3below

Other than for string bends, the flatter radius has no inherent geometric advantage to gain a lower action. How low is your current action? What strings are you using?

You are now entering a dangerous addiction. One build will not be enough. It will become all consumiming, you may even be contemplating the next one even as you start this one. You have been warned.

And a another positive. Straplocks arrived quickly and well packed. Thanks.

No need to depart this parish. Pass on your experience to the next generation, become an armchair bass player I fully understand where you are coming from, my guitar playing days are diminishing - aging hands, however the bass playing is still good. The time spent before and after a gig is a serious negative these days.

[quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1485267363' post='3222617'] all true, but I dont see how that helps the bridge wobbling on the softer mesh transducer. I can buy a cheapo solid piezo on amazon, can someone advise if I can just joint the cables ? [/quote] Cables can be soldered together. I have used one of the cheapo piezos in an acoustic bass I have, it works well.

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1485266319' post='3222607'] You could try a thin sliver of veneer the whole length of the saddle slot to restore the height. [/quote] Variant on the above, thin strip of plastic e.g. microwave meal container. Plenty of hardish plastic readily available to experiment with.

Much good advice above, particularly about saddles not moving when the string is under tension. Another possible 'gotcha' is defective strings (even when new). I had a bass that would not intonate on the G string, I even got to the point of wondering was the bridge located correctly. Eventually I tried new 'new' strings and the issue was solved.

Gibson SG bass > VT Deluxe > Focusurite or whatever. Just seems to record well, A touch of post recording compression and then is good to go for what I want. For the thing with two more strings I have found the Joyo American Sound direct to interface very good (quicker to get good results than Sansamp TriAC). With this setup we can quickly get reasonable (for our purposes) recordings virtually anywhere (that we can fit in).

Lovely looking set of basses, secure your shed well. Some friends of mine had a flat in a large town in the west midlands. Thinking about the n'eer do wells they installed a pretty solid door and some serious locks. Come the day, the bad guys ignored the door and just knocked through the blockwork in the wall. This has also recently happened to a motor cycle dealer near to where I live in Mid Wales. Sound activated recordings of ferocious dogs required

With my aging memory failing me, which establishment was in the railway arches?

I managed to destroy a B/W 15" speaker very rapidly in one three minute number. Cause was failed glue where the cone meets the cast frame. There was a 'buzz' which rapidly became a terminated speaker. Not even playing at any serious volume. Further inspection revealed widespread glue failure. I suepect the cause was age, speaker was about 33 years old, well used by me from new.

[quote name='FinnDave' timestamp='1484489399' post='3215818'] Our guitarist uses a 20 watt valve combo and can still drown out the bass (and drums!). Maybe 15 watts is a sensible max for guitars? [/quote] Last band I played in that used any 'volume' comprised two guitarists with 20W and 30W valve combos. More than sufficient, Having a 'Keith Moon' style drummer OTOH ....

Lazy Made in Japan - the jazziness, timing, dynamic etc etc. Just like the rest of Made in Japan.

I suspect my early bass playing career was improved by using a Vox AC50 and 2 Vox 2x15 foundation cabs. I would have not been audible against the Hiwatt 100 and Marshall 100 with 4 x 12s, my mistakes went unheard. Add to that the Premier pounding drummer. I always wondered why the vocals on the 100W PA amp were only just audible. Did some fun gigs though These days.... BF Dubster, Peavey Tour 700 (real not class D watts). Adequate for small singer / guitar duet lol.

Bought some strings from Ian. Excellent communication, strings arrived in a day. First rate BC type. Thanks.

Welcome from Wales from someone who nearly escaped to Tiree!

If the truss is still rattling there is a possible fix. It (from memory) is something along lines of remove 9th fret marker dot. Drill small hole that reaches truss rod. Inject runny PVA into the hole. Something like this [url="http://www.frets.com/FretsPages/Luthier/Technique/Setup/BuzzDiagnosis/TrussRod/trussrod.html"]http://www.frets.com/FretsPages/Luthier/Technique/Setup/BuzzDiagnosis/TrussRod/trussrod.html[/url]

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1483553916' post='3208217'] You might not use Facebook when applying for a job with a band, but if they have your name there's nothing stopping them from checking your Facebook page if you have one. Blue [/quote] Some of us do not use FB, Twittter or any form of social media. This is a consequence of the day job where such things are inadvisable at best and career limiting at worst.

[quote name='SpondonBassed' timestamp='1483480673' post='3207609'] [b] SMV[/b] SMV was a bass guitar supergroup formed in 2008. The group's name comes from the first initials of each of its members, Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller, and Victor Wooten. The collaboration gained momentum when the three first played together at a concert held by Bass Player magazine in New York City in 2006, where Miller and Wooten joined on stage to present Clarke with the magazine's Lifetime Achievement Award. SMV's debut album, Thunder, was released on August 12, 2008, with a supporting world tour beginning the same month. - from Wikipedia [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QST9Joizdjs[/media] [s]...If I can remember where it is I have a clip of an 11 piece line up of bassists, stand by[/s] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdRG-hD5ZKo[/media] @ 3below, I can't see why not [/quote] Is it called a 'bass bash'

I am left wondering if we can start a band of 50+ (age and number) massed (aka overweight) bass players. Not sure about the commercial viability but we can rehearse (prior to the hearse) and enjoy the music

Someone got the bargain of a lifetime....

Could be an interesting new year