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Rayman

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  1. https://www.gumtree.com/p/double-bass/double-bass/1479216763 There it is.......
  2. Ok so me and Mrs Rayman are looking for a modest upright to learn on, and a cheap option came up on gumtree. A black painted thing for £300. I know nothing about upright basses. Is this thing junk to be avoided? Or a reasonable starter bass? I’ll try and figure out a link 👍🏻
  3. Absolutely. Maybe folk have read some of the threads I’ve written, I don’t know. I haven’t paid more than 150 quid for any of mine. My first one was £50!! £400 is madness.
  4. lol….. I wondered if I’d be asked that!! Absolutely not! I’ve never seen one go for that price. I’m sensible enough to know my limits and that exceeded them by some margin. I do wonder if I’ve shot myself in the foot by raving about them so much 😆
  5. Anyone going down a similar road…. I’d highly recommend 500K pots, they’ve definitely brightened up an otherwise quite dull sounding set of pups. I actually went 500K for the two volume pots and 250K for the tone. Having spent a couple of hours on the bass this afternoon, I’m super happy with it, and the tone is really excellent. A greatly improved instrument indeed.
  6. Dressed and polished frets…. Lovely and smooth to the touch now, and a very attractive bit of rosewood actually… and we’re done…… An old set of Rotosound Monels fitted, very happy with the end result. Pickups?…. Mehh I’ll leave them in. Pretty low output but I do like the tone, kind of old school. So there it is.
  7. Fun with foam A bit of old school funk
  8. I really like this one, although I hope the upgrades will help it along a bit more.
  9. Neck/frets is next….. Check out the neck pocket 😆, Chinese craftsmanship at its finest. This thing is not a high quality instrument, but, it looks cool and it sounds really nice albeit via the low output pickups (which are truly low budget). It was a birthday present from Mrs Rayman a couple of years ago, so I’m happy to spend the time making it nice. Actually the neck is very comfortable, but the fret ends are sharp, so they’ll get filed and polished. A fun thing….. keep you posted
  10. I’ve had this a while, and have already put some Gotoh GB707s on it….. but I decided to pull it apart and improve the frankly nasty Chinese electronics…… Absolutely appalling crap comes out…. and in goes, basically a Jazz loom, 500K volume pots, 250K tone pot and a paper and oil cap….. Don’t look too closely at the soldering, I’m still learning, and I’m impatient, which isn’t ideal when you’re working on electronics.
  11. To be fair, I could make a nice raised bed for my garden out of those planks.
  12. Absolutely awesome Thunderbird Pro. Active, through neck and with Hipshot Ultralight tuners fitted, this is a superb bass, in a wicked looking translucent black stain. Price includes getting it to you myself as I travel around the country for work. Within reason though, if you’re in Cornwall or Aberdeen then we might need to come up with a mutually sensible meeting point. Brand new Newtone strings and oiled fretboard. No case, UK only. Thanks for looking 🤘🏻
  13. Ace idea….. wish I’d seen this a couple of days ago 🤦🏻‍♂️
  14. Having just watched this video, I have to agree with the above. Part of buying a legit vintage instrument includes the process of taking it apart and identifying the ages of the parts in order to date the instrument. So a collector (which I’m not) would look at the dates stamped on the pots and assume that it’s all original, adding to the collectibility and value. This bass does not now contain all of its original parts, and worse still would fool a collector into believing it has. Does it matter in terms of playing this instrument? No. Does it matter to the collectibility and value of the bass? Yes. All depends what the owner wants, as it’s his bass, but, as we’re all only temporary custodians of the instruments in our care, it makes life difficult for the future keepers of these instruments.
  15. Yep. I know exactly.
  16. Yeah I saw that. Although with four of them now I’m struggling to justify another one just yet. Although, (off) white with a tort guard might look nice 🤔. Depends on how I feel at the end of the auction.
  17. Finished….. Absolutely delighted with these Sunn P basses. Honestly. We’re not talking Fender custom shop here, but we absolutely are talking “up there” with any MIM Fenders and even some of the US made stuff I’ve had. Yes, I’ve done a lot of work, but I’ve very much enjoyed doing it, and now I have another fabulous Sunn to add to my collection. FYI….. the strings are LaBella low tension flats.
  18. Yes…. this part of the thread should probably have been in the build diary section, but there you go.
  19. After a fret job this morning, I can tell you, this is one lovely neck now….
  20. Yeah the plan is always to keep them as original as possible, and I like the string trees on these. The only thing I’ve altered on any of them has been the controls.
  21. Ok, so, I’ve built the new loom from scratch, first time I’ve done that. I’m happy to report that everything works as it should, despite the dodgy soldering. Actually very pleased with it. So the body is pretty much done. Some alterations needed to get the pickguard to fit, but all good now. Good days work, just the fretboard/frets to finish….. but that’s for another day.
  22. I actually like the rectangular ones, and I’m trying to keep the bass as original as possible ish, but I know what you mean.
  23. Maaaaaybe Although I’ve found a very nice off white guard in my stash, that looks very nice… And the fret board is getting an overnight treatment of Monty’s Relic Wax…
  24. Predictably basic electrics….. that entire lot, including the pick guard will go in the bin. The pickups though, absolutely stay. These modest pickups sound fantastic with a decent loom controlling them. At least they do on all my others, these are so far untested. The new pickguard technically fits, but the screw holes are a mile off, and the neck pocket will need sanding down. I’m undecided about whether to go for a better quality and possibly tort guard. I’ll give that some thought. Meanwhile the neck is off and the fretboard is getting a deep clean…..
  25. Yeah I did think about a tort guard for the white one, which I might still do. It’s an 11 hole guard, so I ordered a new one from Gear 4 Music for 7 quid plus postage. It looks like they only do them in black or white though.
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