Muppet

Ask Nicky Wire - he plays them. Ooops, sorry, he pretends to, probably not the best endorsement come to think of it....

A young lad I knew had the same problem, even after I had set his bass up properly with a slightly higher than normal action. We sat down and I watched him play and it transpired that his 'clank' was his left hand fretting technique, in that he was grabbing the neck quite hard in the palm of his hand, curling his thumb over edge of the fretboard and slapping his fingers down on the strings to fret them. We changed his playing style so that his thumb was well placed on the back of the neck and his fingers gently fretted each note before his pick struck the strings. The point is that we automatically assume the bass is badly set up, or that there is a problem with equipment.....

I wonder where he got the 'turd brown' description from?

The problem I can see is that you lose the flexibility of a separate extension, meaning your whole rig is tied together with more that just an instrument cable. Not a problem if you constantly play tiny venues I guess. I have a 1U rack strip with a 4 way extension on it that I can use to plug everything in my rack in to and then have a single plug to a power socket. I can also plug an extension lead in to this to power a pedal board. Of more concern to me is the number of venues where the whole band has to run PA, lights and amps off two sockets.......

Maybe there's only one guy - I always spoke to Dan too!

Their forum might be hit and miss but their customer service has always been excellent in my experience. I'd not put it past them to chuck you one out free if you give them the sob story..

Moral of the story - always check the simple things first! Glad that it's all sorted.

Thankfully I have a garage

Well, just to add another interesting colour - chrome red on a Fender (Fender have discontinued this - no idea why). The Lakland is pearlescent, rather than pure white.

Just a thought - check the input jack to make sure it's making a good connection. Only reason I say this is on Saturday night I experienced a really really bad buzz through my Jazz and I managed to track it down to a poor connection between jack and plug. Hope you get it sorted soon - there's nothing more annoying! Cheers Steve

[quote name='jammie17' post='108647' date='Dec 23 2007, 06:01 PM']I believe yours vents side to rear?[/quote] Side to side actually. I've never had any problems it has to be said and I run mine bridged at 4ohms, but if I did, I would consider additional ventilation

[quote name='BassBalls' post='108494' date='Dec 23 2007, 11:40 AM']I got a new SVT 4 delivered to me recently and i discovered that the main vents are on the side of the head. Are there any 6u-8u racks which are wider than usual and allow air to flow easily around the side? Also, are plastic racks very strong? I obviously want to protect the head as much as possible but it weighs a ton already and a wooden/metal rack would add more weight. Any help will be appreciated! [/quote] I run mine in a standard SKB 6U rack, together with a DTR2000 tuner and have no problems with venting. It gets hot but no hotter than any other amp I've tried. Some guys in the US drill a few holes in the side of their cases to aid in ventilation but that worries me as I reckon it must compromise the structure of the case. I'd not worry about it too much. Cheers Steve

Failing that try www.basspartsresource.com. Takes a little while but worth it due to the exchange rate.

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='106033' date='Dec 18 2007, 04:47 PM']On the other hand, the S1 switching & through body stringing gives you more sound options with the MIA standard.[/quote] The S1 switching on the Precision does not thing positive from an audible point of view - in fact it's merely a volume drop. On the Jazz, however, it's much more versatile. [quote]But all in all, the finish on either isn't great. You only have to look at a CIJ Fender like my Geddy Lee. It makes all the American ones look and feel shoddily made.[/quote] You've made this sweeping statement before which i think is totally incorrect. In my experience of owning Japanese Fenders (I have had a Geddy and a 75 reissue) the quality is consistently good but does not make all American ones look shoddily made. You may find some that compare unfavourably but I can't fault my current American series Fenders, of which I have three. I don't disagree that Japanese Fenders are the best value for money wise, but I think you go too far in writing off the American series.

Dan's the Dood..

Well it looks like you can only plug it in the front, as the front is the only place that can receive an input signal (although in the manual of my Ampeg head it says the tuner out can be used as a -6dB INPUT if required)

My (and Homer's) ex 2 band 'ray weighed 9lb 3, which is marginally lighter than any of my Fender Precisions, if that helps at all.

From what I gather, the initial design was the more modern one with the silver grill, which wasn't well received, so they reverted back to the well known BA combo design. Soundslive have the old pics.

[quote name='LeftySteve' post='101842' date='Dec 9 2007, 07:14 PM']Muppet... would be interested to hear what you bought instead? Steve[/quote] Steve, I bought an Eden Nemesis RC410 combo instead. I already had a BA115HP. There's a write up in the review section somewhere. cheers Steve

Midsomer? You were lucky to get out alive! Well done!

I tired of waiting for these, so bought something else. Some UK retailers dangle the carrot as soon as announcements are made [at NAMM or elsewhere] by sticking infor on their site, knowing full well they can't get hold of stock .

Yup Japanese 62 reissue if it's got the external earth strap and that headstock. The problem with japanese reissues is that they are not exact replicas, so there may be tiny differences in the fitting . If you bought a reissue pickguard there would be no telling whether it would fit. Japanes reissues tend not to have the correct holes for pickup covers or thumbrests either (as many don't come with them) so you'd need to consider that if you were trying to make it look authentic. The WD reissue pickguards are for 70s basses, as as a result have the thumbrest holes in the wrong place for a 60s bass. However, I used to own a japanese 75 reissue Jazz and I ordered a US vintage pickguard from WD Music. It fitted near perfectly with a little bit of filing to make it fit neatly against the control plate.