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[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='1016452' date='Nov 8 2010, 03:12 PM']Edit: What I do find strange, though, is when someone asks for gear recommendations in a forum and a whole crop of dudes turn up to evangelise the thing they own over everything else, often without really considering the specifics of the request. I think those are the players who are truly emotionally invested in the stuff they buy. It's silly.[/quote]

VERY sharp observation!!!! - and you can extend that to comments about personal likes or dislikes of an artist on here too.

Eeee, I can remember t' days you could gig with one of these!
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Marshall-100-Watt-Lead-and-Bass-Amp-Model-2195-1976-/230545001215?pt=UK_MusicalInstr_Amplifiers_RL&hash=item35ad8d8aff"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Marshall-100-Watt-Le...=item35ad8d8aff[/url]

Though it worked better with two cabs. Last one I had I bought for £35, had Marshall service it for £17 & the bassist in my son's band now uses it as his emergency backup.
There's another one on ebay just now on BIN for £400 they must be tripping!

[i]No connection with either seller btw.[/i]

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=36625"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=36625[/url]

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=109317"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=109317[/url]

[quote name='Low End Bee' post='1010844' date='Nov 3 2010, 02:39 PM']I used cocktail sticks and wood glue. Held for 3 years so far.[/quote]

+1, I use three cocktail sticks, matchsticks are too soft, so it makes a hole down the middle to start off with. I was told this is the way a few luthiers do it. John Birch told me he'd drill out the hole bigger & fill it with a wooden kebab stick, then redrill the hole.

I'd have gone Blues Bros too, so instead I'll go for "Good Morning Vietnam."

Just a question for any readers which may help the OP.
When I bought my Squier Tele many years ago & wanted to go up in the world the first thing I had to do with it was upgrade the pickups as the bog standard Squier ones were too microphonic to gig with at volume. Is this still the case with Squiers?

[quote name='martthebass' post='1005149' date='Oct 29 2010, 01:30 PM']Anyone had the same problem/any suggestions.[/quote]

Yeah I have, can't remember what on though. But what I did was use a thinner screw on the Fender stud, but natcherly that makes it a bit loose in the screw hole on the geetar, so I glued three cocktail sticks into the hole & then screwed it all back together. Rock solid!

That too!..................... plus you said you already bought them so it may be a bit late to hear anything negative about them, IF there IS anything negative about them. AND threads with such a title belong more on Talk Bass, they have pages & pages & pages & pages & pages of them.

[quote name='Tait' post='997100' date='Oct 22 2010, 02:31 PM']Ebony I'd say. I can't see a grain at all on there, and rosewood normally has a more noticeable grain than ebony. Its also quite dark, although in terms of colour it could be rosewood. But the lack of real grain is my reasoning for saying ebony.[/quote]
+1 for all the reasons stated here, ebony varies from brown to black depending on how deep into the baulk it's taken from, & the seasoning & area too.

[quote name='Anthony Joseph Waczek III' post='993843' date='Oct 19 2010, 05:53 PM']One make that crops up regularly is a make called Dr Parts, anyone got any experience with them?[/quote]

Seen an extensive range of them at the Guitar Fair that came to Preston earlier this year. The same fair is coming to Haslingden, Lancs, Crewe & Thirsk N. Yorks before the end of the year if you live anywhere near them? [url="http://www.b-visible.co.uk/businesses/72/mojo.html"]http://www.b-visible.co.uk/businesses/72/mojo.html[/url]
They seem to do a good wide range of parts but I don't know about the quality.
Have you tried All Parts, they used to be the most recommended source for bits.

[quote name='essexbasscat' post='989036' date='Oct 15 2010, 11:21 AM']Noticed the underlying assumption in the OP's idea that the change of bass caused the back problem. It is tempting to grasp the idea that the bass caused the problem, as the back pain appeared soon after the bass change, but consider;

- It is possible that the bass was the final straw that just revealed a pre - existing back problem, caused by other issues[/quote]

THIS ........ and see a good sports physio, not a GP first.

[quote name='urbanx' post='981569' date='Oct 8 2010, 01:52 PM']Sorry to dig up an old thread, but as much as I've tried, this is still happening at every single gig. I've been as blunt as I can with people.

How often does this happen top other people?[/quote]

I think the prob is that you've now got yourselves a reputation as being (no offence) suckers/lenders for gear. How did the issue resolve itself from your original post back in June? [i]TBH I can't be arsed reading back thru 13 pages to find out.[/i]

Personally I reckon you nailed it yourself on the 2nd or 3rd page of this thread. Give them the names of a few local gear rental joints; London area willl be tripping over themselves with offers (I can personally recommend John Henry's) that & a van rental co to eliminate any stories about lack of car space.
When my son's band first started out I was minder/manager/roadie/agent & advertising. I used to get damn good offers from local rentals for one night hires of Marshalls. The only thing he ever borrowed or later loaned out was his cymbals & he had the lot nicked (£500+) at a 5 band gig in Glasgow.
They're just back from a brief 2 week tour of the UK; nothing was borrowed or loaned but the guitar & bass have both managed to blow up their Marshall's on the last night; so you've always got that to take into consideration too; "[i]what happens if the amp packs in for whatever reason before it's your turn to use your amp?[/i]" and you've no backup.

I had an Antoria "EB3" & I use the term loosely. Fairly well made for a 70's copy. I wouldn't complain for a freebie. Smokie do a lot of nostalgia tours in the UK as part of a 70's package, so might be worth popping along to ask him.

[i]A mate of mine found an ex-Dave Hill of Slade Hiwatt on ebay, bought it & Dave was more than happy to sign a provenance for it when he recognised it.[/i]

Now that looks interesting! And less mega permanent than paint. Cheers! I'll at least look into it as a back up idea to whatever the "on tour tech" comes up with.

[quote name='Colledge' post='980770' date='Oct 7 2010, 05:43 PM']you can get clear films that are made to protect car bodywork from stone chips and stuff.... i'm guessing it must be pretty hard wearing. maybe worth a try?[/quote]

Never heard of that, but it might be a plan if all else fails. Thanks for the idea.

[quote name='LawrenceH' post='980731' date='Oct 7 2010, 05:04 PM']I would guess that the solvent in many sprays will unfortunately dissolve the marker pen. You might be able to get round that by doing very very light initial mist coats. Plastikote do a poly-based spray but whatever you use, test it against marker pen on some other smooth surface first![/quote]

That's what I said I'd do to the guitar tech I know.
His reply was "well done in spotting what kind of marker pen was used in the signing" (sarcastic git!) there's different spirits in them damn things too which will react in diff ways!! Though I'd like to think that permanent ones are mostly the same.

Plastikote were one of the two companies I phoned, but we only spoke about their acrylic range. I didn't know at the time that they do a polyurethane one, but found it online at B&Q. The other was "Holtz"(??) who said the propellant gas would deffo knacker it.

The tech is back home on the 18th so I'll leave it till then, I'm not desperate. It's a decent guitar & much more playable than my Applause/Ovation bowl-back. Much like a light-weight Tele in feel.

[quote name='henry norton' post='980568' date='Oct 7 2010, 02:30 PM']It's tricky 'cos when you spray over an existing coat it really needs to be cleaned and keyed by sanding it, otherwise the new coat of paint won't stick. Obviously even a light sanding is going to cock up the writing. I've found that allot of permanent marker fades sooner or later whether it's covered or not, so maybe it would be better to keep it as is then touch it up from time to time. I know it's cheating but it could save you allot of hassle and money [/quote]
Yeah, I know what you mean; since posting I've been told by a guitar tech that it's the propellant that's most likely to cause probs, not the paint. He's going to have a word with a guy he knows who does refins when he comes back off a tour.


[quote name='yorick' post='980577' date='Oct 7 2010, 02:39 PM']How about a sheet of clear sticky back plastic? Kind of like the stuff you peel off scratchplates of brand new guitars?[/quote]
It's a thought, I did that with some other sigs I had on another guitar & it peeled around the edges after a while, eventually I peeled it all off & cleaned all the sigs off, or what was left of them.
It wouldn't crack me up if the sig came off, but for now it's nice to have. But obviously I wouldn't want to knacker a decent guitar because of them.

Thanks for your thoughts guys!

Damn, didn't want this to be so complicated. Thanks for all the replies guys. Washburn have said that the finish is Polyurethane, cos of it's "custom silver pearl colour for export only". There's a Ploykote can of Polyurethane varnish that B&Q do that I found. I kinda hoped that the two would be happy together. The bugger is that there's no "inconspicuous area" to test it on.

Only other experience I have was destroying the nitro finish on my Gibson bass once by using the wrong kind of spot cover. It looked like a broken car window in seconds.

This thread came up in a Google search, which I did cos I've no answers to my query in the Repairs & Tech section here.

Won an ex-Andy Scott of The Sweet Washburn electro-acoustic guitar over the w/e. He also signed a dedication to me on it, which I kinda want to keep but play it too. I was told today by a woman at Plasti-Kote that their acrylic spray isn't compatible with a Polyurethane varnish on the guitar; but from the sound of this thread it is?

Any thoughts before I possibly knacker this guitar???

[quote name='mr.sibs' post='979663' date='Oct 6 2010, 05:44 PM']amazing, how does it sound? do you have any clips?[/quote]

Not of me, I tried once but the camcorder was nowhere near up to taking the volume - and it needs volume to get the full effect.
But it was copied off this guy's bass - and I play it thru a much smaller but basically the same set-up rig.
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKJePz9A958"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKJePz9A958[/url]
FF to 3.05 for it to kick in. Still camcorder sound but better than I ever got.

Anyone know if it's possible to buy a clear coat polyurethane based spray can?
On Saturday I won a guitar previously owned by Andy Scott of The Sweet. He's signed a marker pen dedication on it to me which I'd like to permanently protect.
I've been told by Washburn that it's polyurethane based. So far I've been told my a couple of manufacturers that their spray paints won't do it - one of them was acrylic which surprised me.
So I'm looking for the name of a manufacturer that will definitely be compatible - or the name of a Lancs luthier than can do a small patch spray of coating without breaking the bank.

[quote name='mr.sibs' post='979368' date='Oct 6 2010, 01:36 PM']I was thinking simple tasteful fuzz circuit that could use a blend and gain, with an on and off switch. How small do these circuits get? I guess Catalinbred manage to fit them in a pretty small surface area[/quote]
My custom EB3 has an overdrive built into it, the circuit was made by JayDee & is tiny - he says it's very simple. It's sits between the pots in a slightly enlarged control cavity & has a control for it on the scratchplate. The back also has a flip up battery holder cut into it.
I can't take pics of the inside as it has an allover rear scartchplate which is fixed onto the guitar in starnge ways that I can't get undone around the battery holder.


Maybe you could get in touch with a Gibson EB3 user to take pics of the fuzz-tone in one of them. That'll be my next project when I can be arsed. Making an Epi EB3 up to Gibson spec.

Jimmy Lea - Probably the most disgracefully under-rated bassist ever.
Lemmy - Totally unique, though he says he's not a bassist - pedant!!!!
Duck Dunn - Solid solid - just does what it says on the "bassist" tin.
Mark King - not the first to do that, but certainly the best.
John Entwistle - the loudest typewriter in the world.

Sent a practise amp to Belgium, and a Tele once too. Both times it was virtually as cheap to take it myself & I had peace of mind knowing it was safely there. IF your recipient can be there to meet you?

If it's any use to you there's a mid-70s brassplate Strat (identical to the one my nephew now has) in Johnny Roadhouse Manchester right now & they're asking £1599.