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Cotton eye joe would take some bearing. Again it's a novelty record and I defended star trekkin earlier but there is no justification for cotton eye joe.

Completely forgot about this, thanks to traffic we ended up with about twenty minutes so phoned ahead and got Dominos pizza from about 20m from the entrance. It was poor if I am honest but if anyone is stuck I doubt there is anywhere closer.

Any suggestions at all for decent shortscale strings?

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One of the guys involved in Star Trekking is a bit of a legend round here, lovely bloke called Dave Tenney.
Very clever musician and a great guitarist, been a pro most of his life. He wrote the song along with Tony Thorpe,
ex Rubettes and himself a top player. Think they were both surprised at the success of the song.
Watching an old TOTP recently, saw their band The Firm doing the follow up 'Arthur Daley he's alright'.

Both dire hits IMO, but hope they made some money out of them.....
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I think some people miss the point of songs like startrekking, they weren't written to be brilliant. They were written as a bit of fun with a catchy tune to have a laugh. They aren't my taste but I remember how many kids were singing it in school when it came out so it worked to some degree. The fact that I can still remember several verses is testament to the writers ability to define earworm in three minutes.

To me a truly awful song is one that is written to be good but isn't. That will come down to personal taste so is all a bit pointless. I think Coldplay continually produce the most annoying drivel on the planet but judging by album sales and awards etc etc I would appear to be in a minority. I despise Kylie Minogue with a passion but have a mate in his forties who thinks she is wonderful. All down to taste........

I can't help but wonder if the maker spends as much time making sure the sound is right. Looks a bit of a 'tarts handbag' to me and would be suspicious that it would sound poor.

Thanks, I will talk to my mates Monday and see who is interested.

I used to live just around the corner in Gloucester street. What time does it kick off?

Does anyone have any recommendations for short scale strings for an electro Acoustic bass? I use Dean Markley on my full scale basses but can't find any for short scales. Looking for roundwound not flats and just suggestions of what has worked well for other people.

I have a smooth hound and run in direct on most but on one bass I clip it to the strap and use and adapter and a patch lead which works brilliantly. The adapter was £2 and is listed in the accessories on the smooth hound website. It is a brilliant bit of kit and does make life much nicer without cables getting in the way all the time.

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Just been and counted and there are 109 of them.

How about £25 plus postage or I can drop off in Dudley when I am there next?
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Give me a shout when you are in Dudley next and I will come across and get them if I can. I don't expect you to hold them for me if anyone else wants them though.

No replies so guessing they aren't a common thing. Some digging has revealed a possible link to a music shop in London which may have rebranded stuff with the rusty axe name. It appears that this bass may be a Stagg semi acoustic. It is due to arrive later with my mate so hopefully will be able to shed some light on it but if anyone has any info it would be gratefully received.

I really have no idea what they would be worth so don't want to make an insulting offer. Roughly how many are there?

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I'm in Cheltenham but do get up to Midlands and down to London with work if that helps at all?
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It would help a lot, how much are you after for them? Are you looking to sell all in one lot?

The beard phone could catch on though........

I wish you were closer, whereabouts exactly are you in the south west in case I can find someone to pick them up for me.

Price is the key. If it's grubby but cheap then it's worth taking a chance. If it's top money then it should be immaculate. Like the car anaology above, a missing service might not put you off but you want to pay the same as one with a full book of stamps perhaps.

Not sure it counts at critically acclaimed, but loads of Iron Maiden fans seem to like Powerslave but it's the only album of theirs that I can't find anything I like on. Very samey and nothing original to me.

And at risk of being hung drawn and quartered, most Beatles albums. They just don't do anything for me.

This is tragic to hear. Thanks to local bands we have raised money to send over thirty kids with disabilities on trips of their lives. We always look after the bands and I can't believe the stupidity of some of the people organising the events mentioned above.

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A man after my own heart! Your prototype is much neater than mine (it'll be a bit less obvious after I've finished in satin black). Wanted to test the theory first before drilling any extra holes in the body of the bass, so the only fixing point is the original strap button screw. Certainly makes a big improvement in playability. Unfortunately my 'finished' version won't benefit from machine tooling as I haven't got any!

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That's a nicely made piece of kit though. And the improvement in playability is the key. I love the SG sound but the dive does spoil the experience a bit.

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There was a similar sort of thing that someone made for the G&L ASAT [URL="https://www.talkbass.com/threads/replacement-body-for-3-bolt-g-l-bass-help.1010540/#post-14791968"]see here for 3 and 6 bolt versions[/URL]
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That's interesting, I haven't seen that before. Aleays good to see alternative options!
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Nice work, I like the way that is hidden behind the neck
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Thanks, that was the idea, apart from the position of the strap being 'wrong' it's not noticeable. I machined the end to take a Schaller type quick release as well and that makes life easier.

I have organised charity events and still do. If a band is happy to play for free then we are incredibly grateful and always make sure we at least get them fish and chips and a free bar. Everyone works for free at the events and 100% of the money goes where it should. I would never even think of asking the band to sell tickets, that's what we do. They aren't big events (the last one had about 100 people) but they are always great nights. I appreciate not all charity nights would match that model and as many are run by volunteers then the organisation will vary along with the organisers abilities and finding clued up motivated people willing to help out is so hard I invariably end up doing it all myself.

This seems to have sorted it, my other one dives as soon as you let it go. This one moves to a horizontal position then stops. That's with tuners but most of the body fixings missing (but pickups in place) so should balance ok. Previously it dived slowly with none of the tuners in (remember it's an epiphone, not the beautifully made pieces of master craftsmanship as created by Andy) I appreciate the metal 'spur' may be seen as a bit weird/ offend the purists but I just want to give a few things a try and this is the perfect project to test them out on.

I also have an Aria, I prefer it passive but flick to active on a couple of tracks that it suits better. Nice to have the flexibility. I also have a Schecter and the range of sound is very impressive but I prefer to be able to dial something in and leave it there then adjust with pedals but that could just be my inexperience showing.

My wife has just walked in, spotted the snooker on and sang 'snooker loopy' briefly. Surely that would empty any room?

I have been thinking about the only thing I don't like about the EB3 - neck dive. I appreciate some don't mind it while others find it annoying beyond belief. I am fairly sure I fall in the second category. So what can you do about it? I could add a pound of lead behind the bridge, not ideal, I could covert it to headless, interesting, but no. Or I could have a think and see if there was way to maintain the lightweight overall and good looks whilst sorting the issue without spending a fortune. Lightweight tuners make a difference I understand, but how much? Varies depending on who you speak to but most agree it's not a great deal. So the only real way is to make the front strap position move closer to the head. I could just drill into the neck but that seemed an ugly way to do it and could cause other issues. I love working with different materials and this seemed like a problem that could be solved with a bit of lathe and miller work. With a couple of lunchtimes devoted to it I have come up with a prototype as seen in the pic below which moves the pivot point quite a distance but doesn't interfere whilst playing (well it doesn't with how I play). I still have to finish the final policy and wire up so haven't had it all together yet but the balance is so much better and will improve further when the bridge, electronics and covers/ knobs are on. When I know it works properly I will spend some time and make a 'pretty' one.