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Any stubborn residue is easily removed with peanut butter. Sounds crazy, but it works. Tahini or sunflower oil will also work at a pinch.

If you have the space, the Hercules is the go to stand, I reckon. However, even though I use one of those on stage, at home I use wall hangers.

[quote name='Twincam' timestamp='1461988314' post='3039369']


What how dare you! Lol Although nothing against basswood as its actually a very good tone wood.

The wood is in fact mahogany. Surprised?
[/quote]The hue made me think mahogany, but the grain pattern sent me down the basswood route (that and the weight). I shouldn't be surprised however, as my old Ibanez SR was mahogany bodied and was light as feather.

[quote name='Twincam' timestamp='1461951234' post='3039116']

Guess the light body wood...
[/quote]Basswood?

[quote name='Twincam' timestamp='1461943544' post='3039011']
Pre amp removed. Liking the new setup individual tones for the pickups plus the three way toggle and blend has given some extra scope for tone changes. I'm really not an active tone guy.
[/quote]Sounds cool, I like a toggle set up over blend, personally; pics?

[quote name='BassManGraham' timestamp='1461912351' post='3038604']
Private Message sent.
[/quote]I'd been meaning to bring this to your attention.

[quote name='gillento' timestamp='1461690173' post='3036837']
If you are worried about the value of the bass, I'd get a whole different passive harness and keep the original preamp wiring intact.
This way you could easily wire it back to its original condition.
[/quote]Wise words indeed.

Ooh, that's lovely . If I didn't have an MB2 already, etc, etc...

GLWTS

I remember playing one of these many years ago. Without doubt, one of the finest sounding guitars I've ever played and definitely the best P90 guitar. I used to own a McCarty, but eventually moved it on as the PRS double cutaway doesn't suit me ergonomically. However, I couldn't fault the build at all, or the components used. If it wasn't for the ergonomics issue, Mrs Ez would be getting very worried about now, especially at that price. GLWTS.

[quote name='Roger2611' timestamp='1461491930' post='3035023']
Now that is a great idea, I am going to play fretless at rehearsal today and just try and make it sound as fretted as possible for the tracks where I would usually use a Precision, unfortunately with a lot of our songs at the moment I do use a pick so today I will commit the cardinal sin of playing a fretless with a pick for some songs!
[/quote]I give you Tony Levin playing Sledgehammer: pick, octave box, fretless Cutlass. There are no rules.

Currently with Joe Bonamassa, but I reckon his most famous gig was with Bowie on Let's Dance.

If the idea of a YOB bass really floats your boat, do it. You can always have the neck slimmed down if it's not quite right for you, after all, it's only wood and little metal. This assumes that you'll be keeping it of course, not that it would devalue the instrument by much (if done well) as we're not talking pre-CBS.

[quote name='Highfox' timestamp='1461405736' post='3034341']

Yes, I know what you mean.
I don't think it suited all our songs, but if you play it like a fretted which was my approach for most stuff, you can get a fair bit of attack and don't need to slide into everything and it sounds ok.

As an aside, quick post gig chat and the guys thought it would be a good idea to build the setlist's so I could do batches of fretless and fretted songs. So I'm keen for that.
[/quote]Bad Company's Boz Burrell did a top job of making a fretless sound 'normal' at the appropriate moments and all slippy-slidey at others.

Definitely try and keep your fretless requirements together, I wish my band would do this, but I don't listen to myself when I write them

[quote name='tom1946' timestamp='1461354532' post='3034050']
I just paid for my bass upfront. No problems.
[/quote]Smart move, quicker delivery too.

[quote name='Highfox' timestamp='1461343049' post='3033906']
Starting to love the feel of a fretless.
[/quote]"We don't need no stinking frets," to be said in cheesy, fake Mexican accent.

Break a leg. Be prepared to only ever want to use a fretless live from now on. Definitely my preferred weapon of choice.

2016 can go and do one!

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1461248887' post='3032881']
Transferwise! I paid about £2.50 a pop for each of my transfers :-)
[/quote]Boo! RBS charged me £20 altogether (well they've got to recoup their losses from somewhere I guess). However, none of this detracts from the bargain I think Adrian's basses are even with the additional charge and exchange rate fluctuations.

Yeah, this is how it's done. Half for the work to be done, then you get the 'sofa shot' and a request for the balance. It's a bit of a pain you have to pay the transfer fee twice and the exchange rate can be worse by the time the bass is completed (although it could go the other way of course. It didn't for me ).

[quote name='badboy1984' timestamp='1461147212' post='3031786']
The tone that I really like is Pino Palladino's Wherever I lay my hat.
[/quote]The pickup position on the 'Ray adds a good helping of mids to the tone. Back then I'm pretty sure his 'Ray had roundwounds and he also used a chorus pedal for that track.

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1460892582' post='3029536']
Definitely not too old! I didn't start on bass till I was 40.
[/quote]Likewise.

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1460887446' post='3029494']
Same as Nathan East.. you don't get called as much as he does if you aren't known for nailing the gig.

And those gigs aren't always the really showie bass gigs.
[/quote]Tony Levin, Pino, Jimmy Johnson also make that list. However, it is a very small list and those guys seem to get all the work; b@5tards! I hate them all

[quote name='Hobbayne' timestamp='1460887726' post='3029496']
If you played a P bass before, have a look at the Squire strats or tele Affinity range to get you going.
[/quote]+1. Tele was my immediate reaction.

34 is nothing, plenty of time to learn and what you already know about note position from bass will hold you in good stead.

Tension from the spring will hold it, it's how they are. Great upgrade to a four string, I've had at least five of them on different basses.

Two cracking looking, but very different, Elwoods. Will the Maruszczyc love ever stop on BC? I hope not and signs are that more and more of us are digging the Public-Peace vibe and craftsmanship. Long may it continue.

I'll be taking mine out for its first gig at the end of the month, I'll let you know how it gets on.