Aidan63

😲 seen it all

There's one for sale on Ebay, in the UK, seller hasn't kept it long, doesn't say much on the listing ......

over £600 poor buyer

Matt bought a rack case from me, all good, quick payment and comms and all the usual as expected, many thanks

Adam sold me a nice price set of D'addario strings, quick delivery, first class contact throughout, many thanks

So maybe emerald ash borer beetle, which is decimating American ash trees and can survive cold and heat and doesn't have native to America predators or trees genetically programmed to fight them, and is now heading our way from Russia

What wood is the body made from as a matter of interest ?

Any progress with this ?

Thanks for this, I hadn't worked out the bridging wire option on the switch 👍

I think the 106.5cm is external measurement, take off 4cm for the padding, you are trying to stretch it (compress the padding) by 5.5cm, but maybe Bass Direct reckon it's a good fit, A Strings didn't, maybe I should have taken the chance. Also having got the same bag but Bass version the handle whilst comfortable being cloth covered I'm not sure how that will last. 20mm padding is better than most cheap bags though. Gruv Gear out of stock everywhere at the moment, A Strings said they haven't had any deliveries from Singapore in a while.

I was going to buy the TGI bag with my Mustang but A Strings checked the fit and advised that it was quite a stretch and put a fait bit of strain on the zip, so I took their advice and got the Bass version of the same bag which is normal length and roomy, but not too baggy. It looks like the best available at the moment is the Gator ProGo, you remove the internal bottom pad ProGO link, I just couldn't justify the extra expense of it personally but it looks like a nice gig bag

link & paint them black with a flexible paint

If I wanted to have a Volume and Tone bypassed signal option would this be the correct switch wiring ? and would a double pole on-on switch be the correct switch, and would the V and T circuit have no effect at all on the direct signal, i.e. there wouldn't be any feedback through the earth connection, which would be through the metal plate holding the pots and jack socket, (in this case a Mustang, if I could I'd fit a stack pot for the V and T and the switch in the vacant tone pot hole) Thanks for looking

October 1997 I reckon, 10071470 would be 2007; easiest to just email Status they are really helpful

20.65mm behind the 1st fret

I picked up a Squier Classic Vibe Mustang, in Surf Green, this week, delivered on Friday and as always with a new bass it seems 😉, I am loving it. It's not mega light at 3.88Kg, 8.55lb, with a good deal of that mass being in the body so it balances level on a strap. I use a strap when sat down too, I don't find balancing instrument on right leg comfortable. It's nicely resonant unplugged, which I have found with a number of Squiers, they are made from well chosen wood. The strings aren't awful to me as some people have reported, there are no obvious dead spots or oddly resonant notes and harmonics are bright and clear. The fretwork (narrow tall frets) is excellent, fit and finish 9.5 /10. From the serial number it's made, I believe, by Samick in Indonesia rather than by Cort. The very vintage gloss finish on the neck looks good to my eye and brings out the variations of colour of the maple, but those of sweaty hands might not like it, tbh I am undecided, if I keep it long term I may satinize it. But the tint does make the small fret markers disappear a bit, so long term I'd fit luminlays (maybe get someone to do that), for now a dab of white paint pen will suffice as it is easily removed. I had to adjust the bridge just a little (though I have kept a higher action (factory setting is 3-2.5mm) than I might as it plays fine as it is) and set the intonation of the G string; the nut is cut generously high but is fine for intonation of the first and second fret notes so I'll leave alone, maybe adjust once I've found the keeper string choice. I also adjusted the pitch of the pickups a little as E and G were too loud but a small adjustment has brought a good balance string to string. 38mm nut, well spaced strings, not too close to the edge of the board and 19mm at the bridge, neck is much like the top 2/3 of a Jazz, but upper fret access is pants because of the heel (body join is 14th fret), even though its only 19 frets I can't actually get to much above 15 with my short fat hand. I had a quick look inside the control cavity, no shielding paint, mini pots and .047mF poly tone cap, pretty much as you would expect from a Squier, I like the tone 80% off mostly, or 50% with the volume backed off a little and a little bit of gain pedal to colour and boost the output. But the tone is great, even across the strings and less bass/treble variation EA/DG than many Ps and Js I've played and the compact slab body (no belly cut or arm carve) is comfortable and the smaller size means that it's easy to move around with the fretting hand and palm muting and thumb and finger picking down by the bridge is easier than on a full size instrument I find. I haven't tried it with a pick/plectrum. I've only played it through my PJ practice amp. Overall I'd give it 8/10 with that new owner tinted glasses, got to justify the purchase to myself mindset. Other than the addition of a Toucan it is as yet unmodified, haven't even taken the scratch plate plastic off. Supplied by A Strings in Treforest as I had a Reverb credit to use, Andertons have stock again and are cheaper, but I am happy to also support a smaller independent who provided great service and equally quick delivery on this and previously when I needed odd strings to make up sets or odd parts and keep a bit of money in Wales.

Loz sold me a nice clean Mono Vertigo bag, shipped out next day and well packed. A pleasure doing business with him again, and a very busy guy at work took time out to engage in pms as we bemoaned Parcelfarce Manchester's ineptitude over a couple of days. Top man. And the Jazz I bought from him last year is still great and being enjoyed.

I ordered some parts for the business from Germany 3rd week in January, nothing urgent, for stock to test the water. I wrongly assumed the vendor had worked out the process post Brexit. They were picked and packed and dispatched with GLS, then sat around in a GLS warehouse in Germany for 3 weeks, occasionally being scanned but not moving, before being returned to the company that sent them, who then took a week to confirm that the parts had been received, then a few more days to tell me the choice of refund methods, I elected for refund to card and am still waiting for my money back. In the meantime they are daily sending out special promotions and big discounts to buy from them. Many emails exchanged, and negative feedback through their own market research, they really haven't got a clue. Shame as they used to be a good reliable supplier. At the same time several of my UK suppliers are running low on stock and have been waiting for more than a month for pallets to clear customs and be delivered. And we all bought extra stock at the end of last year to try and ensure we had enough for a couple of months trading while it sorted itself out.

StewMac website has a calculator for placing the bridge in the right place

have fun and make music 👍

On Squier necks with skunk stripe the truss nod is not directly below the fingerboard, at least on the one I have removed the fingerboard from (2009 Jazz), so it looks like they are fitted from the back, but on a neck without the skunk stripe it should be fitted in a channel below the fingerboard and the board may be a little thicker and better glued on

when I was experimenting with different P pickups in order to decide which one to use in mine I wired the output jack to a terminal block and tried them all direct, they didn't sound overly harsh; it meant I could swap them over fairly quickly without having to strip the instrument each time as I had the terminal block on top of the pickguard through the normal tone control hole and I could thread the pickup wires through the volume hole and connect and I didn't seem to suffer much rf noise as a result

Babylon by Bus, Live and Dangerous, and does Shut Up and Play Your Guitar count 😀

Lozz sold me a very nicely priced pair of V Mod Jazz pickups complete with the original controls, quickly dispatched, super packaged and received next day, all good. Thank you Lozz