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Only one drink before I go up. Tried two once and didn't feel like I was on top form, so I haven't done it since. Last gig I played I didn't have anything, had a late night three hour drive afterwards and didn't think it wise.

[quote name='alyctes' timestamp='1358605434' post='1942079'] Is that the one I gave to Roland Rock? I'd be pleased to know it's back together, and glad someone could do something with it. [/quote] Yeah, it's back in service, here are some pics: http://basschat.co.uk/topic/105826-yamaha-appreciation-thread/page__view__findpost__p__1836568 It's even better now, it's got the proper tuners and knobs on it.

Don't see any reason why not. If you do it his way with the alligator clips you can test it without changing anything on your bass to see if it does anything useful

[quote name='GreeneKing' timestamp='1358539499' post='1941241'] I'm really not trying to show off Thanks re the special order info. Mine must have been suplus. I paid the usual price. A 2025 with ebony? [/quote] Is it coming to Moffat? Would be nice to try another BB, never tried one of the top models. I will have one with me from the impoverished (and undead) side of the family, a resurrected BB450

Sorry? Another lazy oaf takes the easy way with no pride in how they stagger through life and people are like "get over it", and "there are more important things to worry about than this" - sorry, but is the continued erosion of morals, manners, respect and consideration towards one's fellow human beings not a highly important issue? Things like this keep getting let go, but it's just contributing to a decline into savagery. Not worth fightning for? I'd say a just, civilised and morally upright society IS worth fighting for, and ripping off someone's intellectual property without so much as a "mind if I use your pics, chief?" is just another microscopic step in the wrong direction. It's not just a first world problem, it's a whole world problem. Completely 100% behind the OP. I don't mind people using my stuff, but I do mind if they just take it.

[quote name='Shockwave' timestamp='1358443643' post='1939333'] Already on this a few days ago and its close to me for pickup Outta the way everyone! I have put a fairly high bid on it. [/quote] Successful?

[quote name='lettsguitars' timestamp='1358456224' post='1939676'] I would say that that is a pretty decent old bass and has probably never had any adjustment judging by the state of the original truss cover etc. Probabl all it needs is tightening up mate. [/quote] Someone's had a look at least once - TRC is upside down

[quote name='mc2' timestamp='1358413134' post='1938568'] WOW....a TON of misinformation here. [/quote] Yes, and your opinions being presented as fact isn't helping.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/110998384416 Ends tonight, price at the moment is pretty good.

As an additional side note: if you get a weak, thin sounding result with both pickups turned up then you need to reverse the connection of one of them (the hot and the earth). It's a 50/50 shot, I got it wrong with my Yamaha BB450. Reversed the bridge pickup, and then it was sorted.

Have you tried adjusting the pickup heights?

[quote name='Les' timestamp='1357942584' post='1931015'] What's different apart from the pickup ? [/quote] Tug bar, truss rod adjustment at headstock instead of heel, slightly different decal (missing the contour body thing at the end).

[quote name='bigsmokebass' timestamp='1358126432' post='1933667'] PS: Neep, if big ears aren't doing you any good ill happily take your poor RD for my LP [/quote] Heh, nice try but the RD has the Gibson branded Schaller BMs and they're fine by me, just don't like those Grovers

[quote name='bigsmokebass' timestamp='1358124192' post='1933655'] if they switched those Gotoh tuners for the Schaller's i may have considered it. [sub]i've had my days of 2+2 headstocks and little plastic rings snapping or replacing tuners ("(-.-)[/sub] [/quote] Heh, another point where opinion is divided, I happen to like the mini buttons, I think the latest issue full size Grovers look like the kind of giant ears that kids at school get grief from their peers for Gibson don't seem to want to use Schaller anymore, BMs stick out a little less than the Grovers.

Giant Steps is my second favourite Boo Radleys album.

Matthew Norrie, Aberdeen, Aberdeen (Aberdeen is its own council area. A lot of people put Aberdeenshire. This is technically incorrect )

[quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1358046563' post='1932386'] I think I'd still take the Jackson, if just to avoid the 3-point bridge. The one I'm looking at is the 2013 EB, but in the smoked sunburst - which has yet to arrive on these shores, also. [/quote] The three point bridge is easily worked around. There will be a Hipshot Supertone on every flat top three point wearing Gibson I ever own The EB eh? Dunno where I stand on it. Nice to see them try something new, but I'm not sure I like the looks. I am warming to the idea of the G-3 reissue, but would have a 5ply bwbwb pickguard made, single ply looks cheap and not quite right, to me at least.

I'm up for it, should it make it all the way up to Aberdeen

Barrel jacks go bad. There isn't really a fix to them, being all enclosed. You can get a suitable replacement from Maplin (Maplin code N39GB, Neutrik NYS2203) for £2.99. You have to cut off the cable grip bit, and make sure you solder the wires back in exactly the same order as before, or else the battery will drain constantly and you'll be replacing it every month or so regardless of how much you use it.

Was it wise to make it the same day as the Moffat bash? I do entertain ideas of attending other bashes and this one is probably the second nearest one to Aberdeen, but it's no much use if they're going to clash. I'm good, but I'm not two places at once good

It would be nice to have a definitive essay on the subject, although if the mystery and speculation were squashed then there might be a reduction in threads and replies on here