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[quote name='lettsguitars' post='1136126' date='Feb 21 2011, 08:07 PM']good ideas. a lot of these old basses had major fret access problems. especially the fenders with the huge body/uncarved heel thing. kudos to you. wouldn't it be cheaper to make the body from scratch tho?[/quote] Possibly, but not at the price I have won a donor T-bird today

[quote name='Wil' post='1135675' date='Feb 21 2011, 04:00 PM']Why not get the bridge and headless nut anodised black?[/quote] I could probably find the exact same hardware in black, eventually. I've seen those bridges around on quite a few things. However, I've got a satin/not black one in my hand right now to mess about with so I'll go with it for now and worry about aesthetics later.

More GIMPery: Yes, I know the brushed/satin/not black hardware doesn't really go with white, but hey ho, what can you do? Make it black?

Components update: Donor T-bird located and (hopefully) secured. Headless hardware obtained (thanks to Dave Perry). Black pickguard with T-bird logo from USA (thanks to a kind user on bassoutpost).

Measuring the DC resistance of the coil only tells you how much wire is wrapped around there. There are many other factors which govern "output" - strength/type of magnet(s), physical distance from string are two off the top of my head.

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[quote name='Roland Rock' post='1134875' date='Feb 20 2011, 10:11 PM']Some entire sections such as Off Topic had disappeared[/quote] Cool, sounds like they're fixing things then

I bought Hutton's Gibson IV. Being a mere hour's drive away I went to see him last night and do the deal in person. What a gent, a fine cup of tea and richt good yap about basses and more. The bass is lovely and I promise that I'll take good care of it. Deal with confidence - a good guy who clearly takes care of his gear.

Nothing to add to the above correct information except the spacing on a Precision is correct and the spacing on a Jazz is incorrect* * for me.

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Whereabouts in Aberdeen? Original link not working, perhaps you scared him off?

[quote name='Quoth'd' post='1130930' date='Feb 17 2011, 01:03 PM']I have a Hartke 3500 (with corners and rack ears) . . . Now after doing a good turn for (now ex-guitarist) and offering to fix some of his PA cabs for him I made the mistake of using my beloved amp as to test for faults. After a quick turn of very quiet sound level quickly getting fainter - the amp went pop, wiz, bang and then silent [the day of a gig too] So after disassembling the speaker I quickly found out that the crossover had gone and went short as it warmed up (cause of blown amp established). That left me with my amp to fix. I pulled it apart & did all the usual checks then found that the output transistors had blown. So after a quick hunt round, I found a set of compatible replacements for the 4x pairs of output transistors which I fitted and checked again. Good signal with tone source when quiet but as I turned the gain up - a distortion creped in (on the scope it looked like a saw wave on the negative signwave - top half fine / bottom half jagged). The louder the output gain the more distorted the output. Now my dilemma is this - I have replaced amp with a lovely Gallien Krueger backline which I am loving & looking forward to cranking when am back in a band again. I have a semi-working Hartke 3500 which I don't need so am wondering if it would be better to call Samson & order the replacement output (loaded) PCB then sell it as refurbished [u]or[/u] to sell it as non-working [u]or[/u] to break it and sell individual bits (case / front panel / transformer / pre-amp-board / send-return board / output board / heatsink etc). Any advice gratefully received as am loathed to flebay it and walk away with a miserable £20. Thanks Si[/quote] I'd fix it, mine was bought faulty (valve preamp section not working). Turns out a resistor had burned out on the board. Replaced all the nearby caps (one of which might have caused the failure) and the burned resistor. Broke the stupid bit which goes to the compressor control on the front panel and had to repair that by running some wires instead of relying on PCB tracks. That was 2 1/2 years ago now and it's been working great ever since.

Far be it from me to stand in the way of progress, but yuck, no thanks.

[quote name='cocco' post='1130567' date='Feb 17 2011, 08:17 AM']I have an epi T-bird I'd like shot of if you're interested?[/quote] You have a PM.

[quote name='TheRockinRoadie' post='1130213' date='Feb 16 2011, 08:36 PM']Hi everyone, I'm trying to set up my Fender Marcus Miller Jazz IV, but I cant find the right size key to fit the bridge - does anyone know what size I need? Me and my dad have searched our whole machine shop and cant find one small enough - its really annoying!! Cheers, L[/quote] It's a really annoyingly small imperial size which I can't remember. That's the best I can give you. Hopefully someone will remember the exact size.

I despise them - please make them optional if they are introduced!

I bought a shoulder pad thing (not the ones from the 80s - it's for augmenting my strap, not my shoulder) from Ed - it was sent promptly and arrived safe and well. With good, polite communication on top of that, one can't really ask for more. Have no fear, trading here.

First: Epiphone EB-3 Go-to: G&L Tribute L-2000 Your: Ach, as long as I can hear myself when I play, I'm happy.

Nothing on the go at the moment and 5 basses. I don't care - I do intend to get something together this year, but I just like basses, both as instruments and as works of art, so I won't be getting rid of any that I wouldn't get rid of through natural wastage or curiosity.

[quote name='Bassassin' post='1124198' date='Feb 11 2011, 06:58 PM']Bloody 'ell! Think you've just cured my GAS for one o' these! Jon.[/quote] That's why I wasn't concerned about your threats to steal mine - you'll never outrun me

[quote name='TommyK' post='1124071' date='Feb 11 2011, 05:10 PM']Cheers mate that would be great, when you the have time. + How heavy is yours? I am used to a Ray35 which is pretty weighty i.e 10lbs+. Will more training be required??!![/quote] Mine's somewhere between 12 and 13lbs. Be warned File is here: [url="http://www.ifb.co.uk/~matthew/gibson_victory_prices.txt"]http://www.ifb.co.uk/~matthew/gibson_victory_prices.txt[/url] View it in a monospaced font to keep the columns correct.

[quote name='TommyK' post='1124026' date='Feb 11 2011, 04:40 PM']Looking at one of these on the bay.com. Condition wise, It is about as mint as you can get for a 1981 bass,complete with original case. Been on my GAS list for a while (Along with RD Artists) [url="http://cgi.ebay.com/81-Gibson-USA-Victory-Artist-4-String-Electric-Bass-/250771837056?pt=Guitar&hash=item3a632a9080"]Yer[/url] Does anyone have any idea what it is likely/ought to make? Cheers TK[/quote] Can't really help you, mine was a wreck and had no case. If you are going for it, get some weight training in Having said that, I have a list of all the ebay Victory auctions from Dec09 until Jun10 when I got mine if you're interested.

Simple solution - stop saying it! Just state your price, never mind explaining. If the price is right then it will sell.

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[quote name='paul h' post='1120137' date='Feb 8 2011, 02:38 PM']I'm a total convert. After fitting one of KiOgon's harnesses in my Jim Deacon [b]I think it's mod right up there with changing pickups[/b]. In fact I am thinking of going for a jazz style one for my Retrovibe.[/quote] I disagree with the section highlighted. Apart from the fact that there is no frame of reference with which to properly quantify the perceived improvement, in my humble opinion there is no way that any loom mod will have as as much impact as changing the pickup(s), assuming we're talking about sound quality and not functionality here. I made that assumption because the statement doesn't make it clear. In the case of non-functional looms and non-functional pickups then yes, they are of equal importance. Either way, I'll take your opinion as just that, an opinion and then disregard it because as stated above, I disagree with it and if I may be so bold I think it sounds like rabid, unsubstantiated fanboy talk. I'm not calling you a rabid fanboy, by the way.