MoonBassAlpha

Yes, that's the spirit! I nearly had it sold a couple of weeks ago, but HIS wife wouldn't let him have any more guitars either....

These have HSH config, a whammy and a piezo bridge. I bought it about 12 years ago as it provided a lot of sounds my SG didn't cover, and I didn't have an acoustic at the time. I've since acquired other guitars that fill these slots, so took some photos ready to sell. Now, I've always played it through a guitar amp, and whilst not bad, the acoustic sound was ok, but not amazing, like an average electro-acoustic. For the first time ever, I put it through my PA just to check it was all working. Well, what a difference! All the acoustic nuances were coming through and it sounds VERY good. Far less cheap electro now. It's too nice to sell! So it looks like my plan to get a short-scale or Fender V1 will have to go on hold, as I'm not allowed any more instruments

Like a d.I. box then?

That's almost the twin to my SG Special, but mine is even more faded than that. The original colour was lovely though, I do miss it. It looks great, and I've never tried one, I'm ashamed to say.

I had the 450B, and, yes that was very heavy too. They do have a unique sound but I found those pickups a bit weedy. If I had kept it I would definitely have got them rewound. Sold it to DangerBoy of this parish.

So, what happened when you put the bass through it?

[quote name='Grahambythesea' timestamp='1457883217' post='3002623'] Sorry guys it just reminds of the awful 60s Italian made basses that look as though they are designed by an accordion maker. The paint job belongs on a souped up Ford Escort! [/quote] More like a GT 40

Another +1 for the Bronco. I had one in the house for a week and couldn't put it down! £72 off eBay well worth it for an absolute delight. Unfortunately I bought it for someone else :/(

Yeah, they bought Genz and got them to do all the work. Possibly : )

Does this happen a lot?

If Keith Moon had played bass..... ?

Looks like a Danelectro, or some other cheapo nasty from the 60s.

It's almost as if the Thunderbird shape was conceived with fanned frets in mind. I like the headstock too but think it would look even better with the tuners angled back a bit Warwick stylee. Would look amazing in a heavy rock context.

I think the world is ready for a 3-d printed bass in metal, chromed, as a 21st century take on the "stick" bass.

Thing is, I don't think they sound any worse than full sized basses. A lot harder to put out of tune too.

Another shout for Wembley Loudspeakers. They will get it done.

There's a shop in Abingdon called Remade Guitars that takes old duffers like this and makes them playable, often by removing the useless bridges and trems and replacing them with parts that actually work, intonate etc. Great for low-fi garage sounds and usually lightweight and small.

I've had 2 instances recently of capacitors blowing in switched mode power supplies though they were cheap types, but both now work with replacement caps.

Wouldn't help if the neck is still too concave. If the truss rod is feeling stiff you could try helping the neck by bending it back as you tighten it. The lighter gauge strings is a good option too.

Is there a problem with the current neck or do you just fancy a change?

In your process, how fine do you go with the grit at the levelling stage? It may be there is too large a discrepancy between the levelling and polishing stages. I finish levelling at 1000 before crowning an polishing.

Just bought a strap from Marc, couldn't have been easier. Trade with confidence!

[quote name='IanA' timestamp='1457635486' post='3000525'] Do they still used that special snow effect foam in BF cabs? [/quote] Eh?