Paul S

Just had a look at mine and it has a slot, rather than a hole, for fast string changes etc. Not exactly a quantitative assessment, but it looks to me like you could fit a car tow rope through it. I had to fit an extra ball end from an old string onto the G string to stop it sliding through.

Bought some strings from Gerry in a totally smooth transaction - excellent coms, great chap to deal with, a pleasure doing business.

Well, I am possibly the second person, then. I bought one a while back - like you Geoff I was curious about short scale - and I loved it. I love the short scale, love the thin neck, love the light weight. Neck dive cured with a wide, rough strap. I ended up sticking in a DiMarzio pup, Kiogon wiring loom (now the tone pot actually does something) and, best of all, Hipshot Supertone bridge (which is superb). I will definitely gig with it. Jezzaboy - PM incoming....

That would be great, thanks. I'd be particularly interested in lowering the action - I guess filing nut and the bridge slots to get them even is a good starting point. Two other things make themselves apparent - a 'quacking' on or about the F on the D string (is that an Fing quack?) and a wobbly hip brace that the pietzo picks up. Easy fixes?

Wow. That could keep me amused for ages! Thank you for those pics, really useful. I am off on holiday tomorrow but will get a proper chance to fiddle with the new bass when I get back. Cheers!

Thanks for that. End pin seems secure enough. I guess I need to have the beast up loud to notice a hum. Nothing at home practice levels. Maybe it was a 'Monday morning' bass.

Thanks again. Yes, my nut is just above eyebrow level (!) so the hip brace is around waist level. As I doubt I will be straying very high up the fingerboard (thanks!) I have also taken off the small angle bracket thing. Pizz - pronounced Pitz? Mods - not done anything other than stick some foam under the strings near the bridge. What else should I be looking for? The end pin seems secure, not wobbly, which I have read can be an issue. Nothing else seems a problem at the moment apart from a tendency to do some extra mwar noise around 3rd fret position on D string. Not sure why this happens as the neck seems true. One of the main reasons I wanted to join the EUB club was because of this: [media]http://youtu.be/6VsY_h7CBbY[/media] I've just started with a new band and we are doing some bluesy/jazzy/funky type stuff including this wonderful Animals cover by Robben Ford. Didn't sound right on a fretted bass for some reason. That does sound like a rather lame excuse to give into gas, though...

Thanks all. I am standing and playing with fingers (is that pizz?). Spent an hour noodling about earlier and leaning it towards me more than I was doing before seems to work. More questions! Hip brace - is it important that it rests on your hip or does it just depend upon which is more comfortable/how big you are etc? Mine seems to end up a bit higher. And I am trying to angle the fretboard (except it hasn't got frets- what do you call it?) to me slightly rather than have it facing away completely. Wrong?

Funnily enough it came up near the top of the list in a Google search. I've not used them before but the prices across the board seem pretty good. I'll see what the service is like!

Just thought I'd say 'hello, I have just joined the Stagg EUB club'. I bought one locally the day before yesterday. Nice, aren't they! Not as hard to play as I feared, although getting the new muscles up to strength will take a little while. Question - how do you keep the bass still when trying to slide up or down? Is that a general posture thing or a particular trick? At the moment I 'sort of' keep the thing steady using pressure from my left hand.

I went through a phase of using them because they sound nice, feel nice and look so cool but, yes, the black chips off very quickly if you are a heavy-handed pick player like me. You can touch it in with marker pen but it isn't the same and eventually I got fed up with paying a lot of money for them. But, I never had an issue with quality - maybe it is a current qc issue?

I ordered one from here: [url="http://www.woodbrass.com/en/product_info.php?products_id=150683"]http://www.woodbrass.com/en/product_info.php?products_id=150683[/url] Seems a little cheaper than the English outlet about £95 or so posted from France.

Bought some strings from Steve in a very easy transaction - good price, good comms, speedily dispatched. A pleasure doing business. Thanks Steve!

Ta

Where from, please?

Another endorsement for OBMM. Great product, price and service. Like Bolo said above - I went through a phase of making my own using Neutrik and good cable, purely for the soldering practice and to tailor the exact lengths, but they aren't as good as OBMM and probably not a lot cheaper. I won't bother next time!

Guy, I'd just like to say that I think you have handled this whole episode, which I read from start to finish, with dignity and restraint. It speaks volumes about the type of person you are. Much respect.

I personally don't get the animosity towards the Eagles. I am a huge fan and hope I can afford to get tickets when they tour here. I will certainly get the DVD.