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Good for you I have two cajon kits sitting about somewhere...

What's the scale?

[quote name='KingBollock' timestamp='1392508432' post='2369621'] Anyone seen this? [url="http://femurdesign.com/theremin/"]http://femurdesign.com/theremin/[/url] [/quote] Superb! Thanks

Thanks guys. I'm not affording anything at the moment, though... Merry Xmas

I don't know anything about these. It's in Spain. Not expensive for a US-made Peavey. If anything, suspiciously cheap. I can't read Spanish, so I stuck the description through an autotranslator, and saw nothing to ring serious warning bells. (It said something like "the pots need cleaning, the strings need replacing, and the case is battered but functional".) http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Peavey-TL5-USA-Pre-Cirrus-Original-with-case-/271716859738?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_186&hash=item3f43963f5a

My understanding is that the lute is descended from the oud, yes. The name certainly is. But I'm not honestly sure it's always possible to pin down antique-style instruments to specific categories anyway... so for me, this is a member of the oud/lute family (based on body shape, neck without integral frets, the steeply raked pegbox, etc.) and that's as far as I think I can go.

James bought a scratchplate off me. All went well, with good comms. Thanks!

[quote name='Roger2611' timestamp='1419276005' post='2638296'] Is it a [s]Balalika[/s] [s]Balaclava[/s] [s]Ballystringything[/s] Balalaika, I know it's a wooden instrument thing! [/quote] Nope, they are triangular-bodied. This seems to me to be a lute with only a single set of strings.

Do the black nylon strings work on a bass with magnetic pickups? If they do, the ebow should work with them. But it might be a bit muffled because the coating might damp the string core somewhat.

[quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1419113609' post='2636813'] [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MADNESS-autographed-guitar-/111542447951?pt=UK_Music_Music_Memorabilia_LE&hash=item19f872af4f"]Madness?[/url] [/quote] Not complete madness, he only got six of them. Still ludicrously overpriced though

[quote name='Twincam' timestamp='1418994233' post='2635547'] Oh and if you have a old set of roundwounds you can use them to widen the gap a little there not as good as files but there not overly rough so theres not much danger of over widening etc. [/quote] Clever

No idea, but I have three miscellaneous scratchplates off 'Ray-style basses, one of which might fit... I believe that none of them is actually from a Stingray, the seller couldn't enlighten me. Having just sold the bass I intended to use (one of) them for, I don' need them. I'll see if I can find them, and if you can send me detailed dimensions I'm happy to measure. I think they are all pearloid. PM me if you want to discuss this.

James bought a fretless neck and an anonymous P body from me. Good comms, thoughtful, paid promptly, no issues whatever. I'd definitely trade with him again. Cheers James

[quote name='Maude' timestamp='1418760901' post='2633114'] Aren't nylon tapewounds just a normal metal flat or roundwound string with a nylon out outer wrap? [/quote] Must be, because they work with magnetic pickups So yes they will work with an eBow, in theory. The nylon wrap might damp them a lot though.

[quote name='Bloodaxe' timestamp='1418723444' post='2632603'] Do you bend the strings at all? That can cause hollow spots irrespective of string choice. Hopefully that'll get you out of jail. I always slacken the truss about 1/4 to 1/2 a turn & up the action a tad after a re-shoot as my playing style isn't very compatible with a super-scary low action. The Gallery are currently charging £80 for a re-shoot which I view as part of the fun of owning a fretless. I'll probably have to put mine in sometime next year for a skim which will make it 3 years since it was last done. It's my main bass, I use Rotosound Pressurewounds & don't have a light touch, so that works out as roughly the same as a set of new strings per year of use. I regard the expense as an acceptable cost vs the results. If you use flats, only play it occasionally, and don't hammer it the interval ought to be a lot higher. You're still applying steel to rosewood though & that's going to cause wear sooner or later. The other thing is how accurately it was shot in at the factory. Most mass-produced fretted instruments benefit from a level, crown & polish and to my mind a fretless is no different. P. [/quote] Points taken and info gratefully received, thank you. I'll experiment this weekend, with a bit of luck, and post the results here.

Mark bought my battered OLPs. Excellent comms, quick payment, no problems at all. A pleasure to do business with. Thanks Mark

Thank you folks, much appreciated. The board does have a slight dent at the next position up - I'd say it's never had rounds on it, but it might have had a [u]lot[/u] of use with flats. So maybe that's it. I will try weights on the headstock and tweaking the trussrod. Reshooting the board sounds expensive and probably not cost-effective