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It's a tree . A high end bass you may have heard of that also uses Basswood is the MusicMan Bongo! Si

[quote name='walbassist' post='674491' date='Dec 4 2009, 08:41 PM']Pete took the neck off, threw it in the bin Why he didn't bin the first neck in the first place is still beyond me...[/quote] But the moment someone plays a dodgy CS "OH MY GOD FENDER ARE CRAP" Every builder and manufacturer puts out something dodgy every now and then. It's relative though, Electric Wood maybe put out, what?, 50 basses a year when Pete was still going?. Fender, as an example manufacturer, put out a few hundred thousand!. Definitly pop into the Merchant in Colchester, and the Gallaryin London, take your bass, and have a play of loads others. It's a day out if nothing else Si

All the Squier Classic Vibes (including the James Johnston Jazz) are basswood bodies Si

I really really like mine, the build quality and finish is second to none! But I'm sorry, doesn't sound as good (to me anyway) as my US Jazz Si

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='670636' date='Dec 1 2009, 12:24 AM']John Mayer though? He's this decade's Garth Brooks.[/quote] Oh, and there's nothing wrong with a bit of Garth Brooks! Si

A day too early Si

[quote name='bassicinstinct' post='670822' date='Dec 1 2009, 10:19 AM']The track is called: [b]"Who Did You Think I Was?"[/b] [/quote] You're right, 'Everyday I have The Blues' is the first track from the Trio set, think I was getting muddled up cos the OP made me put the DVD on and have a play along , love the intro to EIHTB. Si

I'm having a jaunt back to Essex to see my parents, and will no doubt pop into the Merchants for a mooch about and a play! Anyone gonna be about? Si

[quote name='Lfalex v1.1' post='674268' date='Dec 4 2009, 03:57 PM']You live in Colchester? Get thee to Status Graphite! Rob, Dawn & co. will doubtless have something that takes your fancy![/quote] +1 Si

It's probably worth popping into the Bass Merchant in Colchester and asking them to keep an eye out for one for you!? But don't CUSTOM order one.......bilbo won't be happy , buy off the shelf. hehe Si

[quote name='jakesbass' post='674171' date='Dec 4 2009, 01:55 PM']In truth this, of course, is all that needs to be said on the matter[/quote] Indeed. It could also be considered a bit of an 'chicken-egg' moment. Was music first?, or written theory?. Most would say music was being made by humans before the species could write. So historically, one could argue that all theory is put in place retrospectively to explain what has creatively preceeded it. It would be interesting to know if anything musical has been written theoretically before it has been performed creatively, like some other 'conventional' scientific experiments. Si

The Sea Foam/Birdseye & Sonic Blue/Rosewood FIT! Never really looked twice at Stringrays et al, but if I was after an active bass....these would be high on the list! Si

[quote name='62P-Bass' post='673289' date='Dec 3 2009, 03:38 PM']Dave Troke? Yes - he has depped for me in JTQ and borrowed the Squier. Top bloke and great player! It's not natural finish though if that's what you mean. I think they call it Fiesta Red, but it looks more like pink or orange really. I just got that colour cos it looks like Pino's! Andrew[/quote] Ah, that makes more sense as he's been going on about a Fiesta Red one haha, not sure where I got Natural from then! Yeah Davey T is a good mate, and like you said, a very good, hard-working player! Anyway, it looks like a beaut indeed. Maybe I'll point Dave in the direction of a Pino CS haha. Si

[quote name='EBS_freak' post='673284' date='Dec 3 2009, 03:27 PM']You do realise that your mishap has put the Shuker builds back 3 months ?? [/quote] :ph34r: Si

[quote name='62P-Bass' post='673165' date='Dec 3 2009, 01:36 PM']Well spotted! I was coming back from some gigs abroad and had to go straight to the photo shoot from the airport. I don't like to take my original 62 P-bass on planes so I had my 'touring bass' with me. It's a 1983 JV Squier 62 reissue with a Lindy Fralin pickup, also with flats. Andrew[/quote] Is that a natural JV?, I haven't seen the pictures. If so, I think my mate Dave has borrowed that on a couple of JTQ gigs!? Says it's an absolute peach! We still haven't found him one though haha Si

If he's using proper technique, then he won't have any throad problems at all. I know guys who scream properly who have less throat problems than people who sing with bad technique. Si

So Jon received the neck earlier today, emailed me just now and said that he's got the old rod out, and after some fiddling (with the other rod I presume), should be able to get a new one into the neck! Fingers crossed Very glad to have potentially saved the wood, although not out of the woods yet Si

Well the fingerboard definitly hadn't popped off, and the neck had bow so I was doing the correct clockwise adjustment. I assume that if a neck/fingerboard joint is attached in a proper way, the truss will give up the ghost before the fingerboard comes off!? It is also worth noting that although I perhaps went too far, I kept turning (in small increments), because to me there was still a visible bow to the neck after each 'turn-&-settle'. Si

[quote name='mrcrow' post='672159' date='Dec 2 2009, 03:16 PM']how one gets into a truss rod after all the neck is built must be a real luthier job anyway[/quote] I think this is the part that determines if a neck is a write-off or not Because it's a bound neck, I'm not sure if steaming the fretboard off works in the same way, or even if it's still a valid technique....not being of any kind of Luthier stock. Si

I agree that if you're playing in a lot of different tunings, as Erisu seems to be, then a 5 string is going to help you with all the chopping and changing. For me, it was a lot easier to have a nice 4 string bass (what I prefer playing) in the one tuning that we use. Si

[quote name='erisu' post='671044' date='Dec 1 2009, 01:33 PM']Ouch! hope everything works out for you Si! I was thinking of changing between tunings in between songs with a Squier project bass I'm going to do from Drop C# to Drop D/Standard... I guess I should bring two basses to practises and gigs in future [/quote] Not necessarily mate The only reason why I had a bass (two actually) set up in Drop C (Standard - C, F, Bb, Eb) is because that is what my band plays in all the time, and rather than have horrible action and flobby strings, I used high tension strings to get an action akin to standard tuned basses. This of course meant that the neck was using a very different setup to a standard tuned/tension neck. If you're only dropping the bottom string to D and leaving the rest standard, or even bottom string to C#, and the rest to D tuning (so G, C, F). You'll probably be alright. The C# might start to sound a bit mucky and buzzy, but hey, it's the alternative to leaving a bass in a 'weird' tuning, depends how often you use it. [quote name='mrcrow' post='671104' date='Dec 1 2009, 02:20 PM']the rod is resisting/balancing compression by supplying tension..its a tie rod i takes a helluva lot of load to break a tie rod if it is sound and has not material defects also if its steel then it should go plastic and deform first...it is an elastic material...hookes law so i think the threaded parts have come away from their anchors...which i presume are also metal..steel and the thread flanks have sheared...stripped the thread when you get this out i would really be interested in the actual failure...the rod...its anchorages in steel or its anchorages in the wood.[/quote] This is all interesting stuff. I'll put it to Jon. Like I said, I don't feel I was 'Forcing' it, it was moving.....I wouldn't expect a rod to be loose moving round lol. I am of course ready to assume all responsibility though. Anyway, it's going to him today, so maybe by the end of the week or next week I'll have an expert opinion. Cheers Si