franzbassist

I have a Sire P8 five string and honestly I'm amazed at what can be produced at this price point.  These are really good basses!

I've never bought from Peach but have emailed and called a few times with queries about stock: top notch responses each time.

These look good.  Might go for one.

14 hours ago, kodiakblair said:

 

Brian has those, listed in his "Pickguards for various bass models" section.

Awesome stuff, thank you!

EDIT: He has the passive, two knob, version listed.  I've messaged him to see if he has or can make the active five knob for me.

EDIT 2: Spoken to Brian. Am going to send my original to him to copy.  All is good.

2 hours ago, PaulThePlug said:

but for what

Sire 5 string P bass, so not your run of the mill 'plate

1 hour ago, TRBboy said:

Definitely sounds like it's rattling in the nut slot from what you've said. Try adding a small shim of paper or card in the slot and see if it goes (or improves). This will prove whether it is the nut or not. Apparently cooper shielding tape in the slot works well to help fix this, if you don't want to replace the nut. Haven't tried it myself though.

I'd agree this is the most likely culprit. Can also confirm the copper tape trick works really well.

As above, who's good for replacement scratchplates these days?

I would say that is a very heavy bass.  The heaviest bass I ever owned was a 5.4kg Wal - I had to sell it because it was just too much for my shoulder!

He's a great player, no doubt, but that bass (indeed all his sig basses) leaves me cold.

Do you know what the fingerboard has already been sealed with?  That will be the major factor in what you can do next.

That's a beauty. I had a superb Krell from Alan but sold it on as it was too heavy for me.  Great basses.

40 minutes ago, KennysFord said:

Cheers Buddy...Good to see you again...

Likewise mate

Welcome back! Amp looks yummy to me.

Yowzah!  Never seen one as bad as that before 😱

If it was me I'd have it stripped and then refinished, although an oil finish would work too if the wood looks good enough.

I'd keep the JD mod as it adds a bit of character and gives more tonal variation.

Honestly, blown away by how good the Sire basses are.  This is a great deal!

These are just breaking in nicely, but I have switched to through-body flats instead.  Some fraying to silks as expected/usual.

They were originally on a 3 over 2 headstock, so the D is cut a bit shorter than ideal for a 4 over 1, but they do work as you have about 1.5 wraps.

£30 posted.

On the rare occasion I use a pick I use the .76mm Dunlop Ultex triangles.  I prefer the larger size.  I used to use thicker picks but have lightened up over the years.

25 minutes ago, pn_day said:

Swapping from rounds to flats or tapes can give a different feel & sound without messing around with the original (or in my case, making it worse)!

 

Also on most PJ basses I've had (except for a Japanese Yamaha BB2000 which was perfectly balanced between the pickups) the jazz pickup has to be set much closer to the strings in order to get any sort of parity of output with the P - which will naturally change the tone.

 

I'm firmly in the camp of flats & tapes are great. Give me a couple of years and I'll be loudly extolling the virtues of rounds and half rounds

Thanks Phil.  Yes, as I said in an earlier post I have decided to leave the stock pickups in the bass as they do the job just fine.  They are also quite well balanced, output-wise, so no issues there.

Funnily enough, I decided to put a set of La Bella flats on a couple of days ago and it has revealed the true calling of this bass: it is an absolute tone monster with flats!   

So in swapping out the stock tuners for a set of Gotoh Res-O-Lites, I managed to crack the headstock finish on my brand new Sire bass!

My initial plan was to have someone repair it professionally, but in my late-night googling I discovered GluBoost products and decided to repair it myself.  

I bought GluBoost Fill n' Finish thin and a can of the GluDry accelerant, plus some fine wick tips to apply.

Steps were as follows:

i) Remove B E and A tuners

ii) Remove worst of the cracked poly to try and get as close to a flat finish as I could to minimise sanding.

iii) Fill cracks with the Fill n' Finish, spraying the GluDry after each pass.  The crack on the edge took one fill, the other needed about three.

iv) Wet sand with 800 grit to get the finish flat, then carry on working up through the grits to finish at 12000.

v) Buff and polish

I do need to get some swirl remover and give it a final buff, but I am really pleased with the results.  Yes, you can still see it a bit, but it's sanded flat and overall for £40 and a couple of hours work it's a job well done.  Particularly impressed at the total lack of white bloom in the glue.

I would recommend these products without hesitation.

Before

And after

1 hour ago, casapete said:

Loved The Faces, one of my favourite bands.

I would have paid good money to see Faces in their pomp.

4 minutes ago, asingardenof said:

Gave up on ol' Jools and enjoyed the end of Rick Astley. Now watching Elton at Glastonbury and admiring the bassist's gear - is that an SWR rig he's using?

Can't see an amp but it definitely looks like a Goliath Senior cab.  There's also a Strawberry Blonde for the guitarist too.

Rick was very good. I only saw Sir Rod, PP Arnold and Joss Stone on Jools, none of whom were very good.  The firewoke display was top notch.

Did you sell these?

12 hours ago, Beedster said:

Be honest but kind 👍

It won't be easy, but absolutely this.  Perhaps think of a couple of phrases beforehand that explain your thinking, rather than going in cold and just blurting out whatever comes to mind?

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