mrdreadful

I've never seen a Warwick bass I liked the look of...

[quote name='chaypup' timestamp='1318344969' post='1400891'] Don't you think seeing a funk band where some of the players are reading looks a bit Sh*t? I do. [/quote] If a band isn't doing drone, they shouldn't have time to read onstage anyway. I'll get me coat.

Is it alive?

[quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1318341566' post='1400830'] I don't think my guitarist plays between rehearsals. Honestly. [/quote] Well of course he doesn't, he's the guitarist. His function, when off stage, is to drink booze and go on the pull and those things are very time consuming.

I would assume so... do the original Gibson EBs have it? I know they have similar-looking bridges (I'm talking early 60s here)

As far as I know it's only shimmed at one end. Haven't taken the neck off to have a look.

Balance is always important. Also context. I may well be missing a bunch of context here, but unless someone says "this happens regularly" I'm entitled to assume it's a one off occurence! Plus I'm at work and being at work makes my internet persona a lot less tolerant of other internet users.

[quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1318339430' post='1400791'] Can I now be critical-yet-tongue-in-cheek, please? [/quote] No. I'm not done being too serious.

Sometimes, and I get this might be a bit of a radical notion, stuff happens unexpectedly! Also, there are a lot of things that are ongoing and can't just be put aside (like having kids, for example). As for the "preciousness" of time when you actually have enough free time anyway to do things like being in a band: First World Problems, innit? I'm not saying people should just be allowed to flake out whenever they want, but that people should consider the reasons why they did before bitching about it, 'kay?

Could certainly be worth investigating...

Yes, 'tis a bolt neck. Also shimmed (I presume as the neck is angled) and the neck pickup is really high in itself. Hence the height issue. I could potentially replace the neck pickup with something that I can make lower, but that's a whole 'nother issue.

Yeah, I'd rather drill smaller holes than bigger ones... main concern, as I've mentioned, is getting the height... even if I took out the neck shim, the strings would end up too close to the mudbucker if I had anything lower than the current one.

Yeah. Does the person who didn't learn the tunes have children? Or a job that necessitates working lots of overtime? Or a sick relative? Or a sleep disorder? Or any number of other possible factors? Sometimes when someone says they didn't have time to do something they actually didn't... don't assume they're just being lazy unless you have good reason to.

I've had a quick look around but no luck finding a clone of the 2-point Supertone... also the 2-point is considerably lower than the 3-point. I guess a 3-point would be do-able but would mean drilling and my drill skills are a bit... special...

Pretty good, the measurements are pretty much exactly the same. However I don't fancy buying an £80 bridge for this thing and I suspect the Supertone wont be high enough even with the action adjusted accordingly.

Probably not... the bridge slots quite snugly between the screw heads and an integral ring ledge thingy and is pretty thick. The only possible adjustment is up and down. At the moment the action is pretty much ideal, I just hate the bridge.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1318323267' post='1400405'] Busy doing what, exactly? Why be in a band if you're not going to put the time and effort in? Why? I don't get it!! [/quote] How[i] dare[/i] people have life outside the band?!

So... I've recently picked up a freebie Columbus EB-3 and overall it's not actually a bad bass. Needs a bit of work doing but nothing I haven't done before or feel is particularly urgent. Except the bridge. The current bridge is bloody awful. Here's a picture: [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/34452882@N05/6199800737/][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/34452882@N05/6199800737/]Columbus EB-3 copy body 2[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/34452882@N05/]Mr. Dreadful[/url], on Flickr The as you can see there's no way to adjust intonation, and the bridge itself is basically floating, the only parts where it physically connects to the body are the adjustment screws. Not to mention the 'clever' loading/anchoring method which means the strings are bent at right angles against the bridge. Anyway, I've done lots of measuring and looking around the internet and the only bridge that would drop in without me having to drill stuff is the Hipshot 2-point Supertone, which obviously I'm not gonna buy for a bass like this, plus it isn't high enough anyway... the current bridge holds the strings a little over an inch off the body (necessary because of angled neck and the mudbucker being rather high). So I was thinking about a Tuneomatic style bridge but not sure about installing it. I know I'm going to need to fill the existing holes and drill new ones but would i need to put the bridge itself at a slight angle like what you do with guitar Tuneomatics? If so how would I calculate the correct angle?

Is it just me, or does Dickie Peterson's bass have three pickups in the vid? Quick trawl of the internet reveals no immediate info, wondering if anyone could shed any light on this. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU5uDozoSSM[/media]

[quote name='bassman7755' timestamp='1318075879' post='1397844'] "lets do this gig (in a shithole | 100 miles away) - it pays really well" [/quote] Yeah, I mean why put up with shithole venues when you're only getting money and exposure to a whole new audience out of it?

That's the longest anyone's ever spent on one of those machines. Truefax.

Yup! Them's the ones!

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1318022021' post='1397481'] Touched a nerve [/quote] Possibly. Also just fed up of First World Problems.

A lot of this stuff sounds pretty reasonable cause for sadtimes... a lot of it just seems to be snobbish bitching; pretty much why I'm increasingly growing to hate the internet. Seriously, if the drummer wants to write a song or one of the band members actually has a life outside of the band and thus cannot commit to everything instantly: get the f**k over it... if you were so brilliant you'd be multi-platinum and doing magazine interviews not moaning on some forum.