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Here is a bit of info from Stew at Nordstrand Pickups regarding the G string pole piece alignment. "Hi Dan, I think that you have to remember that many of the original designs for instruments which became the standard production basses and guitars were made with what was in the shop at any given moment. If there was a flaw in the design but it still worked *mostly* correctly, it often times became the norm. What's even funnier is that some of these designs have now developed rabid followers and when someone offers a replacement product that compensates for the original flaw, it is seen in some quarters as nearly heretical! Consequently players who buy these products are sometimes slammed by collectors and purists regardless of how the modified instrument sounds or performs! You have to love being a musician and being a part of this field. In all truth, I don't know that the original pickup is too big necessarily. If you like at many of the J-Basses coming off the Fender assembly line you will find that the poles do not line up with the strings, but they sound just fine. Remember that the magnetic field above the pole piece is designed to pick up the excursion of the string and this -- especially in the case of a thumped E or a snapped G -- can be a pretty big variance of movement. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any further questions. Thanks for writing and take care, Stew"

so is the G string more in the centre of the pole piece now with the Nordy pickup? Thinking of getting one myself!

Met Mark at Northampton services for a trade and was well pleased with the deal! Nice guy to chat to and even offered to buy me a coffee! Cheers Mark!

[quote name='AndyMartin' post='725839' date='Jan 26 2010, 10:35 PM']Our two most popular songs are Vertigo by U2 and Dakota by the Stereophonics. They both go down a storm.[/quote] +1 on the two above, we also do Sex On Fire which always goes down well.

thanks Dave, your a savior!

[quote name='dave_bass5' post='718746' date='Jan 20 2010, 09:31 AM']The ruler should be on the first fret and at least touching the 12th fret.[/quote] So the straight edge should be on the 1st fret NOT the nut?? This makes more sense to me but in the video it looks like Carl has it on the nut and I'm sure he says he puts it on the nut (unless he means up against the side not the top?) Argggh!

[quote name='dave_bass5' post='718733' date='Jan 20 2010, 09:15 AM']Why did you not keep going down to .008? Thats what Lakland recommend. The straighter the neck the lower you can bring the saddles down. It is just a guide though and it will depend on how hard you play. Could your neck already be shimmed? Maybe if it is take out the shim.[/quote] Surely if I kept straightening the neck the buzz at the 1st and 2nd would get worse? Forgive my ignorance!

I followed the video to do a setup on my Bob Glaub Skyline. I put a straight edge across the nut and 12th fret and used some feeler gauges to check at the 6th fret. There was a massive gap. So I adjust the truss rod a bit, getting closer! Got the gap to about 0.015 and had total fret buzz at the 1st and 2nd frets. So I raise the saddles a bit. Still buzzing. Raise them more to the point where it looks like it is going to run out of thread!!!! Still buzzing. Now I cannot see how to get the gap to 0.008, and have a low action, it does not seem possible. I have emailed Lakland but no reply yet as they are at NAMM.

greetings from Strood! (even though I am round my girlfriends in New Barn more often than not!)

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Really nice guy to deal with. Did a trade with my Modulus for his Sadowsky and very very happy! Cheers Si

Hi all, Having heard some negative comments on Flea's own bass that he has released, I found this on youtube [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D45OMeDlALA&feature=channel_page"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D45OMeDlALA...re=channel_page[/url] Didn't think it sounded that bad? Anyone have some hands on experience with them?