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[quote name='throwoff' timestamp='1359468720' post='1955181'] Again, been jipped. Spent 1800 notes on that brand new, probably not a BC'er or TBer so has no idea you can get mint Wicks of all types for £600 notes second hand. Probably is honestly confused why noone is bidding when he has knocked £550 off what he paid! [/quote] 1800??? They are about 1300 new! (this is the bolt-on model, isn't it?)

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1359228231' post='1951982'] Was it the type with conductive adhesive? It saves you having to solder across joints. [/quote] I'm looking for some of this... any idea where to get it from? Most places do not indicate whether the adhesive is conductive or not...

I bought one for my CIJ 75RI back in September or so, perfect fit... trouble is I can't recall where I bought it from! I think it may have been pickguard heaven... http://www.pickguardheaven.com/ I'll try to find out where I got it from.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1359417004' post='1954607'] Thanks mate, sir duke has been dropped for now from the set ! [/quote] it's ok, it's just been added to mine so I'll keep it running I will give it back as soon as you recover. Not if, but when sending you good vibes and stuff

[quote name='danthevan' timestamp='1359316625' post='1953035'] Line 6 G-30 if that's your budget [/quote] +1 another happy user here

[quote name='mckendrick' timestamp='1359218111' post='1951780'] MB1 sirrah... don't you mean if it IS for sale don't post it here.....? If it isn't for sale and he(...[i]he?[/i] Who knows?) just wants an appraisal then here is the right slot, [i]no[/i]? Having said that, if he does just want an appraisal then maybe he should have been a bit clearer, eh? Actually, I'm really confused, so I'm going to take a diazpam and go back to bed. Night-night. [/quote] It was originally posted in the "Basses for sale" subforum, that's why you see those replies. It appears it's now been moved to an appropriate section for a bass that is NOT for sale. A bit confusing, yup. The OP could write a couple of lines and maybe post some pictures (even a link to another forum where he was able to upload pictures - I did that a few posts earlier now) and then maybe there's something people can contribute. However, the way it started... it looked pretty pointless.

[quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1359197390' post='1951343'] The old ones were DiMarzio. The bit this thing is missing is the old BC Rich how-many-switches?!? pre-amp. [/quote] I'm happy about the lack of switches... I am attracted to them like a moth to a lightbulb, I can't stop fiddling with them if I have them. I'd rather have a couple of basic options and an EQ, taht's all

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1359156749' post='1951073'] Yes, but one bass player for 4 of them. Bass trumps drums. [/quote] how do you know I don't play the didgeridoo in two of them? nah, ok, yeah just bass. and the fourth band's drummer? He plays guitar in two of the bands. There's a degree of overlap among the bands: once you find a group of people who are good musicians, reliable, with good personalities that are fun to be around... I stick with them. It also makes band scheduling easier. ON the other hand, sometimes if one person is unavailable it means it takes down a couple of bands with him.

It looks like it's the same that was on eBay, and you can see more of it here. It looks nice for sure: [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f8/slab66-p-bass-952024/"]http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f8/slab66-p-bass-952024/[/url]

[quote name='Fat Rich' timestamp='1359128711' post='1950350'] Or if it sounds rubbish! There are some pretty good sounding ply basses out there but somehow they never seem to resonate like a solid wood body. Too gluey, probably. [/quote] my nicest sounding strat was, you guessed it, plywood... too much dogma about this.

[quote name='mingsta' timestamp='1359136521' post='1950602'] Just got involved with starting up a six piece band in SouthWest london (function band doing soul/motown/rnb/pop covers) - great line up, great set list...super excited!!! But we're missing a drummer and so far its proving really difficult to fill the seat. Are drummers a dying breed? I guess its one of the hardest instruments to pick up given the amount of kit needed and practice. Anyone got any ideas for where to look? Is there an equivalent to Basschat out there for drummers? [/quote] I am in 4 bands, two covers and two originals. There is one drummer for three of the bands... so yeah, I think good ones are hard to find!

[quote name='John Schoen' timestamp='1359134574' post='1950552'] The lightweight Gotoh tuners that I ordered arrived today. It is a very easy swap, they drop straight in. The stock tuners weighed 61 grammes each and the Gotohs only 40 grammes (including bushings). The weight saving has not cured the neckdiving completely but it has definitely improved. [/quote] they would have to be made of helium to fully cure it I suppose Glad they resulted in a noticeable improvement 'though!

[quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1359131534' post='1950448'] Really? I guess this is the brilliant, and totally subjective, thing about Basschat - I found my Mock a little awkward, but returned to my Eagles every time I used to have the exact bass, and you'll have noted the same thing as me - it does dive. It's fixable, however, with a little tinkering. No worse than any Thunderbird owner has encountered, and I got a sense that the neck on this could be used as a weapon with any ill-effects to its playability; much unlike the Gibson Thunderbird, at least. The pick-ups, tuners and bridge are your likely points of upgrade. [/quote] I'm planning on putting two cream Model P in there. I already have one, I have an post in the wanted section, and someone just replied today Eventually I will find an Eagle with the reverse P configuration. I hope. But the stock pickups aren't bad at all, I have to say. I am quite impressed with the bass (apart from the shape). I love that neck.

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1359072119' post='1949644'] ...and what about all those rivers, eh..? Chucking millions of litres into the sea ever since time began..! No wonder the sea level is rising. You can't beat basic, known, facts. I've seen it myself, so it must be (probably...) true. [/quote]

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1359068452' post='1949565'] I don't get the reference. No, it's because putting something into the sea displaces the volume of that object. Put enough 5000 room ocean cruisers in it, and obviously the sea levels will rise. [/quote] the fraction of water that 10000 huge boats displace is very small compared to the rest of the seas, and even underwater ice... so I doubt that water rising is even measurable.

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1359063677' post='1949436'] I don't mind dying, and i don't mind life ceasing to exist, but one thing i hope, if life DID return, i genuinely hope that religion never becomes a thing again. Think of the amount of wars that would be avoided! [/quote] but humans just fight, regardless. it can be about religion... or anything else that can be used to make a group of "us" versus a group of "them". humans are fundamentally stupid when they group and stop thinking as an individual. but I agree about religion being one of the worst evils: the hypocrisy in it is powerfully emetic. (talking mostly about the catholic church, as that's the one I have observed the closest)

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1359061847' post='1949393'] The Ice caps melting... aren't they essentially ice cubes in a drink? they displace as much volume as they contain, so when they melt, there will be no increase or decrease in the sea level. [/quote] two things: take 1ml of water. Freeze it. It's now more than 1ml. Ice occupies more space than liquid water. So the ice under water will take up less space as it melts. But the ice above water, that will all be added to it. I can't remember exactly what's the proportion of surface/under sea (one and two thirds respectively?) and I can't remember exactly how much water expands as it freezes... but I think there is a substantially larger amount of water over the sea level than what can be absorbed after the under-sea ice melts. I'm also sceptical about many "facts" thrown around regarding climate change... but that's another subject.

So this morning before I got to work... what do I see arriving on my street? A Parcel Force van! The Mockingbird is here. It's actually pretty nice, and I don't find it ugly anymore It came with an as-new highly padded Warwick gigbag, which is fortunate as it's the exact type I use, and my current one is falling apart after a few years of regular use, so I needed a new one. Bonus! The bass itself, the set up will be improved and the strings are not great, but it's more than playable. Pretty good condition all around. Of course, I had to plug it in. YES!!!!!! Oh yes. I like dual P The neck pickup sounds very much like a Precision, but not exactly. I suspect it's a bit closer to the neck than on a P bass but I have nore measured it. Both pickups on sounds huge, very deep. It may be a bit too scooped so in a busy band it may not be so good, but solo it sounds great, and in a not very noisy band it will work like a Jazz does, only deeper. Bridge pickup, which is what I am more interested in... sounded really good. I love it. It's reminiscent of a Jazz, but bigger... however nothing like an MM pickup at that location. This sounds more "single coil" like. Just bigger. I really like it. Only one thing I am not so in love with about the sound. It's to do with the split coil configuration. I always thought a reversed P would be better. You see, in a normal P, the EA coil is closer to the neck and the DG coil is closer to the bridge. This I suppose expands the tonality. I always thought I would have done it the other way around, so that the DG strings sound fatter and more balanced with the EA strings. But it's not a huge bother. Now, when the pickup is so close to the bridge, there is a noticeable difference between the EA and DG strings... especially that G string, it's very thin. It's still loud, but it just does not have teh same type of tone, because the DG coil is so close to the bridge. I would really like a dual P with reverse P configuration... so I guess I'll keep an eye open for one of those. The shape of the Mockingbird... I find it quite pretty, in person, actually. But it's not the most logical shape from a practical design point of view. There is neck dive. It's not a deal breaker for me, and I have seen much worse, but on a strap the neck tends to go towards the horizontal. The "hip" of the bass is shaped such that if you have your forearm there, as most do, you could really balance it that way effectively. So it's not so bad... only I don't particularly like to rest my forearm there for long... Sitting down... it's also a bit "different". I am right handed. If I rest it on my right leg, as I often do... it slips. I have to rest it between both legs, and then it's fine, except the neck is them shifted to the left a bit, so the first fret is farther than usual. Still within reach, but it has a different feel. So... soundwise it's pretty nice, both regarding the dual P idea and the actual BC Rich pickups, although a reverse P would be more balanced. The ergonomics are not the best, but just by looking at the shape you knew it was not designed for that. It just takes a couple of minutes to adjust and it's not a well balanced bass, without making it a terrible bass: I still like it. It looks a bit metal, so I made sure I played a bunch of funk licks to teach it that life is going to be different in my possession, and it better get used to it I think I will eventually buy another dual P bass. One with a reverse P or if it's not reverse then with the bridge pickup not so close to the bridge. A different shape too, and colour. I am not a big fan of black basses. But I'm not in a hurry... this bass has surprised me a lot, it's quite good and I am sure I can tolerate the colour and balance for quite some time, until I find the right one.

[quote name='chaypup' timestamp='1359056429' post='1949248'] If you like the dual P, but not the bass, I'm going to be selling one of my Westone Thunder II's soon.... I'll put pics up later. [/quote] oh, very interested. Please let me know when you put the pictures up etc.

[quote name='jimbobothy' timestamp='1359049425' post='1949090'] I've bought a bass off here with the neck off, I was surprised how small the package was when I went to pick it up from the depot! Least you would know the possibility of any major damage would be minimised that way. [/quote] yeah, it's a good way to transport it if unsure about packaging. I took a bass, a Jazz, to Spain like that, in my luggage. Then I just reassembled it, and ready to play.

[quote name='John Schoen' timestamp='1359001552' post='1948347'] I bought one a couple of weeks ago and it is indeed seriously neck heavy. It can apparently be solved by fitting lightweight tuners and moving the top strap button. I have ordered Gotoh Res-O-Lites because I really want to keep this bass, the twin P Pickups sound great. [/quote] Pity. It's not a deal breaker if I really like the bass, and dual P are not common, it's not like I could just get another bass shape easily. I'll be interested to hear how you manage with the lighter tuners etc.

monster!!!!