Mr. Foxen

[quote name='ShergoldSnickers' timestamp='1326973505' post='1504455'] [url="http://news.techeye.net/business/rare-earth-prices-drop-as-chinas-grip-loosens"]This[/url] looks like good news. [/quote] Not if you are one of the non-Chinese that has jsut been plowing vast sums into restarting exploitation of non-Chinese rare Earth deposits.

Nested layer of fakers had occurred to me, kinda figured no-one would do that.

After the violin smashing incident publicity, they might be treading a little more lightly.

Yay, wishbass. Totally Steve's sorta music. Gonna post on his wall.

This Ibanez one appears to be same as my CMI one, hardware and such: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120846218198"]http://cgi.ebay.co.u...em=120846218198[/url] Handy for people trying to find the origin of the CMI.

[quote name='bertbass' timestamp='1326912510' post='1503709'] My list of gear that I remember, started in 1964. I wish I still had it now. SUPERSOUND 5W COMBO SUPERSOUND 20W COMBO LINEAR 30 UNKNOWN 2 X 12 WEM ER40 WEM STARFINDER 1 X 15 SELMER T&B 100 SELMER T&B 50 2, 1X18 CABS, HOME MADE 2, SELMER 1X18 GOLIATH CABS BALDWIN BURNS 1X18 BURNS ORBIT 50 SIMMS WATTS AP 100 IMPACT 100W 100 TOP 2, UNKNOWN 1X18 GAUSS BIN CARLSBRO 100W BASS HEAD MARSHALL SUPER BASS 100 ( X3) SOUND CITY 200W BASS HEAD SOUND CITY 4 X 12 (X6) VOX ESCORT 50 BASS COMBO SESSION 100W 4 X10 COMBO 2, 1X15 SCOOP BINS McGREGOR 200W BASS HEAD ROOST 100W AP HEAD HIWATT DR103 100W x 2 2 VOX T60 CABS GK 200W BASS HEAD LANEY 4 X 10 WEM 2 X 15 VOX 4 X 12 4, VOX FOUNDATION CABS 1 X 18 2, VOX SUPER FOUNDATION CABS 2 X 18 PEAVEY FIRE BASS 700 PEAVEY 4X10 PEAVEY 1X15 2, ROAD 4X12 HH 100W BASS HEAD BEHRINGER 250 WATT BASS HEAD (CRAP!) 2, CIRCLE SOUND 4X12 (ALSO CRAP!) VOX 60W 2X12 COMBO PEAVEY 15W BATTERY PRACTICE AMP SOUNDCITY 100W 3, MARSHALL 1X18 LANEY KLIPP 100W MARSHALL 100W P.A. AMP, LOVELY BASS AMP CARVIN B1500 CARVIN 8X10 2, ASHDOWN MAG 4X10 TRAYNOR YBA 300 2, JACK 15 MYWATT 200 [/quote] Pretty funny that I've had or have quite a lot of these. Got any of those ol valve amps still? Want any?

Looking at mine, there is a nylon washer between teh plate and the moving part that could stand being thinner, or replaced with a thinner one.

This is where they are: http://basschat.co.uk/topic/26654-recommended-luthiers/ [b][size=3]New Ireland Section![/size][/b] Chris Larkin +353 66 713 9330 [url="http://www.chrislarkinguitars.com/"]http://www.chrislarkinguitars.com[/url] Co.Kerry

Might be possible, can't see much harm in trying.

The smelling will be moisture trapped somewhere, neck pocket, under the plate, need it all apart to dry properly. I have to sort a bass played by a dude sweaty enough that it had pooled under the scratchplate, whole thing smelled like armpit, was gross, and all the shielding foil had corroded away.

[quote name='brensabre79' timestamp='1326906753' post='1503585'] Not sure if I know what you mean by cutaways. Basically the pieces of different wood are glued together - like plywood - albeit expensive plywood. once all the pieces have been glued together into a block the shape is cut out, then the contours are shaped. [/quote] Generally you aim for the grain to follow the same direction, whereas in plywood you alternate.

My plan when I get onto making basses from the wood stage is to hit up a UK craft furniture forum, an see what is going there. Probably stick to specifically for guitars necks though. Although not unlikely to go the wishbass route and laminate up necks for warp resistance.

Those are nice basses. Paid much less for my 80s USA Eagle though, even considering hte neck repair that had.

Hayden are their guitar amp line though, they used to be branded Ashdown but everyone thought they'd be bass amps. Lead to a few bargain Ashdown guitar heads for me. Dave Green is a distortion guy, not totally inline with the original Matamp thing of clean.

Got a Dimarzio Will Power for the purpose. I run two outputs and two rigs and go for a entirely different thing to Billy Sheehan.

[quote name='Scotticus' timestamp='1326663908' post='1500268'] Plays really well in spite of the nut. Tuning is stable, really comfy neck and frets, no dead spots that I can find and plenty of sustain. It's surprisingly well balanced too. Only slight issue I'm having with it is a tad more "string ring" than I'm used to. I'm not knew to playing 5, and my muting isn't any worse than when I'm playing my Warwick $$ 5, but the strings on this just seem to vibrate a hell of a lot easier, even though both basses are strung with the same brand/gauge. Could that be nut related? Scott [/quote] The strings above the nout on the headstock ringing will be down to a badly cut nut.

And ehre is the same one again: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Marshall-MBC-Series-810-1200W-Bass-extension-cabinet-Collection-Only-/270894504984?pt=UK_MusicalInstr_Amplifiers_RL&hash=item3f12921c18 [quote][font="Arial"][size="2"][font="Arial"][color="#00429a"][size="4"][u][size="5"]Sold exactly as seen in the picture.[/size][/u][/size][/color][/font][/size][/font][/quote] That gets a 'hmmm'.

Little bit of distortion that stays the same when you turn up and can drown it out is crossover distortion, just been talking to the SS amp tech guy locally. Its the bit where your push/pull class A/B goes from push to pull messing up, so it stays the same when pushing and pulling harder because the crossing over point stays the same. Fixing depends on how adjusty the inside of teh amp is and what has gone wrong to make it happen.

You get that if you have the wires the wrong way round, there was a change in the schematic and a correction sheet added seperately to the preamp, where the connections were swapped round, it still works but you get buzzy poles because they aren't earthed like they should be. Had it when I wired Shockwave's bass,

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1326580790' post='1499233'] Bar magnets on the bottom - a sure sign of a quality pickup. Not. [/quote] Plenty of quality pickups have a bar magnet on the bottom, usually a bit less crudely installed, but essentially a ceramic bar with ferrous poles. Dimarzios are generally like that, and ceramic Kent Armstrongs.

[quote name='threedaymonk' timestamp='1326495304' post='1498185'] I have a P-bass's-worth of black screws going spare. PM me your address and I'll post them. [/quote] Incoming [quote name='allighatt0r' timestamp='1326498992' post='1498256'] Whats the story behind the cable tie? [/quote] The machine heds don't have capstans, so when I was taking the neck on and off a bunch of times to get it set right, the cable tie stopped them falling off, so I just needed to slacken/tighten rather than having to rewrap. Think might have to add a mudbucker.

EMG licence out their name. That is probably a pickup from a Johnson or AXL musicman styley, the P ones come with 'Johnson EMG' pickups.