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Is the action high because the bridge saddles are bottomed out? If so, a shim and a set-up for starters I'd say. In fact a set-up for definite, shim or not. If it's still not nice to play after that, then shift it on.

Is anyone going to see Kiss on their 32nd Reunion/Farewell tour next year?

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Who is better at slap, the Mark King hologram or the Flea hologram?

If I thought I could get the existing finish repaired or a refinish in the same colours without breaking the bank, I'd definitely do it. It's an utterly gorgeous colour. Yes! I found this last night, after playing for a while it got really uncomfortable. It's definitely Dremel time.

That's what I've been using. To try to clarify things, I did a version of it for myself: If anyone knows of a schematic diagram for the actual circuit on the PCB, I'd love to get hold of one. In its current format with the EMG circuit, I've kept both switches in place to avoid an unsightly hole; the dual tone switch works as before and sounds great, and I've just made the active on/off into a simple kill switch for the moment.

Update update: I've fitted the EMG guts and it's huuuuge sounds absolutely awesome. Yeah, but I'd have to tipp-ex out the 'A' from the trussrod cover

Update: Well, despite my best efforts with a new set of switches and a review of the wiring, the active innards remain unresponsive. I think my next move will be to strip it out carefully and replace it with an EMG BTS control I've got lurking around. I can run it at 18v like the original Westone circuit.

Nice to see my stairs are being put to good use

Just watched it on iPlayer. Oish. That was a bit grim.

Ooh. I shall be following this with interest. Might do a similar thing myself.

@scrumpymike has been organizing South West bashes for the last 3 years and they are turning out to be roaring successes. This year's was completely brilliant, more and more guys are turning up each year. Might be worth tapping him for advice/suggestions?

I've got some that I could let go without much of a backward glance, a couple that would be a real struggle, and two that are going to my grave with me.

Dave is a diamond geezer and has one of the best gigs in the world. The list of artists he's played with on Later... is jawdropping. Is it just me, or was anyone else expecting him to have a much deeper voice, given that he's about 9ft tall?

Will do, but... don't hold your breath waiting

Donkey's years ago, a couple of work colleagues (who had just become an item) went to Glasto. I was quite jealous as it was a good lineup that year with loads of bands I'd love to have seen. When they arrived back in the office I was dying to know who they'd seen. Every time I named a band, they said "nah, didn't see them either". Turned out they had spent the entire weekend in their tent smoking weed and banging each other's brains out.

That's an Austin Allegro that I would own in a heartbeat. I'd love to have a Performer bass.

It's all personal taste innit. I quite like George Ezra, would love to see the Cure, and wouldn't cross the road to listen to the Chemical Bros.

It really doesn't strike me as all that heavy at all. Having said that, I have a few heavy basses anyway -- the Sire V7 is heavy, the Wal is heavier, and the bitsa P is like wearing a sofa -- so I'm used to it I reckon this is lighter than any of those.

Picked this beauty up from @Moos3h last night... thank you so, so much, and I hope you had a safe journey to the Riviera This really is a 37 year itch finally scratched... these were all the rage when I started out playing, I'd always fancied getting my hands on one and now after all these years I have. Yes it has some issues, as James pointed out in his ad: the electrics are not working and one of the switches is knackered... should all be straightforward (oh blimey, that's the kiss of death isn't it ) and if it still doesn't work I've got a Yamaha 2-band eq I can put in there instead; there's a hairline crack in the neck... I'll flood some thinned glue into it if it needs anything, but it doesn't seem to affect stability or playability; it's got a few major league dings in the body as the pic shows... I'm not sure what to do with these really, a refinish would cost a fortune and I don't want to spend a shedload of cash on it. I might just seal the edges of the dings with glue to stop any more flaking off, and call it mojo The serial number places it in December 1982. The neck feels great and it plays well, action is fine and all the hardware works. The missing knob is present, I'd taken it off when I took the pic. I've not yet plugged it in so I don't know how it sounds, but from what I've seen on yootoob the 1A core tone appears to be P-bass-on-steroids. I have a feeling that my bitsa P is going to struggle to keep its place in my working group. Happy day.

In a period of considerable financial hardship some years ago, I considered putting my beloved Wal up for sale. I took it out of its gigbag, looked at it, picked it up, played it, put it back down, looked at it again, and said out loud to myself, "For fck's sake man, WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?". Decided that I would probably sell a kidney first.

Holst: The Planets - Montreal Symphony Orchestra/Charles Dutoit, 1987 Scenes From A Memory - Dream Theater Milliontown and Rockfield Files - Frost* Upside Downside - Mike Stern War of the Worlds - Jeff Wayne You've been here 10 years and you've only just worked that out??