Bankai

[quote name='lemmywinks' post='766608' date='Mar 7 2010, 02:55 AM']Early active Shine basses were often shipped with standard jacks, meaning they sap battery power even when they're unplugged. The first Shine 6er i got had this problem, £15 for a local tech. Check yours for this, i paid for mine to be replaced with a switching jack. The price you pay for completey automated bass building! I think everything but the finishing was automated, even the fretwork![/quote] Well I bought the bass in Feb 09 and have used it since then as my only bass. In January it started becoming a bit intermittent and then it died completely in Feb. It had been going on one battery that whole time and however long the previous owner had it in there. [quote name='ThomBassmonkey' post='766767' date='Mar 7 2010, 11:15 AM']If the MIM needs a complete fret dress etc and you got it cheap because it needs the work doing, it's going to be less hassle to move it on. If you're going to lose a lot of money by doing that, it might be better to sort out the problems.[/quote] It was bought for £200 last month. Paid £30 for it to be restringed and setup etc. The bridge screws are worn so it'll lower itself down after about half an hour of playing. And the frets are rather worn. I'm going to get those photos taken now

Sure. It's a 2004 MIM Fender Jazz in Daphne Blue. Will take some in the morning. I am in Epsom, Surrey.

However, I'm thinking about moving the Fender on and combining it with some incoming money to buy something new. Hmm, another Fender Jazz or prehaps something else...

Speaker cables have a different impedance to instrument/mic cables.

When I used wireless I had three seperate systems. Made changing a doddle They didn't get much use though so I sold them to put the money to good use. (Shure Professional Series kit buys a lot of shiny things )

[quote name='Bankai' post='766227' date='Mar 6 2010, 05:10 PM']It's not an active bass though[/quote] I'd like to ammend that statement and announce I found the problem. Battery is flat, I had no idea it was an active bass!

I'm not letting the Shine go under circumstances It's just a question as to whether or not to fix it or just keep it for the looks It's not an active bass though so am I right in thinking that unit wouldn't be right? I think it's a pickup problem but I can't find out until it's opened.

A couple of months back I picked up my second bass, a MIM Fender Jazz. It was good for the first few days but it really didn't have that wonder factor that I was hoping for. There's quite a bit of fret wear on it and the bridge either needs a bit of work or replacing. Either way it's useable but not comfortably. Although when that was causing me problems I could run back to my Shine. I've never seen anyone else using them so that makes it rather special I feel. I love it yet it recently developed an electrics fault and I'm waiting to see whether it's easily fixable or if I'm going to have to replace bits. Either way, I have one unusable bass and one alrightish bass and I'm not too happy. What would you do? Throw money at them and fix them, or go hunting on the market again...

Alright. Was looking at combining it with a rack tuner in either a 2 or 3 U case.

Ah. So would a US spec rack case be alright?

Cheers. So in summary the screws take 2U space but in reality there's a bit of space both above and below the unit.

Just got a Little Giant with a mind to rack mounting it yet it's not a standard 1 or 2U size. Any ideas what size I should get? Or any other helpful advice...

The answer that you'll get from the vast majority of non-players without a doubt would be 'Flea'.

[quote name='Low End Bee' post='763828' date='Mar 4 2010, 12:11 PM']Cadburys?[/quote] Must have been something they knocked out before the Kraft era. The old stuff was much better

Looks like £100 might buy a rather nice vintage setup [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Bass-Cab-118-VOX-England_W0QQitemZ130370882435QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_MusicalInstr_Amplifiers_RL?hash=item1e5ab5cb83"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Bass-Cab-118-VOX-Eng...=item1e5ab5cb83[/url]

Thanks guys. I've bought a speakon->jack cable so I can use it with an LG350.

I would recommend picking up some active speakers for ease and simplicity. Studiospares would be a great company to look at and I highly recommend their own brand.

Anyone else thinking Beyer DT100? Studio standard.

Huzzah

Anyone? I just ordered one and need to get speaker cables for it

Encore would be considered entry level understandably. But I certainly wouldn't refer to a Fender as entry level!

Just quick one. Are the connectors on the back speakon or 1/4" jack or both? Thanks.

Still not working Looks like I might have to repair. I'm not sure what it is though that'll need replacing. Should I buy pickups or would that be a bit presumptuious