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+1 for the heating method, but I've never had huge success with it. I've handled broken screws on a number of occasions and if there's a stump left I use a small pair of 'mole' grips. Clamp them tightly on the stump of the screw (it's fine to deform it a bit but not too much) and then you can just unwind the screw. Lay the bass down on it's front, secure it and turn the grip with both hands otherwise you'll twist it and pull it off the stump. When you've got a wholeish wind out, release the grip and reclamp on the new length of stub and then you should be able to wind all the way out. If the screw has broken off flush with the wood then drilling it out is really your only option, but it's tricky.
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Best Bass Gear.. in the US, but.... [url="http://www.bestbassgear.com/noble-eq-pot-50k-eq.htm"]http://www.bestbassgear.com/noble-eq-pot-50k-eq.htm[/url] -
Stripping a poly finish and refinishing
Pete1967 replied to Twigman's topic in Repairs and Technical
I'd concur on the refin cost. Sub £200 and you're on a winner, but make sure it's colour coats, clear coats, flat and polish... esp over black -
Sparkle guitar refinishing Manchester
Pete1967 replied to MDWagstaff's topic in Accessories and Misc
Depends on your definition of close to Manchester, but you could try Jon Shuker... he has some indicative prices on his website I believe [url="http://www.shukerguitars.co.uk"]www.shukerguitars.co.uk [/url] -
yup it'll be imperial, almost certainly 1/16. That's the standard Fender size
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[quote name='deepbass5' timestamp='1488910297' post='3252883'] Nice to see so many European manufacturers attending this year Can we get the Rheingold Boys to do a spot next time https://youtu.be/1o6XKBSjgwI https://youtu.be/VawvBE8zaD4 [/quote] Yeah I stood next to them for two days and while I'm not totally sold on their thing, I have to admit that they were damn fine players. Had a long chat to Mischa and Christopher and they were really great guys.
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[quote name='Merton' timestamp='1488802266' post='3251831'] Hey Pete, it was a pleasure to meet you on a Saturday, thanks for taking the time to talk [/quote] [quote name='charic' timestamp='1488803115' post='3251841'] Great to meet you too, that turquoise bass was ridiculously playable. I'd never considered having a ramp because I have quite a heavy handed playing style but I'm pretty sure I'm going down that route now! Ped has the selfie so I'm sure it'll be up soon [/quote] Likewise guys... Its always good to shoot the breeze with like minded bass nuts...
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[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1488818362' post='3252036'] Can anybody confirm whether [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]David Ellefson was wearing a wristwatch or not?[/font][/color] [/quote] I have some closeups of him talking to Dood and Jon Shuker, but can't see for all the leather..........
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Hey guys and girls, I was the guy on the Shuker stand helping Jon out. Thanks a million to all of you that came to have a chat and have a play of the basses - although a combination of the guys on Rhinegold stand and some slightly unbalanced decisions by the noise police made trying things out a bit difficult, despite the loan of a brilliant little Barefaced cab (I now know what I'm buying next!). The turquoise bass must have been the most photographed bass in the show and even caught the attention of a certain Mr Ellefson who came over to have a look - thanks to Dood! I'm sure you'll all be delighted to know that it's found a great new home in Plymouth! Ped, Charic - where's the Basschat selfie??
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Sold - please remove
Pete1967 replied to edstraker123's topic in Accessories & Other Musically Related Items For Sale
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if you're after 500k this might be useful... http://www.chguitars.co.uk/electrics/potentiometers/pot10-a500k-b500k-volume-tone-dual-control-pots.html
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[quote name='AndyTravis' timestamp='1458947929' post='3012431'] There is wood. Finish is a brown edged sunburst. So should be able to match it up colour wise and then infill with superglue or clear nail varnish before levelling. [/quote] stain down first and a drop fill with superglue is the way to go... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTVScFJoe24
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Anybody know where I can get an old case recovered?
Pete1967 replied to ash's topic in Repairs and Technical
^ this. Sounds like an upholstery job to me -
Which Strings? Constructive String advice please
Pete1967 replied to Grangur's topic in Repairs and Technical
I spent years and god only know how much cash searching for the 'right' string, and I suppose it's part of the coming of age of a bass player that you have to go through it. The bottom line is that the right string is the one that sounds best to your individual ear, but for me it's D'Addario nickels roundwounds and a heavier gauge than I ever thought I'd use. I moved from the 30-90 Rotosound gauges of 'you know who', through all sorts of makes and gauges as my playing developed, including Elixirs, DR's, EB, Elites etc but I have found that for general versatility the D'Adds couldn't be beaten. I currently us 45 - 130 (5 string). With not so careful use of EQ you can go from a smooth almost Chromes kind of sound through a good punchy rock sounds, to quite pingy - but they never get quite as harsh as stainless rounds, so when I was freelancing they seemed to be able to adapt to most situations I'd be thrown in to. Plus they don't cost the earth, seem to last a good long while - much more so than some of the 'handmade' or boutique brands and don't shred your fingers and much as other rounds. I stuck with rounds because you can get a quasi flats sound with rounds, but it's a devil of a job to get a quasi rounds sound with flats. I also find that flats are slower to play with because they have a greater surface area and therefore more friction. If you're after emulating a particular players tone (Jamerson or 'Nard for example) then you'll have to use their kit and technique, but that was never my intention (after my MK phase) and I needed a Swiss Army knife. Jus' my two penneth. P -
On balance I agree about R&K... good stuff and good value generally, but just a note of caution. I've now had two batches of dot markers that have been undersized. Probably not an issue with blocks because you'll make your template to match the blocks, but a pain in the bum when you've drilled holes in your fretboard and then have to order dots from somewhere else....
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on hold....
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Bump and to go price drop. £20 for the monitors - that's just ten quid a side, and £20 for the amp. Kit your home studio out for just £40!
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I'll chuck my hat in the ring.... I'm in Leeds. I can handle most common set up and mod jobs, except the really advanced/awkward stuff and refinishes, and if I can't do it I know exactly where to refer folks to. 😀 Oh and I have a good selection of teas!
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Hi All, I have a pair of Alesis Monitor One Mk1 monitors and a Denon PMA100M amp that need to go. Both came to me preloved a few years ago, but had clearly had little use. I've used them even less since! I've checked them all and they're all working as they should so I'm going to say that they're in good used condition. The monitors have some minor scuffs to the cases and one larger ding to a corner, but the drivers are all perfect. The amp has at some time had something taped to the top and there's some sticky tape residue, but again, functionally it's bob on and the front panel is in excellent nick. They have to go so I'm asking just [s]£25[/s] £20 for the monitors and [s]£45[/s] £20 for the amp. I'm happy to box up and ship both but please expect the carriage charges to be fairly high probably £20 for the monitors and £10 for the amp, so that might not make shipping viable. Collection from north Leeds or meet up/delivery within say a 30 min radius of LS8 is free! Cheers Pete [attachment=211779:IMG_0665.jpg] [attachment=211780:IMG_0669.jpg]
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******* SOLD ******** Hi All, I hope this is the right or at least acceptable place to list this. I have a pile of classical double bass sheet music from when I was learning back in the early 80's. There is music for a whole range of abilities, right from the early grades, up to and including the Koussevitzsky concerto. Much the ensemble music was played by me with my colleagues in the National Youth Orchestra and at the RNCM in Manchester. It's easy to just hold on to stuff but I know that I won't use this again. Most of it is in good to excellent condition, and some of it is a little dog eared on the corners. Many have pencil markings for fingering an phrasing which I'll leave in. There are 46 titles in all and a couple are duplicated. The total list is as follows: Title Composer Publisher Method for Double Bass Pt 1 Bottesini Yorke Method for Double Bass Pt 2 Bottesini Yorke Method for Double Bass Pt 3 Bottesini Yorke Conterto Op3 Fur Kontrabass Koussevitzky Forberg my way of playing the double bass vol 3 Ludwig Streicher Doblinger Funeral March of a Marionette Gounod Forsyth Sonata in F Major Marcello Zimmermann Sonata No3 in A minor Vivaldi Zimmermann Reverie Bottesini Zimmermann Sinfonische Konzertante Ditters von Dittersdorf Hofmeister Sonata for Double Bass Vagn Holmboe wilhelm hansen Prelude and Dance Adrian Cruft Leeds Music Prelude and March Adrian Cruft Leeds Music Prelude and Scherzo Adrian Cruft Leeds Music Frolic Joan Spencer Associated Board Frolic Joan Spencer Associated Board Six Pieces by J.S. Bach Ida Carroll Associated Board Oeuvres Pour Contrabasse A Cordes Edouard Nanny Leduc Oeuvres Pour Contrabasse A Cordes Edouard Nanny Leduc Six Pieces Caracteristiques E. Ratez Billaudot Concerto in D Major A Capuzzi Yorke Gran Duetto No.2 G Bottesini Yorke Three Waltzes Dragonetti Yorke Concerto in G major Cimador Yorke All Mimsy Smith-Masters Yorke Menuet Marie Dare Yorke Un Petit Recueil Angel Pena Yorke Suite for Four Double Basses Colin Brumby Yorke Sonata for Unaccompanied Double Bass Davis Ellis Yorke Suite and Low for Four Double Basses Daryl Runswick Yorke Ave Maria for Four Double Basses Fitzhagen arr. Harkonen Yorke Sonata in A Major Giovannino Yorke Duetto for Cello and Doublebass Rossini Yorke Adagio and Rondo in C Major Dragonetti Yorke Sonatina Thomas Pitfield Yorke Sonata in Canon for Two Bass Instruments Vol1 Telemann Yorke Sonata in Canon for Two Bass Instruments Vol2 Telemann Yorke Bagatelles for Doublebass and Piano Guy Halahan Yorke Berceuse for Baby Hippopotamus Serge Lancen Yorke A Little Concerto for Double Bass and String Orchestra Gordon Jacob Yorke A Little Concerto for Double Bass and String Orchestra Gordon Jacob Yorke Complete Bottesini for DB and Piano Vol3 Bottesini Yorke Rondo for Double bass and Cello or Viola Franz Keyper Yorke Cavatine for Four Double Basses Serge Lancen Yorke Meditation and Scherzo for DB and Piano Alan Bush Yorke The Famous Solo in E minor for DB and Piano Dragonetti Yorke In total this lot would cost you well over £300 new, and a lot of the titles are long out of print. I'd like someone to have it and use it and appreciate it, so I'm asking just £100 plus £10 shipping in the UK to a member of the Basschat community. I'd prefer to let it all go in one hit, but if there's no interest after a couple of weeks, I might consider splitting. I will ship to the EU, USA & Canada but shipping will be more I suppose. Any questions, please feel free to ask. Many thanks Pete edit: Sorry for how the list of music is displayed. It looked great in the edit window when I pasted it from excel! For some reason BC won't allow me to attach a PDF of the list so please IM me and I'll happily send one to you.
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The only other companies I can think of that do 5 string P pickups are Delano and Seymour Duncan, but you're in the same price bracket as Aguilar and EMG - maybe slightly less for the Seymours.
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Squire VM jazz modification (bridge)
Pete1967 replied to davegriffiths91's topic in Repairs and Technical
[quote name='Andyjr1515' timestamp='1450259699' post='2930959'] For the MEC's (I'm assuming they are passive ) I can thoroughly recommend this Seymour Duncan EQ [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/seymour_duncan_stc2p.htm"]http://www.thomann.d...uncan_stc2p.htm[/url] I fitted the 3 band version with MEC's to my thumb tribute, but have since used the 2 band version and found it just as flexible but more intuitive. I have one fitted to my own bass and am fitting one also to kert's camphor and alder single cut presently in the build threads. It is, however, quite big and 9v powered, so would need some routing work [/quote] Just to second Andy's recommendation for the pre. It's massively underrated for my money. I've recommended it and put it in two builds recently, one with DiMarzio UJ's and the other with SD SSB's, and both sounded awesome.... and I've had feedback that it works particularly well live. Don't forget though that to fit a pre to a VMJ you may well need to do some routing to accommodate it and the battery. There are some that will fit in a Jazz front rout, but they tend to be the pricier option. Re the bridge, if you're looking mainly for aesthetic improvement then have a look for a Korean or Chinese made high mass retrofit. They'll give you the look you're after and, in my experience, still work better than the original. Perhaps have a look at CH Guitar's website. There's no doubting that you'll not find better than Schaller though... but is it really value in this case? -
I can corroborate the research by ikay and Karlfer re the identity of Shaggy, in who's company I happened to be only last weekend. This bass actually postdates the original JJB Signature. It's actually a Fender P that Shaggy's playing in the Pic on Straighten Out's website BTW -
Yeah I 100% agree. With a properly constructed neck made with well seasoned, good quality wood you're highly likely to get a really stable result. With carbon fibre rods inserted you're highly unlikely to get a neck that moves in a way that you don't want it to.... I think the main reason that manufacturers use them is for consistency. Since you're unlikely to get a neck with CF that twists it's easier to achieve consistent results, maintaining reputation and reducing warranty claims. All this said if you've never built a neck with CF rods, a 5er might be a good place to give it a go and aquire the skill! If you have decided to use CF and haven't already built it, PM me and I'll let you know how I do it. There's a really useful tip that may save you some heartache!
