Grangur

I recon he should go get a better wife. End of

As Milty says it could be the battery if it's got active electrics. This can be flat on a new bass too. Was this bass bought as new? If so, I'd call the seller and ask them to deal with it before you get too deep into checking the wiring. Try connecting it all and turn the gain/volume up and touch a metal object to the pup. Do you get a "click" noise as it touches?

[quote name='SteveO' timestamp='1367244882' post='2063058'] Don't people use sibelius/ finale etc to prepare scores these days? Shifting the part up an octave is all of 30 seconds work. Mention it to the md, it's in his interest to give you something you can read easily. [/quote] Another option is Musescore ([url="http://www.musescore.org"]www.musescore.org[/url]) this is similar and is free But re-typing the whole of the score for a show could be one hell of a task if you're working on a 5 night run of a show.

[quote name='Dave Vader' timestamp='1367236558' post='2062891'] You just wait for that JLS reunion in 2063, I'm booking my tickets now.... [/quote] Yeah... just like the Beach Boys 50th Anniversary. So they re-unite to do this? Isn't this like me and the Ex-Mrs G getting back together in another 26 years to celebrate our 50th of being not-together?

[quote name='Jazzneck' timestamp='1367219212' post='2062568'] Morning all - no problems musically, personally, etc. other than it seems to me that Auntie, yet again, selects and reports to its target audience a tale with limited information and not the full story. That's all........ [/quote] I think you'll find the answer to this will all come clear to you if you imagine for 5 mins that you're a BBC journalist in the Newsbeat dept and you're watching Ms Sande's sats. You see here numbers are going down this week, next week it could be too late. Sande will be out of the top 30 and it's old hat. (Assumed, I can't be arsed to look) You're thinking "there HAS to be a stroy here somewhere? Then I can get my name on the website." So you look at it all in anyway you can to find how she's broken some record or other so you can get your name on the Web. I think you'll find this is what Adina Campbell has done and this is what we pay her to do... Money wasted? Quite possibly.

Hey Mike! That looks a really beautiful piece of work. You look very justifiably proud. On the matter of the finish, if its had nitro on it, you can sand it and nitro it some more, but don't oil it. Oil needs to soak into the wood. It won't penetrate nitro, so it'll only sit on the surface as an oil-slick. If you sand and oil it now, the bear wood will soak up the oil and it'll look patchy and weird with the oil/nitro patches... so PLEASE don't put any oil on it. Once it's got a good coat of nitro you can bees-wax it. On a side note: DON'T EVER use Pledge, Mr Sheen or any other spray polish. I hope this is helpful. Cheers Rich

This one's not portable in the sense that you can use it on the bus, or in Tesco. But I don't supose you do that with your bass much either. If, however, you need a metronome anywhere you have access to a PC then here's one: [url="http://www.studybass.com/tools/online-metronome/"]http://www.studybass...line-metronome/[/url] On the other hand, I use a Korg TM-40 tuner and metronome: [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Korg-Metronome-Tuner-Combo-Folding/dp/B003J5DEQA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1367097110&sr=8-2&keywords=korg+tm+40"]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Korg-Metronome-Tuner-Combo-Folding/dp/B003J5DEQA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1367097110&sr=8-2&keywords=korg+tm+40[/url] (Other retailers are also available)

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1367073730' post='2060980'] Details??? How much did it cost?? website?? sounds better that 2 weeks on some crappy Spanish beach - though probably not if you have a Ptr and kids.. [/quote] +1 And pics of the new bass would be good too Please?

Zenitram, you can sand through the paint, but as John says, you'd need a primer to be sure it's going to give a good flat finish. John's also probably right about the choice of supplier. I've see appliances go an interesting patchy yellow after a time. So why not avoid the risk and go for a cool metallic purple/blue/whatever from day 1? Another thought... if you make a cheap dummy neck and screw this into the pocket, you can clamp this into the jaws of a "covered" workmate/clamp and spray both sides without having to turn it. so you'd reduce the time of the process.

Zenitram, you asked: [i]...I was wondering if it might work on these bodies[/i]. No reason why not. Take your time rubbing down before hand. Use medium grain sandpaper to start and then finish with some really fine grain paper. 320 grain will be ok to finsh. Don't even think of spraying until the body is seriouly clean and smooth. Dust off the body with a CLEAN cloth (no grease). DON'T rub down in the same place as you're going to spray. Rubbing down makes dust. You don't want dust in your spraying area. Spraying: Find a nice clean space to work in. While i think of it.... while spraying VENTILLATE the room! Don't die in the fumes and don't smoke!! Take your time in the spraying, don't rush. Spray in a light-even mist with the can at a distance of about 500mm, so the jet isn't too intense. Spray with smooth, even strokes, side to side. When you get to the end of each stroke go past the edge of the bass body before you change direction. The reason for this is because if you stop and change direction over the surface, the point at which you do this will get too much paint. This way runs happen - bad news.. start over. Prepare yourself to do loads of thin coats. When finished you may find you've got small nibby-bits in the surface. You can remove these when it's dry by rubbing over with your hand, or rubbing over with the BACK of the sandpaper. If in doubt; use fine sand paper (as fine as you can find to buy) and, maybe re-spray and hope for better next time. But don't lose sight of the fact that it's the lacquer that will leave the shine. SMOOTHE even paint finish is what you're after. [i]I imagine it'd need lacquer or something on top to finish it.[/i] Yes, probably. Use Nitrocelulose lacquer. This is the stuff [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nitrocellulose-Lacquer-Aerosol-Clear-GLOSS/dp/B007VBCLS0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1367050779&sr=8-1&keywords=nitrocellulose+lacquer"]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nitrocellulose-Lacquer-Aerosol-Clear-GLOSS/dp/B007VBCLS0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1367050779&sr=8-1&keywords=nitrocellulose+lacquer[/url] When doing this try to do it in a clean environment. A bare, well cleaned room with no carpet and no windows and loads of extraction fans is ideal... but you won't have this luxury. [i]What do you think?[/i] Bass is cool and I'd like to have the opportunity to do these for myself too. [i]Is there any reason it won't work? [/i] Yes, if you're a plonker and you rush it. [i]Or any reason it will work?[/i] Err.. you read and followed these points? [i]Stupid idea? Will my basses look like shiny new washing machines afterwards? [/i] White's not to my taste, but hey! They're yours and with a cool pickguard and stuff, who knows. Post pics of them before, after, durring etc. I'd like to see them.

[quote name='MB1' timestamp='1366983973' post='2059887'] 'Grangur' LOL she paid me £280 MB1. ...Acorn Antiques? [/quote] [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251256504208?ssPageName=STRK:MESOX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1561.l2649"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251256504208?ssPageName=STRK:MESOX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1561.l2649[/url]

[quote name='MB1' timestamp='1366982546' post='2059867'] 'Grangur' I've got some tenners here. I was given them by Victoria Wood in payment for a bass (no joke).. So how much do you recon they're worth? MB1. How many? [/quote] LOL she paid me £280

I've got some tenners here. I was given them by Victoria Wood in payment for a bass (no joke).. So how much do you recon they're worth?

Without provenance it's simply an old amp. If you were to buy it and come to sell it on, who's going to believe you?

Only about a week back I sold a bass on Ebay to someone in Hampstead, London. Not being too far away I delivered and who should answer the door... ? Victoria Wood, actually it was her son Henry who'd bought it, but Victoria paid me. Does this count?

Damn! A rare event like that and I missed it!!!

I've been looking at this "T" handle one and thought it'd be good for the truss rod. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/130564383873?_trksid=p5197.c0.m619"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/130564383873?_trksid=p5197.c0.m619[/url] ... btw it's my birthday soon. If anyone wants any ideas

As with all things it's worth whatever someone will pay. I bought one on Ebay about 6 months back. Corvette 2005, German made, never played, ash body, mint condition. £395.. I sold it 2-3 weeks later in a trade in to a retailer, who's still got it up for sale at £1099.. (Dream on) The finnish quality will make a lot of difference. Why not post pics and we can give a view on it?

So, it sounds to me the vast majority are happy. As for the others; introducing a charge for something that's been FOC for a long time is going to hrow up some moaners. My guess is it's probably members who don't contribute anything much other than stuff they're selling. It's also unfortunate that on other sites, if you don't sell you don't have a charge. But on BC, you don't have the mechanism for only charging if it sells and it would cost too much to set it up. But hey, when I was a kid the only option you had was placing a classified ad in the paper. That cost £5-10 then for a one-off ad, and if it didn't sell it was tough luck. You dropped the price and paid again for another week. We get a lot for what we pay (in my case nothing so far). Thanks for a great site.

Having got used to the Shuker and the bb2004 will you ever pick up the Rockbass without feeling it's not really at the level you're used to? If you have 2 already how much do you need the Rockbass as a spare?

I've played/tried a few Ibbys. Never known one to neck dive. They're not heavy and they all seem to have a slim, fast neck. Never known a duff one. Go on your travels and try some. I'm sure you'll find one that ticks the boxes.

Bought 3 books from Mike. He's a good guy to deal with. Delivery was as fast as one can imagine "Her Majesty's Best" can be expected to do the business. Would be happy to buy from him again anytime.

First I should say I'm no musical expert, but I know when I like something. I salute your bravery to you openning your soul to comments from the "great unwashed". I've listened a couple of times with Mrs G. We like the sound/tone of the track. You've got a good sounding vocalist and band there. I like a ballad and this starts off sounding like a ballad. After the intro the track builds as if it's going into a rocky chorus, but nothing happend. It stayed on the same level. A bit more of a "kick" from the drums and bass would have been good. Lifting it also could have changed the vocals a bit too and given some light and shade. It didn't do that, it carried on in the same maner. So we carried on listening and to me and the Mrs G it stayed sounding "nice" but we didn't really notice the verses and the chorus happening. Sorry to say this, but if we were in a pub this would be like nice acoustic wall paper. I recon if you can bring a change in tempo to the chorus and have the verses in the nice mellow tune you have, it would grab our attention more and we might get the message you're trying to make in the lyrics; which as it was Mr & Mrs G here failed to get. As for the lyrics.... there's a phrase that's banded about in many things: "KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid". No offence meant here, its a phrase that means keep the words simple so we latch onto a clear comon refrain. We then start to sing that bit with you and the more we start to feel we can sing it, the more we buy into your message - selling records Thanks for the chance to hear your work. We truely enjoyed it and it's a really great start to your writing and performing. We too look forward to hearing more from you.