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There really is no easy way to line a fretless board. Any paint/pen/laquer you could think of will rub straight off. The only way i to do it properly with quarter lines or full lines with wood veneer/maple or other hardwood. You could paint them on and then epoxy the board which is an art in itself. The online fret calculators can tell you where they need to go, Stewmac have one on their webite. Whatever you do, DO NOT try and laquer a fretless board with rattle cans. It doesn't work.

Cool, but dont wish your life away.

Necks actually do not require any finish theoretically. The natural oils from the hand will seal a well played neck and I would advise never refinishing/oiling even a natural neck as finish can build up and slow it down.

Definately use it in the 'active' input. Are you loud enough? That's the question. Loudness is only relevant in a live situation and if you drive the passive input too hard the amp will break up at lower volume which is useless with a full band anyway, unless you want dirty.

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1352208085' post='1860078'] We've been trying to help him get a few over here. [/quote]Royal mail?

La bollocks. A company who have never responded to my emails.

They get my vote. Someone who is actually doing something good.

Hey mate.

It happens when the poles are in contact with the pickups circuit ie; the coil. It shouldn't happen and I would think about new pickups.

All sounds like a load of cobblers to me. Ramps for thumb rest, yes, for slapping???? Fingers get trapped under strings that are too close to the body, not the other way around.

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Whats the f***ing point of that then. It's quicker to make em by hand.

I tried building a kit once. I could never get the flashing light on the bonnet to work though, and it kept calling me Michael.

Nice one.

Good stuff. Not my kinda stuff, but obviously the stuff is good. Can anyone add songs to spotify?

By the way, I managed to pick up dadmancat vinyl for 50p a couple of years back so

I'm sure he had the ric when i saw em at mosquito coast in the 90's.

[quote name='iiipopes' timestamp='1350999910' post='1846026'] One last thought: does the pickup have alnico slugs or a ceramic bar and steel slugs? If the slugs under the e string have lost their magnetism, if alnico, or if they may not have good contact with the bar magnet underneath the pickup, then this will happen. I had a Pickup that had bar magnet and steel slugs in another guitar. The bar magnet cracked. The half that retained good contact with the steel poles sounded fine on half the strings, and the other half of the magnet that did not retain good contact with the steel poles sounded weak on the other half of the strings until I pulled the pickup apart and rebuilt the magnet. [/quote] I would guess that that was because the field was disrupted. The slugs dont actually need to contact the magnet or so I've been led to believe. .

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1350946752' post='1845565'] The scarf jointed necks are stronger than the one piece ones. Is all of the point of a scarf joint, the grain keeps going in the right direction, its the one piece necks with angled headstocks that break off, like on Gibsons. [/quote]Yep. Milty get youz facts straight!

Could be a phase issue. Try wiring one of the pickups 'back to front' and see what happens. Just swap the lead wires from the pickup around.

Pear drops=nitrocellulose. You can get cellulose thinners from halfords. You just wash it off. Nitromors should work too. A cabinet scraper and washing with thinners would be my way.

You can ground everything to the cavity insulation which the earth should also connect to.

[quote name='charic' timestamp='1349267422' post='1823983'] I would disagree with that. In that you can't judge craftmanship by country, end of story [/quote]Well yes. Exactly my point really. The statement on the website implies that the best craftsmen all live in the u.s which is total bollocks.