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That's a Wednesday, right? I'll definitely see if I can make it down. Rich, Bigvern, Mike - anyone up for it?

Long while since I been to the Moon...

Steve

well, totally the opposite for me. I have a number of Precisions fitted with Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounders and a Lakland Darryl Jones fitted with a J-retro preamp. The output from my 2001 4003 is greater than all these.

It is crucial to set these things up properly for relief and pick up height. If your mate has to turn the input and the output up double then there is something wrong somewhere.

Alan, is that Nick? I'd be worried mate

Only kiddin'! Have a great time.

We Are Scientists, Bluetones and Morning Runner.

I have little fingers like you have no problems playing a wider neck and spanning frets. I think it's all down to technique and finger placement. Some players grip the neck in the palm of their hand and roll their thumb over the top edge (in the same way as as guitarist). If you use your thumb as an anchor on the back of the neck then you end up with a much better reach up and down the fretboard as well as being more comfortable with wider necks.

My DJ4 is superbly light to play and sounds a dream. A J retro further transfoms it. The weight is comparable to a P bass coming in at 9lb 5oz but the body size is a littel bit smaller than a standard Jazz. If you can get along to play Dave's then I'm sure we'd all be interested in your views. FWIW, it is the best contructed bass I have overall.

[quote name='dood' post='48261' date='Aug 21 2007, 12:36 PM']Instead of a sticky, why not pool the information into our Wiki?[/quote]


Even better idea, though from the looks of it the edits could take a while!

We need a sticky for Muse sounds.

Yup, I've got a 610HLF and it has this bulb. The 410s have them too. Protection system I agree, but it doesn't half need some seriously bad EQing to get it to light.

Right, this is annoying me now - I'm off to hunt out my micrometer from the garage and check all my Sunbeams......

Ooops, meant to say, I don't know the Tap Room. Only place I've played in St Ives is The Golden Lion. Where is the Taproom Rich?

Yup!

My blue Stingray I think - mainly because it had sentimental value. However, knowing that it has a much better home now with Homer makes me happy.

The cloth comes on a roll and is sold per metre. It is 90cm wide so the minimum you can buy I would guess is 100cm x 90cm. If you buy between 1 and 4 metres you pay the highest price per metre, between 5 and 9, the middle price per metre and over 10 metres the lowest price per metre.

How much do you need? Well only you will know that given that it's your cabs you need the measurements of!! I would suggest you measure the grill you need to cover plus a couple of centimetres each side to allow for overlap.

Speak to Wizbat - he's done something very similar with his pedal board.

Turning it on it's head slightly, would a wireless system for your bass work, allowing you to check out front exactly how you sound, or is the problem purely monitoring?

Steve

Rotosound do a short scale set of swing bass if I recall. I think the gauge is 45-95 or something like that

OK well S1 or no S1 (seeing as it's just a different pot and that's not going to alter the weight) Your USA Precision (USA being more relevant) will more than likely weigh in at between 9lbs and 9.5 lbs. If your Japanese feel lighter then I would suggest it's basswood. My japanese precisons of basswood are noticeably lighter than my american ones or alder or ash.

How much does it weigh? Basswood tends to be lighter in my experience. You can certainly tell the difference between a current Japanese Precision in basswood and one in alder.

More sophisticated, intelligent ladies are always drawn to the bass player. They appreciate subtle understatement. Unless you're slapping.

I do believe Nicky Wire tends to play Italia basses. I always thought it had to be more for looks than sound. Well with him anyway.

I get more female attention gigging as a married bass player than I ever did as a single one. It just ain't fair!!

Don't rule out fret wear either. It's at the extreme end of fault finding but can cause intonation problems (as can poor string seating on slotted saddles!)

[quote name='Maximus' post='44022' date='Aug 10 2007, 10:38 PM']Forget the ibanez pd-7! Sell it and buy my amazing Crowther Hotcake XLF (extra low frequencies) It is really a great pedal, I am selling it because i'm not in a band at the moment and need the cash! Consider it Just go to my for sale thread in my sig and listen to that video .[/quote]

Aha! The only distortion pedal I've stuck with for any great length of time. I love the sound from this pedal. The ODB3 is the sort of starter distortion pedal in my opinion. It's a place to start, if only to decide what is and what isn't good. Jam jars, wasps, say no more.

It will fit any American Fender from 1994 onwards - i.e. when they started using three screw fixing and string through bodies. It won't fit a five hole fixing. I use them on all my Precisions save one.