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[quote name='uncle psychosis' timestamp='1361120932' post='1981352'] Yes. I bought some of those glow in the dark dots but I never got round to using them. [/quote] Aha! Yeah, I used it recently in a couple of dark places and the dots are invisible. So, that black Jazz is undergoing surgery at the moment. I took it on Saturday to my favourite luthier to have the side dots replaced with bigger (3mm diameter) ones... the glow in the dark stuff from Luminlay. I went for the blue ones, which are not the brightest or longest lasting but they are cool (they look white when not charged, which is probably enough of an improvement over the originals, the glow in the dark think is just a curiosity). I might get it back on Tuesday. PS: for those who don't know (everybody! ) That black Jazz was my first bass, I sold it to unclepsychosis back in 2008... and I bought it back last summer. Love it.

[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1361017504' post='1979803'] most 75 jazz reissues from Japan come with 60's spacing, but the non export models from the MIJ sometimes come with 70's spacing.. not always. though..... the non export CIJ usually come with 70's spacing and in various wonderful colour's like lake placid blue etc.. in the 90's they made the non export model in natural.. like the one i have.. dont think they make them anymore,, i could be wrong... [/quote] how do you know what is "non-export"? I bought one that was advertised as "non-export", but have no idea (or care, really, just curious) about it. Mine has the 60s spacing. I paid £650 for it and it had been modified: badass bridge (original gone) and Nordstrand NJ4SE pickups (original, which turned out to be USA pickups) were also included. I don't care about the badass and soon I will replace it. The Nordtrands are great if not very Jazzy, so they stay. I used the original pickups in another bass and they are VERY nice.

They are ok. But I would not think of buying them unless my budget were really really low. Spend a bit more for much better results. (Jazz pickups) Although I quite liked some of his guitar humbuckers, I have to admit.

[quote name='uncle psychosis' timestamp='1312710470' post='1330713'] Hey I sometimes encounter what I think is a fairly common problem---I can't see my fret markers on the side of the neck on dark stages. I know you can get LEDs and so on, but thats more effort/cash than I'm willing to invest just now. Instead, I was thinking of getting some glow in the dark stickers. I was hoping I could find some small, circular ones so they wouldn't be very obtrusive. Has anyone tried this? [/quote] I know this thread is pretty old but... I needed to ask. Was this with the black Jazz?

I just took one of my basses to my favourite luthier to get new side dots installed. The original ones are rather small and did not contrast very well against the background. So I went for 3mm diameter Luminlay... The bigger dots alone will help a lot. The glow in the dark aspect may be cool. We'll see!

so, how did it go, how did it go??? pictures???

Update: I just installed one of those Fender bridges.. it's perfect!!! No worries about the string coming off the slot, it's really held tightly. So that's one of the Jazzes sorted, with a string spacing of 20-21mm, and I love it! Thank you, Fat Rich and KiOgon for pointing me towards these bridges. I suspect that the Badass II on my Japanese 75RI will soon be for sale...

[quote name='arthurhenry' timestamp='1360586668' post='1972681'] I did. No way was I missing out on the chance of a gig. [/quote] did you get paid?

SMB4A comes in standard 2 coil as well as 3 coil... The 3 coil could maybe be interested if you want it hum-free after a coil split... I really like the SMB4A, great pickup. I'd definitely consider a midsweep module from John East... even leaving the bass passive and just using the midsweep... It's really versatile, and if you like to control your mids...

Singer has a job already, and so do I... although this morning I'm a bit of a slow starter (making up for last night staying late ) Do give us a call still, you can sing with us via mobile phone next time he lets us down Hmmm... holograms. That's an idea...

youtube, a place for discussion? joke of the day! nah, if the pedal does not work welll for bass... I'll just not use it for bass. I really like low gain overdrives on guitar, so it'll be tested against another couple of pedals I have, and sell the one I like the least.

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1360817517' post='1976978'] I can't sleep either, funny enough! I've actually just decided to stick with it for the long run and got myself coffee. Hopefully i'll get my second wind in the late morning I intend to see you live You wouldn't happen to be particularly knowledgeable about electronics? Trying to solve the great mystery of how i will wire my JazzyMan. [/quote] and see us live you must! electronics? not really. I can just about follow a diagram. I'm just a keen solderer, and as a skint student I discovered that modifying the electronics of guitars was a pretty cheap way to entertain myself and change the sound of my guitar... so I have tried many many things, most of which were not better than the standard wiring in most instruments When I did the series thing in a Jazz, I wired a push/push pot for tone, and used the switch for series/parallel switching. I got the diagram somewhere online. Probably "guitarnuts", as they have a lot of basic but good mods (one I always do on a strat is move the tone control from middle to bridge pickup, extremely simple but cool, and I vary the cap value to focus more on the midrange... also adding a "always on" switch to a strat to allow the bridge and neck pickups mix... series/parallel is just another of the simple mods you can find there. Have a look)

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1360802698' post='1976931'] Me and my friend have like the SBK page. I liked it twice, because i have a facebook page You should be really proud though, i genuinely really really liked the songs! Can't wait to hear more, or catch a live show! [/quote] Thank you! I'm so proud I can't sleep tonight! Recordings are ok, but you should really see us live, if you liked what you heard...

Good news!!! Singer no longer has to go away and the gigs are back on schedule!

and you read it here first, ladies and gentlemen!

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1360801454' post='1976911'] These songs bloody rock man! If you want to be touring through NI (or ballymena) around, oh, i dunno, january 5th 2014, i can for sure get you a gig [/quote] Thank you and... NI sounds as good a place as any other to start the SBK world domination tour Our calendar is still reasonably free around that date

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1360800859' post='1976901'] Listening to your songs... On the one with the envelope filter at the start. I laughed That intro bit is just brilliant, but a bit funny. [/quote] You know what? It was supposed to be a silly melody once during a practice... but one of the guys said "oh! oh! oh! play that again!" and... they incorporated it into a new song. Lesson: only play it if you mean it! I utterly dislike that song. I hate it. We have much better than that and this one was chosen to be recorded...

Ha! Great! Although I really like the very low gain sound on the Ultimate Drive. It's just that the gain knob is too sensitive, and a little turn can be a lot. I was hoping a lower gain pedal would be a bit more "tame" in that respect. If it's nice on guitar I'd still keep it.

[quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1360751846' post='1975727'] Thanks for allowing me to hi-jack this sales thread. No, he doesn't want it. I, however, will pay double price for one that AS haven't had their [s]filthy[/s] clean hands on. Is it like this? PM'ed best, bert [/quote] wow, a bass that's part bongo and part accordion!

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1360771943' post='1976232'] just saw this in your sig. Do you know the URL of the other forum, the one God posts on? be good to ask him something [/quote] He told me he doesn't post there anymore. He got into an argument with a turnip and decided to go away before he got too tempted to send a swarm of locusts or something.

Remember to post pictures!!!

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1360784095' post='1976541'] HANG ON! that series/parallel switch, will that work without the polarity of one of the pickups being reversed? [/quote] Yes Do it already!