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[quote name='Jerry_B' post='757579' date='Feb 25 2010, 09:13 PM']Very tasty, KiOgon! [/quote] Cheers m'dear - still 'pimpin & plinkin' only just got it! I tried an Aerodyne at GAK a month or 3 back, but the Bello is just so much sweeter The P pup is terrific - the samarium(?) Jazz pup is a bit low on snarl factor, still tinkering

I love my Frank Bello Quarter Pound P pup & P neck too! Suits me sir. Edit: Better picture & Fender spiel added. "Now you can “bring the noise” with Fender’s new Frank Bello Bass guitar, a sleek, all-black tone monster that'll easily take whatever you dish out and then laugh about it. A true hybrid, it has a slab-cut alder Jazz Bass body and a modern C-shaped maple Precision Bass neck with matching black headstock. The thunder comes from a Seymour Duncan® Basslines SPB-3 Quarter Pound split-coil Precision Bass pickup and a Samarium Cobalt Noiseless™ Jazz Bass pickup; the only onboard control is for volume! Other features include Fender/Schaller® Deluxe Lite-Bass straight-shaft tuning machines, a Badass® III bridge, “Fender Bass” headstock decal, Bello caricature on the back of the headstock and his signature on the neck plate."

[quote name='Marvin' post='755076' date='Feb 23 2010, 03:12 PM']Does it work on hands that have completely dried out and started to split open? I work outside and the current weather plays absolute havoc with my hands. I moisturise, but to little effect. Currently the tips of my index and big fingers on both hands have split open and so to has my left thumb. I was just about to put in some serious practice this week and start a proper practice regime sort of thing, that's all up the spout now. I'll have to wait for my hands to heal again.[/quote] I'd bet it will help a lot more than any commercial moisturizer & it's 100% natural. Have you got a plant? A mate years ago working as a scaffolder used to always piss on his hands & rub it in, he said it was the only thing to stop your hands cracking, working outdoors all weather. Worth a try - wash your hands before playing though

The first time I've had to 'cook' my own lunch for 2 years & what happens? Took the grill stand thing out of the millennium weasel with a towel, ('cos I knew it was hot like!) put it down on the worktop, then picked it up with my left hand 2 fingers & thumb. Did I swear? Just a bit, straight under the cold tap for a few minutes. Then I remembered the monster Aloe Vera plant we've got. Cut a leaf & rubbed it on the finger tips - HEAVEN! Just wondered if everyone knows about Aloe Vera's soothing & healing juices? [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloe_vera"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloe_vera[/url] Cheers, John

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My '51 P ri MIJ is one piece maple neck & it's very smooth to play & the shiny finish is great, very different to the graininess of rosewood. I'd say maple is generally speaking nicer than rosewood at the lower end of the market, there's some rough old dried out bits of rose about. Up market - birds eye maple can be - to die for! Have a good look at what you want to buy, check it against a few if you can & pick one you like, you'll be happy

[quote name='HoweDy' post='749689' date='Feb 18 2010, 01:59 PM']Just bought this Fender Jazz 75 Reissue MIJ off www.fareastguitars.co.uk for £695 It is probably the best bass i have played, and i even prefer it to a Ray. I would recommend this website to anyone looking to buy a used Fender made in japan. John Blackman is a great guy to deal with and he makes the process so simple! I don't understand how an american version of this is £1500 and i got this for less than £700! AND the condition is perfect across the whole guitar. Except for the smallest of scratches on the horn shown in the picture. Incredible. is all i have to say[/quote] Yep - that's kwite luverly!

[quote name='attackbass' post='747566' date='Feb 16 2010, 06:19 PM']A CIJ 51 Re-issue Precision Bass, and I can't tell you how happy I am with this bass!! The finish, fit and hardware are awesome. Obviosuly the bridge and pickup are basic but they are supposed to be (altho I will be chanign the bridge to get better intonation) ! Frets are finished perfectly, and the neck feels really comfortable in my hands. The body is one piece ash finished in sunburst and the neck is one piece maple with a tint to it. The tone and sustain of this thing is amazing, for such a basic in design instrument the strings ring and sustain with that 'piano string' tone. Through my Orange bass rig the tone is wide open with a lot of depth and very grindy, perfect for rock (think entwistle), if you turn the tone down you get that old skool motown vibe from it. The bass is currently strung with nickel roundwounds so hopefully when i get my ernie ball steels on they'll up the sharpness of the tone again! I don't find the lack of contours on the body uncomfortable at all, infact I quite like the change and makes it look quite chunky in a cool way! I think the pickup is pretty good really, quite full sounding, the hum is a bit annoying tho so may look into shielding of the bass and if that fails maybe get a split coil pickup. One thing that bothers me, not much but the E string doesn't ring out as well as the other, but I think this me be down to the string guage being a step down to what i'm used to and so i'm playing it too hard! Over all i'm really happy with this bass![/quote] I'm 100% with you on that The bridge has to go - a Hipshot makes it so much better & I'm loving the tones with black flats + the bass lines upgrade + no hum here, is your cavity lined with copper foil? Have you tried adjusting the pup height up under the E to improve the string output balance?

[quote name='spaners' post='747585' date='Feb 16 2010, 06:33 PM']LB cab , pic sent to me from ashdown[/quote] Well done that man! Now - the cab is that a vertical 'port' all the way up the R/H side? Or did someone make the front too small? Or is it just me?

Ashdown are talking about doing a limited run of 100 Little Bastards, hand built in the UK by Dave Green. With a £100 premium for a hand built amp, they will be first come first served, delivery in early March instead of waiting for the China made amps. expected in April. Anyone?

[quote name='spaners' post='746893' date='Feb 16 2010, 09:31 AM']can any one tell me how to put a pic on here im an idiot when it comes to computers so be kind!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/quote] Howdo, Underneath the text box (where you write a post) you'll see " Select a file" & a Browse button. Click on Browse & go to where in your folders the photo is, find it & click on, then back on here, click on UPLOAD next to Browse. Then click 'Add reply'. That should do it!

Has anyone else had a whisper?

I've only been to the shop once - which was disappointing & first impressions count! I 'phoned in advance to make sure a particular bass was in stock, so next day off I went. The bass was on display, to sum it up as "covered in crap" wouldn't be far from the truth. The usual snot & grot + more than a few marks - very off-putting when you're faced by a £899 price ticket! The only one of that model in the shop of course. To be fair, the discounted price matched the online price, but it looked so second hand I weren't interested in them 'giving it a wipe over' - they could have done that before I got there if they cared about a sale. It's one of the closest shops to me, about 30 miles away but I won't bother next time. The pros & cons of online/mail order - you can't see/touch what you're getting but you can be fairly sure it will be brand new & factory fresh, (if you're lucky).

[quote name='arsenic' post='745324' date='Feb 14 2010, 09:48 PM']The one made from plastic pipe, was something I have been looking at for myself. The "nursery" is quite small and at the moment I have 5 basses/guitars with another one due in this week, and with them all on seperate stands I am going to run out of room quite quickly. The pipe would mean that it is simple to build and light-weight.......just have to make sure that the wall of the pipe is sufficiently thick to avoid too much flexing/bending under load. It would also be the easiest to bulid - a saw and some pipe cement, and a pair of hands to push it together.[/quote] My original thought was to make out of wood (being a carpenter's son) but the plastic tube is something I've used a lot of before, plumbing for koi ponds etc. Now I'm thinking - I've got a stash of 20 or 22mm copper pipe in the loft! Some solder joints & a blowtorch EDIT: I've just seen the prices of solder ring tees & elbows, no chance! Rather get some nice wood

[quote name='bass5' post='745421' date='Feb 15 2010, 12:09 AM']Well it never stops, does it? It does when you are skint, but then with some really good cheap basses around, we are spoiled for choice. I tend to always pay up front for stuff and avoid buying things on credit cause you end up shelling out a lot more and that is never recoverd when / if you sell it on. I tend to save up then spend. that way I know its my money, but cheap basses I get with pocket change and its a right laugh. I hope never to grow up[/quote] abso+1lutely! Oh yeah - Frank Bello signature on it's way this week

[quote name='arsenic' date='Feb 14 2010, 08:29 PM' post='745235'] A couple of ideas here, not exactly plans, but should give a good idea of how to go about it. Hey some good ideas there - cheers arsenic & cheers kenny I'm looking!

[quote name='Tinman' post='745033' date='Feb 14 2010, 05:47 PM']Yep, see if you can see 'em [/quote] Now dat's wot I talkin bout Yes

1 - Where do BCers get their TI flats at a decent price online please? 2 - I fancy building a decent rack 'floor standing' for 'a few' bassi - anybody seen any good plans? Good ideas? Thank you one & all John

[quote name='bassbloke' post='744299' date='Feb 13 2010, 08:25 PM']I'm currently rendered pretty much unable to play due to a nasty infection in my right index finger that's needed two courses of antibiotics to deal with it. My fingertip is incredibly tender, so fingerstyle is out of the question. I've switched to using a pick, but even that's too painful when I grip and, especially, when the edge of my index finger inevitably hit against a string. Has this happened to any other members? I have a few big gigs in a few weeks so whilst i would probably be well advised to simply leave the instrument alone, I feel obliged to do some practicising. Can you get spray on replacement skin or similar to cover up affected area? EDIT: I'm now trying the Eddie Van Halen approach and gripping pick between thumb and middle finger. Feels very weird.[/quote] Soak it in hot salt water for as long as you can & often as you like - cures everything then - when it's not so sore, get some surgical spirits on it to toughen the skin up.

[quote name='Jigster' post='744778' date='Feb 14 2010, 01:46 PM']Cheryl Cole? [/quote] Yes please