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[quote name='Grand Wazoo' timestamp='1317927222' post='1396433'] Not wanting to point the blooming obvious, Gareth, regardless of the reaction you might get in the EBMM forum, I feel you should really need to let Sterling Ball know that somewhere along the line Strings & Things send you a moody bass. By telling us all here yes will get you a lot of support because a.) you're british, b.) we like you as one of our own and c.) we feel your pain. but all of the above is pointless because you are barking up the wrong tree and all our support won't get your bass sorted. For once go directly to Sterling Ball, he says he doesn't like pm's then send one to Aziah and ask her to present it to his attention appreciating that you are addressing him alone and not wanting to make a big scene in public in his forum which is one of the things he detests, if he has any decency he would get his wheels in motion and by next week Strings and Things will be begging at your door with a new bass. That is if you do it this way and not go to the forum and say [b]"Outrage!! I have been sold a 3 legged donky!"[/b] [/quote] Brilliant brilliant advice. Do what he said [quote name='Jack' timestamp='1317928262' post='1396447'] Who is this Jon and what is his website? Is he a basschatter? Hope you get your bass sorted out Gareth. [/quote] Jon Shuker ( www.shukerguitars.co.uk ) Very very talented and experienced luthier. Eude

[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1317906453' post='1396021'] Well, Darren is being helpful and wants me to have a bass I want. I think even he may be shocked at the potential neck swap. S&T have offered a credit back (im guessing back to him) which means I can have a refund. Thing is, they havent offered anything else, like an apology, a phone call, an email...nothing. Not even a 'you can have another HH bass, at a discount'....nothing. I've dealt with them in the past and they have been very efficient so I have no idea what they are playing at now. New management? Who knows. [/quote] Take the money now, before creating any further stink, just to be sure you get everything you're due. Then regroup I reckon.

I reckon that's enough to not bother with them anymore dude. You've got some great MM basses there, so I'd get a full refund and get yourself one of these >> http://www.glguitars.com/instruments/USA/basses/JB/index.asp You know you want to, would compliment your collection nicely... P.S: If they'd have done this to me I'd be getting banned from the Ernie's Balls forum right now for telling everyone about it too. P.S.S: G&L need a new website, that one is sh*te! Just my 2p, Ewan

Mother of toilet seat Hello Kitty inlay at the 12th fret? Looking good mate, can't wait to see what the surprise is too, unless I've already spoiled it... Eude

Very nice Shep!

[quote name='Bottle' timestamp='1317300931' post='1389233'] Now that is some lateral thinking! However, I have just defretted my P/J and I'm looking to keep this configuration for a while, but it has got my creative juices flowing, especially if I can purchase another similar P/J bass. And you're both right - a pickguard can cover a multitude of sins! I should know - I've dismantled my Squier several times Cheers, Ian [/quote] Right, I'll put today down as a success then. Can I go back to sleep now?... Seriously though, I reckon picking up a Squier P Bass and getting a bit of modding done is a good idea, if you go for the P Bass you can perhaps experiment a bit with different bridge pickup positions, i.e. 60's vs 70's perhaps? Eude

[quote name='Bottle' timestamp='1317299944' post='1389205'] Of course!! And yes, I do have a P/J arrangement on a bass - but I dunno, there feels something lacking. Maybe it's the cheap-ness of the Squier, in that they've skimped on the quality of the pickups, because to me, they don't sound, well, terribly well-matched as a pair. Maybe it's also just my ears being completely shagged Otherwise, it does tick all the other boxes - maybe I could look at a series / parallel switch mod to the P pickup, and that would get me there perhaps. But I do like the look of the MM pickup - to me, it's much more 'manly' if you see what I mean - it's those exposed pole pieces, they just oooze 'rawk' Anyway, thanks for the replies so far chaps! Ian [/quote] You could always have your P/J bass routed to take a MM style pickup, assuming it's got a pickguard. You can use a pickguard to cover all kinds of horrors. If you don't like it, you can probably put it back as it was easy enough too... Eude

[quote name='Doddy' timestamp='1317298116' post='1389165'] The Washburn Stuart Hamm bass has a humbucker in the middle and a jazz pickup at the bridge [/quote] Well done that man >> http://www.washburn.com/basses/signature-series/ Not sure where the best place to try one is however, not seen a Washburn in the flesh for a while... Eude

[quote name='FuNkShUi' timestamp='1317277527' post='1388858'] Close enough to give him a slap if he starts speeding up or slowing down though right? [/quote] Goes without saying dude

Wow, that's awesome! About time Rich started taking commissions too His attention to detail is second to none, I know this is going to be one hell of a bass! Subscribed! Eude

Wow! That is awesome! Eude

[quote name='FuNkShUi' timestamp='1317214382' post='1388142'] I like the funky dance kind of stuff. Reckon that could sound wicked if you get the right musicians together. Id go for a female vocalist aswell.Think it would suit the music better. If nothing else itll be easier on the eye Think my favourite is bustin king cobra [/quote] Cheers mate I think a female vocalist would've been a good idea too, us bassists should be standing at the back anyway, perhaps behind the drummer... Eude

Hey you lot, in prep for starting to look for a new band or project down here in London, I thought it'd be cool to whack up a load of recordings on Sound Cloud as a kinda folio. Thought it might be cool to share them with BassChat. Anyway, here goes... Early music, mainly with School pals (I've got some even earlier stuff, but I'm not sure I can share it, a little too embarrassing...) >> http://soundcloud.com/eudeboy/sets/early-music/ More recent tunes, from my time in Edinburgh >> http://soundcloud.com/eudeboy/sets/recent-work-1/ Finally, some funky stuff with a couple of signed artists (most of it's 70's car chase music) recorded over the last few years >> http://soundcloud.com/eudeboy/sets/electronica-dance/ Be gentle Hopefully I can get match fit again soon and start playing out and about, I do miss it. Eude

[quote name='Ashdown Engineering' timestamp='1317141831' post='1387304'] Happily build you a totally made in England MiBass but doubt on the whole people would want to pay the price difference, sadly that's what we are up against these days and to be honest after working with our china factory for 10 years now the quality of our Chinese made products is so good would you want to pay a large premium simply to have made in England on it? If you do want to buy British we still make plenty of high end totally made in Essex products and offer a total custom shop service too... [/quote] Thanks for the reply mate. I know it's hard to find any "affordable" UK made gear these days, as it happens though, Ashdown being a British company is British enough to be considered "Buying British" in my book. Everything bar the manufacturing is British Eude

[quote name='stevie' timestamp='1317132940' post='1387143'] Probably the only thing on that amp that's British is the plug, and you can't even be sure of that nowadays. [/quote] Fair point...

Nice one Pete, thanks for chiming in. Hope to try one of these as soon as I can, would love to be able to "Buy British" Eude

[quote name='Batfastard' timestamp='1317037565' post='1385691'] A 5 string jag with coil tapped humbuckers rear routing 36inch scale. Cheers dood. Should be up that way in a couple of weeks. Will drop a pm when I know dates. [/quote] That sounds like a really cool spec mate! Jon will make you an awesome bass too [quote name='Batfastard' timestamp='1317109965' post='1386709'] A clear satin lacquer over mahogany or walnut. Ebony fretboard and maple neck [/quote] Jon usually has some very nice American Black Walnut in stock, think that might catch you're eye Eude

[quote name='Grand Wazoo' timestamp='1316787243' post='1382929'] Breaking news, four months wait for a bespoke order on a Sandberg VM5 maple fingerboard medium aged, block inlays. Deposit of 10% paid (£180) ordered this morning by this time next months I'll be able to pay the balance [/quote] Nice one mate Eude

Yup, astonishingly nice and silly cheap too! They're even tempting me to try 34" scale again!... Eude

[quote name='Darkstrike' timestamp='1316621232' post='1380527'] That's pretty freaking awesome. [/quote] Drop them an email, Adrian, the guy in their vids, is really friendly! Eude

Looks like I might be in trouble now too... They're willing to do a 32" 6 string Jazz now! Eude

I get on great with my Promethean mate It's a great for home use, small, light and flexible, and I've used it successfully on it's own on small gigs with a full drum kit and for on stage monitoring on larger gigs. The head gets a great write up on it's own too. It's a bit of a win - win in my opinion! Eude

[quote name='mike_zimmerman' timestamp='1316466010' post='1378521'] 20mm string spacing at the bridge, with a 50mm nut, same as my Curbows. Rightly or wrongly, that's just the size that feels like a "real" bass to me! (in honor of "Talk Like a Pirate Day"). [/quote] Wow, I've gone for 16.5mm on my new 6er with a 52mm nut - I've found that smaller dimensions make things easier for a stocky little Scotsman like myself! You must be a big lad!

[quote name='mike_zimmerman' timestamp='1316453678' post='1378217'] Indeed--a little finish, a bit of hardware and electronics, and she'll be ready to go! Too exciting! (Just got word from Alan that my special heavy, wide-*ss bridge arrive from Hipshot, so mine's not far off either...) [/quote] Wide-*ss? What the hell spacing you going for?..

[quote name='Scoop' timestamp='1316432788' post='1377865'] Yeah, I have a series of depping gigs coming up over the next few months, all with the same band, so I'm hoping to give this an outing pretty much as soon as I get it. I've already decided that I'll be using the graft harlot 5 and the beech recurve 4 for most of the gigs but I'm really looking foreward to the opportunity to give this a run out. [/quote] Nice one matey. Sounds like a good plan! Can't be long now?.... Eude