neepheid

Next gig is at the Tunnels in Aberdeen on Sunday 30th August - a charity gig for Cancer Research UK. Hoping for a decent turnout for this worthwhile cause. Lots of hungover people back from the nearby Wizard Festival, might appreciate a hair of the dog with some more chilled tunes Doors at 7.30 Door tax £3 Support TBC EDIT: The Little Kicks added to the bill: [url="http://www.myspace.com/thelittlekicks"]http://www.myspace.com/thelittlekicks[/url]

Yes, that sounds about right.

Things are pretty good in our band. I'm under no illusions - it's the singer and guitarist's band and they are the primary creative drive behind the songs - I am just working on making myself as indispensable as possible by being polite, punctual, predictable, useful, handling IT (jazzing up the old MySpace, setting up band calendar online etc.), coming up with my own bass lines and just generally being a nice person. As individuals we all get along pretty good - of course you gravitate towards some people over others, and I'm pleased to have built up a good rapport with our drummer - surely a big help to any bassist.

I'd suspect the jack socket is defective, the spring terminal which normally provides resistance by pressing up against the dimple in the tip of the jack is maybe bent back.

[quote name='max363' post='567779' date='Aug 13 2009, 11:13 AM']One more question guys. Anyone knows how to remove such tuners?[/quote] Looks like screw fit bushings to me. You need an appropriate sized spanner/socket to remove the bushings. Socket + ratchet is better, the socket fits over the tuner poking out of the headstock. Once the bushings are removed, unscrew the small screws from the back and the whole unit should slide out of the hole.

Seems like sage advice to me.

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Labour costs mostly, just like getting your car fixed - pennies for the parts, pounds for the time it takes to dismantle your car/fit the part/reassemble your car.

Hopefully not an issue, but the EB-2 is short scale, the Casady is not. I'm actually interested in the outcome of this, I'm looking for a case (or bag) for my DeArmond Starfire, a similar shaped/sized thing to an EB-2.

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Heh, that's pretty funky - I enjoyed listening to that. Good luck with this, hope you get an audition at least. Don't worry too much about age, it's about personality and playing. The age spread in my band is at least 10 years.

The EB-0 came and went (in bits) I'm now trying to sell stuff in order to get a Traben Chaos Attack 4. Will have to go stateside, there are none anywhere in the UK!

[quote name='iamapirate' post='564458' date='Aug 9 2009, 09:03 PM']on the first song on the myspace (not had enough time to listen to them all - very short on time) the violin sounds out, but I really like the song. Amazing that you've managed to get such nice quality. Very nice melodic bass lines - maybe just sort out your timing slightly. Add'd![/quote] Thanks for the comments - that was only my third gig with the band, so there's still some nervousness there. Practice makes perfect

[quote name='silverfoxnik' post='563692' date='Aug 8 2009, 07:43 PM']Good idea for a thread.. Neepheid; those changes are fantastic! What does the Bronco sound like after all that work?[/quote] A bit quiet (low output), but a bright, snappy tone with quite a wide variety on the tone knob - the pickup is actually a guitar one. Good slap tone. Unfortunately the through body stringing modification didn't make the strings much tighter - was hoping for a better improvement in that respect. I ended up selling it - too many basses, not enough time. I have no sentimentality when it comes to this business - I've sold my first bass, and this was the bass I used in my first ever gig. Photos is enough - cash is king, particularly with the house sized GAS the wife and I have got at the moment EDIT: I just remembered, there's some sound clips here from when I sold it: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=47591&view=findpost&p=476545"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...st&p=476545[/url]

New tracks up on our MySpace (recorded from the desk at last night's gig)! [url="http://www.myspace.com/pandaeyesaberdeen"]http://www.myspace.com/pandaeyesaberdeen[/url] If you'd rather have MP3 downloads, they can be got here: [url="http://www.megaupload.com/?f=WC1QFDVR"]http://www.megaupload.com/?f=WC1QFDVR[/url] Comments/criticism welcome (whether it be of my playing or the songs as a whole)

Squier Bronco before (stock picture, sorry): Squier Bronco after (full size tuners, lipstick pickup, BWB pickguard, 4 saddle bridge, through body stringing): Fecker Imprecision semi-before (sorry, started as the body/neck of a Squier Affinity): Fecker Imprecision after (full size tuners, custom logo, SD QP pickup, BAII bridge, F logo neckplate): Epiphone Les Paul Standard before: Epiphone Les Paul Not So Standard after (EMG-HB pickups, EMG-BQC system 3-band EQ, John East knobs, "gold tooth" (quick fix saddle)):

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Well done! The body shape reminds me a little of a Gibson Victory, with the deep lower cutaway almost to the 24th fret.