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[quote name='mentalextra' post='1349106' date='Aug 23 2011, 03:59 PM']Do Mighty Mite necks have a logo on the headstock? If not, how can they be identified? Cheers[/quote] Mine was stamped 'Licensed by Fender' on the heel. Nothing on the headstock.

[quote name='Antreas' post='1348984' date='Aug 23 2011, 01:36 PM']I want to buy a bass with a unique sound. I want this bass high / slap sound from the fender Marcus Miller bass and a huge low sound. What bass you suggest? Also interested if i do not find a production bass, to buy a handmade instrument. i want from this bass an alder body, maple neck with birds eyed maple fingerboard.for this bass I have not decided what pickups and what electronics will have. my opinion is 1)bartolini 9J1 with aguilar OBP-3TK on board preamp or 2) Delano JC 4 HE/M2 pickups with Delano Sonar 3MS/E on board preamp. What is your opinion? Thank you[/quote] [url="http://www.dv247.com/guitars/fender-marcus-miller-jazz-bass-olympic-white-maple-neck--35469"]http://www.dv247.com/guitars/fender-marcus...ple-neck--35469[/url]

[quote name='throwoff' post='1348936' date='Aug 23 2011, 12:51 PM']I know a few BC'ers have experience with them. I just did a build on there for fun and did a calculation for VAT, Duty etc etc and it seems either their prices have gone down or the exchange/duty rates have changed a lot. A similar build I did last year came out at around 800 quid landed im now looking at 520. I hear varying reports about them as an instrument though, anyone care to share some stories?[/quote] I've built three Warmoth basses. They're very solid, necks fit perfectly in pockets. The necks are rather deeper than Fender equivalents (though I see they now offer options). One of the fretted necks needed work by a professional luthier to get rid of fret buzz; the other is OK but could probably be improved. The ebony fretless board is perfect. My 'dinky P' in swamp ash is noticeably light at 3.4kg, about the same as my Hohner B2A.

[quote name='EBS_freak' post='1345503' date='Aug 19 2011, 02:48 PM']Why limit to nocturnal only ? [/quote] I do like the wetsuit in your avatar. Do you think she'd let me have a bit of it for my pickups?

Just got a lovely little practice amp, the day after I sent the cash. Nicely!

[quote name='Dave Vader' post='1345143' date='Aug 19 2011, 09:49 AM']I have a pair of 20 year old (probably) 58s, that have never had anything done to them (except for gaffa tape holding the casings together, damn those punk bands) and still sound as good as they always have. I have done nothing to them, and have no intention of replacing them.[/quote] Nonsense. You should use the method endorsed by professionals: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vToepYWmOq4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vToepYWmOq4[/url]

[quote name='EdwardHimself' post='1344482' date='Aug 18 2011, 03:12 PM']Who is justin?[/quote] bet he doesn't know who we are either - but we know what gear he uses. We win!

Who he?

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[quote name='Beedster' post='1336042' date='Aug 11 2011, 08:38 AM']Thanks guys (had to laugh re the Jazz bass Steve, you've got a good memory mate). Problem isn't one of tone, I've got exactly the tone I want, it's one of timing, it just feels as if the bass is pushing things along a little, which isn't the feel I want. I might try it on fretless later and see if the slightly longer attack helps at all... In posting here I was really wondering whether anyone else had experienced the same problem and if so, how they dealt with it?[/quote] Tried playing really softly over the 20th fret? This gives me a longer attack. The closer I get to the bridge the more 'hurried' it sounds. Instrument of choice: Precision bass with Chromes. Here's a fat old bass line not in a hurry: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3lqFbEKgik&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3lqFbEKgik...feature=related[/url]

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='1340462' date='Aug 15 2011, 11:16 AM']Someone thought it's be a good idea to have them in the office but the poor bastards need a home, I think they are about 2-3 years old and they are lovely but a work place is not right for them.[/quote] I've asked at the (agricultural) College of West Anglia - they might take them but the woman who'd make the decision is on holiday right now. Let me know if they still need a home in September.

[quote name='Hobbayne' post='1341707' date='Aug 16 2011, 11:43 AM']I am currently reading 'The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions' by Mark Lewisohn. Basically its a day to day diary of their sessions at Abbey Road studios back in the '60,s. There is an entry from the White Album sessions where they are recording a track called 'Savoy Truffle' And they recorded a powerful brass section for it, and then they distorted it. The engineers where horrified! - nothing like that had ever been done before, but its what The Beatles wanted!![/quote] Nothing is more blasphemous than a properly played distorted guitar. It is capable of making blasphemous noises, and that's what first attracted me - F. Zappa

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[quote name='Muzz' post='1337610' date='Aug 12 2011, 01:37 PM']I got a Mighty Mite from a US EBayer for about £70 a month or so ago...[/quote] How was it? I had a Mighty Mite P neck that was a lot deeper (ie from surface of fretboard to back of neck) than the 90s Jap Fender neck I prefer. Was good quality though. Warmoth P necks are even deeper. Anyone selling a Fender or Squier P neck here?

[quote name='cheddatom' post='1336270' date='Aug 11 2011, 11:49 AM']What about digital pedals with memory chips. Are they cool with magnets?[/quote] No problem.

Paul just sent me a metronome in the post. For free. Batteries included. You don't get service like that every day :-)

[quote name='Chris2112' post='1333242' date='Aug 9 2011, 09:37 AM']We shouldn't be giving a penny to Somalia, we need the cash here.[/quote] I'm guessing from your gear list that you haven't suffered hunger lately.

[quote name='the_krysh' post='1333311' date='Aug 9 2011, 10:34 AM']hi all, I am from hamburg, germany and a bassplayer and guitarist since 1982. mostly I play guild basses and guitars and look forward to a creative exchange with some of you! :-) here my guild family: and my momentary life setup for bass: [/quote] Welcome Michael. I visited Hamburg once, to see Eisbrecher at the Docks Club. Really friendly place.

[quote name='Ian Savage' post='1332524' date='Aug 8 2011, 06:37 PM']Still more than it appears to actually be worth.[/quote] Someone's just 'won' it for 155. I thought I'd be able to contact them to warn them, but can't see how. Is there a way?

[quote name='joe_bass' post='1332361' date='Aug 8 2011, 04:47 PM']Couldn't resist either. Sent "does this have the original 'Fender' one or the £15 one you bought recently on Ebay? Spose you wouldn't know though as you "don't know much about guitars." Why is this auction still live though?! Only 2 hours to go & someone is potentially going to be very unhappy.[/quote] I'm watching it, so when I get notification that the auction has ended I'll email the 'winner' and warn him that he *may* have been scammed.

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='1332095' date='Aug 8 2011, 02:04 PM']I hope that whoever the poor sod that buys it collects in person. Those plastic mirror type p/g's shatter quite easily. That one looks to be under so much stress with the cheapo pups being amateurishly jammed in there that I doubt it'll take the bashing that it will undoubtedly get when the buyer smacks the seller in the face with it.[/quote] Fixed it for you.

[quote name='Evil Undead' post='1331961' date='Aug 8 2011, 12:55 PM']And the poorly applied decal is a major giveaway[/quote] I've asked him 'Does this bass have the original pickup, or the one you bought on Ebay from chguitars? '

[quote name='lanark' post='1331841' date='Aug 8 2011, 11:14 AM']Excuse my dumbness, but how can you tell it's a Squier and not a Fender, when it says Fender on the headstock and the photos don't really show you much?[/quote] Bit suspicious that there are no serial numbers anywhere.