neepheid

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I had an excellent time this weekend - Saturday was a great laugh, excellent company, good food. I was saved from a hangover by a beer which just wasn't agreeing with me at the curry house, it put me off for the rest of the night. So I came home with a six pack of Guinness, bonus! Sunday was the usual mix of bass geekery, but with the added twist of having a house band. Some awesome jams were the result and I was blown away by the playing. I didn't quite have the nerve to have a go myself, maybe next time I got to try some basses I've never played before (some of which I'll never be able to afford/justify) and although there was a little less gear than last time I think that was a good thing in that there was more emphasis on playing than just perving. Thanks to Shaun and Bertie for the high notes and percussion, and thanks to Laurence and Jay for the double bass demo. Although it was a little bit beyond me, it gave me the feeling that I ought to learn a bit more about why I play what I play. I remembered to take a few piccies, apologies for the poor quality, phone camera isn't the best: Dave and his helicopter simulator: Paul taking aim: Shaun nodding along to the beat Dave Perry: the oasis of calm The Mo'phatt Trio laying down the grooves: My bass is bigger than ALL of yours:

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Theo bought a Tokai Thunderbird, paid promptly and the whole transaction went smooth as you like. I would not hesitate to deal with him again in the future.

I have this sneaky suspicion that couriers in general treat pickups from/deliveries to commercial addresses a bit more seriously than residential ones.

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='816118' date='Apr 23 2010, 12:58 PM']I've always gone with Interparcel up to now who offer good insurance... but I've been getting increasingly hacked off with them (and DHL) for poor delivery times then not giving a flying feck about customer care like they used to. I'd go with Parcelmonkey if I were you.[/quote] I've been using the UPS backed Interparcel services recently - 2 deliveries, one standard, one economy, both got there next day (well the economy one was picked up yesterday and is "out for delivery" today).

It depends what you mean by "worth". If you mean financial worth, no way. You will never get your money back on modifications. If you mean to do it for your own personal amusement or to learn more about modding/repairing basses then yes, it is a most worthwhile enterprise. With that in mind, keep all the original parts, if you decide it's not for you then put it back the way it was (if possible) and flog the replacement parts separately, this will minimise the financial loss. Or keep the parts for another project, if you get bitten by the bug

I use a drill press to do mine.

This is not exactly a scam as I got a full refund, but I thought you should all be wary of the following bass/seller: Yamaha BB614 Electric Bass Guitar Natural [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220585596566"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=220585596566[/url] eBay item number: 220585596566 seller: chrisisnever (0) He mentioned a missing knob, but described it as "excellent condition". When it arrived, the blend pot was loose (as in rumbling around loose) and when I went to tighten it (hoping and praying that it was the only issue) I found this: A plug in test reveals no output from the neck pickup. I have a good idea where the wire should go, and if that had been the only problem, I'd have fixed it and not another word said. Then as I inspected the body I found this: Noting a scuffed area on the zip on the bottom of the gigbag it came in, I hypothesise that it had been dropped onto a hard surface while in the bag, causing an indentation from the zip and subsequent lacquer cracking. Excellent condition? I think not. Anyway, he held up his hands (almost) immediately. I've been refunded and it's going back today but I thought you all should be aware in case he lists it again without modifying his description.

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I had a TKL case for my Takamine acoustic bass, I believe it was the 7868: [url="http://www.tkl.com/site_item_details.php?pn=TKL%207868&descx=TKL+Premier+17%22+Acoustic+Bass+Case"]http://www.tkl.com/site_item_details.php?p...ustic+Bass+Case[/url] Good fit for the Takamine: No idea where to get one, the case came with the bass when I bought it 2nd hand.

I had a DeArmond Starfire for a while, it had a pleasant, woody sound to it, light on the shoulders of course, and looked really nice. Short scale though, I ended up selling it for that reason. In the long scale department, I fancy giving an Epiphone Jack Casady signature a shot at some point.

Ah, forget it

Don't use the truss rod to adjust your action, it's for adjusting the relief in the neck - not the same thing at all.

Have you tried shimming the neck? [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=49897"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=49897[/url]

Yes, I meant the turn of 70s/80s, sorry should have been specific there. They are the same pickups, just made in opaque black instead of clear. For the record I think the clear ones look way cooler. Like on my '78 G-3 I agree it's not worth what he wants for it (it's been mucked about with (switches) and needs a good clean), I was just trying to clear up some misconceptions about the pickups.

The things you point out are more than likely switches to allow individual pickup switching (original setup was a 3 way with bridge+middle, all three, neck+bridge). The pickups changed from being made in clear covers to black around the turn of the decade.

[quote name='nig' post='810562' date='Apr 18 2010, 06:40 PM']@ Protium, It came gutted so ive no idea, @neepheid, thank you, I do have this diagram already, but it says usa models only, so im thinking the jap and korean ones are possibly different, or maybe not, otherwise I will use that diagram. Thanks. [/quote] Confirmed with a look inside my Indonesian Tribute L-2000: Volume and Treble - A250K, Bass - 1M Doesn't make any sense to differ electronically when the pickups are the same as the USA models and the preamp is a direct copy.

[quote name='Protium' post='810257' date='Apr 18 2010, 01:18 PM']You can check with a multimeter (if you own one), are there definitely no markings on the pot casing?[/quote] Circuit diagram here: [url="http://www.bassesbyleo.com/images/g&l_tech/l-2000/l2k_wiring_diagram.pdf"]http://www.bassesbyleo.com/images/g&l_...ing_diagram.pdf[/url]