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Have you tried taking the last one to bits? Can you reverse it?

[quote name='ead' post='1114888' date='Feb 4 2011, 08:01 AM']Thanks people. I'm not clear about what a coil tap is and does so would welcome some help there. Also what do you gain from an active/passive option? I have a couple of passive instruments and one active (Spector PJ) bass, but as they all have different pickup combinations it's not easy to make a direct comparison.[/quote] Coil tap is when one of the coils of a humbucker is taken out of the circuit, meaning you're left with a "single coil" pickup. Usually done via a switch or push/pull potentiometer.

Surely the off-chance that Leo might have breathed on it is worth double that! Joking aside, seems a little steep considering that's an auction start price.

Oh, not this guy again! I've reported him before - asking for extortionate amounts for international postage unless you use "commercial wire payment" which is against eBay rules but they don't want to know as long as they get their fees.

2010 In Tokai Thunderbird 1981 Gibson Victory Artist Ibanez AEB-10E acoustic Italia Maranello Z 2010 Out Traben Chaos Attack Tokai Thunderbird Ibanez AEB-10E acoustic Italia Maranello Z Four in, and most of them out again. Ahh, experimentation.

[quote name='mez6d657a' post='1112194' date='Feb 2 2011, 12:03 PM']It's been well over a year since I played with a band, and I've really lost touch with live music in general. Getting involved here is hopefully the first step towards rectifying that .[/quote] Hmm, the first step towards bankruptcy perhaps Welcome

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='1111400' date='Feb 1 2011, 06:23 PM']Time for a quick update as I'm nearing completion. ... Is that a light at the end of the tunnel I see ? [/quote] Looking good man. Don't go towards the light!

[quote name='civictiger' post='1111229' date='Feb 1 2011, 04:38 PM']I've also just tried pressing down REALLY hard past the nut, so that an A# is produced and this solves the problem, whereas tuning the string to A# does not.. So im thinking the string needs more tension, possibly?[/quote] Sounds like the A string hasn't been wound far enough down the post, producing the problem because of the shallow break angle over the nut?

Link broken - try [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140507380497"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=140507380497[/url]

They look shiny (if you keep them clean) and are highly resistant to breaking.

[quote name='Hot Tub' post='1111006' date='Feb 1 2011, 02:04 PM']I probably know the answer to this, but is there any way to expand the memory on these bass trainers? Mine is full but I've got another dozen or so songs that I want to add, and there'll be tons more as time goes on.... [/quote] No, they're fixed. Its replacement the GB-10 uses SD cards. Your only hope would be to crack it open and see if there is some replaceable memory module inside it, but I doubt it. Other than that, you'll just have to have a clear out.

Well, that's the difference. If playing bass is your job then you can't really afford to turn your nose up at jobs you might perceive to be uninteresting or not enjoyable. Everyone who has a job gets tasks like these from time to time. I think it's a better sign of integrity that you are able to do your best at a task you might not necessarily relish. Artistic "integrity" is just another word for snobbery in my book and an excuse to for people to look down their noses at someone who is doing something that they can't or wouldn't. That doesn't make it wrong!

I only tried the first bass I bought because that was in a shop. I've bought "unseen" ever since, because I haven't got a choice. There's damn all interesting up here in 'doom and I don't see that changing any time soon. The two music shops try to be all things to all people, and by all people the pecking order is guitarists, keyboard players, drummers, bassists. There's one bass for every four guitars. I buy them, I keep them if I like them and I sell them on if I don't. I always buy second hand as that minimises the losses.

They most certainly are not the same. A '51 P is nothing like a '57 or a '65 or a '78 or a 2010. Subtle evolutions happen throughout the production run of many basses, like when Gibson changed the body wood of Rippers from maple to alder then back to maple. Of course, the older a bass is, the betterer it is

This thread has made me listen to them on Spotify most of the morning - nice one

Sold an Italia Maranello Z to a very excitable lass in Bradford through Preloved. No problems. It's just another Gumtree/classified ads site and all the usual caveats should apply. Any issues will be with the people you're dealing with rather than the site.

[quote name='blunderthumbs' post='1104882' date='Jan 27 2011, 11:40 AM']To anybody who can help. I have an Ashdown ABM 500w 2x10 combo, The input gain control is quite scratchy when using Can anybody advise me what to spray into it to quieten it down. I did think a short blast of WD-40 might do the trick. Any ideas ?? thanks[/quote] Servisol Super 10 or equivalent switch/contact cleaner.

[quote name='tom1946' post='1103972' date='Jan 26 2011, 04:32 PM']What have I started? [/quote] What have [i]I[/i] started you mean? [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=119976"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=119976[/url] Glad it turned out to be a reasonable instrument.

If any new bass needed a refret within 12 months then I'd say it was faulty. Either that or the user is doing it very wrong. Like fretting-with-a-claw-hammer wrong.

I've reported it to eBay (for all the good that'll do). I'm tempted to pose as a seller and kick the [s]seller[/s]tyres, seeing as it purports to be located in Aberdeen.

My own personal opinion is that I'm just happy to be heard and to hear myself on stage, anything else is a bonus and Johnny Punter won't notice either way. I've offered a DI out of my amp to a sound engineer in the past to be turned down saying (paraphrasing) "The DI in that is crap". "That" is a Hartke 3500. Is it crap? I never use it at home, how could I argue?

[quote name='KiOgon' post='1102032' date='Jan 25 2011, 01:05 PM']I can't see, you'll have to enlighten me please! All my Fender head logos are different, none like that, but here's one very similar in a book I saw:[/quote] Flick your eyes between the two back and forth - are you seriously telling me you find these "very similar"? The fonts are completely different in terms of serifs and stem widths. The kerning on the ebay one is so bad it almost reads "PR ECISION BA SS"