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[quote name='silverfoxnik' timestamp='1505746653' post='3373962'] Spoke to Ian he agrees, it's too big a job for the day. Sorry.. [/quote] That's OK - it just happens to be something I've got on the go at the moment. (I might bring along my Partscaster and/or SG for a setup - space in car permitting!)

[quote name='obbm' timestamp='1505554135' post='3372735'] Latest For Sale list: 01. ACG Finn 5, 33" scale - Merton (£1075) 02. Ashdown VS212 cab - Merton (£175) 03. Quadraverb GT rack fx and ROLLS MP8 midi foot pedal controller (£150 ono) - Stingray5 04. [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]5 string fretless Rick Turner Renaissance - Steve Lawson[/font][/color] 05. Bergantino HT115 and HT210 (£625 the pair or £325 ea) - 51m0n 06. Hartke LH500 (in 2u Gator case) (£200 or £800 with the 2 Bergs above plus some very nice speaker cables) - 51m0n 07. Bass flight case £19.99 08. Keyboard case £9.99 09. Squier Japan, Silver series Telecaster £239.99 10. Westfield Mini Precision - obbm - (£60) 11. Iceni Zoot. Body. (no fixtures or fittings just the body) £49.99 12. 13. 14. 15. Please add to this list if you're bringing any items to the Bash that you have for sale... [/quote] I'm debating this one; it is gorgeous, but I haven't played it in months. Spec: Warmoth body, Status Graphite neck, Badass bridge, Schaller tuners & Hipshot eXtender, John East J-Retro. Around the £800 mark. Still undecided, though, as I do like it.

[quote name='silverfoxnik' timestamp='1504541051' post='3365560'] Ian said: "Does he mean the binding is coming off and wants it glued on. Or adding binding?" [/quote] Hi - no binding at all. The previous-but-one owner removed it! I'm thinking it might be too big a job for one day, though...

I once acquired a slightly warped scratchplate; I heated it in the oven and let it coll between a couple of books - it came out OK but not perfect.

I used to have a Washburn Status, but its neck always felt a bit chunky to me, in all honesty.

The 12th fret should be at mid-point between the nut and the bridge saddles. The easiest way to check this without a ruler is to see where the (12th fret) harmonic lies; it should be exactly over the 12th fret and exactly the same pitch.

Put a P-bass body & pickups on it?

I've probably only played a dozen Rics, so still 88 to go...

Looks like a monster deal!

I'm pretty sure I remember seeing Fresher basses back in the 70s, along with Columbus and Grant. (I had a Columbus...)

Well, they're prepared to swap for a telescope (I think the autocorrect kicked in there!)...

Cheers, Nik - thanks for updating me on the Status (ahem) status! Is putting binding on a bass doable on the day?

Well, I'm planning to come along. I had been intending to bring my '64 Ric 4001, along with a really nice 2010 4003. But now you're saying Status folks will be there, so do I bring one of those? And now with the luthier chap, I've got my super-interesting Pete Longfellow aluminium Tele or my Doni Millennium Falcon 5-string which need some work. Or maybe some binding on my Shaftesbury Ric copy. And a fine bass player from Uriah Heep!!! This could be a full day...

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1504118224' post='3362842'] If you want a "filler panel" get the mesh type - not the closed off type. [/quote] Yes - for sure! (Actually, the panel I have for mounting sockets has pre-drilled holes right across.)

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1504110428' post='3362767'] Two things that you should consider before "sealing" off your rack case. 1. Airflow. many rack units even if they don't have fans or heat sinks rely on the design of the rack case to direct the airflow over them to keep cool. Blanking off the unused rack slots might prevent this. At the very least consider vented blanking panels rather than plain ones. 2. No matter how well you think you've got everything fitted and secured, eventually things will work loose, and an open U or two can be invaluable when trying to find out exactly what has come undone when one or more items in your rack suddenly stop working for no apparent reason. [/quote] Thanks - yes, it would be a vented panel. And yes again, a blank panel is easily unscrewed.

[quote name='whizzzy' timestamp='1504080700' post='3362477'] Can't say that I've ever come across the exact thing that you are after but you can get insulating boots for the rear of IEC sockets - [url="http://uk.farnell.com/mckee-hagborg-connectors/dip-iec6l-bk/insulation-boot-iec-black/dp/427330?mckv=8y38WpcI_dc|pcrid|78108488349|&gross_price=true&CATCI=pla-74724723907&CAAGID=20220781389&CMP=KNC-GUK-GEN-SHOPPING-MCKEE_HAGBORG_CONNECTORS&CAGPSPN=pla&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI-oDzgMD-1QIV7Z3tCh0kZg7kEAYYASABEgKv3_D_BwE&DM_PersistentCookieCreated=true&CAWELAID=120173390001362953"]Link[/url] If you fit one of those and secure it in place would that work for you? As an added precaution I would buy some thin sleeving and fit it over the individual live, neutral and earth wires where they connect to the tags. Heat-shrink sleeving would be ideal for this. [/quote] Thanks - that could be handy as a plan-B!

[quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1504210914' post='3363484'] The thread has already been won of course, but still: I once bought a synth from Cesar Zuiderwijk of Golden Earring. Sadly he's not obscure enough, and also he's a drummer... ...but I sold it again, to bass player Alex Roelofs of The Nits, and since he used it for bass parts, I'm suddenly in the clear on all parameters, specially as Alex left this unknown band just as they gained some popularity - mostly in Holland. [/quote] I bought a synth which belonged to Roye Albrighton, of Nektar. I have a Strat tone knob of Ritchie Blackmore's guitar from the Rainbow Rising tour. I have some bass strings which Gordon Rowley, of Strife, gave me. I met Jimmy Page and showed him a Ten Years After CD a couple of weeks before Alvin Lee passed away. I've got a Ric which must've been in the factory alongside Macca's.

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1504266915' post='3363779'] On a journey up the M1, the song 'Start' by The Jam came on the stereo, about which my wife commented how the bass line was an obvious rip off from The Beatles' 'Taxman'. At the next services, I spotted Bruce Foxton, and told my wife to go and give him that feedback. She didn't. [/quote] She was right, though!

[quote name='MrDaveTheBass' timestamp='1503574585' post='3359284'] I found out last night that the Ampeg 8x10 that I play through every week at my local rehearsal studio was used by none other than Jah Wobble at the excellent Simon Says festival in Leicester last month. (Great gig BTW). I'm sure that he wouldn't have sounded so good had it not been for all of my hard work breaking in the cab for him. :-) So what's your most obscure bass claim to fame? Did Sting nick your parking spot? Did Paul McCartney go to school with your dad? Did you lend Lemmy your last plectrum? [/quote] Heather McCartney once asked me if I'd like to dance.