silentbob

I'm in the process of pimping my Affinity Precision and fancy giving it a sparkly black metallic pickguard. Trouble is i can't find anything that i'm after in the way of blank material, so i was wondering if painting the old pickguard was an option. Just thought i'd ask here first to see if anyone has already done this successfully, and if so, is there a certain procedure i need to follow, or certain products i need to use, to stop the paint flaking off.
Cheers
Rob

What about some Toploader stuff. I've always thought Achilles Heel was an epic song.

Picked up one of these bad boys today in my local crack converters. They were asking £80 but i got them down to £60, with the unexpected bonus of a Ritter hardcase. Seems to be in good nick and plays really well, but i'm still going to mod the hell out of it. As it's already got the black on black colour scheme, i'm going to carry the stealth theme on a bit further with all black Gotoh hardware, a Wizard Stealth pick-up, and the usual CTS/Sprague/Switchcraft electrical upgrades.
Theplumber, how are you getting on with your project?

[quote name='Kraken' post='1184692' date='Apr 1 2011, 01:38 PM']isn't WD40 mostly fish oil?[/quote]

Apparently so, i've even heard of Barbel anglers giving their hookbaits a quick squirt of it before casting out as the fish oil attracts the Barbel.

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='1180342' date='Mar 29 2011, 01:31 AM']Poo. I was away building basses.
Serves me right I suppose.[/quote]

I had received the pm before i had finished typing a response to your post. If it doesn't pan out i'll give you next shout.

[quote name='neepheid' post='1180256' date='Mar 28 2011, 11:28 PM']Just to clear this up - the high mass version is the 201, the more vintage styled one is the 203:

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I knew what i meant

This is on hold now pending a pm.

I believe the scale length is 30".

Standing upright on the floor, it measures just shy of 42 inches, and weighs in at just over 6 lbs.

This is one of those kiddie sized Encores, well used and a bit battered and scratched, but seems to play ok. Will ideally need new strings and maybe a lowering of the action (i don't like messing about with that stuff), but that's why it's cheap. Any questions, just ask.
Paypal accepted as a gift, and willing to post at cost.
Unable to add a picture for some reason, so pm me an email addy if you're interested.

[quote name='aceuggy' post='1179644' date='Mar 28 2011, 03:45 PM']I'm planning on changing the bridge on my Fender P. I looked at the Badass, but frankly they are too expensive and quite difficult to source at the moment, so I have decided on a Gotoh bridge. I'm a little confused however! What is the difference, if any, between the 201 and the 203?[/quote]

From what i can tell when i was researching the same thing, the 201 is an exact copy of the original Fender bridge, whereas the 203 is a high mass version. I went for the 203 on mine and i love it, a very high quality bridge IMHO, but i have heard some people say that the high mass version does change the tone and make it sound less like a "P". Personally, i'm not really sure what a "P" sound is, i just know i like the sound of mine.

Just spotted this on the bay, looks like a Ryder body. Wonder how much it'll go for?
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110662256290&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...e=STRK:MEWAX:IT[/url]

To quote Blur's Alex James,
"It's impossible to hold a bass guitar and not look cool."

.....or does this look a bit odd for a lefty?

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-squire-precision-bass-lefthanded-/320669935110?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item4aa96ae606"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-squire-precis...=item4aa96ae606[/url]

Did you get my pm?

Good price if your a lefty
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/electric-bass-/260740435997?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3cb557501d"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/electric-bass-/26074...=item3cb557501d[/url]

Ben Shepherd of Soundgarden

First bass: Westbury Track II

Go to bass: Encore LTD83 Precision Copy (Modified)

Your bass: Spector NS-94

Price drop bump

I reckon that base coat colour looks awesome as it is.

Offers/other trades WHY

[quote name='sshorepunk' post='1120795' date='Feb 8 2011, 11:11 PM']Tickets are £15

Tony[/quote]

I was supposed to be going to the Bristol gig, but the mrs has kicked that into touch :[
Do you know if Devlin Love is back from her maternity leave, that Auroa woman's voice just doesn't do it for me.

May post if there's any interest.

Just out of interest, what's the chorus effect like on these?

[quote name='Shambo' post='1117348' date='Feb 6 2011, 07:12 AM']There is no best make of strings, just the ones you're happiest with.[/quote]

I'd echo this. I personally love Fender flatwounds, though i've read that of people wouldn't touch them with a bargepole, so horses for courses i guess.

Finally picked up my replacement bass yesterday and............it's a belter. The string problem is non-existant on this one, they run down the fretboard equally and sit across the pick up poles perfectly. The strings themselves seem to be different to the last set, not silked, and don't feel as rough to the touch. Both the control knobs work fine, with no accidental movement of the volume when the tone is moved, and to boot it was beautifully set up straight out of the box, with perfect string height and intonation.
I guess the lesson here is, no matter how good a reputaion some products have, the odd one is always going to slip through QC. Anyhow, i'm just glad it's all sorted now.