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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

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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.