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[quote name='beardybass' post='955662' date='Sep 14 2010, 06:29 AM']It looks like a softmint! Not necessarily a bad thing, but you wouldn't people to come up and start sucking on your instrument while you're on stage, now would you?[/quote] No, I'd probably wait till afterwards.

"Play Misty For Me" has a nice section at a jazz festival in it - might have been Weather Report at some point.

I really like the sound you got there. What did you use in the way of treatment(s), if any - sounds really chunky!

Don't fanny around, just fit a passive volume control to one channel of your a/b box. Could barely be simpler.

John Renbourn - the Black Balloon. Pentangle-tastic!!

I remember seeing Bebop Deluxe on their "Sunburst Finish" tour, and Bill Nelson swapped his 335 for and Audition or somesuch cheapie for the last number to set it on fire. I felt a bit cheated and glad at the same time.

Sikamikanico by RHCP. Gotta love the punky half-time/full on thing! Not one of their best known offerings (B-side of Under the Bridge 12") but it is in Wayne's World briefly, so you will have heard a bit of it.

Couldn't you just add a small cap across the single to make it a tad less bright? or a cap with a preset pot that you could hide away in the cavity somewhere, set it up how you like it and then forget?

[quote name='Jigster' post='938920' date='Aug 28 2010, 06:00 PM']been using tru oil myself this week on an ash body - has got a lovely sheen to it. Am 9 coats down the line. How many did you do?[/quote] Err, I did about 3 as it was a law of diminishing returns. It was a bit scrappy under the finish, so the objective was to seal it rather than make it look great, I'm not into turd-polishing. However I did do lots of layers on the fingerboard (defretted) and that did sand down to a really nice smooth finish that felt great.

Alternatively, you could fill the slots with woodfiller and sand flat - works a treat. My U.S. Masters fretless neck apparently has the slots done (at the factory) in black epoxy. Looks lush! On my last 2 home defret jobs I used woodfiller (dark) for the slots and finished the board in Tru-Oil. That sands down to a really smooth finish, really easy to do too.

Alex, how high does the midrange unit go?

Think about why noone makes wooden tennis racquets anymore - stiffness and light weight. You design the resonances out. There would be a lot more material in a cab though, so that would be the killer, unless you can "acquire" it for less than you'd normally pay for it....

how the hell are you supposed to play the top 3 frets on that?

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.