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No problems here with my G-3. Don't know what to suggest apart from the usual (how fresh are the strings, check the tuners for play/looseness, check bridge, rub some pencil in the nut slots to help the strings pass through without sticking)

+1 for google calendar, so easy to use.

Apart from my first bass, I have never bought an instrument in either of our local shops. Prices are high, stock is low and rarely refreshes (one shop has been trying to sell a Gibson Thunderbird since I started seriously playing bass, it seems) and sometimes they can't even get it together to find me a half decent patch cable. I buy all my stuff online or by private transaction. The shops round here suck and apart from depriving me of a cheap laugh (the only cheap thing in there) I probably wouldn't be too bothered if they shut or stopped pretending to sell basses.

Too much "sacrilege" gone on there I think to be worth what you might think it's worth imo. But in the crazy vintage world, who knows? You've got one of the key words sorted out - Pre CBS

+1 for smaller than average hands but chunky necks. I've said it before but I think it's more to do with bulk than width necessarily - I played a Warwick Rockbass Corvette a while back and although the neck was 38mm wide at the nut, it had a well beefy profile and I got on fine with it.

I suppose in the absence of a will, my wife would become the custodian of my gear. I dunno what she'd do with them, she sings and plays sax.

I've decided to grab a pair of those ER20s today. Tried cheapo foam ones and while they're good enough for attending gigs if you've got nothing better I was less than impressed with them in a band practice scenario - I felt really detached from everything else that was going on, musically. Hoping for better things from these ER20s.

[quote name='erisu' post='719960' date='Jan 21 2010, 11:39 AM']When you put a heavier set of strings on, yes it'll give the neck more tension thus bowing the neck forward... but aren't you meant to loosen the neck? ie: bowing the neck backwards by turning the truss rod to the left... so it's lefty loosey = countering the tension from the neck from being pulled by the heavier strings.... Someone correct me if im wrong... [/quote] No, the truss rod's job is to counteract the tension placed on the neck by the strings. If you loosen the truss rod, this allows the strings to pull more relief. You need to tighten up the truss rod to lessen the relief.

Jase bought a pickup from me back in November but it never arrived. Nevertheless, I thought I should report that he paid promptly, communication was good and he was very patient while I gouged compensation out of Royal Fail and got the refund sorted out. Top man. Would have no qualms about dealing with him again.

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The bit I find most disturbing is the "The guy said all active basses do this" bit. This was in a shop? Holy sheet, that's less than incompetent.

Loving G&L MFDs + G&L preamp at the moment. Just had the series/parallel switch replaced with a 3 way for series/single (inner coils)/parallel for even more versatility. It's all about the pickups really, the preamp is a line amp, and apart from the "treble boost" option does little more than that.

Currently working on Liam Frost - Your Hand In Mine (feat. Martha Wainwright) - we're playing a birthday party at the end of February and it's one of the birthday girl's favourite songs of the moment, so it seemed like a nice thing to slip a cover version into the set for the evening.

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[quote name='Mr. Quiet' post='711527' date='Jan 13 2010, 04:35 PM'][font="Verdana"] Thanks dude, how is the snow in Aberdeen? Mr. Quiet[/font][/quote] Been thawing for the past few days now, only some of the pavements are dangerous now. Odd how it's thawing up North before the South.

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Agreed, if the repair is done properly (good wood to wood contact, decent quality glue, properly applied, clamped and left to dry for a decent amount of time) then it's more likely that the wood will break somewhere else.

Three words? Impossible!

LOVE Gibson basses G&L basses Chunky or wide necks Shiny, well looked after basses Chrome/black hardware Thoughtful, useful, tasteful modifications Front fingerboard markers DISLIKE [b]RELICING[/b] Thin necks Jazz basses Gold hardware Large metal control plates (Jazz, MM4 etc.) Necks with no front fingerboard markers

After getting started last year (joining my first band) and a rather light workload of 4 gigs and 3 recorded tracks, I'm looking forward to a slightly heavier schedule, would be nice to get into double figures for the gig count