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[quote name='Si600' timestamp='1376912925' post='2180656'] Is the neck glued on? [/quote] Yup, Ripper has a set neck.

Between those three? The Schaller (specifically the 3D). I have one on my Gibson IV. Adjustment every which way you want and not obtrusive in design with nicely rounded off edges.

Is this still rumbling along? I can't abide threads like this. Apart from the irrelevance (only vaguely aware of the brand and the guy and will never buy one of his basses so basically I don't care) it's 17 pages (and counting) of cyclic argument and reminds me of just about every thread on TB. Too long and too full of puffed up opinionated antagonism.

And as if his ears were burning, Rich sent me some pics He'll have made it much smoother, and sprayed some sealer on it. Grain's popping out nicely

I don't know the answer to your question but I can help narrow it down. It isn't in Aberdeen.

[quote name='Andyjr1515' timestamp='1376811684' post='2179266'] I don't know this switch, but I think the normal config would have the bridge hot at 3 and bridge ground at 4. This should avoid the bridge signal cancelling out the neck signal in the middle switch position. [/quote] It's the way round for my pickups that avoids phase cancellation. It works in my bass. I had it round the way you describe and the sound was fine on each pickup individually but thin and weedy together. Of course this is based on me assuming that the ground wires in my bass are the braid in the case of the neck pickup and black (as opposed to red) in the case of the bridge. Fair assumptions, I'm sure you'll agree, but maybe I got that wrong. If my terminology is wrong as a consequence of this assumption based upon wire colours then I apologise. Your situation may differ but it's a 50/50 shot and not difficult to remedy. You wire them up the way you think they should be. If it's thin and weedy sounding with both pickups engaged but fine individually, swap one of 'em. The OP's issue of no sound when the switch is centred is a different issue altogether. Even wired up out of phase there would be something.

[quote name='Greggo' timestamp='1376780599' post='2179155'] Managed to wire this in as per diagram and both pickups work individually but silent on middle position any ideas? Have reverses wires of one of the pickups but no joy still. Don't know if it makes a difference but on mine there is a wire coming from top of volume pot (assume this is a ground) which I've wired to the position 4 on diagram. Thanks [/quote] Extra ground wire shouldn't matter. I guess I've been a bit lax in not earthing my pickups but it works for me without it - maybe I got lucky. Maybe I'll put that wire in now Check the switch in each position with a multimeter to see if you get the results you expect. Can't think of any other reason why the pickups would work individually but not collectively off the top of my head.

[quote name='Toasted' timestamp='1376405160' post='2173456'] We need progress. [/quote] I need funds. Got a pickup to get cloned. Plus the body/neck is away getting refinished. You'll get news about that when I get news about that, promise I suppose I could decide how I'm mounting this choke.

Gah, that's annoying. Axesrus have the physical size of pot you require, but don't do a 10K lin, 25K is the lowest they go. You could ask them where they get theirs, or if they could obtain a 10K one?

Sunburst is OK. I don't have any strong preference either way for it. When it's done right on the right instrument it looks great - difficult to put my finger on it. I don't own any sunburst instruments, but that's just the way it's gone down. Got a G&L Tribute L-2000 in Blueburst, that's nice. Time for an audit - 3 black, 2 gold (or at least gold top), 1 CAR, 1 white, 2 natural, 1 blueburst, and one soon to be cherry red translucent. I guess I have pretty simple tastes. Black, gold, red, white, blue and natural. No purple frosts, Inverness greens or shell pinks here, sorry.

I tried one in a shop a few weeks back. Not impressed. Anything above about the 15th fret is completely off limits (some might say that's a good point ) - there's no attempt to contour the cutaway - it is literally an upside down body, so your hand is presented with a wall of wood beyond which you can't even stretch over. Even on the Thunderbird the wings are thinner than the central block of the body so there's a bit less wood to get your hand to stretch/lean over. Sound was meh, heard it before, it was merely perfunctory, didn't grab me at all. I wasn't put through the best of amps to be fair, but when the input signal is good, the character will show through. My Gibson Victory Artist managed to sound authoritative and meaty through my old 30W Laney practice amp, so there you go. I thought the reverse Jag sounded ordinary, very little character to the sound. Basically, it's a lefty Jaguar bass ruined as far as I'm concerned. The Cabronita P I bought later that day absolutely destroyed it for sound and playability.

It's 11 o' clock...

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1376512431' post='2175380'] Oof, that's your cover blown, old chap. How does it feel knowing that one in 11 people walk past you muttering to anyone who'll listen, 'look at that muppet, he should have got an Alleva Coppolo'? [/quote] Bzzt, wrong, I'm a bass player - no-one notices me unless they need a 9V battery or a tool kit

I only have rational dislikes.

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1376511307' post='2175334'] All music company merchandise, caps, t-shirts, polo shirts god forbid. All that horrible wearable sh*t. I mean WHO the f*** would be seen in a Warwick baseball cap? (I have one somewhere) A Hartke tee-shirt? An Alleva-Coppolo skirt? [/quote] I regularly go about in a Gibson T-shirt. Why? Up yours, that's why

[quote name='munkonthehill' timestamp='1376482205' post='2174507'] CNC?? [/quote] Computer Numerical Control - the clever machines that roughly cut out the body instead of humans. Rich was probably referring specifically to the oversized hole for the neck pickup and the little round hole for stashing your stash under the pickguard

[quote name='BurritoBass' timestamp='1374487210' post='2149156'] I kept my original amp out in the garage for years with no problem - it electrocuted the guy I sold it too but certainly no problem for me! [/quote] So, he's dead then?

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1376329328' post='2172239'] He put his business up for sale a while back, you could put your money where your mouth is and take over, do it your way. While you are at it you could get higher end woods, and better finishing, and hardware. Then you can have fun competing with every other luthier in the world. [/quote] Why in hell would I do that? Get off your high horse. I made one suggestion which would certainly improve things from my point of view while not in any way changing anything else about the instruments (the holes look pretty straight in the picture above, so it is possible). Now it seems I'm not entitled to an opinion without having to buy his company, redesign his basses or prove my ability to drill holes straight? Riiiiight then. If you want to continue this pettiness then be my guest, but there will be no further communication from me on this matter. I am done here.

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1376328086' post='2172217'] Not a great assumption. Individual custom work interrupting batched jobs costs quite a lot more. [/quote] I'd hardly call it individual custom work - he's drilling the holes anyway. I'm suggesting an alteration which would improve his entire "batched job", probably cost only a little more in terms of time and make things look so much better. It's called measuring and drilling accurately.

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss...

[quote name='dlloyd' timestamp='1375882545' post='2166869'] Now why did they also name the sub-Squier Affinity range "Starcaster"? [/quote] I was always well aware of the origins of the Starcaster name, so this misappropriation always irritated me. Time to reclaim the name!

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1376090944' post='2169761'] Thing is, cost way more than £50 to get a handmade bass with that kind of attention to detail. I just sent him a bridge, no holes that way. [/quote] That's not what I meant (or said). To expand upon my initial point I would give him an extra $50 on top of the actual price if he would use a bloody ruler and a drill press instead of just guessing and hoping for the best. I presumed that $50 would cover the extra 30 minutes or so that this individual piece of extra care and attention would take.

Just popped Attack of the Grey Lantern on the Spotify, because I forgot everything except Wide Open Space. Digging it (again) so far. Cheers for the reminder

One thing that has always bugged me about these instruments is the absolute lack of care and attention put into drilling the holes for the through body stringing. They're all over the place. I'd happily pay $50 more for him to take his time over this bit - it's absolutely infuriating to me.