LukeFRC

in the fella's defence... I'm no singer but I can imagine if I was ok but not very good I would be able to sing his choices whereas the ones he doens't want to sing would be harder to sing well.... he may just be a bit crap at the singing

take it to a tech.

[quote name='wriggers' timestamp='1359387757' post='1953958'] Hi Ash, welcome from Shipley [/quote] I went to shipley last week. an odd experience.

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1359378640' post='1953739'] You could try changing the pickups and then see if you thought a preamp was still neccesary . [/quote] +1 don't do too much at once I've loved the 75ri's ive played, but the construction and pups does make it a bit thin sounding to someone who learned with a P bass like me... but you say you love the tone... but want more punch... so maybe the preamp is the way to go. Personally if I were you I would look at East retro and an Aguilar OBP1... or actually just an external Aguilar or sadowsky preamp pedal... EDIT: out of interest, what is your amp?

Hello Ash from Holbeck!

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1359322310' post='1953145'] Anyone who still thinks that "Made In Japan" is automatically inferior when it comes to musical instruments is a fool. Ever since I saw how much better in every way the new guitars and basses from Ibanez and Aria Pro II were compared to Fenders in 1979, I have had no problem buying Japanese-made instruments. The three most recent basses I have bought were all made in Japan. [/quote] I don't think that your or my taste in instruments really reflects the wider population, personally I've owned twice as many japanese instruments than all the other countries put together but ... let me put it this way... most guitar shops for guitars sold as "good" focus on Fender and Gibson. To their loss

- Exchange rate - lack of marketing (or English website) - lack of distribution - Cos we still have hang ups about where something comes from? I mean within a lot of you guys playing age japan was known for cheap copies. Now we think of china in the same way... my suggestion is that in 20 years the best basses in the world may come out of a court factory in china... but enough folk will look down their nose at them that they won't get stocked in the same way. - by the time you get to a bass worth importing, pay shiping and taxes a UK based luthier could custom make you something awesome too. slightly OT is sadowsky metro line the only japanese made basses with major distribution to the uk at the mo?

... cos the fella making that bass bought a bridge pup by mistake and had to fit it in somehow

the gold ones are cheap in the states. I got one from the states, new, unopened fender one for about £15 a few years back

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1359244687' post='1952176'] If you read my quote you'll see i said that the shop was full of these sort of guitars and was a very big shop. I think that you're missing my point though. You couldn't give these guitars away a few years ago. Nobody wanted them until the world went retro crazy. That was obviously the time to buy then and NOT when they were new. That's my point. [/quote] ah I get you now! The moral of the story is that you should buy whatever is really unfashionable!

[quote name='Lord Sausage' timestamp='1359205920' post='1951524'] I don't know if it's still the same, but a mate got in 10 years ago by doing a Phd over there and Teaching! [/quote] that's quite different to going over there to work!

can I have a go?! Looks wicked! And well done for convincing Peter Andre to buy your first Andre signature model too....

ask McNach he's done similar swap and knows his replacement pups

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1359227462' post='1951964'] Those are all definitely future collectables but also very collectable now. I was meaning things that were cheap and nobody really wanted. I remember seeing Mutron 111s going for 30-40 US Dollars in the early 90s. Also all those Jedson, Columbus, Satellite and Hondos that you couldn't wait to trade in for the real thing! Don't know how long you've lived in Twickers Ray but i remember that Bells of Surbiton was full of those brands in the 70s and 80s. They'd be worth a fortune now! [/quote] a fortune? how much do you think a jedson will go for? factor in inflation too and they arn't that good.

[quote name='Kev' timestamp='1359206777' post='1951541'] Nothing scratchy about it I'm afraid, had a luthier look at it today and it is very much a crack, probably caused by an over tightening of the truss rod, but the crack has been filled at some point and iv been told that all will remain okay providing I don't go messing with the truss rod unecessarily or try and play death metal with inch thick strings! The bass is setup nice with low action and plays really well, it's otherwise a stunning example [/quote] well if it works thats a good buy then!

I'm getting married soon, and looking at our post wedding budget it looks like I might have to avoid the buying and selling for a while - which is fine as I've got everything I need really. I wouldn't mind selling one of the passive basses and getting a thumb, but may have to wait 2-3-4 years for that [quote name='cocco' timestamp='1358929714' post='1947083'] All the JVs that are appearing are getting under my skin, those and the post 2010 P's it's so hard to be controlled! [/quote] Maybe I should reopen the thread for mine just to tempt you! Maybe I can get my thumb after all!

I'm struggling to think of that many new designs for basses from the last 10 years that actually caught on... that Fender thing that Water of Tyne is selling... roscoe beck?

My bet is that it's the same circuit and that the amp modelling is in the other two effects bays

No advice, but Good luck! (and have luck moving all the stuff in your sig out there!)

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1359129691' post='1950385'] Does it really matter? So long as the bass sounds good and works as expected, is what it's made of even the slightest bit important? Here's another plywood bass: [/quote] yeah shoddy cheap looking thing too

My guess is that you would be able to get a top UK luthier to make you two basses for the price these will be.