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[quote name='BargyBass' post='1019630' date='Nov 11 2010, 05:24 AM']JUST to confuse myself further, I'm back to what I was before I lost my memory and password.. What a palaver...[/quote] Howdo Argy/Bargy - Welcome back & yeah good looking P bass . I'm in Bexhill, where are you? Cheerz, John

In 1973 I went to that London with £400 + Barclaycard in pocket & my heart set on a Ricky but every one i tried was horrible to play. Then I saw a Gherson Blonde Jazz, fell in love & spent the next few years very happy with as my main gigging bass, lovely bass. Wish I'd still got it! Cheerz, John

I just bought a 5 space Guitar Rack/Stand made by Chord, £16.99 + £4.68 P&P, IMHO excellent value - couldn't make one for that! It was delivered next day, I received an email advising a delivery slot of 16:01 to 17:01 & the knock on the door was - 16:01, absolutely brilliant, why can't all couriers be like that? Packed in a 'strong enough' plain box, with a picture on the label, which is useful - 'cos there's no assembly instructions/picture/guide. Inside are 7 main parts, (some of the work is already done), with a bag of nuts, bolts, washers & spacers. The top rail is assembled with hinged ends + the neck supports, the top & bottom rails have nice smooth yet firm foam fitted apparently glued in place which is good. No tools required BTW, all hand tightened fittings. You don't have to be a genius to work out how it goes together, but some previous experience - perhaps with MFI flatpack furniture - might help . 1/2 hour max! If you're still struggling after that, go down the pub! A couple of minor issues, there's 2 types of "bolts with knobs on", 2 long & 2 short of each, with no indication of where they should fit I used the roundheads on the hinged parts at the bottom & the ovalheads on the top adjustable height part, seems right to me. Also a pain - the 4 "coach bolts" to secure the lower rail to the feet are all the same length, but the front rail is meant to be raised on 2 plastic spacers to give a slight angle to the way the guitars sit. With the spacers in place the 2 bolts are not long enough to get the wingnuts on so I ended up substituting a couple of M8 nuts for the spacers & all's well. I found on assembly the bottom rails both needed to be "the same way" or they pulled the frame out of square. The Height adjustable top section I thought fine at it's lowest setting, this leaves the neck support at approx the 7th fret (on a P bass) with plenty of room beneath for the body/horns. Verdict: Quite substantial, well made, good materials, decent coat of black paint, nice firm rubber covered touching points, easy access, plenty of space for 5 normal (P bass) size & shape basses. Takes up a lot less area than 5 separate stands! Easy to sling a cover over the whole lot to keep dust off, imagine the barmaid putting a towel over the pumps at time gentlemen please! It will of course hold other body shapes, Jazzes + other irregular shapes sit comfortably enough, but IMO it's best suited to a collection of mostly P basses so my 1 Jazz is out on it's own stand, in the corner, with a gnome! Recommended, Overall = 9.5/10 Useful 10, Value for money 10, Budget Price 10. Ease of assembly 9, Finish 9, Materials 9, Design 9. Cheerz, John (Please excuse my crap photography)

Carole - American Vintage '57 P - White Blonde, Nitro Cellulose [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v48/kjon51/Fender%2057%20Precision%20Bass%20American%20Vintage/Fender57AVcut2.jpg[/IMG]

I'd say - as your Dad owned it for 42 years & then handed it down to you - it's worth £MILLION$ in sentimental value I for one would never think of a gift like that in monetary terms & certainly never consider selling it.

It's all in the title really, are they any good for - jammin with the TV, or hotel room bit of practise, down the garden in the shed, sort of scenario? With PSU/mains adaptor mostly Or are there any others - maybe cheaper - but any good? Cheerz, John

Once upon a time - in the '70s my main gigging cab was an Orange 2x18 driven with a HiWatt 200 + another 200 slave 400 Beautilicious Valve Watts. It was a HUGE sound! I'm sure a 2 x15 driven with suitable oommph is going to flap some trouser bottoms! Go for it PS: I was young once - honest

There's some 1st class advice above from silddx, you'll not go wrong if you follow that A little tip I often use for measuring string height is to use the allen keys you'll have for adjusting bridges etc. If - like me - you've got mm & imperial you can choose your keys of choice, gently inserting with a flat against the fret & see the size of the gap. BTW - All allen keys are sized AF, that is across flats in case you didn't know, sorry if I'm teaching my gran to suck eggs like, so if a 2.5mm or 3mm allen key will fit under the E string at the 20th fret - for me is a good place to start. I suppose it's using the keys like a feeler guage but without the hassle. Cheerz, John

Anyone know who's in the band tonight? I've got from Wicki - 2010 lineup Robert Plant – lead vocals Patty Griffin – vocals and guitar Buddy Miller – guitar and vocals Darrell Scott – vocals, mandolin, guitar, accordion, pedal, lap steel and banjo Byron House – bass Marco Giovino – percussion

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='1005360' date='Oct 29 2010, 03:45 PM']Go to the bottom of the page and there is a drop down box that says "order by" just change that to "last post".[/quote] Thanks Wayne, had to reverse the z-a as well! Sorted now Cheerz, John

[quote name='BurritoBass' post='1005416' date='Oct 29 2010, 04:35 PM']Primarily these are designed for fretless as you suggest but do indeed work well on a fretted bass. The equivilant are Rotosounds Trubass which aside being made famous by Paul McCartney come in at double the price. Nice review.[/quote] Cheerz buddy, but I beg to differ on the equivalent to TruBass comparison Although I haven't used them for a good few years, IIRC they have a 'smooth' flatwound surface, unlike these which actually feel like a roundwound under cover IMHO the Rotosounds feel a lot bigger & heavier, indeed they are quite huge at 65-115, which does really notice. From memory also the TruBass put quite a pull on the neck, requiring far more trussrod turning & setting up than some people are comfortable with, + probably a new nut or a fair bit of filing to even get them in. The GHS 3060s are more comparable to the Rotosounds, but very very much nicer in many ways my favourites

I have just entered a new review in the Miscellaneous Reviews section & found it 1/2 way down the page! It appears to be listed alphabetically not chronologically, like the 'norm' - is there a way to change it - or how it's displayed - or does it make more sense to have it as is? Cheerz, John

Fender Bass Strings: 9120M Nylon Tapewound (.058, .072, .092, .110) I thought I would offer a short review of these strings as they are new to me. These were supplied to me FOC by Fender after I had moaned about a few things, including - why don't they offer alternative strings on their basses! First impressions: The packaging didn't cost a lot, which is fine by me, flimsy card wrapper & all strings together in one 'Vapour Corrosion Inhibitor' technology bag, on the back is a guide to the string end ball colours. Opening the bag - the strings feel smooth & sort of soft to touch. The silks both ends are all black & nicely wound, all finishing about equal lengths. I always take care un-coiling & handling covered strings to make sure the sharp ends don't scratch the finish. No problem fitting these, on a conventional bridge the silks stop behind the saddles & at the top - 34" scale they are all 1&1/2" past the nut. The G didn't need cutting, left it full length, the others I chopped off approx. 4&1/2", 3", 1&1/2" respectively to give about 3 full turns on each peg. The bass was previously fitted with Fender standard roundwounds & to fit these tapewounds the nut didn't need any filing from standard even though these are larger gauge strings, actual sizes are .058, .072, .092 & .110. Personally I like the bigger gauges, especially the large G string & in this set they feel like a well balanced progression of size without feeling too big. They remind me of the Rotosound Nexus Strings which I tried about a year ago, but these feel flatter, smoother & with a outer wrap not like a coat of paint, hopefully they will last a bit longer too! Brought up to tune, stretched a bit & retuned a couple of times - the action required little adjustment from the old settings & the intonation was still OK. I left them overnight to settle before I checked the need for any truss rod adjustment. Next day, everything had settled & the action remained pretty much as it was, I managed to lower the E & the A slightly but the tension on the neck seems to be similar to the original strings, a .012" business card just slipped between the 8th fret & my 2' steel rule laid along the neck. They feel halfway between round & flatwound, smooth to play & with almost no finger noise but still that slight uneven surface, so not like a groundwound, like a round with a covering on, in fact to me they feel a bit 'plasticky'. After a couple of days use they are definitely rougher on the right hand 'plucking fingers' than normal flats but seem fine on the left hand 'fretting fingers'. They're fine for bending with none of the fret grinding that you get even with flats when they're new sometimes. Sound wise - again halfway between round & flatwound, most of the brightness of the rounds but missing some of the deep down thud & boom of true flats. I use my fingers for plucking mostly in the neck/pup area so I'm always getting that old school tone, these don't disappoint in the lower notes while having a brightness in the higher notes, maybe getting close to the sound of some old well run-in rounds. The output from the pup on mine seemed very comparable to the rounds I replaced & the balance across the poles is good, maybe a bit more from the G as it's quite big by comparison, considerably more mass than your average 40 or 45. Looks; very cool, shiny/glossy black - a bit different - with well wound black silks too, almost sexy! I probably won't buy these again for personal choice but I can see some players benefiting from them if they want the smoothness of flats while retaining most of the zing from rounds. Also it seems the ease of fitting/ lack of change/adjustment, due to the similar tension etc. has advantages. I can't see them ever wearing the frets down, there's a certain 'non-stick' feel to them & I would think play very nicely on a fretless board. On the Fender site I was amazed to see the MSRP of these at $49.99, a quick search shows them at several shops here in Blighty for as little as £16.95, so I'd say they're certainly worth a try at that price if you are at all inquisitive. Other strings I have compared these with currently on Precisions are, La Bella 0760M, 1954 Original Oldie Deep Talkin' Bass Flatwound Strings (52,73,95,110), Fender 9050ML S/S Flatwound (50,65,85,100), Fender 9050L S/S (45,60,80,95), my long time favourites GHS 3060 Bass Black Nylon Tapewound (50,70,92,105) & not forgetting the Fender Super Bass 7250ML NPS Round Wound (45,65,80,100) which were factory fitted on my '57 AV Precision.

[quote name='Musicman20' post='1002141' date='Oct 27 2010, 10:34 AM']At least they sorted the guard out [/quote] The guard itself is not a problem, I lifted it & moved the trapped wire but at least I have a nice new sh*te & briney P/G in the event of needing one. The strings were a bonus Cheerz, John

Thanks to the shop - Peter Cook's Guitar World - I received today from Fender a replacement pickguard & a set of black nylon tapewounds, free of charge Sometimes it pays to moan The 9120M strings look & feel very soft & smooth, I'll get them on later Cheerz, John

[quote name='ikay' post='1001499' date='Oct 26 2010, 06:29 PM']Looks pretty good to me. Fender bridges don't allow for fine string spacing adjustments, it's just a case of finding the best spacing you can with the pre-grooved saddles. You've done a good job![/quote] +1

Pictures are worth thousands of words, I'm sure we could give you better guidance if we could see the problem.

Or you could move Downtown with Pedula Clark

Warwick Avenue - with Duffy in Black Nylon Flats, that'll do nicely

[quote name='Delberthot' post='997485' date='Oct 22 2010, 08:09 PM']Just found this - [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LED-LIGHT-BAR-guitar-amp-speaker-cab-rack-gear-/220611839202?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item335d7d84e2"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LED-LIGHT-BAR-guitar...=item335d7d84e2[/url] I like this a lot - my only concern would be that it could introduce mains hum into the signal[/quote] Crazy price, I got a couple of them from Hong Kong for a fraction of that! They're great for lighting up pedalboards too - I'll find a pic later. Cheerz, John

More good words & hearty recommendation from one John to another I sent him some Ashdown bits - he sent me some dosh, simples! A pleasure to deal with as always, total gent. Cheerz, John

Fabulous! Congratulations

Yes - BUT - too much going on! It's a mix & match nightmare

These are good - [url="http://www.cultpens.com/acatalog/edding_751_Paint_Marker.html"]Edding 751[/url] - very good, probably at your local Art shop. Cheerz, John