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  1. alyctes
    Where does one buy strings for these?
  2. alyctes
    I'm not one for relics, personally,. but the neck on these is nice GLWYS!
  3. alyctes
    I bought a Diago Powerstation from Chris. Very prompt and well organised, well packaged, all good. Thanks Chris!
  4. alyctes
    Nice! Nicely done pics, as well. Good luck with your sale!
  5. alyctes
    Now gone
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    PMed
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    If it was my ad I'd edit the title to make clear it's a fiver - that's not instantly obvious from the pics, and I'd be expecting people to think (as I did) "oh a Fender-dimensions neck will drop straight in"... could make for an unhappy buyer. Or I could buy it myself. Pretty, that. Decisions, decisions
  8. alyctes
    Are they planning a fretless, I hope?
  9. alyctes
    He still appears on my screen occasionally. My BC time is fairly restricted though, so for all I know he's in Off Topic all day long.
  10. alyctes
    Must be Mr Foxen, I guess?
  11. alyctes
    That lower horn could make it unpleasant to play sitting down.
  12. alyctes
    Lawrie has two feedback threads...
  13. alyctes
    Lawrie sold me a book about Mr Karr. As before, a smooth and swift transaction. Happy to trade with him. Thanks Lawrie.
  14. alyctes
    Glad it went well. Can I ask, how did you ensure the post went in in the correct orientation?
  15. alyctes
    Nice! Did you sharpen the tines, or ... ?
  16. alyctes
    HBs are very good for the price. Or for second-hand try a Peavey Milestone III. A decent one for £100 should be easy enough.
  17. alyctes
    IIUC it's actually a microphone system, somehow (which is an acoustic sensor, obvs). I've not tried to work out how it actually works.
  18. alyctes
    They don't quite sound like anything else, do they? I had mine second-hand from here, seller was local and I knew nothing about fretless at the time... classic GAS purchase!
  19. alyctes
    That's a long 75mm.
  20. alyctes
    Isn't it, though? Sadly I wouldn't play it...
  21. alyctes
    I was thinking of the fretless, but I've played both.
  22. alyctes
    They're lovely! I had to add weight to mine, it was too light to be stable for my cloddish hands and lack of skill, but they make a great noise.
  23. alyctes
    If you need a DB tailpiece I probably have one kicking about. I'm away at the moment so it might be a couple of weeks before I can find it.
  24. alyctes
    I bought patch leads from Edward. He went out of his way to get them posted promptly, the packaging was good, the communications excellent. I wouldn't hesitate to deal with him again. Thanks!
  25. alyctes
    My pleasure! There's no reason you can't use two strips-and-string assemblies, but that's hard to get into the bass - you really have to get the string of the second handle on the post _after you put it in the bass. Also you have to mark the post so you can tell which way round it goes, because there's nothing to stop it rotating. Careful cutting of the end of the aluminium should fix that though. I can't really remember who Dad and I learned it from. I think it was my cello teacher, some time in about 1969, but my memory is a bit dicey nowadays - we may have taken it to someone else.
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