neepheid

Pen on the pickguard? Pah!

Directed at the thread in general, not the OP:

[quote name='Guinness21' timestamp='1420937320' post='2655374'] About bloody time! I HATE that bridge; part of the reason I'll be selling my epi t-bird at some point. Until looking just now, didn't realise how much had been change on the 2015 thunderbird. Like the new bridge, and the change of pickups is interesting. Even though I've just said I'll be selling my thunderbird, I'd be interested in getting one of these - if the price wasn't so high! Also, am I missing something with the switches? You have a volume control for each pickup, then the switches that activate/de-activate each pickup. How pointless is that?! It's adding an extra feature for the sake of it. [/quote] They're coil split switches, not on/off.

Epiphone Les Paul Standard which I augmented with EMG-HB pickups, an EMG-BQC 3 band EQ and a selector switch in the rightful place. The only bass I've ever regretted selling. Unsurprisingly, the guy I sold it to is very happy with it, but he is aware that I would buy it back in a heartbeat if it were to become available

I'm keen to give the new Babicz three point replacement a bash. My dislike for the three point bridge is pretty full on - recently I had the audacity to stretch the strings on my Gibson Midtown Standard and as I did one of the threaded inserts pulled out of the body a bit, chipping the finish as it did so. I managed to take it out, put it in again and it stayed down (because of not being put back exactly the same way it came out probably) but I was pretty annoyed.

[quote name='andy67' timestamp='1420800497' post='2653489'] It would take me around 8 months to save for a Fender and I'm pretty well paid. [/quote] I believe the argument was talking about raw salary, not saving up money. I trust "pretty well paid" means you are making more than [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]£1067 a month. So a new Fender will cost you less than a month's salary, instead of the 3-4 months' worth alluded to back in the day.[/font][/color]

[quote name='leftybassman392' timestamp='1420796081' post='2653425'] [pedantry] A circle of zero radius is mathematically equivalent to an infinitely small point, whatever the Flat Earth Society say. [/pedantry] [/quote] If you look back in the thread, I wondered whether or not the object would exist at all if its radius was zero. I think this is a place where mathematics and philosophy cross paths

My wife and I saw this in the cinema and we had the whole screen to ourselves, very surreal experience. Good documentary, enjoyed it.

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1420533134' post='2650258'] I have no idea what this means. Is this an auto correct error, or some sort of phrase I've never heard before? Are you enjoying braying like a donkey? If so, why? We must know! [/quote] hee haw == Scottish term for nothing. "Spare any change, mate?" "Sorry, I've got hee haw". http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hee+haw

[quote name='afterimage' timestamp='1420498375' post='2650124'] The package could not be delivered because of incorrect labelling Was ordered on 27 th Dec contacted thoman not heard anything for three days [/quote] In my opinion, people and companies should be given a bit of latitude in the time between Christmas and New Year. God knows I am doing hee haw and enjoying it.

Remove the knob (loosen grub screw, or pull it off (I find wrapping a cloth/t-shirt around the pot shaft under the knob and pulling up on the cloth effective)). If it's taken a bash and there's wood damage you've got a whole load more problems than can be explained in a simple post. If it's simply loose then find the appropriate sized spanner/socket. Open up the cavity, hold the body of the pot while you tighten the nut with the spanner/socket. If the pot's knackered due to the impact (you mentioned that it was working intermittently), it'll probably need replacing. Intermittent operation could indicate a wiring problem.

Can't help you much without measurements, but for EB/SG style pickup, Allparts doing this for £36 - http://www.allparts.uk.com/collections/pickups/products/humbucking-neck-pickup-for-gibson-bass After that, it's a DiMarzio Model One, a bit dearer at £60 plus postage - http://www.thomann.de/gb/dimarzio_dp120_model_one_bk.htm I have a Gibson TB+ under an EB/SG style cover plate which I might be willing to sell - I replaced the neck pickup of my Midtown Standard with a DiMarzio Model One. It might also fit under the cover you already have if the "pole pieces" line up - happy to get the ruler out to check.

Does there always have to be a ruthless dissection any time Later/Hootenanny is on the telly? Another way of looking at it is that it's far and away the least cringeworthy countdown to the bells on the television. I happily watched Hootenanny and at the bells I went outside my front door with a dram of Glenrothes and watched fireworks while being serenaded by the ships in the harbour tooting their horns. A splendid time was had by all.

In Gibson EB (2014) Gibson NR Thunderbird Gibson Midtown Standard Out Fender Starcaster G&L El Toro G&L Tribute M-2000 G&L Tribute L-2000 Gibson IV What I have learned I still really like Gibson basses, I do not care for short scale basses and as such am unlikely to buy one again, I miss my G&L basses and may have to acquire another in the future, Don't crash your car into a wall, writing it off and requiring you to sell basses you like.

Link's in my sig. Please take some time to listen/watch and if you like what you hear/see, a FB like would be awesome, thanks.

[quote name='cocco' timestamp='1419595059' post='2641100'] What a bass! I'm not normally a fan of active circuitry but the tritone system in this is different somehow, it still has that raw quality that I like no matter how its set. [/quote] That might have something to do with it being mostly passive. The EQ is passive cut only, and the active setting is merely a line boost, which was designed to boost the signal to allow longer cables to be used. There is treble boost, that's about the only trickery going on. Great basses, enjoy!

Does Pelham Blue count?

Cool, there is the potential for at least 21 more years bass service in me. I might even be competent by then

I'll be there to filth up the proceedings with my dubious taste in basses as per usual. Sorry. [size=1]Not sorry.[/size]

[quote name='karlfer' timestamp='1418903408' post='2634619'] I am and I will. That's the thing with these conversations though isn't it, yay and nay sayers and frankly unlikely much more than a few will change their mind [/quote] BC would be pretty content free if that weren't the case. I'm off to stare up the nose of someone who's looking down it at me for not taking a second bass to my gigs...

Let's say you could exactly copy the Heinz beans recipe, cook it yourself and can it - would it be right to put the Heinz beans label on the can? I can only speak for myself but I'd be so damn proud of myself that it'd be labelled as neepheid's super awesome mega baked beans, you can bet on that If you're comfortable with passing off a replica/tribute (however accurate and well made) as the genuine article, that's your call. I'm not, so I don't and I won't.

A decent year. 22 gigs played (by far my busiest year to date), and a couple of them were double gigs (playing with 2 different bands on the same night). Highlights - Playing Oxjam, 2 gigs in 2 different venues in one night, The Inevitable Teaspoons and FaR's first appearances at The Moorings Bar in Aberdeen (something of a local rite of passage), and playing in a couple of places (Edinburgh, Perth) for the first time. Did some recording, released an EP with FaR. Left FaR a couple of months ago to focus on the The Inevitable Teaspoons, because that's the band I'm writing with. Pleased with how my songwriting is going considering this is my first concerted effort to do so. 2 finished songs, 1 joint venture and 2 more in the pipeline along with various fragments which may become useful at some point. Next year I'd really like to get some recording done with the 'Spoons, write more songs and get more gigs, pretty much in that order of priority.

I sold my first bass. It's just stuff

Wish I could tell you - I was born a bass virtuoso. As a baby I would play the bass lying down, fretting notes with my toes as I lacked the arm span to be able to do it the regular way. Only kidding. As a beginner, I bought a bass because it looked pretty, puddled about with it infrequently for 5 years while being way more interested in how they work than how to actually play the damn things. Then my fiancee (now wife) basically dragged me up on stage to play bass in a ska/2 tone covers band hastily cobbled together for a birthday party. Only 3 rehearsals before, 1 on the afternoon before the gig. Talk about doing your homework on the school bus on the way in. Got stuck into being in bands after that, which taught me a lot, playing alongside people you respect and feel know a bit more than you really raises your game. Had setbacks of course - nearly jacked it all in when someone way better than me had a shot of my bass for the first time. Definite turning point for me was having some lessons. It put names and gave reason to the things I did and didn't know why I did them. Tightened up technique. Since then, I think I'm nae bad on bass and I've started songwriting in the last year, which I'm pleased to say I think is going well.