neepheid

Someone gets bad service, they tell ten friends, who in turn tell ten of their friends etc. This is just a speeded up version. I had months of rotten service from Orange broadband and you bet your backside I've been telling anyone who'll listen how godawfully inept they are. Oh look, I've just done it on an internet forum. Now I've gone and done it.

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='1196364' date='Apr 11 2011, 11:09 PM']Who is this masked "luthier" going around "professionally" relicing basses for these eBay fools?[/quote] Fixed

What's with all the headless conversions of late? I assure you that the Epiphone EB-3 has a truss rod. Have a look behind the plastic cover on the headstock. With enough ingenuity any bass can be made headless.

[quote name='Bassassin' post='1194221' date='Apr 10 2011, 01:14 AM']Blandness? [i]Characterless??[/i] Actually - apart from the freakshow stuff, I do agree, about modern ones particularly. Very competent, consistently well-made, the budget ranges are excellent for the money - but they do lack something. Absolutely love my SBV, though. Jon.[/quote] Huh, nothing but a bunch of copies, facsimiles if you will.

It's a(nother) misstep for me from Gibson. Basically it now looks like a short scale enlarged in all directions. I like the menace of the long Gibson necks, it's most definitely a bass and it's most definitely long scale. Also 20 frets? Come on Gibson - Leo realised that 21 was the way to go from the Stingray onwards. You put 22 on my Epiphone Les Paul bass. What are you thinking? At least they've retained the selector switch, which seems to have come and gone over the years. The only good thing is the bridge - it looks like they've finally found the one they should have used all along for all Les Paul type basses

[quote name='Batfastard' post='1189452' date='Apr 5 2011, 06:40 PM']I want one of these. Any progress from your last post?[/quote] Mitre box arrived yesterday, I'm getting rid of a table out of my shed tomorrow night so I can put my Workmate somewhere and get back to work.

[quote name='TheGreek' post='1188056' date='Apr 4 2011, 06:05 PM']The only positive experience I've had from selling/trying to sell on this site is that Pantherairsoft bought my Ashbory. (nice one!!)[/quote] The [i]only [/i]positive experience? What displeased you about our transaction?

If that doesn't come up trumps, I definitely have a bag full of those little tuner screws.

I use my Tribute L-2000 with no effects. Just a tuner pedal. It's a damn fine sounding bass as it is (as you have recently (re)found out).

I am terrible about values. The market's so flat just now. I wouldn't be surprised if it still realises a four figure sum, but beyond that I couldn't tell you.

At the risk of boring people (as I may have mentioned this before), I have a 1978 Gibson G-3. Three single coil pickups. Volume, tone and 3 way selector which does neck/middle, all three and middle/bridge respectively. Like: the basic tone (particularly low down), the looks, the chunky neck, the fact that it's not a Fender. Dislike: only 20 frets, pearl dots on a maple board are very hard to see, neck dive if you don't use a grippy strap (fine with), limited variation considering there's three pickups on offer. Also had a Danelectro Hodad. Three single coil lipstick pickups. Full seven way switching and concentric vol/tone. Like: the flexibility of tones (although I have to say that the individual pickups are a bit weak on their own - I usually used one of the double combinations or all three), light (semi hollow), nice neck, the fact that it's not a Fender. Dislike: only 20 frets, neck dive impossible to avoid because of light body, all or nothing tone pot. When it comes to three pickups having an impact upon sustain, you have to balance out that these are single coil pickups, so probably less magnetism going around per unit. I haven't thought about it much though, because note sustain isn't something that concerns me a great deal. As long as the notes aren't decaying like a 70s Alfa then I'm happy

[quote name='fryer' post='1178835' date='Mar 27 2011, 09:42 PM']How are you going to get access to the tuners ?[/quote] I'm going to recess, but I'm not going to outright cut out the wood in order to preserve the T-bird shape as much as possible.

I don't see any reason why not.

Just to clear this up - the high mass version is the 201, the more vintage styled one is the 203:

[quote name='Count Bassie' post='1177150' date='Mar 26 2011, 12:45 PM']Then it looks like a plan to me. Pretty cool- although I've historically eschewed headless basses, I think this one looks pretty cool. I'm staying tuned in... You have some good jig-resources for that headstock fillet cut', I guess? Pretty precise cut.[/quote] I intend to use a mitre box to make the vertical cut and then use a flush cutting saw to cut parallel to the headstock face.

[quote name='Count Bassie' post='1176814' date='Mar 26 2011, 02:21 AM']That looks pretty reasonable to me. As long as the truss rod isn't an issue, or you can get your cut around it. That's the adjusting end, right?[/quote] Nah, I have lucked out and obtained one which adjusts at the heel, so this procedure will hopefully not cause any problems in that regard.

I have the neck now and I'm scheming about how to move forwards. This is the plan: 1) cut out the fillet from the end of the fingerboard to the face of the headstock: 2) glue in a piece of maple: 3) trim to match the shape of the headless hardware and fit. Does that seem reasonable?

[quote name='voxpop' post='1174176' date='Mar 24 2011, 07:15 AM']It might be the real deal but the seller won't take paypal. If anything goes wrong you will have no protection. We all moan about eBay, and that includes me, but paypal can be a good thing when buying goods that might be fake.[/quote] If they are selling it on eBay then they are obliged to accept paypal. eBay's playground - eBay's rules.

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='1174555' date='Mar 24 2011, 01:13 PM']The concept of a backup bass is good and if it works for you then fine but [b]the implication that you are not doing all you can by not taking a backup is IMO not so good.[/b][/quote] I find it rather arrogant, quite "holier-than-thou" if I'm being brutally honest. Yes, I have been sitting on my hands, but they worked free - sorry.

I have never felt the need to take a backup bass. I look after my gear and take spare strings and batteries. I play pretty small gigs - if I waltzed in with two basses I think everyone would think I was an arrogant show off.

Ian sent me a bass project recently, well packaged, good comms, no problems here

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='1172980' date='Mar 23 2011, 09:43 AM']I'm not looking to start a fight, but this scheme is just another way of getting into debt, isn't it? Nine months interest-free credit is fine, so long as you can keep up with the repayments. There's no shortage of car dealers who'll offer you similar terms if it means that you buy a car you can't afford. If you can afford nine months of instalment payments, then you can afford to save up for nine months and never need to take on the debt in the first place. Am I missing something?[/quote] There is nothing wrong with going into a credit agreement with your eyes open, knowing how much it will cost a month and sticking to it.

As far as I'm aware, there is no long scale Longhorn. Long scale options for Danelectro are the DC, the Hodad and the '63.

[quote name='Jondeeman' post='1170472' date='Mar 21 2011, 11:07 AM']I'd seen the GB-10, but there don't seem to be many reviews around. It's only around 20 quid more than a MP-BT1... and now I'm not sure if it's worth the difference - dilemmas!!!!!![/quote] If I had the choice at the time knowing what I know now then the new one is worth the extra simply for the ability to use a footswitch to start/stop playback. It's a bit of a scramble to get back in position after pressing play with your finger

[quote name='gary mac' post='1169635' date='Mar 20 2011, 04:17 PM']I was starting to think that maybe I wouldn't bother, but seeing your P bass Neepheid has made me all determined again. You're right it does look better, the little ones to me just look and feel all wrong. So what method did you use to enlarge the holes and get everything lined up?[/quote] I used a drill press with the appropriately sized drill bit.