GreeneKing

The quality and fit of Warmoth parts is near legendary it seems. I'm more than pleased. Withone coat of thinned grain filler on the body the colour is blooming. Truoil is doing the same for the neck. Peter

I'm thinking of 3 coats of pure tung oil thinned with turpentine followed by about 10 coats at full strength I'm using Truoil on the neck and a dozen coats are the minimum I've set myself to do. I've not got the hardware yet so I'm in no great hurry.

[quote]Somebody gonna tell us off for not talking bass!![/quote] Possibly, but we'll just pretend we didn't hear 'em

My 54P body in Korina and birdseye maple neck arrived today, 1 day late after 3 crossings of the Atlantic. £69 charges so not too bad. Now to find the tung oil

I've got an open boat too now and I'm looking forward to some Scottish trips. The Dee is an idea at the moment.

Nice Avatar Gloria, I've a few shots of the bow of a sea kayak like that Do you think you'll regret p/exing the BC?

[quote]Lady Penelope?....Sorry i'll get my coat![/quote] No don't, that was good!

If you look carefully over the fence you can see me trying to hide from view waiting for you to leave this thing of great beauty unattended for a minute. Very nice indeed

Well my Warmoth bits arrived at East Mids airport yesterday, and were promptly flown back to the States!!! They are now coming over again, well that's what UPS assure me.

Just to add that my Multicomp is a new one so I don't think its a related issue. Basically if I leave it on overnight it results in a flat battery in the morning

Mine ate batteries too so I resorted the the adapter Peter

Excellent bit of explanation BigRedX. This needs to be preserved somewhere

Well the thing is I didn't rest my thumb on the cover anyway. I used the front pickguard for the E string and then go down the strings with my thumb. That position was tonally too near the neck. I'm now playing where the cover was and using the new perspex cover to reat the thumb on. The tone is definately better to me there. I'm not removing the cover from either my Chris Squire or my C64S though although this bass is crying out for flatwounds, they sound amazing on the C64S.

I've got home today and my Ric 'Pickguardian' pickup cover has arrived so I've spent a while fitted it and the Hipshot bridge as well. I bought the bridge recently from Jon (Bassasin) and have been waiting for the cover to turn up from the States for a while. The bridge is a very solid piece of chromed brass weighing in at 630g as opposed to the Ric bridge at 313g! I can actually adjust the intonation now The removal of the bridge pickup cover does obviously give greater access but at the expense of a great big hole around the pickup. The Pickguardian sorts it nicely. All completely reversable too. So all set up and playing very well here she is:

Brilliant, thanks for the quick answer.

And here's my ACG too

Just checking on the meaning here, a bit like the only one in class asking the question I hope. Unity gain, do you mean restoring the volume in for out after compression? Peter

I've got a non export white one. Bought it from on eBay from a registered Fender dealer. Very nice bass.

Here's a link to the Waterstone Guitars site. It's worth a look. Expensive I suspect, very nice though, a black Indra, now that would look good. [url="http://www.waterstoneguitars.com/index.shtml"]http://www.waterstoneguitars.com/index.shtml[/url]

Alan That'd be a damn good idea, let me know a bit nearer the date if you're coming down.

Oooh, I particularly like that Semi I was knocking around Hook Norton's brewery doing repairs in 1977 Is the Sun still there?

St Anne's Alan, on the West coast. I'm assuming that's Lytham St Annes. I've never been there but it's close will be a new experience. Not really been to Blackpool come to that, or Morercambe

Hmmmm... ACG Harlot 5 Bob Glaub Villex/Villex A Ric, either 4003 or 4001C64S Something older when I've had a think. Hopefully I can use someone elses gear as it seems pointless bring another amp/cab.

I've gone up to 18 with my Warmoth body and neck on the way next week. And I'm a bloody therapist! A happy one