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  1. [quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1494714956' post='3298139'] Can I be the first to ask if its good for Metal? [/quote] No - aluminium isn't heavy enough
  2. [quote name='mark76' timestamp='1494710603' post='3298114'] Do I dare ask how much it weighs? [/quote] They are quoting 9lbs on both the P Bass style and the archtop. The bodies are hollow, with bracing inside. The neck is Maple with a Rosewood FB - and an aluminium nut!
  3. Anyone had any experience of one of these? Made by Normandy of Oregon USA (so I guess they would say Aluminum) They do a plain chrome one too - and I haven't seen it, yet, but they have an Aluminium Flying Vee Bass in the works....... And this:
  4. I'd factor in the cost of a better bridge. No individual string height adjustment on the Epi Bass Bridge
  5. Is the Chair-Loc stuff liquid or viscous? Do you think it would work on necks with the truss rod access is at the bottom of the neck, rather than the headstock end? It's a long way for the goo to travel......
  6. [quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1494174660' post='3293787'] Did not notice straight away when I got the Bass and only after I swapped out to flats. [/quote] Some Flats [b][i]will[/i][/b] rattle when first strung onto an instrument. Play it for a month or so, and once bedded in, the rattles will go. Sounds stupid, I know, but James Jamerson played the same set of Flats for over 15 years, simply because he didn't wanna go through the bedding in process.
  7. [quote name='Mylkinut' timestamp='1494514397' post='3296665'] How does the P pickup sound so close to the bridge on your Rascal bitsa? I've got an old Hondo which has a P pickup in the Stingray position, it sounds huge! [/quote] I like a Jamerson muted growl, and that's what I get from it. I use GHS flats (which have a growl from the get-go), and a light foam mute on the bridge. I play fairly close to the neck, and often use a 5mm soft rubber pick, so the slightly shorter distance between the bridge and the neck doesn't seem to affect things too much.The relative slackness of the strings on the shorter scale probably affects the sound more. Once I attach the chrome ashtray cover and hand rest, the foam (as well as the holes and the earth wire) will be out of sight, and the handrest will keep my hand in the right place!
  8. [quote name='Mylkinut' timestamp='1494512461' post='3296639'] Here's mine - 1988 MIJ Fender jazz body and a 2004 US neck. Most of the hardware and electronics are from my parts bin, but it plays brilliantly! Lowest action of any bass I've had before. [url="http://s3.photobucket.com/user/mylkinut/media/IMG_20170225_142741_zpszddfycxm.jpg.html"][/url] [/quote] I love that blue....
  9. [quote name='daveornorm' timestamp='1494510504' post='3296619'] hi everyone I'm a long time reader, first time poster - but I have just completed my first bitsa 'Fender' Precision Bass. Mighty Mite neck from ebay - never mounted but gloss (probably poly) finish and a decal already applied - the plan was a '62 clone but I couldn't find a cheap neck with 7.25" profile so I had to settle for 9". Body is from guitarbuild website - made in uk - 3 piece Alder; I've finished it in a tru oil. Original Fender parts for most of the hardware: vintage bridge, vintage tuning machines, original '62 pickup, string tree, strap buttons, neck plate Cheap knobs and scratchplate (celluloid top) Strung with Rotosound 77s I'm pretty pleased with it... [/quote] Good job!
  10. Here's my nearly finished Fender Mixup, along with one of her "higher toned" sisters. A short scale wide nut Rascal neck, on a Mexican P Bass body. The old bridge holes are visible right now, but will be covered by a Fender Ashtray cover soon. I've called her "Red, White and Blue".........
  11. [quote name='Sibob' timestamp='1473693203' post='3132318'] Just waiting for Bass Direct to get them in stock, will report back Si [/quote] Had a disappointing episode with Bass Direct recently. Needed some Hipshot Tuners. Their site said they were in stock (every other supplier in the UK was out of stock), so I ordered and paid for them. Their new, updated invoicing system send me an invoice. Only problem was their system stops at that point. A week later, they were reduced to looking through piles of Post Office receipts (you know, those with the impossible to read tiny text...) to see if they had sent them. Turned out, they hadn't sent them, because they never had 'em in the first place. They apologised, bless them, but said they couldn't be expected to keep their website up-to-date ALL of the time....Really? Finished up getting some from Spain! BTW, and on more on topic - just got a Schaller 3D Bridge to replace an old Fender. A Great Bridge, but let down by faulty grub screws that jam up in their threads. Luckily, the old Fender bridge I was replacing had much better quality grub screws, and they fitted perfectly.
  12. [quote name='drTStingray' timestamp='1493404101' post='3288162'] and offer broader benefits. [/quote] Por que??
  13. [quote name='prowla' timestamp='1493320169' post='3287520'] Just put a sponge under the strings. [/quote] +1 Good enough for JJ from Detroit. Good enough for me
  14. I know a bassist who wings AC/DC. Now that is a skill......
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