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Aidan63

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  1. or you could use a plug cutter to cut the wood around the screw and then dowel the hole once you have broken off the plug with the screw still inside, cheap set about £12, smallest diameter 6mm can cut something like 25-30mm deep Last weeks twoodford yt video showed him using a home made plug cutter to extract a headless 3" screw from a previously 'repaired' guitar neck joint
  2. Marc sold me a very tidy used Flyte peli-a-like case, nice price, quickly shipped and received, all good, thank you
  3. Bass Direct/Bass Bros are a reasonable driving distance from you, maybe give them a call and ask for recommendations
  4. Lets face it most of us don't need ai's help to make us look like muppets, I know I don't
  5. and likely for sale once fettled, at a loss or just breaking even, eh Andy ?
  6. No red in the 434 Tobacco burst, painted headstock but not painted on the back of the maple neck, this one maybe a little lighter than those made now though
  7. I don't know, I asked the Q on here a couple of years ago when I bought my Lionel s/h, and no one knew, you seem to need to interact with sandberg on facebook or twitter, they do come on here but not routinely, some of the members on here are tight with them, some maybe endorsees or sponsored by them. Maybe ask BassDirect they are a dealer/agent
  8. especially as they fit one to the Ida Nielsen signature model
  9. my bad I thought he was Canadian 🙃 he certainly comes across like a Canadian
  10. Neither Scott or Ian are 'merican, so they maybe don't pander quite so much to the whole MAGA boutique builders thing that some from the US would; they've had them, but maybe prefer things with a bit more character/flaws - they also have personal relationships with Lull and Overwater and others; by the same token they are probably not reciprocally on Spector/Warwick or Sadowsky's radar much themselves so aren't likely to be leveraged by those brands in order to increase those companies' sales. Surely it's a good thing to have a variety of builders and products, better than a choice of only FMC and Gibson and their subsidiaries Buy British, Buy Canadian, buy European even, especially now. The UK is a big enough market to support a number of mass produced and boutique manufacturers, but if peeps keep buying from the states (and from US owned businesses) then we'll never expand those small companies here and they'll remain for the most part 1 man and a few workshop staff businesses. Crimson, Gordon Smith etc.. are growing (were growing ?) but most of the money is be made making guitars not basses. Importing instruments is bad for the local manufacturing base.
  11. If peeps are interested in having a hang with Janek and IMA and others then you need to post in comments on Janek's YT vid I linked to a couple of posts back, as he responded to my suggestion he and Ian come on here saying he doesn't do socials and no longer has login on here or TB
  12. Janek Gwizdala has posted this on YT - BassHang anyone..... Bass Day Europe Cancelled! | The Janek Gwizdala Podcast #325 Linky
  13. is the original truss rod made of left hand thread bar ? Is it straight or curved ? Was the slot flat top and bottom or curved ? What's the tpi or thread pitch ? Just trying to get my head around how it worked compared to say the original Fender truss rod design, as opposed to the more modern design type Martin is using to replace it. I traded my Maruszczyk back through BD a good few years ago, never had any problems but it was incredibly sensitive to adjustment, forget your 1/4 turn adjustment, you'd move it just 5' and the neck relief would move by 5 thou
  14. most companies use 22Awg I believe which is 0.34mm, or 20Awg which is 0.5mm and very commonly available one way to increase contact with the bridge is to fan the strands and then sandwich with copper foil to increase contact area and stop the wire being pushed into the finish/wood like is sometimes seen
  15. Enjoyed Sungazer (Adam Neely and co.) last night at Future Yard venue in Birkenhead; great gig, plus interesting QandA session before the gig, nerding for the nerds, bass and otherwise Stood next to the FoH desk and the sound was epic, spent half the gig eyes closed bathed in 3D aural and physical music - didn't much like the venue stage lighting (really bright strips behind the stage facing forward, most bands they'd be either side/behind the drums so less visible bit this band have bass and drums either side and sax and guitar in the middle) but that was the only downside, other than price of beer, the on site food was good with vegan option and a really chilled relaxed attitude all round, had a chat with security guy, who really had an easy night. We had a chat with the promoter when we arrived, and got her business card - original music is her thing.......fyi
  16. A week tonight taking a trip to Birkenhead to catch Sungazer
  17. Ryan brought my PJB 800 amplifier - nice easy smooth sale, good comms over a gigging weekend for him, thank you and enjoy the sound 👍
  18. Reduced asking price for BC, SOLD for £330 delivered 🙃 I am not gigging so no longer need a powerful, versatile, compact, and what I would describe as transparent, amplifier. I have been using an Ampeg SGT-DI with it for a very convincing (to my ears) B-15 sound through a BC MkIII Cab. Amplifier is in very good condition, not many hours use, and is complete with original box, packaging, mains lead with UK 3 pin plug and manual. There's a very slight scratch on the top, looks like maybe the plug marked it when picked up with the lead to move it but it's not dented. The black brushed aluminium case shows every fingerprint and the very slightest mark. It has lived in a padded RokSak when not being used with foam protecting every edge and cables in separate pockets. This is lifted direct from the PJB website (with added i in the metal 😉) Small and lightweight just got more powerful with the introduction of Phil Jones Bass’ BP-800 bass amplifier. The BP-800 is a high power, high performance no compromise compact amplifier that delivers more bass for the buck. The BP800 features a Class A pre-amp with the popular PJB 5-Band EQ. Although it weighs only 5.7 lbs and is 7.5” wide the BP-800 is built with the ruggedness and precision needed to withstand all the rigors of live performance and the road. The appealing blue front panel is a quarter inch thick and CNC machined while the chassis is built from thick aluminium extrusion making it incredibly strong. All control knobs are PJB design solid aluminium billet for a high end look and feel. The BP-800 will work on any AC voltage from 100- 240 volts AC enabling it to conveniently travel worldwide without having to switch to local AC supply voltages. The Power Output is 400 watts into 8 Ohms, and 800 watts into 4 ohms (maximum load). The dimensions are 7.5” wide x 2.5” high x 12.5 “deep. Other features include Mute /Passive/Active Switch, Headphone out and auxiliary input jacks, Balanced line out with pre/post EQ and ground lift switches, FX send/return Jacks, Pre Amp out and Power amp input jacks and a High-Current Speakon Out. Price is with shipping with either Parcelforce or UPS to mainland UK other than premium price far flung areas. Tradewise, I am in the market for a tidy Macbook Pro 16 2019-on with a bit more than base RAM installed that can run current iOS and last a few more years as I want to leave Microsoft for good. Not listed elsewhere, I don't do FB or W'App, so next move would be Ebay and or Reverb. Thank you for looking.
  19. drop John an email, he will be able to answer that/help, he's a busy man so it might take a day or two for a reply, but if he's in front of his computer he often replies within an hour
  20. On another forum I frequent, Club80-90, one of our IT literate members posted this link a guide for small sites https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/illegal-and-harmful-content/helping-small-services-navigate-the-online-safety-act/
  21. I believe this is the drawing for the Schaller BML L4, image lifted from Rockinger web site
  22. I remember there was a Manage Followed Content option in settings, iirc it was in the three bar menu at the top of the page if I was signed in, but I can't find it now. It listed all the threads I was following just like the mail list shows all the message conversations I have participated in. Periodically I prune the lists. For example no point in following a thread in for sale once item is sold, but useful to find out if it has sold without wading through pages of listings. In this case I want to unfollow a feedback thread for someone else and couldn't see an unfollow option on the thread that I was alerted to a subsequent post in because I'm automatically following threads I have posted in which is fine, I sold that person an item and gave feedback, the notification alerts me to any response to my feedback, hopefully a thumbs up or equivalent.
  23. My Squier Telecaster Affinity, FSR Danish Pete version from Andertons from 2019 was/is fantastic, straight out of the box, £139, metallic purple finish, pickups do the job absolutely fine, neck stable, plays and sounds great still, another excellent instrument from Cort. Couldn't justify spending the extra £200 + on a CV in the same colour when they came along, though I think quite a few peeps sold their FSR at inflated prices when they ran out and a few fomo peeps were prepared to pay an extra £100+ for a used one, and did the trade up
  24. Looks like Precision made by Cort, Jazz made by Samick I have 2 Squier Classic Vibe mustangs, one Cort, one Samick, the Cort is better imo, the Samick maybe looks better because of the colour and the racing stripes and is lighter Phil McKnight has done reviews on both a Tele and a Strat, that particular Strat was very poor, Squier standard with a Fender badge, not CV quality
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