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Is it black? I've used shoe polish in the past. Just remember to 'polish' it obviously.

Given that the situation you are in has partly resulted from misunderstandings or different interpretations of conversations, I'd think it would be useful to get a clear statement from your new drummer of exactly what he can and can't commit to and work from there.

Mine weigh exactly the same - both come in at 13.1kg

It's a genuine model. it's a Precision Plus. 22 frets so body shape was altered slightly.

Can you post an update afterwards on what is still open, what has closed, what has moved (if you can find it) and what shops you found most useful/interesting? It seems that things change regularly so having an up to date source of info may prove useful for other members! Have fun.

I saw them in Feb at Wilton's Music Hall - tiny place, maybe 400 people and he was definitely in tune and looking quite trim given his age. I am in no way a fan but JT's sound and playing were quite impressive too. It was all Peavey Cirrus 4 and 5 strings..

Bass lounge on 48th?

Should be fine as long as you're using a speaker lead rather than a instrument lead....!

I've done this a couple of times - a fine half moon file does the job. Mask off the area around in case of slips. If you want to be extra picky, follow that up with wet and dry paper wrapped around a piece of dowel.

I would go the first one for both tone and volume if you're using push on knobs. The second one is often fitted to Strats IIRC as a tone knob. It has a slight notch at the end of its turn to bypass the tone circuit. I don't know of it being fitted to basses but it may well have been.

No knowing which ones you are specifically looking at, I can only assume the variations are either due to them being linear v audio taper or different shaft types (solid, threaded, split) Assuming the knobs are standard Precision bass ones I'd use these ones assuming these aren't fitted as standard to begin with [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/fender_250k_controlsolid_shaft.htm"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/fender_250k_controlsolid_shaft.htm[/url]

I'm not far from you and it's fine over this way, pretty diverse. The key thing for me was to get out and meet local musicians and build a network. Local Facebook groups actually help too. Then it was a case of "I fancy doing something like this" and often the response was, " I know so and so looking for the same thing, I'll put you in touch". There's lots of people around wanting to do different stuff, the tricky bit is getting them all together. I tried the Internet ads and like you could only find rock and blues or teenagers interested in post screamo techno deathcore grunge.

I did this once. Sounds daft but I couldn't work out how to do it so I snipped the tips of some cheap felt tip pens, put them in the holes in the neck and set the neck on the body. The marks left were where I drilled. There must be a more scientific way mind!

10 proper basses, maybe two in bits and six guitars. I don't need them all.

I've just spent a whole weekend swapping out pickups in four of my Precisions. in order, my preference is Wizard Thumper, Fender Custom Shop 62s, Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounders and Fender Original P bass. Thumpers as they were are not made any more but are now Hot Rod Pickups....

I want to know if someone wants to buy my bass before I decide if i will sell to the person who wants to buy my bass. If no one wants to buy my bass then I wasn't selling it anyway.

Guess who's set starts at 8pm prompt this evening....

So Royal Mail will try to deliver it to his old address. If someone is there then they can sign for it. Then they have the parcel and your buyer will have to negotiate with them, I guess. If no one is there then a red card will be left at that address and someone will have to go and collect it from the depot. Who that person is, is anyone's guess. Harsh, but it's your buyer's problem to sort out with the occupiers of his old address (unless he's had the foresight to put a mail redirect on)

Well, I worked out what's wrong. here's a clue!

I've just swapped out a Quarter Pounder on a US Precision and dropped in an original Wizard Thumper. The sound itself is so much better but I was surprised about the output. The Thumper measures 13.5k ohms and the QP it is replacing measures 11.5k ohms. I was, therefore, expecting a slight increase in output. But when I compare the newly installed pickup with a QP installed in another US Precision I'm finding that the Thumper is slightly quieter. What other factors might affect the output? The wiring is solid, string and pickup height exactly the same. I am comparing one bass with another here and I know I really should be comparing the pickup in the same bass ideally... Any ideas on why this might be? steve

[quote name='MoJo' timestamp='1443452560' post='2874805'] Don't tell me that [/quote] I meant it in a good way, in that, despite there being threads here about unreliability, I have found my amp to be very reliable. I agree with the previous posters in that people rarely start threads that say 'Fender Rumble 500 still bulletproof after 200 gigs and a European Sleaze Pit Tour', but when an amp goes wrong a thread quickly gathers momentum.

Interesting you chose to use the BG250-115 instead of the Rumble as the TC unit has also had it's fair share of unreliability threads. Saying that, I own one (BG250) and have gigged it mercilessly with no issues.