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[quote name='Machines' post='121684' date='Jan 16 2008, 07:14 PM']Who the hell is going to fake a Shine anyway ?[/quote] You'll kick yourself when in ten years time the price of Shines have gone through the roof and all you can get hold of is an American made copy....

Hmm, that's really bad news for you. Not much help now, but looking at the id, it shows the user has only two posts, both which are items to sell. It's maybe far too easy to assume that ALL Basschat members are above the sorts of behaviour regularly seen on ebay, though we do have a feedback system of sorts so that you can mimimise the risk from buying on here. In any case, I hope you can get it back in to some sort of useable condition.

I've used all sorts in the past before. Often grey pipe lagging as I've always some lying around!

Make sure you have set up the BadAss correctly before doing anything else, then play around with the pick up height. You need to have the string height well set. With my Precision (also with S1), with a BadAss III, with 45-105 strings, my settings are relief @ 7th fret 0.25mm String height @ 17th fret G 1.75mm D 2.00mm A 2.00mm E 2.50mm Pick up height from bottom of string Neck pup E to polepiece 5.0mm Neck pup D to polepiece 4.5mm Bridge pup A to polepiece 4.5mm Bridge pup G to polepiece 3.5mm These settings give me a perfect action and balanced output. Hope that helps.

Actually, there IS something that he doesn't mention - Pic one shows a toggle switch and pic 4 shows different knobs that could indicate fitting of a preamp (pics are too small to make out). Just surprised it doesn't feature in the text....

First one looks absolutely fine to me. Good example of Japanese reissue. Last one 'looks' fine again, for a Mexican, but I agree with Tauzero in that a few more pics would help the sale.

Later model US bodies have additional routing other than for the pickups and control plate that would not make leaving the scratchplate off a viable option

Send a mesasge to OBBM on this site. He'll make you some cable to your exact spec. You'll not go elsewhere for any cables after that.

[quote name='EBS_freak' post='116833' date='Jan 9 2008, 10:20 AM'][url="http://www.petersontuners.com/index.cfm?ca...y=85&sub=59"]http://www.petersontuners.com/index.cfm?ca...y=85&sub=59[/url] [url="http://www.petersontuners.com/index.cfm?ca...y=14&sub=90"]http://www.petersontuners.com/index.cfm?ca...y=14&sub=90[/url] [url="http://www.petersontuners.com/index.cfm?ca...y=85&sub=58"]http://www.petersontuners.com/index.cfm?ca...y=85&sub=58[/url] I sent these links to Ped for explaining the "sweetned" tunings...[/quote] I'm an idiot and can't understand. Can you explain in idiot language?

[quote name='terryblyth' post='119813' date='Jan 13 2008, 10:05 PM']Charts in pencil. In clear plastic wallets. With lights shining right on them.[/quote] ....and setlists printed in red ink.....

I mailed him asking why his auction was duplicate of one sold a few days ago. [quote]Hi there, Two reasons, the winner couldn't pay he was a young ebayer who was worried about letting me down but he covered the listing costs. The other was that I had used an account I have just to sell to the uk but I had emails asking if I would send to the USA and Europe which I've decided to do hence I'm using this one (you need so many successful transactions to sell abroad)[/quote]

Just another thought - if you have a Korg AX3000B (I think you might have) then stick to the choruses on there. Miles better than a Boss.

I would not recommend the CEB-3. As a chorus it's OK, but it adds so much unwanted noise and degrades the signal so much that I found it unusable. I guess it depends on how fussy you want to be I guess. If you are going to use one, stick it in a loop so that you can bypass it.

I write the starting note or chord for each song on my set list. Get the beginning right and the rest follows.

Hmm, the sellers and buyer are all from Bedford and have all purchased items from each other before..... Looks like shill bidding to me.

If it's a Mighty Mite then most of them are finished (although you'd not think they were to look at them) The problem with maple neck, maple board is not the neck but the fretboard, if you're gonna spray it. Maybe stick it under a sun lamp for a week

Fret buzz on upper frets usually means that you need to tighten the truss rod to decrease the relief in the neck. You should measure the gap at the 7th fret E string, whilst holding down the string at the first and last fret (a capo is useful here unless you have three arms). This effectively uses the string as a straight line. Once you have set your relief correctly then raise or lower the strings to your preferred height. If you can get rid of the buzz but your strings are too high then a small shim in the neck pocket at th heel of the neck will work. If you can't get rid of the buzz then it may be worth considering a fret dress. I'd always start with the simple things first then work up to the more complicated solutions.

I have looked at your manual - as long as you are connecting the MP3 player with the correct type of cable to the CD/Aux in and your bass is connected to the 'Normal' input then there should be no loss in bass volume as far as I can make out. If you turn the MP3 player OFF but leave it connected, does the volume still stay low? If you unplug it, does the voume suddenly increase again?

I've found that on a lot of basses, the tuner post can rattle when not under tension and seem loose when in fact it isn't designed to be super tight. I don't think a specific torque setting would apply here, more a careful check that the screws holding the tuner on to the headstock are firm - they are only screws in wood after all. If you mean the hexagonal nut that locks down over the post on the front of the headstock is loose, I would make sure that it is tight so that the tuner casing is held firmly in place. If the post rattles after that, then so be it, it should be ok.

Are you saying that the volume of the guitar drops from what it is without the MP3 player plugged in, or is it the volume of the MP3 player that is low? have you increased the MP3 player volume?

[quote name='EskimoBassist' post='118913' date='Jan 11 2008, 11:39 PM']TBH there are a lot of really great pedals out there and as i have only tried a few i spose im not so qualified to answer, but i will anyway! I've got myself an ODB-3 and i really don't think it's as bad as many would say, worth £30 atleast. Just don't be a tool and go full gain really! I've also got a USA Big Muff which i actually really quite like however about 5mins ago i bidded on the russian counterpart, especially considering it's popularity amoungst bassists. I know this is more of a fuzz but even so i thought it was worth a mention. I've got to say though, perhaps my favourite distortion would be one that i created on my Korg A3000B and i really overuse it! It's very gritty but without too much gain, think Commerford and believe me im not far off. Hope that helped Rich[/quote] Curious to know what settings you're using to get that - I'm always on the look out for cool patches. Can you let me know so I can try it on mine? Cheers

I've seen it before! It's only a mnemonic that you learn. You can make up your own (more relevant) version and probably have more success...

Analogman Chorus or EBS unichorus are both great for bass