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I'm not sure what the time limit is, but the Distance Selling Regualtions may offer some assistance on this.

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I'll muck in too. Here's my '88 Bass Collection SB320 fretless. A previous owner changed the pups (and maybe the electronics too) but I haven't worked out what they are yet. I popped some new gold and abalone knobs onto it and strung it with Rotosound nylon strings.

Opps, that pic up there doesn't have the new knobs on it, try this one:
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I think you people would say something like "bad", "lush" or something incomprehensible. Very nice.

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Here's my recently completed bitsa project.
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Sorry Jerry_B, I rather selfishly forgot to complement you on a very nice looking bass.

Oh oh, I feel GAS approaching . Is it possible to trade a modded lined fretless for an unlined one?

Just out of interest are the dots on the side in the same place on a fretless or located to where the fret would be - or both if it depends on the luthier?

I have totally got used to the light strings now and really like the tone they produce. I have recently acquired a reserve set just in case!

Is that a P-Retro on the Fender Walbassist? How does it fit with the fretless sound? Mine is on a fretted P and I'm liking it very much.

Big GAS problem now is whether I'm brave enought to go UNLINED. Still peeking out from behind the sofa on this one though.

Good news and well done. Any gigs in the NW?

I really enjoyed playing mine and had it for around 5 years. Good for rockier style music I felt with nice bright round-wounds. Sort of regret selling it now.

Very comfortable, well balanced although I have no experience of the Twin Humbuckers/Tone Pump version as mine had the 3-band EQ and P/J pickups.

Incidentally replaced by a Warwick Corvette Std. German made bass.

Sold on evilbay

..and Jack has just done a great set up on my Overwater by Tanglewood Contemp. J4 too.

Another endorsement for The Watch - saw them in Manc last year doing Foxtrot and other similarly vintage tunes - encore was Supper's Ready

I beleive thay have some of the original costumes (or access to them) could be good! Enjoy the show.

I've just fitted a John East P-Retro. Still fine tuning the settings but very impressed so far - I use it in full passive mode quite a lot too.

Anybody going to see the gig?

On evilbay as well now.

Title says it all really, priced at £40 delivered mainland UK.

It's for sale as, since I bought it from a BCer, it's just not being used. As I've an eye on something else that I'm saving up for, it is up for sale.

Pic below; if you'd like more pics please ask. Also if you have any questions I'd be happy to repond.

Thanks for looking.

Looks a little optimistic to me. I sold my 2006 Legend 4 (the previous model with EMG P/Js and 3-band EQ) on here for £200 delivered.

Do you have any idea how old the bass is?

I rewired an RBX270 bass from VBT to VVT - not due to output dipping problems but solely personal preference. As I understand it, part of the problem is to do with the wavelength of the resonating string and physical pickup placement having the effect of actually cancelling each other out.

Alex at Barefaced wrote an article on it and describes it more eloquently here:

[url="http://barefacedbass.com/uploads/BGM61%20Dec2010.pdf"]http://barefacedbass.com/uploads/BGM61%20Dec2010.pdf[/url]

Hopefully looks like it's on the way to being resolved. I put a post up as the parts looked a bit like Warwick bridges and wondered if that might be an alternative if a blank was drawn. I presume some early teething trouble in production that somehow made it through QC. I think my bass was in the first batch (Feb 2011)?

This minor problem has in no way diminished my enthusiasm for these most excellent basses though

OK thanks, I'll keep on it!

Hi people, can anybody help me with this little problem please? My Contemp Jazz 4 has gone for an annual set up to a luthier and when he took the E string off the black saddle just kind off fell out of the chromed base part (please see the pics if that doesn't make sense).

It looks like the grub screws have been over-tightened at some point during manufacture as you can see a crack in the casting and I definitely haven't touched it at all since it came with a decent set up. The luthier has been in contact with OW who have passed him onto Tanglewood but I don't think he's getting much joy.

Anybody have any ideas about sourcing a replacement part please? Thanks!

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Yeah, sad day. I had early Montrose vinyl too - 'til it all got nicked one day

I've played to clicks in recording studios but not live. In my experience most bands tend to speed up ever so slightly during a song so when you have a click to me it sounds a bit mechanical and conversely appears to be slowing down. I definitely prefer real musicians!

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No shame in that. A lot of people on here are the bass-playing equivalent of chronic masturbators!
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..and again!

[quote name='thisnameistaken' timestamp='1330597574' post='1559888']
In my experience the peak of the bang:buck bell curve tends to happen around the £6-700 mark - it will get you a bass from a good factory with no structural or electrical issues. And you should be able to play that for the rest of your life.
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I can see that. I personally have not the cash to spend on a hand built beauty unless I was able to sell all my flock at top dollar and compromise a bit on specification, but then I'd never be able to take it anywhere to annoy ather people with my limited talent. I do feel quite "settled" with my gear now, and am lucky enough to have a wife who will accept that 4 basses is an acceptable amount of kit.

Broadly speaking I'm a happy bunny