johnDeereJack

I'm still using the old TE MKV stuff. I have a MKV AH150 which I've owned since 1986 (bought together with a 1048) and as Delberthot says it's an absolute cracking head. I totally refuse to part with it even though I recently purchased a MKV AH250 from a fellow BC'er. I just love the old Trace stuff; built like tanks and the sound is second to none. I currently own the two MKV heads along with two MKV 1518's and a MKV 1048 and I can only see me adding to the gear I have. And yes, Chris Thorneybank is your man for all things Trace!

Bought a neck plate & screws for a wee project I have going. Great communications from start to finish making this a perfect transaction. Deal with Mel in confidence cos she's a top lass!

OK, my avatar is my custom 1987-8 Larkin Recter Fretless 4B: Mahogany body and neck, Irish Walnut veneer with matching headstock, Ebony lined board, Schaller hardware, Kent Armstrong humbuckers, 3band active eq (can't remember what make the preamp is) currently strung with Rotosound 55's. Attached pic is a before/after of my modified Squier Vintage Modified fretless: Gotoh 301, fake grounding strip, tort pg, Fender pull-bar, Fender pup cover, Fender style Jazz Bass knobs, new switchcraft & CTS electrics with an old .05 cap and wired for series/parallel. Currently strung with Rotosound 66's. [attachment=80254:Fretless...ison_001.JPG] I'll post more pics if anyone's interested. [i]I rather like fretless basses! [/i]

Man that bass if effin' tasty! Never mind waiting a few months, get out and gig the damned thing!

[quote name='neepheid' post='1228902' date='May 12 2011, 03:04 PM']Is it ok to dislike them both equally? [/quote] + 1 Although if I HAD to pick one on pain of death it would have to be the blue one. IMHO they're both dreadful but the red one is waaaaaay worse. Again, MHO. Each to their own etc!

Thanks Hillbilly, very informative

Either Rotosound Nickel 66's or their Solo Bass 55's

No-one out there in BC land has any experience of drilling into an ebanol board?

Just bought a Trace Elliot MKV AH250 from Tony. What can I say - what a fantastic guy! He was thoroughly helpful and answered all my questions promptly and honestly and even went as far as organising Parcelforce for the pick-up & delivery! When it arrived yesterday the amp was really well packaged and in immaculate condition. Highly recommended. Cheers Tony, was a pleasure doing business! Ian

[quote name='hillbilly deluxe' post='1225250' date='May 9 2011, 04:22 PM']I would have thought that stickers would peel off/look tatty after time.[/quote] Exactly. This is why I'm looking for advice regarding drilling the board and fitting clay dot inlays.

Monday Bump.

[quote name='Delberthot' post='1223818' date='May 8 2011, 12:56 AM']since they are going to be between the A 7 D strings I'd be more inclined to go with stickers on the surface. You'd probably still feel them a bit but they wouldn't get in the way of the strings and completely reversible should you want to return it to stock.[/quote] I'm planning to have them up the board at the usual places - 3, 5, 7, 9, two at 8ve, 15, 17 & 19 - so they'll be between all 4 strings and I've got no plans to revert it back to 'stock' at any point. I've come this far and I have absolutely no plans to sell it. If I was to do that it would be listed as a 'modified' fretless Vintage Modified Squier! Worst case scenario - I ruin the board by drilling holes in it.

Hi BCers, I've been modding my Squier VM fretless and I'm looking for some info regarding drilling into an ebanol board as I want to add dot inlays. Basically my question is this - has anyone actually had the experience of drilling into an ebanol board? I realise the properties may be somewhat different to ebony or rosewood for example but can anyone offer first hand experience of this or perhaps offer some insight as to what problems, if any, might be encountered? Here's what I've done so far - I replaced the cheap crappy electrics with decent CTS & Switchcraft units, added an old .05 cap off a 50's Tele and went for a series/parallel push-pull set-up, fitted a Gotoh 301, added a fake grounding strip, tort pickguard, pull bar, Fender style JB knobs, bridge pup cover and, the most controversial item of all, a repro '62 Fender Jazz Bass headstock decal *ducks for cover* The only thing missing is the dot inlays on the face of the board, so this got me thinking about how it would actually look without going through the process of drilling the board and possibly hating the result (Or ruining the board!) As the saying goes, "Necessity is the Mother of Invention", so I came up with an idea - I got a bunch of paper circles from a hole punch at work and laid them on the face of the board and it looks pretty good! Fair enough they're really bright white but, as a rough indication of appearance, I think they work. I've added a "Before & After" comparison pic of the bass just to let you see what I've done. The "After" pic has the hole punch bits on the board so you can see what I mean. [attachment=79267:Fretless...ison_001.JPG] Thanks in advance for any and all info received. Cheers, JDJ

Motorhead - Dog-Face Boy from 1995's Sacrifice. An epic driving track with a real sense of urgency about it. Just what's needed to drown out all the cackling 'hens' at work!

BWAAAHAAHAAAAA! That's effing grotesque! He's also relisted it at £20 less than the last time with "JUST FOR SALE" added to the blurb. So it's "Just For Sale" as opposed to "Just For Laughing At"? [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/IBANEZ-CUSTOMISED-BASS-NATURAL-PLAYS-WELL-SOUND-GOOD-/220778487371?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item33676c5e4b"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/IBANEZ-CUSTOMISED-BA...=item33676c5e4b[/url]

HAH! I love the packet of blue rizla covering the serial number!