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[quote name='henry norton' post='709736' date='Jan 12 2010, 09:40 AM']Funnily enough, the standard Gibson 3 point bridge I have on my EB-0 has to be one of the most maligned pieces of hardware ever - maybe even more than the BBOT, yet it's adjustable in just about every direction and weighs a ton! There's just no pleasing some people [/quote] I have to stop you there, chief. It's on posts which can pull out of the body (had that problem on an Epi EB-3 and ended up having to epoxy them in place, but heard of that problem on a Gibson SG bass too), the saddles are not individually adjustable for string height, only at each side of the bridge (I had to muck about with swapping out spare saddles to get an overall action I was pleased with on my Epi Les Paul - the G saddle is gold, the rest of the bridge is chrome, go figure) and if you take off all the strings, it falls off. The Gibson three point bridge is inferior to the Fender bridge in terms of adjustability and practicality. The only reason it remains on my Les Paul is the carved top, otherwise I'd have put a Hipshot Supertone (which gives you individually adjustable string height AND lateral position as well as even more mass and improved bridge to body contact) on it right way.

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I have a 2004 Epiphone Les Paul Standard bass, I must confess I was a little underwhelmed by the stock pickups. So I overkilled the situation and dropped in 2 EMG-HBs and an EMG-BTC control for 3 band EQ with mid sweep. Which means I spent as much on upgrades as buying the bass itself, oops It's a monster now though, and while I have a horrible 3 point bridge instead of the nice bridge with separate tailpiece I do have an extra fret over the Gibson LP. Lookswise, at least for the black model there's not a lot in it, save for the logo. Doubtless a burst finish would expose some less nice looking wood on the Epi.

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Welcome to the forum, that is certainly an interesting looking bass. What are the neck dimensions? That small body makes the neck look rather wide, but it's probably an optical illusion.

Pete bought an EMG-40J pickup from me recently. Prompt payment, good comms and was happy to wait for all the festive rush to be over before I posted it out to him. Deal with confidence.

Bugger, miscounted the pickguard screws. Thought maybe the serial number was on the rear. Oh well.

Seems ok from the photos, decent price? EDIT: Never mind, it's not real.

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Ebony or Cherry?

I wedged some really loose ones in by wrapping them in a strip of wood veneer (0.6mm thick) and driving them home with a mallet. Reversible and solid. Some of them were less loose, and so a full wrap was too much so I wrapped them about 3/4 round the circumference. Nowadays though I always use tuners with screw fit bushings, so much more reliable and convenient.

Never done it, never likely to do it. Pulling handbrake turns in the snow though - that's a distinct possibility.

We're a fairly democratic bunch. The main song writing force in the band is the guitarist, and tends to develop ideas by recording demos and giving them to us. Sometimes this demo can be fairly fully realised with some bass ideas in there already or it could be as simple as strummed chords. If there's some bass there then I'll use it as a starting point, but will put my own spin on it. If not then I'm pretty much free to come up with whatever. We perfect it at practice while the singer hums and jots down ideas then she goes off and writes lyrics. Speaking for myself, I'm only starting this bass playing and being in a band caper, so even though I wouldn't anyway I am in no position to be arrogant about suggestions/criticism. I'm happy to take on board suggestions. I would never claim to like it but I accept when I'm wrong as an opportunity to make something right and learn something. My trying not to be a knob is probably one of the reasons that the band have put up with my lack of knowledge and experience

[quote name='bassjamm' post='701744' date='Jan 5 2010, 03:41 PM']Hello everyone, I was just wondering why it is that some people tend to shim the neck pockets of their basses...what's the advantage of this? And How would I need to adjust the truss rod and action to compensate for any shimming? Thanks Jamie[/quote] The main reason is to achieve a low action where the bridge saddles cannot go any lower. The classic example is the replacement of the standard Fender bridge with the Badass II - the thicker base plate means that the saddles can't go as low as the old bridge. A tiny change in neck angle means that the saddles have to be set higher to achieve the same action as was before the shimming. You shouldn't need to change truss rod unless you change the strings - same strings, same tension, all you've done is make a tiny change to the angle the neck meets the body. See the guide in the stickies of this forum : [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=49897"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=49897[/url]

Can't help you with that, but welcome aboard nonetheless

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Umm, a rather workshy 4 I'm afraid. Still, I'm 3 up on 2008

"A Message to You, Rudy" is fun just to play ad nauseum, not really thinking what you're doing

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The simplest fix is to glue a few cocktail sticks into the hole then screw the strap button back in once the glue is dry. The felt washer should hide a repair of this nature. It'll be right as rain once the edges of the hole are shored up. It's taken nearly 40 years to come out after all.

I'm not very good at multitasking

Up to you at the end of the day, it's your bass! I presume we're talking about an Epiphone T-bird here, of course! You'd be nuts to molest a vintage Gibson in this way, imho.

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