time anything came in a furry cabinet it was utter rubbish that WILL fall to pieces in a gigging environment. " I don't agree with this at all. I've gigged with a furry 1x15 combo that had lived in a cold damp garage all its life and was totally sound throughout. The 300w 1x15 is all you need for pub gigs. The furry finish shouldn't put a prospective buyer off. IMO

[quote name='Mykesbass' post='915365' date='Aug 4 2010, 09:03 PM']Thanks Doc, was wondering if it would give me any tonal problems, but hadn't thought of buzz.[/quote] Defret it yourself and see how it goes. There's nothing to lose! It might be ok forever, if it eventually starts to buzz sand it down again! That's what I would do, but then I am a tight git.

[quote name='mashup' post='915453' date='Aug 4 2010, 10:39 PM']That is some great advice that i will definately be taking. Thanks once again friend. By the way. I forgot to tell you what the fix was in the end - A set of new strings and a set up! As suggested by a few members previously, the strings had a few kinks in them, and the pressure of the car had forced the intonation out. £44 & Happy days, well, apart from the thumb! My bass is now officially rockn' roll now that it's been run over! Cheers, Mat[/quote] Good news about the bass, and good luck with the gig. Let us know how it goes. I bet your bruv is relieved too, I think he owes you a beer or two! (I'd wait until after you've played though, you'll need your wits about you...)