It's him, again....

[Stacker]

[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Musicman-bass-guitar-by-Stagg-/190704941931?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2c66e67b6b"]Him[/url]

At least he's stopped using the 'set-up master', or WETF he has been using of late.

[KingBollock]

[quote][font="Arial"][size="4"]You could raise the whole bridge as one if there was a real need, but I cannot imagine that ever being necessary, or why I even mention it.[/size][/font][/quote]

[noelk27]

He has his own thread here: http://basschat.co.uk/topic/177038-mark-d-phillips-guitar-improvermaster-bodger-this-guy-cracks-me-up/

[chrismuzz]

"I dropped the string action artificially low to avoid cutting any string grooves too low when I re cut the grooves to drop the nut action for easy fingering in the lowest frets."

....Huh?

Edited July 19, 2012 by chrismuzz

[noelk27]

[quote name='chrismuzz' timestamp='1342727238' post='1740174']"I dropped the string action artificially low to avoid cutting any string grooves too low when I re cut the grooves to drop the nut action for easy fingering in the lowest frets."

....Huh? [/quote]
This is even better: "In the neck/string set up I start by ensuring the strings pass as low across the first fret wire as is [b]safely impossible[/b]". Guess the strings are on the underside of the touchboard then.

[LukeFRC]

[quote]I have no idea what the shop price of one of these guitars would be,[/quote]

google???


really. why does he sell anything?

[LukeFRC]

AND: what percentage of new basses these days - cheap or expensive - need the nut slots cut lower? I've lost track on how many basses I've owned and (bar the Warwicks obviously) I've never ever sat and thought as i've set one up - "man I wish I had a file to cut the nut down a bit.


if it were that much of a problem, on all strings... wouldn't it be easier if you take it off and sand the bottom down?

[SlapbassSteve]

[quote name='KingBollock' timestamp='1342726701' post='1740150']
[/quote]

The best bit about this fellow is that whilst he seems to barely grasp the basics of setting up a guitar/bass; he is at least kind enough as to give us a detailed account of everything he's done to it, could have done to it but didn't, and why...and then charge roughly twice market value for the effort. Good luck to the man!

[waynepunkdude]

I paid £30 for one of these.

[Jambo10]

[quote name='Johnston' timestamp='1342727496' post='1740179']

I got out the 3" grinder this time instead of the 9" so I didn't make such a hash with it this time.
[/quote]

Quality

[tom1946]

£130 new

[noelk27]

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1342740259' post='1740427']if it were that much of a problem, on all strings... wouldn't it be easier if you take [the nut] off and sand the bottom down?[/quote]
You'd have thought. But where's the fun in doing a job right?

[yorks5stringer]

He seems as obsessed with re-cutting nuts as we are with commenting on his "techniques" and descriptions.... long may it continue!

[V4lve]

[size=4][color=#000000][font=Arial]concave fingerboard???[/font][/color][/size]

Edited July 20, 2012 by V4lve

[MarkG3]

'you would pay hundreds more for one of these if it was in a shop'

£320 for a stagg? That's got to be a piss take......

[SlapbassSteve]

[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/acoustic-strung-like-an-electric-with-fast-action-and-light-electric-strings-/190694481003?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2c6646dc6b#ht_500wt_1287"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/acoustic-strung-like-an-electric-with-fast-action-and-light-electric-strings-/190694481003?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2c6646dc6b#ht_500wt_1287[/url]

-these are £29 brand new from SwiftMusic's website. Value added or what?

[yorks5stringer]

[quote name='SlapbassSteve' timestamp='1342806095' post='1741367']
[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/acoustic-strung-like-an-electric-with-fast-action-and-light-electric-strings-/190694481003?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2c6646dc6b#ht_500wt_1287"]http://www.ebay.co.u...b#ht_500wt_1287[/url]

-these are £29 brand new from SwiftMusic's website. Value added or what?
[/quote]

Can't be from Swift Music as he says:

"[font="Arial"][size="4"]This guitar is [u]designed by me primarily [/u]as a practice and song learning guitar for someone to sit outside with who mostly plays an electric guitar with a band"[/size][/font]

[size=4] [/size]
[size=4][font="Arial"]There could be a prize* of guitar strap for someone who can make the above words into an understandable sentence...[/font][/size]
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[size=4][font="Arial"]* Only if you are directly related to Django Reinhart and you were born on the 28th February 2012[/font][/size]
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[cloudburst]

Business seems to be going well :-)

[Ou7shined]

[size=4][size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][quote name='SlapbassSteve' timestamp='1342806095' post='1741367']
[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/acoustic-strung-like-an-electric-with-fast-action-and-light-electric-strings-/190694481003?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2c6646dc6b#ht_500wt_1287"]http://www.ebay.co.u...b#ht_500wt_1287[/url]

-these are £29 brand new from SwiftMusic's website. Value added or what?
[/quote][/font][/size][/size]
[size=5][b]"This guitar is designed by me...[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif] "[/font][/b][/size]

[size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][size=4]This fecking loony has crossed the line into full on delusional now I'm afraid. [/size][/font][/size]

[Mr. Foxen]

Pretty much every bass I've had (mostly cheaps) has needed the nut cut lower. And you do each slot alone becuas eits individual to strings. You just don't do it like he does it.

[Ou7shined]

[quote name='Johnston' timestamp='1342820429' post='1741646']
[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aria-Pro2-The-Cat-rough-looking-road-worn-relic-new-strings-full-overhaul-/190699497938?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2c669369d2"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item2c669369d2[/url]

[/quote]

[size=5][b]"I put an Eric Clapton wood block behind the trem body to make the guitar tune easily and give it more sustain... easily pulled out if you want to use the trem."[/b][/size]

[size=5][size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Luckily his neighbour's got a good supply of Eric Clapton wood blocks he won't miss....[/font][/size][/size]

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Edited July 20, 2012 by Ou7shined

[waynepunkdude]

Won't electric strings on a cheap acoustic pull the bridge away from the body?

[Ou7shined]

I think the reason he does it too all the trem guitars he gets his hands on is because they can be a pain to set up quick. You've got to have great perseverance doing it on a real cheapo.

[waynepunkdude]

"[color=#000000][font=Arial][size=1]The guitar arrived with non functioning electrics, but after an hour or two of fiddling, head-scratching and soldering it all works as well as the day it left the factory again."[/size][/font][/color]

[color=#000000][font=Arial][size=1]It took him 2 hours to wire a P bass, he is suppose to be a pro, I'm awful and it took me 30 mins to wire a Jazz today.[/size][/font][/color]

[KingBollock]

I wonder if his Eric Clapton wood blocks came from left-overs from that sh*tty table he built from left-overs from cladding the bottom of his bathroom wall?