LukeFRC

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1347447084' post='1800834'] I am so very jealous of that body. But then I saw it all assembled, and... I'm jealous of the whole thing. Love it. Cream-covered DiMarzio Model J pickups... hmmm [/quote] you do like naked wood bodies don't you!

you're not missing anything. The guy selling may be...

[quote name='lettsguitars' timestamp='1347377921' post='1799972'] Spring off an old carlsboro head inplace of a truss rod. [/quote] genius! for your next trick... say I wanted that lesley revolving speaker sound... can you build one of them into a bass too?

Plate reverb bit screwed to the back?

built in reverb?!

[quote name='mybass' timestamp='1347364605' post='1799772'] The question was for a 'guitar shield'..I would never use a bass one ! [/quote] ah makes sense- I did wonder, but though with this being a place where well, we talk about basses a fair bit don't we?

[quote name='Shonks' timestamp='1347316270' post='1799371'] sorry, not sure what your getting at.......what are you saying? what's wrong with writing for the Gooners? best paid job I ever had, I produced it too. I had the whole team in Wessex Studios, it was quite a day. Of course my car was the cheapest in the car park... [/quote] COYS!

so as a shop they have a certain duty to sell things in good electrical knick don't they? whats the bets they havn't had it serviced, and cannae give you any guarantee that it will work, I wonder how much the price would come down if you start asking about the state of the tubes and the warrantee.... ?

This may be a silly question.... Drummers are loud, put a screen round them and mic them up. they can play like Keith Moon and not drown out everyone else Valve bass amps sound better louder, run them somewhere with screens at the front (and back?) and mic them to get the fully saturated valve guitar sounds. A bass amp... in most cases not so volume dependent.... why not just turn it down?

[quote name='gafbass02' timestamp='1347118929' post='1797166'] Sorry to hear that mate. Fwiw I returned a ray34ca for the same reasons. The neck/fretwork was a mess and no set up would fix it. Gutted..until With the same money I bought an early 90's stingray. [/quote] woo way to make the OP feel better!

Shonks, you've been around for a while. One of the family, I'm sure we've swapped PM's before (can't remember what about) and you seem like a good guy. Good to talk to. Then saw your resume. Now the great bass posing, that's not a problem. You wrote a song for the gooners

To the OP... if you're getting a bass made with two MM pups, and have a HH ray, what don't you like about the ray. The Warwick $$ secondhand may also be a cheaper option. [quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1347227842' post='1798358'] 'sweet spot'? I'm putting a MM pup in my home-made P bass this week, and from what I've read, the ideal place for the MM is 54mm from the G string saddle. Any advances before I start 'wood-butchering'? [/quote] search box on basschat.... search "pingray" made by our own resident genius.

[quote name='Raggy' timestamp='1347226132' post='1798332'] If it is a Shuker I can get the pups in exactly the right position and the neck profile I like. [/quote] If I were you I would talk to Osprey Guitars (AKA Ou7shined) as well as Shuker for what you're after....

why not just wait a few days?

bloody funny kind of jazz that