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[quote name='thepurpleblob' post='782770' date='Mar 22 2010, 09:28 PM']Hold down the string at the first fret AND at the last fret (use a capo or phone a friend if you have small hands). Is it touching the 12th fret (or thereabouts)? It should be *just* clear at the 12th (you can tap it against the fret but can't see much daylight). If it's touching then you need to *slacken* the truss rod. Take it easy, quarter turn a go. Retune each time. Having said that, you should probably just get a 5 string [/quote] yeh i may get a 5 string. not sure how it would work with our tuning though, we tune to c#?? anyway, i have aroun 0.5mm gap when i check at 12th fret mate with string at top and bottom.

anyone know anywhere that would service a boss syth pedal?

its got the standard elixir 105 on there mate. comes out the factory tuned to drop d aswel

ok will do, ive found also playing further to the bridge helps an awful lot. ill let you know how i get on.

ive checked the truss rod. ive got approx half a mill bow in the neck. probaly not enough is it?

[url="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v727/woolz/?action=view&current=VID00010-20100322-1750.flv"]http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v727/woo...100322-1750.flv[/url] this is me on a tanglewood tuned to normal E tuning. come on slate my playing as you can hear i stil get the clicking.

im not too hot on the neck relief adjustment to be honest i use 105 gauge on the 4th string as it is. anyone live in essex on here that could have a look at it for me? or know anyone thats good at settting basses up? i plug into the passive input because it sounds a lot better i think!

well i do try to play through them but maybe im not doing a good job of it. i dont know how people using detuning can play without this click.

de tuned to c# on the bottom string yes. also i dont know how softly you guys are playing but to stop any clicking i need to play verry very softly.

ill try and do a video some point this week of me playing. i recon it must be my technique, i think i play down towards the bass far too hard and not across it.

ok cheers, will give all these a try. action is definatley not too low, i cant take it any higher!

and fingernails are pretty short. im wondering wether it is my eq? i also have an active bass and i always plug it into the passive input. could this be it?

use an ibanez pretige bass. ill try lowering the pickups see if that helps. i dont think its the amp either cus ive tried an ampeg which shows it up even more than my ashdown evo iii head.

[url="http://www.myspace.com/altitudezerouk"]http://www.myspace.com/altitudezerouk[/url] listen to 'hammer blow' 2mins 37secs into the song. really shows here. but you can hear it through everysong if you listen.

having a bit off an issue with my technique.... i think. recently i have noticed by bass sound is very clicky, almost like a korn fieldly click. its not string buzz, so im wondering wether is a technique or my bass? wether i have my action low or high i stil get the click. any ideas? i play with my fingers. cheers boys.

two 3m leads. each £40 . and i got a good handful of patch cables, each £20 each i think the prices have gone up though. £50 for the 3m, £75 for the 6m and £25 for the patch cables. but if you pm voxpop im sure he will do you a discount.

well after years of chucking cheapish and moderatley expensive cables away i thought i would invest. i had two options either the platinum fender bass cables which looked very nice or the chord cream instrument cables. ( i use chord for all my hifi gear so i new they were a top option.) both companies had good customer service with returning emails answering questions. quite a tough choice to be honest, but a few factors swade me one way towards chord. fender did not want to produce me patch cables let alone patch cables to the size i wanted. and also they wouldnt send me any pictures of the inside of thier soldering etc. i spoke to chord and 'voxpop' on here who both gave me info on the chords including pictures sent from chord ( very impressive). Chord also made me custom size cables and patch leads to suit exactly what i wanted. they also make them directional to which ever end you wish to have amp-instrument. they also ask which end you want on your lead ( angle or straight). anyway: had them delivered in a tidy well packaged box, soon as i got them out the packaging i could tell they well worth worth the cash. each cable had neutrik ends which were very nice and i could tell would last. Again each cable including the patch cables had been labled up amp/ instrument at the ends depending which end you had requested it to be. right, time to plug them in: straight away with the chunky connectors going into both source and my instrument they felt secure, all patch lead connectors pluged in they put my old ones to shame, the thickness of the chord cable compared to my old patch leads even made me laugh, my old cables looked thin and cheap. i had no crackles from my pedal board which made a change aswel! the overall sound when i started playing was very nice indeed, seemed more bassy, warm and more accurate, and definately less noise and hum. i will be looking forward to using these on stage at our next gig and i will give further reviews and pictures to follow definatley worth the cash. i know these leads are proabably the most expensive you can buy but i can assure you that they are well worth it. i wont be using anything else again put it that way. cheers again 'voxpop' and chord company for the service and price andy

i cant see the logic of the old vs new musicman prices. people are selling old musicman basses, some from early 90's. just as much or even more than you can buy a new one for? someone explain this to me?

ok cheers i will pop in and see what they say and yes i love this pedal. best distortion ive found.

ive got the phat head bass pedal made from ibanez. had it for a while but now the pedal is not always switching on once pressed. do people get pedals repaired ? whats my best bet?

nice bass amps those. your looking around 350ish top end mate.