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[quote name='dudewheresmybass' post='767406' date='Mar 7 2010, 10:36 PM']i thought it was reasonably well made, but was a little surprised it only made it to about '82/3. Where's the rest?[/quote] I reckon it was based on the old meaning of Heavy Metal, and if you go too far past 1983, it mutates so wildly that it would become a 6 hour programme. Maybe if they had done it as "Rock Britannia" to cover '66 to '80, then "Metal Britannia" could cover '77 to present, but even then, it would possibly need more subcategorisation once you hit the mid 90s, there is just too much cross-pollination between genres now, and not enough good NEW British Metal bands. I think it was initially made well, but ruined in the edit, and those sound effects were ridiculous and very unhelpful, took all the weight out of it and turned some of the anecdotes into little more than Benny Hill foolery.

[quote name='peteb' post='766204' date='Mar 6 2010, 04:48 PM']I would like Motorhead if they got a proper bass player and a singer who could sort of.... actually sing! I know that this is the opposite view to that taken by most Motorhead fans.....[/quote] Surely its Lemmys individual stylings that are the key. Nobody else sounds remotely like him, and those who try are just copyists. Total "Marmite band". I love them to bits, always have done, and I am a particular fan of Lemmys sound, especially on "Iron Fist" and "Another Perfect Day" If you want "Motorhead with a proper bass player and a singer who can sing" I suggest you try out MC5, one of Lemmys biggest influences.

[quote name='dave_bass5' post='765996' date='Mar 6 2010, 12:53 PM']Yeah, it seemed to be just a few "old" faces over and over again. Oh, and anyone think it slightly tongue in cheek they had Nigel "Den Dennis" Planer doing the commentary? Maybe it was just me.[/quote] Further ridiculing the genre by voice-over association. Not sure who I would have got to do it though, none of the usual suspects would have been suitable. And yes, the omission of Girlschool was unforgivable.

The pickups sounding "thin and wimpy" would be both of them, not just one, if it was out of phase (one black/white pair reversed) so its not that. The diagrams are correct, pickups should go to #1's and exit at linked #2's which feeds the o/p jack. According to the wiring you describe in your own bass, the pots are wired wrongly, if you connect the pickup hot to tab 2, thats the wiper, and you are giving each pickup a variable resistance between hot and ground whenever you turn the pot. It will work, but it will vary the circuit characteristics. What you should be wired for is a constant resistance from hot to ground by connecting the pickup hot to one end of the track (tab 1), and the wiper picks up the signal somewhere along that line, so you get volume control, but the pickup side of the circuit stays at the same impedance. Maybe Franks bass is wired oddly, but I would think more likely it was goofed at the factory, and it might cause problems in the real world. Tab 3 is always connected to earth, leave that alone. You are obviously not averse to changing the wiring in the bass, so why not swap the #1 and #2 connections and see if that cures it? While you are doing that, it would be worth temporarily hard-wiring each pickup in turn DIRECT to the output jack, and see if there are still wimpy sounds coming from the bridge pickup, in which case you will know its knackered. Only problem then is Fender will not honour the warranty as soon as you touch the solder joints. Catch 22...

If you desperately want to do this, and the band are good enough friends to get through any bad times, then go for it, but BE PREPARED to lose a load of money. You are very likely to get ripped off, and left with nothing, or just some beer, so make sure 2 of you are carrying credit cards with a big limit, as you might find yourself living from them. One thing though, if you are playing venues as far away as Portugal and Scandinavia, it seems logical there will be breaks in between each area of the tour (20 gigs in 30 days = 10 days off for travel, right?), so if things are going very bad after the first 5-10 days, make sure you have a way to drop out if you feel you have to. This makes it even more important to get paid for each gig ON THE NIGHT, and NEVER, EVER, EVER, NEVER, EVER et a promoter or booking agent EVER owe you money. EVER. NEVER NEVER EVER.

Surprised nobody else posted this, or are all the Squire fans propping up a bar somewhere telling people how they invented Rickenbackers? Seriously though, HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR FISH!

Ta, consider it reserved

Whatever method you use, remember it will be a once-only job, so do it well. If you mess it up, it will wreck the signature, or risk removing it if you have to reapply laquer/tape etc. I personally would use clear laquer, but do the first 2 coats as an EXTREMELY fine mist, just to get it started, but not enough to actually pick up the ink and run it. Practice on something else first until you are confident. That said, it might be better to just leave it and let it wear, unless its someone really uber cool who has signed the instrument. Sticky backed plastic would be another good way to protect it, a lot easier to apply than laquer, but it will go tatty quicker.

I'm selling one of [url="http://www.soundslive.co.uk/product.asp?id=6341"]THESE[/url], any good to you? 45.00 posted.

Depends how worried he will be when the Post Office tell him its going to cost rather more than 5.00 to send.

[quote name='neepheid' post='752257' date='Feb 20 2010, 09:44 PM']I have a Tokai Thunderbird. I did consider the Epi Thunderbird Pro, but I don't like a thin neck (the Tokai is about half way between a P and a J) and I'm not sure that active electronics belong in a Thunderbird [/quote] I've got EMGs in mine, and it sounds absolutely incredible.

Legend. Absolute legend.

[quote name='bigsmokebass' post='742766' date='Feb 12 2010, 05:55 AM']could be wrong but didn't know badass bridges were around in the 70's &would you really put one on a 70's bass or keep it vintage? [/quote] Badass have been making bridges since the early 70s, and they were a common retrofit on Rickenbackers, then P-Basses, then it peaked in the early 80s.

[quote name='Linus27' post='736680' date='Feb 5 2010, 09:26 PM']A working bass to me is exactly that, a woking bass[/quote] A Woking bass? Trying to get that Bruce Foxton sound eh? I'll get me coat

[quote name='silddx' post='736185' date='Feb 5 2010, 01:57 PM']That looks alright from here![/quote] You aint seen it up close

[quote name='silddx' post='736132' date='Feb 5 2010, 01:16 PM']I agree with you. May we have a picture of the sh*teberger please?[/quote] Sure, heres mah baby! However, I prefer the term "Steinb*stard" to "Sh*teberger", this definitely aint sh*te!!!. Its real name is "Rambo". I haven't decided if its a he or a she, it will probably bite my arm off if I try to categorise it. Theses a bizarre hum sometimes that sounds like "dont puuuush me!" I am toying with the idea of bastardising a spare transmitter and fitting it internally where the bridge pickup currently lives (with a false pickup cover over it, or maybe just a load of grotty looking gaffa tape would look more in keeping with the nature of this beast). This means it can run from a bigger battery, and makes it switchable from o/p socket so theres less chance of killing the batteries by knocking the on/off switch! I get bored carrying 4 different types of batteries in my gig case.

You'll probably get shot down by some people for bad habits, but if it works for you, stick with it. Having said that, it would be good to try alternating fingers for a few minutes each day, if only to get some speed on the bottom E so you can do 16ths, something you can't really do comfortably with your thumb.

I keep my minters mint, and buy sh*tters to play live and/or abuse. If I buy a used £1000 bass off Ebay for 300 quid thats had the crap kicked out of it already, then I have no qualms about continuing to kick the crap out of it myself, changing the pups, modding it, respraying it, who gives a toss, the damage is done by someone else, and I am just adjusting the "non-mintness" to my own specs. You would freak if you saw the state of my XM2, it is absolutely trashed to pieces doesn't even have any binding left, rewired, resprayed badly in black car paint and badly applied graphic front, but OMG its a fantastic player and still a USA Steinberg underneath all the various grot. It also sounds fantastic, its my main bass at the moment. I DO keep it clean though, +1 about sweat buildup, eww. I do all my own setups etc, and my own sweat is bad enough, let alone when I used to do it for a living!

vain hope of recovery bump...

If I get the time, I will make a couple of these up, then offer one to Twickerman to replace the one he doesn't need, and one to SS73 so he can wind himself up WIN!