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[quote name='bigjohn' post='1130231' date='Feb 16 2011, 08:44 PM']It melts with heat, so a soldering iron to the nut, does the job [/quote] Are you Jack Bauer?

No problems at all, proceed with confidence!

Thanks folks - I'm off to make myself an under-string radius gauge using this [url="http://www.pickguardian.com/pickguardian/Images/Pickguardian%20Neck%20Radius%20Gauges.pdf"]http://www.pickguardian.com/pickguardian/I...us%20Gauges.pdf[/url], a Pritt stick, an old pizza box and some sellotape.

One for the modders who are swapping necks and may have a gauge handy... it looks pretty big to me.

She arrived today, and how has the Fender 9050Ls on - 45/60/80/100. And very nice they are too. Slightly higher tension than the stock strings, so I dropped the action a bit, but I don't think I need to touch the truss rod. Not too fat to sit in the nut either. (From previous posts, it's no surprise that the ball-ends are too large for through-body stringing, but that's not a problem.)

Well Parcelforce got it to me on their third attempt, and I must say I'm knocked out. There are a couple of flaws in the finish on the back of the body, but other than that, I'm a happy bunny. It's "navy blue" - which we now know means a lovely translucent dark turquoise - with the maple board. None of the setup problems described by others - action and intonation are pretty good out of the box. Mine has a "QC HS 1" sticker on the back if that's of interest. I even find the much-maligned strings sounding OK, if a little light, so I'll probably go ahead and swap them for the flats I have waiting. I'm most impressed with the tuning machines and the pots - both very smooth, and the kobs are nice and heavy. No noise from the pups, either. Even the gigbag, while not being padded, has double-shoulder straps and an interior strap to secure the top of the neck. Do I sound impressed? My Fender is still in for its service/MOT so no A/B yet, but Susie is feeling good (neck has a similar chunkiness to the 70s Fender) and sounding good.

[quote name='pete.young' post='1126817' date='Feb 14 2011, 11:15 AM']People planning drive-by's of the various shops can take Woodbridge off the list: no guitars here, just girly dresses. Unless of course ...[/quote] Just waiting now for the first pic of a (male) BC-er playing their RP-1 in a girly dress...

[quote name='Annoying Twit' post='1126083' date='Feb 13 2011, 04:22 PM']Fretless-ised Ibanez Roadster. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ibanez-Roadster-Bass-Fretless-RS900-NT-1979-Active-4558-/330530080471?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item4cf520c6d7"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ibanez-Roadster-Bass...=item4cf520c6d7[/url] I'm sure that it's a lovely bass, but the maple fretboard and light coloured body really don't do it for me.[/quote] I used to have one of those... great sound but weighed a ton!

I just got a set of Fender 9050s, "Light" - 45, 60, 80, 100. Just waiting for the Ryder to arrive to try them out!

[quote name='danny-79' post='1124596' date='Feb 12 2011, 03:59 AM']Just been looking through ebay an came across these pick guards, don't no what there like but available in lots of different colors, an at £12 a pop ??? who knows, could be fun Heres the link. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-Precision-Bass-scratch-plate-pick-guard-/140386030429?pt=UK_Guitar_Accessories&hash=item20afa8d35d"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-Precision-Bass-s...=item20afa8d35d[/url][/quote] £12? That's a LOT of money :-)

[quote name='pikeman' post='1123651' date='Feb 11 2011, 10:52 AM']Damn, wish you hadn't told me this, I still need a body for a fretless neck. I must resist.[/quote] Resistance is futile. Meanwhile, mine remains c/o Parcelforce who are shunting around south-east London, hopefully arriving soon at a post office near me.

[quote name='Thurbs' post='1121451' date='Feb 9 2011, 03:06 PM']The band is based around St Neots so they would need to be able to travel to rehearsals there and gigs all around [b]Cambs[/b], Beds, Northants & Herts. We are following up Google and Bing leads but they haven't been very posative so far [/quote] University music department notice board?

Loving the tone - is that going through some compression and a bit of overdrive?

I'm still waiting for mine, and following all this talk of modding with interest. But since they're now collectors' items, I might keep it all original - I'm not as young as I used to be and need to start thinking about investing for my old age

You got it. I want it.

[quote name='JimD' post='1119877' date='Feb 8 2011, 10:55 AM']Great player. She plays and sings on "Anomie and Bonhomie" by Scritti Politti. This is a very interesting record and the opening track opens with her bass; even the [i]first note[/i] has such a great tone![/quote] Now THAT is a ridiculously under-appreciated album.

[quote name='Sean' post='1119332' date='Feb 7 2011, 07:46 PM']If you do buy one, you'd be nuts to get [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=98388&hl=bb424"]this one[/url] that Rich is selling (if it's still around, that is).[/quote] Nuts [b]not[/b] to, surely? Go for it... I was knocked out by a 414 I tried, and only this weekend could be seen drooling over a 424 just like the one in that link.

[quote name='Doddy' post='1119485' date='Feb 7 2011, 09:21 PM']She's great....too funky for her own good. Plantation Lullabies and Peace Beyond Passion are great albums.[/quote] +1, or rather +2 for those. They keep coming back to my CD tray and I'm saving the others to discover later.

I have a Ryder on the way and am also planning to "flat" it. I love the TI Jazz Flats on my fretless, but haven't tried them, or any other flats, on a fretted. So I'm following this thread with interest... Do you know what gauge strings the Ryder ships with? I would expect the "standard" 45s. If the nut's too tight you can always widen it - but the opposite is not true, so I'm wary of fitting say 50s and then finding they don't suit me.