Grangur

It looks good to me. The neck has some wear on the back from use, but that shows someone loved playing it. Also, I don't recon I've seen a cheap neck thats as fancy as that one. So I'd expect its good provided all IS what it appears to be.

I've been thinking about doing this too. I can see a possible disadvantage of the set up as I think in series mode you'd lose the ability to have both pots on full volume. Yet it would be interesting to try. [size=4]I can see how I would do it. I'd also wire it with a push/pull switch for the [/size][size=4]for the series-parallel on the [/size][size=4]tone pot . This would leave a neat configuration of the pots where you only have the blend and the tone/parallel-series-switch pots. [/size] Yes I can do it. I live north of London, but I will be coming near Redhill on 6th August as I'm going to be going to Southampton.

I've seen the Bass Gallery charge someone £30. So it's not "London Weighting" all over London. Playsomething in Bishops Stortford do it for a bargain sum of £100 with strings thrown in! Bargain! By the way, their guy is crap too.

I had this happen to mine. It was dust in the speaker. I took the small nozzle of the hoover and hovered the cone and all round the speaker. Just be careful not to poke too hard and damage any delicate parts.

Do you suppose "The Who" (such as they are now) would do a night without playing "My Generation"?

I've been using a BC100 for a while. Its solid and reliable but loud.. not a problem for you but for home use I never get it up above 25% of volume. The output is punchy so would cut through well. I cant see your location, but if you're in the south I might be able to get it to you to try. The built in effects effects are cool too, and can be controlled with a foot switch.

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1374494432' post='2149282'] Ha! If only you lived in Edinburgh! I'm away at the moment, but I will have a go when I return. I may just try first on another bass I don't care so much about. I have an old Squier Jazz with a few bumps on the back of its neck, so I'll try there first. You may get a PM or two if I get scared... or if it turns out so well and easy that I will just have to PM you to say thanks [/quote] Aghh damn! I'll just tell Mrs G to unpack the car... damn, damn, damn. I woz lookin' forward to a few days in your spare room too

You can also get it from resellers through Amazon for the same price.

I've been in the position of renting an "en-block" garage from the council. It's a world of difference between that and a nice warm, dry garage attached to your modern semi-detached house. If this is your situation you need to keep your gear off the ground, and covered to protect from falling water . Don't wrap it too tight in polythene, as you need it to breathe to avoid condensation. It would be better for the gear if you can hire space in one of the big store rooms, like "Big Yellow" or the like - more expensive though. Yet it may be affordable if mates (real mates) in the band have the same problem and you share it. Edit: [size=4]Oh yeah, and don't lean gear against the side/end walls in the en-block either... damp that way too.[/size]

[quote name='Bolo' timestamp='1374491959' post='2149231'] I think that is a ripped and rewritten version of the true event of Charlie Chaplin entering a CC lookalike contest and finishing third. 8th is really poor though! [/quote] Would Elvis' ego have allowed him to walk amongst the common folk?

[quote name='fleabag' timestamp='1374460322' post='2148979'] Nah, he can get the fees back easy enough. [/quote] Hmmmm... true.

Stand it on a packing crate - off of the ground. The danger is damp and that can come up as well as down.

Firstly: If a band uses session players to make recordings, then who's the real band anyway? So, if a fan of the band has only ever bought recordings and never seen them live, haven't they've only ever heard the session player? Secondly: [size=4][quote name='Adee' timestamp='1373356302' post='2136479'][/size] One of the guys on here CETERA playes in a KISS tribute band Dressed to Kill and they have played for various members including Gene Simmons and even played with some ex members on stage ! If there was an issue you'd expect Gene Simmons to be at the front of the que with his hand out : ) [/quote] When you come out of a "Dressed to Kill" gig, full of adrenalin and wanting to buy a recording, who does that money go to? Isn't it possible that Kiss have earned more from Dressed to Kill than Cetera has?

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1374186330' post='2146363'] How about dents on the back of an oil finished neck (MusicMan Stingray)... any danger? [/quote] That's really easy to fix. Do you mean "any danger of Grangur coming to the rescue?" If so, PM me.

[quote name='rk7' timestamp='1374215566' post='2146452'] I'm fairly sure we have departed from the original post here chaps. It was a simple request for advice on where to find some good theory information. RK [/quote] Too right chaps. Question answered. Now stop talking in the ranks. Go find another question to answer. Anyone would think this is an internet chat site! [size=4] [/size]

Hey![size=4][quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1374078384' post='2145073'][/size] I've done Grangur's damp cloth + iron (albeit a soldering iron) repair on a couple of natural finished guitars now and it really works. One of the repairs was on an MM neck and after I'd done it you could barely see it and certainly not feel it. Give it a go, go slowly, taking your time and I reckon you'll be surprised and pleased. JTUK makes a very valid point about it being a tool, if it still performs as required, then it's not the end of the world, just a dent (no pun intended) in its resale value. [/quote] You doubted my word!!!??? How could you?!?! I used to repair solid oak furniture. I've sweated dents out of all sorts of pieces of furniture. Not done many on basses yet , but I've just been lucky so far.

Surely, if you're playing along with your favourite track and you're trying to find the next right note; up or down, if you know scales then it will give you a better insight to where you should be looking. OK, it's not guaranteed[size=4], as not everything is played in a Major or Minor scale, but it's a start.[/size] FWIW I'm learning too and I think it can be off putting trying to play bass lines from recordings. For example, I've got a book of Red Hot Chillie Peppers, Stadium Arcadia. It's got a good CD with it too. It's cool. But can I replicate what Flea plays? Can I hell!! [size=4]So if trying to play Stadium Arcadia is the way to learn, then f*** this. I can't do it.[/size] [size=4]But I can play scales, modes and I'm playing other stuff and enjoying it..... Each to their own.[/size]

It has 1 bid. So someone made a bid. If it was himself, then it'd be stupid as it would cost him a hefty chunk in ebay fees.

I stand corrected. So I don't know what the reason for the improvement would be, but the difference was significant. So its not all on the mind.

[quote name='Ou7shined' timestamp='1373799353' post='2141652'] One would expect your certs to cover unexpected variables such as dry solder joints or even accidentally wiring the pups out of phase. You asked, and these to me seem more likely explanations than miracles. I guess this thread proves that there are bassists who have faith in faith and there are bassists who put stock in science... ergo bassists are human. QED [/quote] What I was trying to say here was that it's easy to think of a pot as being a variable resister (VR) and nothing more. So as a resister one would expect it will only resist the flow of current and the usual variations. The variation in a resister that one expects to find due to quality is that in the resistance value. Quality in sound would, therefore, not be expected. The fact with a pot that is easily over looked is that it's also a coil and as such we can expect that there will be inductance added to the circuit. This inductance can be increased or discouraged by the nature of the material that the resistance wire is formed around. If the inductance in the coil is increased so will the back EMF caused in the circuit by the inductance in the VR. So to answer the question; No, the phrase "a pot is just a pot" is not correct unless the wire is of the same gauge, same number of coils and the core is the same, etc, etc. From my own experience in buying pots in a music shop, the retailers are flummoxed enough when you start expressing a preference for any sort of quality, let alone asking "what's the material used in the core of this pot?" Edit - this is all based on my surmising of the situation and I've not worked in electronics for err... too long. So Ou7shined may be along in a mo' and tell me I'm wrong.

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1365981866' post='2046996'] Changed them from what to what though? Changing the values of a pot would make a difference, changing like for like wouldn't. [/quote] I've got certificates to tell me I know about electrics and electronics and I would agree with you totally... until I proved myself wrong. I upgraded a bass and bought some nice new 250K pots on EvilBay. With the new pups and bridge and stuff I didn't know what I was going to get. I plugged in and the sound was thin and metalic. OK, some would like it, but it's not my thing. I wire the Bartolini pups straight to the jack and found out what they sound like - totally different. I changed the pots to Fender brand 250K pots and the soul came back into the sound. Far deeper, good woody bass with growl. Ask me to explain and I can't. All I can say is I'm about to make the same investment on another bass to get the improvement again, but this time on a jazz.

Yes, I have it and will send it to you in a couple of days when I've finished watching it. (I fell asleep on the first watching) My bad there, it's not boring just my tiredness from work. I'll pm you

Yep, a quick tweek of the truss and the action is seriously low and no buzzes! I wouldn't describe it as quiet, but the tone is seriously low.. cool one. Many thanks