Aidan63

Many thanks to Nick for selling me bargainous set of strings for my P Bass, all good, easy transaction, lots of comms 👍

Preloved Gator xl for sale on here https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/338856-gator-xl-guitar-case/

very noice big stash pocket on the back or does it have tone weights a la Stenback ?

relief of 0.3mm is 12 thou so that's a good starting point; so if your bridge saddles are towards the bottom of their adjustment and you can't lower the string height much more then an inch long strip of average business card at the butt of the neck joint will probably drop the action by a 1mm or so and a piece of .6mm veneer by maybe double that, you'll have to experiment. I have a piece of plasticard in one of my jazzes that is 0.46mm thick and it meant that I could raise my saddles back up so the adjusting screws weren't sticking up out of the saddles and jabbing my palm when I am trying to palm mute whilst keeping my string height at 2.5-2mm

Gogglebox

Great deal and super service on Kiogon loom from Mick, sorry I originally put fb in other misspelt post

+++A1 deal and service on a Kiogon PBass loom, many thanks

white as is, nice

personally I like w/b/w on a burst Jazz with rosewood board clearly I am the only one 🙄

I asked Adertons about asking Fender for a run of medium scale Ps, this was the reply, Unfortunately we cannot control what Fender produces, as we just retail their products. However, if you did want a medium scale P-Bass, this would be something that the custom shop could fulfil – unfortunately not at the middle price point! so basically go Custom shop if you don't want standard

Whenever Fender Japan do a batch of short or medium scale basses they seem to sell out pretty quickly, yet why do none of the dealers like Andertons, who are closely aligned with Fender and Gibson and who are able to spec models to their customers tastes, ask for a short run of medium scales for their exclusive use, I guess that they don't see enough demand from players asking, yet they see plenty/enough people who want a £4k telecaster relic in the style and with the tone of Pete's purple Tele. Maybe worth asking Lee if that's something they would consider doing, if anyone has his ear, maybe a group purchase ?

This Hofner Galaxie, nothing to do with me, on ebay is just over 3kg according to the seller https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/183844409700?ul_noapp=true the mini Jazz basses I had from DV247 were both about 3.4 Kg, the Precisions may be a little lighter good luck with the hunt;

so my suggestion would take your kit to Greenland 😉 Big Fjord

I contacted him through Ebay with the link to the one I bought, this is the reply Hi thanks for your comments. I do admit I am not sure now about this guitar but if it is what you say could you give me an idea of the price I should be charging. Thank you. I replied with some info and pointed out the £77 price I paid Body on mine is solid wood but veneered, one piece on the front and book matched on the rear, no idea what the wood for the body is, the veneer makes it look like alder

Just like the one I bought a couple of weeks ago https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Musima-70-80-039-s-punk-era-Precision-type-Bass-/183802178861?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=62IuQIzGS480gtQMZoT48rvNorc%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc for £77 should I be a cnut and put a Fender logo on it and rip someone off, erm I think not

I think you'll find that Nordstrand didn't invent it, it's an old idea, they just decided to put it into production, at a price point they were happy with, and I'm sure they realised that people would copy it, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery after all, same as they and everyone else copy Fender's basic pickup design

there's over a 1000 used basses on ebay in the UK alone from 99p start to many thousands of pounds

SFJ😎

Good luck with the gig, enjoy it, hopefully your practice will have paid off

Matt supplied me with a very tidy and reasonably priced bbot bridge, top man, thanks

I bought it off ebay as buying direct from Mantec a lot cheaper than buying small pieces advertised as pickup foams https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ADHESIVE-BACKED-NEOPRENE-SPONGE-FOAM-RUBBER-SHEET-VARIOUS-SIZES-THICKNESSES/254162194616?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&var=553513281525&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

What's to go wrong ? Accidents can happen to any instrument so basic keep it safe, ie don't prop it up against things, or lie it down where it could be stepped on, keep away from pets and children and out of the sun and away from heat sources Periodic check that screws/fittings are tight on the bridge, neck joint and tuners and strap pins should be all that's needed clean it and play it and enjoy, if you are getting the sound you like and it's a joy to play you will make music and be happy, plenty of cheap basses from the 70s and 80s still going strong

I made another one, slightly narrower, used an offcut of cocobolo rosewood, I really like the tone, especially like it with a pick as it gives consistent damping, I don't play much at all with a pick so my palm damping technique is poor. I had found in the past that putting foam under the strings did give some intonation issues, almost as if you were shortening the string by connecting to the body but this leaves the free string length the same just dampened