discreet

Best we keep up the pretence. Wouldn't do if folks knew pickups were nothing but wire,metal pins and magnets :-)

Yes, and that basses were wood and wire... and amps just boxes full of, er... unicorn poo and magic beans.

Entwistle pickups really are amazing for the money. 

Dammit

Good lad for putting the matter to rights.  I've just had another new cable from Dave.  Following your fault finding mission with interest.

You should be on OBBM's payroll. Never bought a lead from him but now I will buy no other! I've been brainwashed. Are you a scientologist?

@Marc S

Sorry you missed that.

It was the one where Peter Purvis was stringing up the prototype uBass that he had just knocked up from washing up liquid bottles and crepe paper.  He was using Valerie's old 0.130" gauge knicker elastic.

As he was doing so John Noakes surprised a whole generation of impressionable youth by pulling off Shep on live telly!  'That dog was always humping on someone's leg or other if it wasn't getting enough airtime', Mr Noakes confided after the court case.  He's a good pup really.

@discreet I had the same on my '64 P:  E and A were directly over the middle of a pole piece, G and D between pole pieces. Seems to have been the done thing from what I can see...

@Kevsy71 I read here and elsewhere that it's just not an issue. This hasn't stopped hundreds of posts about it on TB, mainly OCD-related. Some people even resorted to fitting plain pickup covers because of it...

Tell me about it... Last 4 months have been the same here...

If you have too many bills - then you should sell me your Jazz bass!
..... sigh, I've had nothing but bills since Xmas too

I've only got 105 Basschat Watts, and I just noticed you're on 726 Watts.....
There's your answer - turn down a bit! lol

@itsmedunc Put your left leg up on the mantelpiece with your right hand waiting. Then face east and whistle, 'The Old Grey Mare, She Ain't What She Used To Be' until the medics arrive.

Sorry to hear that my excellent (official) friend.  Cheer up mate.  It'll soon be Christmas.

Christmas?? *Sets fire to pubes and jumps off high building*

@yorks5stringer I did the same as a temporary measure, but of course when I came to change the bridge the screw head (or rather the superglue) wasn't up to the job of removing the rest of the screw and it broke off. Epoxy resin may have worked better, but there's always the risk of permanently attaching the screw head to the bridge...

Epoxy will cause more problems and it wont help in the slightest.

Cheap hardware is the bane of the amateur luthier-alike.

Gasp !   No way Hose A

Valentine's day is a load of old bollocks. He said, looking carefully over his shoulder.

Only ever got caught up in all that rubbish once, never again

Better than a trick watch, i scored Secret Squirrel's suitcase on Ebay

I tried to do much the same going into an airport's Air Traffic Control centre in about 2011.  Embarrassing, but I got the Swiss Army knife back

Had you been successful, I doubt that Trump would have been there 

@CameronJ I'd forgotten that one! Given the amount of GAS on the forum, we need a GAS emoji!

@SpondonBassed that’ll do nicely.

Now she's calling me 'working class'! The cheeky old bag! I haven't worked in years!!  This is abuse, pure and simple...

You 're not reading between the lines (or maybe it's the tinnitus). 

"... and I may be some time" is the missing part of that statement.  Then it all makes sense.

Exactly. While she's out, build an exact replica of Scott's final camp in the living room. See if she gets the joke.

Used to have a 5-string Bacchus jazz, very good bass for the money!

I would avoid the cheaper ones as the one i had was pretty underwhelming

it was nicely built nice weight etc but just didnt light me up at all ...

i had one like this  

I had a Bacchus jazz, think it was called something catchy like the 02 STRONG. 36" five string. it was superb but slab fronted so not very comfy. Also had a five string 'Twenty-four' model, also excellent, cannot remember why on earth I sold it.

Sounds like a load of old bollocks to me! 

I have no idea what you are on about.  My Nads are fine and they smell lovely in all weathers.

GO NADS!
GO NADS!
GO NADS!

To quote Oscar Wilde.."If you don't like the British weather, wait a minute.."

He was right...sun was beaming down earlier, now it's overcast in sunny Herts.

A day or two? We want it now!

Note to oneself - Read posts properly. I thought you wrote "superlaxative" service! 

It's what I've come to expect from them.

You sound like a sperm whale, falling through space, next to a bowl of petunias.

I'm also confused, but then, I'm all too easily confused
 @bartlelby - great reference there lol

I'm OK now - the drugs have worn off.

Bonkers.

And if you can remember the advert for a certain soft drink, you could Drive your Bongo combo, in your Mazda Bongo, whilst drinking Um-bongo...
which apparently, they drink in the Congo.....

Apparently someone went on an official fact finding mission to The Congo and at no point did he see anyone drinking Um Bongo.

... Scuse me one minute, I'm sure that was a pig flying past ...

Is it at least white??

https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/314356-my-first-assembly-76-jazz-bass

You look round to me

I think that's just his tone 😎

I've never managed to stick with rounds for long in the last few years, but sometimes flats feel a bit too stiff and thumpy on the low strings.  Enjoying TI Jazz flats at the moment...

There you go, pipped at the post by only seven hours!

you're welcome.

wow thats probably good news as Loud really buggered the brand up! Yammy always make good gear

A nasty blaze then....

1986 called and wants its joke back.

@Burns-bass Sorry grandad, didn't mean to steal your joke. 

Are they still rough feeling and slightly clanky sounding for flats?  I had a couple of sets in the 90s when I was starting out, and that's my abiding memory of them. 

The silks are tatty (being used) but the strings are smooth. They are slightly more toppy than La Bellas but still round and warm. Good flats for a Jazz. 

Hmm, maybe the quality wobbled back when I had them.  Mine almost felt and looked like groundwounds.  

Thank you, I did wonder why...

It's the same attitude that thinks being in a band should be easy.

Exactly. Or thinking that 'being' in a band is enough, without the tedious business of learning the material or turning up to rehearsals and gigs... 

Their customer service is exemplary. I have had the same experience with Tech21 and DiMarzio too.

It's all good!