Twigman

I answered a thread the other day in which I had expressed my dislike for the Gotoh 201 bridge as I found it impossible to get a nice action without shimming the neck. Some bright spark 'joked' that my action must be something like 1mm at the first fret, obviously thinking 1mm at the first was stupidly low. To me that seems sky high. Am I wrong? I generally setup as follows: Nut cut to fret height plus 0.1mm Relief (capo on 1 finger on 20 - yes I know I should use 16) a tad under 0.5mm at the 7th/8th Action 2mm at the 17th What setup measurements do you use?

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[quote name='LayDownThaFunk' timestamp='1444503205' post='2883769'] Your action must be like 1mm at the first fret lol. [/quote] I don't think it's quite that high tbh It's way lower than that. The nut is cut 0.1mm higher than the frets. The relief is a tad under 0.5mm at the 7th fret (capo on 1 finger on 20). The action is a tad under 2mm at the 17th

[quote name='ChunkyMunky' timestamp='1444407002' post='2883059'] r and had a limited budget of about £350 or so, what would you get if you had a gig in a week or two? [/quote] a better job

[quote name='Jazzneck' timestamp='1444397499' post='2882918'] Thank you. I take it that it also means it is a computer?[/quote] Probably [quote name='Jazzneck' timestamp='1444397499' post='2882918'] Sorry for being a pain again, but what does HTH mean? [/quote] Hope that Helps HTH

[quote name='Jazzneck' timestamp='1444396150' post='2882895'] Can someone tell this old duffer what DAW means, please? [/quote] Digital Audio Workstation HTH

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[quote name='uncle psychosis' timestamp='1444376059' post='2882612'] Gigging bass guitarists who only play other people's songs have taken the easy way out compared to the home musician who is trying to compose his own music and master recording, IMO. Churning through a 12 bar blues or an AC/DC number is a piece of piss compared to the inner workings of a DAW. [/quote] take it the step further.....sit at home in front of your DAW writing stuff.....take the recordings to band practice....get the rest of the band to play them....then gig them.... anything less is only doing half the job

I could get these: http://www.allparts.uk.com/products/bridge-saddle-height-screws-for-bass-hex-head-metric-10mm but ideally i'd like ORIGINAL slotted screws. Allparts only do imperial slotted screws..... I vaguely remember the JV series were rumoured to be assembled using American hardware shipped over to japan...if this is true then my thread will be imperial, won't it? Does anyone know for sure?

If it's American I'd say these: http://www.allparts.uk.com/products/bridge-saddle-height-screws-for-bass-or-t-guitar-slot-head-6-32-x-1-2-inch

such a good question he asked it twice!

Banana custard, trees and bonsai giraffe

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1444308303' post='2882099'] 'WTF am I doing here' mid-song [/quote] That one happens at most gigs for me. Our gigs tend to mostly be in foreign parts playing to fans who know the songs as well as I do....which is a surreal experience and such a contrast to the day job.

[quote name='Dan Dare' timestamp='1444247999' post='2881624'] Gotoh bridges the best value, imho. 201 or 203 (the latter is a heavier duty version of the BBOT). Nicely made and no sharp edges and the cheapfulness is gratifying. Of course, the Snake Oil Custom made from unobtainium is better... [/quote] I find the saddles on the 201 are way too fat and have to be on the deck to get anything remotely close to a nice action. I had to shim a neck after lowering the saddles to the deck on one bass and even then the action still felt a bit high. When the saddles are on the deck the adjustment screws stick up, are sharp and rip your right hand to shreds if, like me you often find yourself resting the outside of your hand on the bridge, I loathe the gotoh 201.

I tried to setup my JV the other day. One small problem One of the 8 saddle height screws was so rusty that the screwdriver took the top off the screw - they're slotted rather than allen keys in true vintage style. Does anyone know whether the thread is imperial or metric and where I can source a replacement saddle height screw (or 2 or 3) ? It's a 1983/4 JV export 62 P with the threaded saddle bridge and slotted saddle height screws. Imperial or metrc thread?

blow jobs - it's all about the blow jobs

I see the poll has no option for Zero - there must be somebody here who doesn't have any at all mustn't there?

I have a JV P which I've had from new and has become part of me - I'll never sell it and I'll never gig it again. I have a Warmoth PJ which I made myself, wasn't happy with it (too heavy, sharp frets, gloss neck) - it's now got a satin nitro finished lined fretless neck - but fretless is something I've just decided to learn. I have a Warmoth P with a J neck and an East pre which I put together, I invested far more in it than it's worth to sell and it was for a while my goto bass, so I'm keeping it as my gigging spare. I have a Warmoth bodied Status J necked P thing which i built because I wanted something lighter for air travel and long sets. Edit: can I just add that for 30 odd years I only had the JV - then I found basschat....... Edit2: i have almost enough parts to build a 5th - just missing a body at the moment.

http://www.mojotone.com/guitar-parts/Alnico-Bar-Magnets these?

My latest bass and mini-rig - Nice pic - can I nick it?

mine is autobiographical

http://www.status-graphite.com/status/frames/index_home.html [quote]You can simply fit these fully screened pickups to your bass and use the existing controls or choose to expand the E.Q. range by fitting a Status active circuit. These pickups have a broad response with a full output : ideally suited to being modified with an active circuit. Status pickups are also fully compatible with most other manufacturers active circuits so you can safely fit these Status pickups to your existing instrument.[/quote]

[quote name='throwoff' timestamp='1429286357' post='2750083'] Nothing in the instrument makes a single bit of difference to the tone other than pickups and electronics. [/quote] In that case 2 of my basses should sound exactly the same. They don't. Both have babicz bridges Both have the same Fender original 62 pbass pick up Both are passive - even wired using the same pots, wire and jack. They both wear the same strings at the same gauge. So you are saying they should sound exactly the same? Far from it. One has a Status neck, the other a maple and rosewood neck and they sound very very different from each other.