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[quote name='Twigman' timestamp='1445243383' post='2889777'] yeah I suppose so...I started this thread because someone had joked in another thread that my action must be 'only' like 1mm at the 1st fret, as if that was uncommonly low....which of course it isn't. I was curious as to how high some people's action might be set as I couldn't even play a bass that had 1mm at the 1st - imagine what it's like at the 12th!!! So it wasn't so much how accurately it's set up but which measurements you employ that I was interested in. It seems the chap who feels 1mm at the 1st is low hasn't turned up to this thread. [/quote] It does, of course, matter HOW you measure the action at the first fret. If you take Warwick's recommended method, you measure with a business card having fretted the string at the 3rd fret. [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NEXH61OCJY"]http://www.youtube....h?v=-NEXH61OCJY[/url] But if you're measuring without fretting at the 3rd, then a business card height will be seriously low. But if you are, and it suits you, then fair play to you Bro. It's your bass.

Shameless plug here, but I'm going to list a Marshall Jackhammer this evening. It would be £23 Inc post, if you're interested. Btw I am a fully paid up member.

[quote name='Twigman' timestamp='1444667145' post='2884923'] Feeler gauges work better than allen keys IMHO [/quote] Isn't this what this thread is about? I have feeler gauges, and would use them if I were setting up a bass for someone else, but I read this thread as being about "how accurate do you measure yours?"

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1444324499' post='2882292'] I wonder if anyone has tried a domestic iron on very low heat? might do the same as the oven trick? [/quote] I just did this just now. I put a towel on the floor, PG on the towel and an old shirt on top of that. I then ironed the PG through the shirt (any old cloth will do). The PG got all soft like plastacine and i then put a glass kitchen board on top of it and books on top of that, to keep it flat whilst cooling. My buckled PG is now flat. Job done and a custom PG is no longer on the shopping list.

Congrats on the New Old bass Day! I hope it lives up to the memory. It's also cool you've got chance for a "bonding activity". Good luck

Hi there, and welcome

True, but the best route is surely to replace the pots. After all, it's only £5-6 each and then it's "job done"

[quote name='hubrad' timestamp='1445005220' post='2888117'] Either that or make up some uneven washer, so they get pulled back into a straight aspect. [/quote] But if the shaft is bent, the pot-top will turn in an irregular wobble.

[quote name='markdavid' timestamp='1445002899' post='2888086'] Thanks, I have already taken the lugs off with pliers (the angle was worse originally) but the pots are still at a slight angle [/quote] it's possible then, that when tightening the pot on the PG the spindle of the pot has been bent. The answer is to change the pot.

Hey there E, Welcome to BC. It'll be interesting to hear your thoughts on stuff. See you around. Rich

Ade bought some leads from me. Nice simple, quick transaction. Would happily deal again. Many thanks Ade.

[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1444846517' post='2886697'] [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EKO-Camac-THRU-NECK-Bass-Guitar-MADE-IN-JAPAN-Matsumoku-/121786774342?hash=item1c5b0eb346"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item1c5b0eb346[/url] That looks a bit more like early Alembic neck throughs. Is it Matsumoku? It doesn't look it. I'm wondering if it's a bit more pizza than it is sushi. [/quote] The headstock looks convincing. I like it, but then I'm easily pleased. Shame about the "upgrade" to the pups.

[quote name='Number6' timestamp='1444832236' post='2886499'] I went to gig gear Harlow today. Superb customer service and they even commented on my Hawkwind t-shirt Will definitely use them again. 6 [/quote] Glad to be of help. Did the tuners work out?

[quote name='SubsonicSimpleton' timestamp='1444823568' post='2886361'] Personally if the P-pup sounded really good and the neck and body are well matched, I would dump the innards of the J-pup(to save a little weight and reduce magnetic pull on the strings) but remount the cover to act as a thumb rest and enjoy it as is - sometimes it's better not to try fixing something that isn't broken IMHO. [/quote] As someone who isn't a massive fan of the clank of the MM, this is an interesting view. Yesterday I picked up a seriously cool, almost mint condition Encore P in white, with the TR adjustment at the heel. I'm actually tempted to simply keep that and sell out some other basses that fall short of its sound in my estimation.

[quote name='SubsonicSimpleton' timestamp='1444741747' post='2885501'] What about the layout that Billy Sheehan used on his first P, and the subsequent Yamaha attitude signature basses - P in normal position, and a mudbucker(or similar) near the neck. [/quote] Thanks SS for the input. Actually, seeing the vid below, Billy Sheehan uses the mudbucker to bring the tone of his bass back down to a normal tone; from the thin tone it normally has. http://youtu.be/PIno_p20KGs The tone of this Encore is quite meaty. It's certainly not thin like a Yamaha, and Billy Sheehan's in particular. I may well go for the MM pup idea though.