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[quote name='Huggy and the Bears' post='301380' date='Oct 7 2008, 02:34 PM']Hiya people, I play a MM 4 string and keep tormenting myself with a MM 5 string in the music shop. I can't afford one (or play one for that matter) but fancy maybe a cheapo copy to tinker with. I notice on the 'bay' that there is a 'Stratavarious' MM5 (type copy) for about £120 new, delivered and wondered if anyone has any views on either those or the Vintage copies. Cheers, Si.[/quote] You'll probably find that 5 string Stingray copies have tighter string spacing than an EBMM Stingray 5. That is certainly the case with the OLP MM3. Incidentally, I might be selling an OLP MM3 (Natural//black pickguard/Maple fingerboard). If it's tinkering in the project sense you want, this might be for you - a battery box already installed if you want to add active electronics. It currently has the pickup wired directly to the jack socket after the active circuit I put in it failed, but I can return it to stock V/V/T configuration before sending it away. See here for pics - [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=14009"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=14009[/url] and [url="http://www.ifb.co.uk/~matthew/pics/bass_porn/03_olp_mm3.jpg"]http://www.ifb.co.uk/~matthew/pics/bass_porn/03_olp_mm3.jpg[/url] (pre-alterations) PM me if you're interested.

[quote name='The Burpster' post='301159' date='Oct 7 2008, 11:52 AM']I guess the poor chap could be dyslexic[/quote] Yeah, I've been in trouble for that before - the whole reason I never post directly in Off Topic any more.

Did you use a linear or a log (audio) taper pot? A linear pot will not seem like a uniform adjustment in volume whereas a log pot will.

[quote name='bumnote' post='301273' date='Oct 7 2008, 01:22 PM']I read an article in one of the mags a few years ago about someone who needed a pickup for a fender mustang bass which is a small bass. He unded up using I think a hot rails pickup where there is a solid bar across the top, as oposed to individual pole pieces. That apparently worked well[/quote] That would likely have been a Musicmaster rather than a Mustang - the Mustang used a split pickup.

Welcome to the forum. I guess I'm quite fortunate that I have no regrettable sales yet. Give it time

[quote]The bride is mounted on three post which i got from japan.[/quote]

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I recently sold an acrylic transparent P-bass type body to Jon, who is a prompt payer and a thoroughly nice and polite chap. I would not hesitate to do business with him again.

Yeah, that's the one. I might go down the patching up route, either a plate or a few metal strips, probably bolted through, as the stuff the casing is made of looks like fibrous mush which probably wouldn't hold a screw. Or I might just forego it, get a bag for it, lose some of the weight and stop doing Larry's advertising for him

I was picking up my rig from the venue I was playing yesterday and only noticed when I got home that the casing which the head is mounted in is starting to split at the side handle. It's bound to fail in time, where might I go looking for a replacement? It's for a Hartke 3500. Might help if I knew the correct name for it for a start.

+1 for wide, grippy straps. +1 for more weight bridge side - my Epi EB-3 used to neck dive quite severely, even with a grippy strap, and the strap button is already located on the neck heel. However, I changed the 3 point bridge for a much more substantial Hipshot Supertone and it no longer makes a nose dive for the floor, it gracefully descends and then rests about parallel with the ground.

I had my first gig with a full band on Saturday night. We were playing ska covers for a 40th birthday party, so I guess I was quite lucky we had a captive audience who actually wanted to hear the songs we were playing. We arrived at the venue (The Tunnels in Aberdeen - nice little place, you should check it out if you're ever up this way) about 3pm for our third and final practice session. Yes - third. We had terrible trouble finding a drummer, and we only got that sorted a couple of weeks before the gig. Not only that, but Rich (Ou7shined on here) moved from bass to guitar having not played it for years. Yes, I was bricking it. Rehearsal went OK, but it was becoming clear that being recording perfect was out of the question, and I was still simplifying songs over dinner (!) Anyway, we got back to the venue just in time to see the first band (who we borrowed the drummer from ) play - they were really good, mostly originals and they did a Specials song which wasn't on our set - fortunate as they did a right good job of it. Can't really tell you much about the gig. As you can imagine, I spent a lot of it head down looking at my fingerboard, but I did manage to look up/move around a bit during the songs I knew best. I did have some "cheat sheets" on a music stand just off to the side, which I perused feverishly while the singer was having some banter with the crowd in between songs. I think it went well, a few fruity moments for sure but I blustered through it and it was over real quick in the end - one of the quickest hours of my life! The adrenaline certainly kicked in and I found that the songs I most worried about seemed to melt away. We tried to play One Step Beyond as an encore, but we hadn't really practiced it and made a right pig's ear of it I was trying to play as per the recording (as I remembered it), but I'm not sure everyone else was. Or maybe I got it wrong too. Anyway, it was a jumble of sounds that vaguely resembled One Step Beyond, lots of people were dancing, maybe they were all pissed by then and didn't care. I guess I was lucky to have a favourable crowd, a captive audience if you will for my first outing on the big stage. All in all, given the limited preparation time and the rapid transition from talking the talk to walking the walk I think I did quite well. Folk were up dancing, we got cheers, we got applause, we didn't get rotten vegetable matter. Then I got drunk

[quote name='RaNoFuNkY' post='298640' date='Oct 3 2008, 03:14 PM']HELP! OK guys, I'm now seriously considering this bass. US Ebay is not a prob for me for many reasons, I just wondered if the Kahler bridge will change that musicman tone substantially? Basically, I'm looking for a 2band eq pre-EB ray in natural finish, and the price of this bass is significantly reduced by the tremelo/whammy addition (which I quite like). However, I desperately want that musicman tone. I don't want to compromise on the tone, but this does save money! Thoughts? Just how big a deal is this bridge? Cheers all[/quote] I suppose the only change might be a small change in note attack and sustain, but if the Kahler is a quality unit (can't comment, never used one), then this effect should be minimal. It's the same wood, the same pickup, the same electronics, the same strings, the same nut. I noticed a big change when I changed the bridge on my Epi EB-3, but that was going from a 3 point bridge on stilts to a Hipshot Supertone with about twice as much mass and total body contact.

You could also try Tonetech - [url="http://www.tonetechluthiersupplies.co.uk/Timber-Parts-and-Tonewood/View-all-products.html"]http://www.tonetechluthiersupplies.co.uk/T...l-products.html[/url] Shame though, I was sure they had more stuff than that. Oh well, maybe they just need to restock.

Welcome to the forum. We're under attack at the moment from spammers, but step around all the filth and there is lots of useful info to be found

Welcome to the forum

Apart from some weird noises at the very start - Cannonball - The Breeders Gigantic - Pixies The National Anthem - Radiohead The Clairvoyant - Iron Maiden

Additional - I'll take those Schallers off you if they are 1: no good and 2: chrome

Get a digital caliper. Measure the hole diameter. Buy appropriate tuners. With screw in bushings you can afford a little bit of slack (like a mm) - mount 'em up against the side of the hole nearest the nut like this exaggerated diagram: Hole altering is a whole new ball game. It's easier to make 'em bigger than it is to make 'em smaller, put it that way.

eBay user plankspanker101 - a decent bloke who will also do custom requests for a little bit extra. He did me this:

10 points for Gryffindor, back of the net, result! Next!