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Thanks for the effort Rich, I'm glad they'll be produced for those who want them. I'm afraid I'm out, 'though, as I already have a few and my only interest was in getting some black acrylic ones as it may look better in some basses. Aluminium will look good, that's the one shown in the first picture of my white Precision (first page)

[quote name='Pinball' timestamp='1392636620' post='2370824'] I'm still not 100% sure what I'm doing but It's sounding great. No further thought required. [/quote] Most of the population go through life that way... you'll be alright enjoy your bass!

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1392630809' post='2370712'] Yeah... 'loud' is only so-much use. My seven year-old daughter is loud, but I wouldn't plug my bass into her. [/quote] ... and now I feel very reassured about your parenting skills

[quote name='gsgbass' timestamp='1392600961' post='2370585'] I chose to go back to the RH450 over other heads, because of the Real wattage @ 450, not just a rated wattage. The mute, the phones, the three memory onboard, and the Tube Tone that really gives it an Ampeg SVT-CL sound that costs less, smaller in size, and weighs 8.8 pounds, instead of the SVT-CL's 80 plus pounds @ 300 watts. [/quote] Funny you mentioned the "real wattage". There was a bit of an "issue" about that following the tests by a guitar magazine whose name I forget, and leading to TC to admit it was true, it would normally be rated at 236 watts, but the way they processed the signal it sounded like a typical 450 watt amplifier. Do a search here, or especially on Talkbass, and you'll find a lot of information (and lots of posts from fans/haters -especially on TB- that you may want to skip too ). Whatever the wattage, nobody can deny it is a loud amp. I like them. I owned one from early 2009 until last week in fact! Right now I prefer something else. There was something about the RH450 that wasn't bringing anymore a smile on my lips like the Markbass, or subsequently the GB Shuttle, did. But they're cool amps.

[quote name='Telebass' timestamp='1392542690' post='2369760'] Tell me, why do folks think a mute button is useful? My floor tuner does all that is needed, keeping my LMIII nice and simple. [/quote] Most times I use a floor tuner too. But sometimes I do not. Not many... but enough times that it makes me wish it had a mute, like my old RH450, or the Shuttle... If it had a tuner and a mute, like the RH450, that would really be nice.

[quote name='redstriper' timestamp='1392565998' post='2370070'] I'm finding it hard to resist purchasing one of these bad boys - I play reggae and I need a deep, smooth tone using heavy gauge flatwounds. just 2 questions to any owners out there: 1) What do they weigh? 2) How is the tone from the neck pick up soloed with the tone rolled off? [/quote] Mine is lighter than my Fender 75RI, and a bit heavier than my Squier... I'd say it's pretty average. You might want to change the tone cap if you want a deeper tone, as it can still be pretty middy with the tone control fully off... which I like, but it's not as "round" as it could be. However , I imagine you would also set your amp differently from what I normally do. I think it would probably work quite well, as it is deep but it has "body". You could always change the cap fro something else if you wanted deeper. The pickup screws are made of butter. I was screwing the pickups deeper into the body to alleviate a "pop" I was getting sometimes when slapping, and I think I nearly destroyed the head of one of the screws, without much effort.

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1392489886' post='2369416'] Are J&D essentially a DV247 house brand? [/quote] No, I don't think so.

[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1392429244' post='2368813'] Look up the cheapest set of strings you can find on eBay - probably those! [/quote] well, that's the thing, I bet they're pretty cheap... but I like them a lot on my green monster Jazz, so I'd definitely buy more. But I'm not about to start buying all sorts of cheap strings hoping to hit the jackpot.

[quote name='Pinball' timestamp='1392374708' post='2367858'] I have a couple of Ibanez guitars, a SR3005E and an SR1300 with a John East preamp [url="http://www.east-uk.com/index.php/bass/u-retro/u-retro-5-knob-deluxe-32.html"]http://www.east-uk.c...-deluxe-32.html[/url] I don't usually like "complicated" systems and the JE is one that I would certainly have put in that category. I'm enjoying these though, probably because it rarely requires more than minor adjustment. Both guitars have mids and a mids frequency adjustment. I usually leave the "sweepable" element roughly in the middle, because it sounds nice and to be honest it doesn't seem to make much of a difference. I'm curious about mids so my questions are 1. Why have the sweepable feature in addition to the usual mids? 2. How do others use it and why? [/quote] The sweep element not making a difference??? Try turning the top bit all the way up (max boost). Then move the bottom bit (frequency sweep) from one end to teh other end of its travel. If you don't hear a difference it must be broken, because it can sweep from 100 to 1000Hz, or 200 - 2000Hz, depending on how you set the internal switches... and that's a very wide range! I normally set it according to the noise from the rest of the band, so that I get enough mids in the particular area where it allows me to cut through nicely. I don't normally boost a lot, just a bit in the right place. I find the "right place" doing what I described above, while the others are playing. But after a while, playing with the same people etc, I tend to find the frequency sweep stays roughly at around the same spot (probably about the bottom third, in my case). A bit of boost, normally... which I remove for slap.

anybody knows what they really are, or where to get them? I recently got a VIntage 75 J&D Jazz bass with those strings on, and I really like them.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1392426765' post='2368784'] Well OK, but my solution is actually possible. Thhhpp! Thp! Thhpp! [/quote] possible shmossible... dare to imagine, man!

[quote name='Diablo' timestamp='1392400061' post='2368321'] Black plastic is nasty stuff to laser cut as it burns and melts. The only option for black is to either anodise the alu ones, or I can CNC from acrylic plate. I should have quoted costs for the alu ones on Monday and will look at costs for plastic. I don't want to make a load of different versions or I end up either making 1 by 1, which is not worth it at £20 each, or a load of stock I would not know where to shift. Will report back with prices then, people can let me know how many they want, and we can go from there. Cheers, Rich [/quote] Cool, thanks for taking care of this! (and when I said black plastic I meant black acrylic... it's all "plastic" to me )

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1392406813' post='2368472'] A stock LMIII and a mini headstock tuner..? [/quote] No. A LMIII with a tuner. And a mute button.

[quote name='apa' timestamp='1392386547' post='2368026'] BTW what news on the control plate? Ever get that finished? [/quote] erm... ... not yet. I've been too busy taking other basses apart and finding room for all the bits (don't say anything, please )

[quote name='apa' timestamp='1392379135' post='2367900'] It looks like your all sorted but if your really stuck let me know and I could get them made again for you A [/quote] ah, here's the man who copied my original one in aluminium... (again, thank you! ) I've had lots of people asking me about the thumbrests. I'm alright with the ones you made for me, they should last me for a lifetime (unless I get a bigger place so that I can store more bases ) even after I gave a few away. But I'd love a handful of black plastic ones.... Hopefully Diablo will sort this out and we don't need to bother you again... but if that fails and you're willing...

[quote name='lemmywinks' timestamp='1392331985' post='2367626'] A Markbass with the Compressore, a tuner and a mute switch would get a sale from me straight away. [/quote]# Yes, the MUTE switch... I forgot that

Same here, stick on only... And black acrylic, please If they're shaped like the model I sent you, 5mm thick, and black acrylic... I'll get some! At £2ish I would happily get 6 of them!

[quote name='la bam' timestamp='1392322035' post='2367467'] I think a lot of bassists are going for the all in one small powerful package. As Lozz says Markbass with a tuner would be fantastic. I had an Ashdown Superfly and loved the size, but the compression which you couldnt turn off used to drive me mad! So any additions on an amp must be turn off-able for me. [/quote] Yes!!! Please, a Markbass LMIII with a tuner, indeed! If compression is included, it must have the ability to be turned OFF...

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1392221900' post='2366141'] We have a 3 year-old in the house, so I'm currently considering wall hangers until he's a little older and his fingers are less sticky. [/quote] Years ago, when I was much much younger, I moved to a new city to do a year gaining experience in industry, before I finished my degree. I had little money and until I got to know the city and where I'd like to live, I stayed in a house with another two students and a landlady who would cook dinner for us. We got along really well (but that's another story ) and she often had her daughter visiting, who was my age and had a 3 year old boy. One day I got home and I had the feeling that someone had been in my room. That was not unusual, as my landlady would sometimes take clothes we left drying outside and bring them in etc... but this wasn't it. It was something else... but I could not put my finger on it. I didn't give it more importance, until after dinner when I went to get my guitar (on a stand in a corner of my room)... and found a lollipop stuck on the back of it!!! I was a bit annoyed but it soon passed when I realised it was just the lollipop and a couple of sticky fingerprints... and decided to ask my landlady if anything unusual had happened that day. She was mortified! Apparently the child had seen my guitar before and was mesmerised by it... this day I had left the door open, and one minute he was not being watched he got there. They thought they got to him before he touched anything, but... he left his mark We laughed. I wonder if he became a guitarist after all.

[quote name='Diablo' timestamp='1392314374' post='2367274'] Just send me the sketch or CAD data, I PM'ed my personal email to you. I'm placing an order for around £500 of stuff early next week and can just add this order into that. I need to send them a drawing or DXF to quote against first though. Even a photo of your existing one with a rule beside it and a note on the thickness would be enough, it is 2 mins worth of CAD to draw it up. Cheers, Rich [/quote] Hi Rich, I didn't get your PM with email address, but I PM'd you links to the original scan (TIFF), the AI file, and the DXF and DWG format files (exported from AI)... did you get those ok? The thickness is 5mm. J.

OK, some news... So minimum order is £150... +VAT! So that's £180 (not sure what delivery would be like, but it can't add a lot) They say they can make me 50, in black acrylic, so that would work at £3.60 each, which I'm happy to pay... but that's 50 of the things! I could buy 5-6 of them, so who wants the remaining 44? Probably best to see what Rich can do.

[quote name='Les' timestamp='1392303872' post='2367027'] lol, sorry dude, was meant more teasing than impatient [/quote] it's fine, don't worry, you got me before coffee as well

The company I meant to use seems to have upped their minimum order to £150!!! (how many do we want? ) The good news is I managed to produce the files needed. I asked for an exact quote etc, but with that min order I doubt it'll be worth it. However, Rich "Diablo" might be able to sort something out...