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I also did similar upgrades to a Squier P:

solid shaft CTS pots
Sprague orange drop capacitor
Seymour Duncan quarter pounder
New pickguard (get the drill out, you will have to fill and redo some of those holes)
Reamed out the tuner holes and fitted full size open gear tuners
"Big F" Fender neckplate
Chrome set screw fitting barrel knobs
Comedy "Fecker Imprecison" headstock logo

It was a lot of fun and turned an adequate bass into a good bass imho.

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Bump for price drop to £325. I'm not going any lower, if it doesn't sell at that price then I'm keeping it. So there!

The hardest working band in Aberdeen (ha!) will be back in action soon. Got a birthday party to play at on the 27th February, and although it's a bit of a way away, have a gig booked in the Moorings in Aberdeen on May 29th. Hoping to get more gigs organised between now and then.

Nothing, honest guv!

Having said that, I just bought a Tokai Thunderbird for a laugh on Friday

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My first and still current rig - Hartke 3500 head into Ashdown ABM 4x10 cab. First gig was with a Squier Bronco.

Maybe we need an outroductions forum...

Bump!

[quote name='Bucket Head' post='744356' date='Feb 13 2010, 10:01 PM']i was thinking about getting one of those gibson g3 grabbers, i think there the same thing..... but was just wondering what other people think and what the average price is ect and any other general advice.

cheers[/quote]

Careful what you mean, there are confusing uses of the term Grabber. The original Grabber (G-1) has a single sliding pickup, 1 volume, 1 tone and the G-3 (I don't like the way Grabber gets applied to these - there's nothing to grab!) has 3 pickups, a 3 way switch, 1 vol, 1 tone.

Grabber: [url="http://www.flyguitars.com/gibson/bass/grabber.php"]http://www.flyguitars.com/gibson/bass/grabber.php[/url]
G-3: [url="http://www.flyguitars.com/gibson/bass/G3.php"]http://www.flyguitars.com/gibson/bass/G3.php[/url]

I have a 1978 Gibson G-3 in Ebony (Gibson speak for black), and I have to say I love it. It has a big, chunky neck, a big but not thick body and those blade pickups sound great. Things to watch out for - the stock bridges -while functional enough - are pretty basic and use slotted grub screws for height adjustment instead of hex ones. It would seem (on mine anyway) that these tend to break at the slots.

I'd say between the two I'd take a G-3 any time. The Grabber sliding pickup, while a novel concept, seems like a bit of a pain in the butt to me. The one I had a go of had a warped pickguard which made the sliding action difficult.

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Yesterday and today I seem to be getting doubled email notifications of PMs, can't remember if it was happening for thread subscriptions too sorry.

Matt

On a related note, I feel I've reached a point of diminishing returns for the extra money it would take to "upgrade" some of my basses.

Case 1: My Epiphone Les Paul

I got the bass for £170 and spent same again on EMG pickups and EQ. So now I have something which cost me £340 total but is probably only worth £200-250 to sell. What benefit will getting a Gibson Les Paul bring? A name? A better bridge, a selector switch? Nicer wood? It's black, who's going to see it? Not for a net difference of around £500-700, thankyouverymuch. It's just a (I think rather pretty and unusual) container for an EMG suite of products after all.

Case 2: My G&L Tribute L-2000

It has the same pickups as a US G&L, the same design of bridge, better shielding (I'm told) than a US G&L. What benefit will spending another £4-500 on a US G&L bring? A name? More expensive tuners which were put on by someone who didn't forget to take their glasses to work? Nicer wood? Body binding? Oh big wow. No thanks.

Just how much of an "upgrade" is it when the "budget" bass is everything the "premium" make/model is in terms of sound if not fit and finish? I'll bet some people stick at this point with Lakland Skylines, the new Warwick Rockbasses and other "top end budget" models.

Bump with control layout and soundclips added

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[quote name='4 Strings' post='742104' date='Feb 11 2010, 02:03 PM']Good choice not to make enemies, if the 'experienced' guy defaults in some way you're likely to be the first call (by which time they might have found a decent guitarist)[/quote]

+1 - I got my first (and current) gig because I couldn't do it when I was offered it (too busy planning a wedding), they tried another bass player in the meantime, didn't work out, came back to me once all the busyness was over and I got it.

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Someone snap this up before I buy it for the hell of it and exist on beans on toast for the rest of the month!

Try soaking the screws in diet coke (cheap stuff'll do) for a few hours. Rinse and dry thoroughly before putting them back

Cheers again guys

Bump!

Welcome to the forum - that's a tasty, well looked after Lyte there

[quote name='Bassassin' post='740773' date='Feb 10 2010, 11:09 AM']It's a looker alright, whatever it is.

Wonder if the fleamarket story's true - I go to my local car boot religiously (well, it is on a Sunday morning!) every week, hoping to find something like this for £25!

Jon.[/quote]

A mate of mine did find a 16 channel Studiomaster mixing desk in a wooden case in a bin last year. He gave it to me because I "would know what to do with it". A few hours of Servisol (so many pots!) and it was revived! That's the best "lucky find" I can come up with.

I've recorded sound clips for basses in the past, and have taken the time to highlight the extremes of the range of the tonal variety. That's fine for a 1 pickup, vol, tone arrangement (tone all up, tone all down) but it gets more and more complicated as things evolve. 2 pickups and 2 band EQ was mildly annoying but doable (neck,bridge,both on flat EQ, extremes - neck pup, max bass, min treble and bridge pup, min bass max treble).

I wonder what's the best thing to do for a complex arrangement (2 pickups, 5 way switch, 3 band EQ). I recorded all 5 switch positions with flat EQ, but how best to demo the EQ system? It was getting late so I just put my favourite switch position and found one nice EQ position and did that, but it barely scrapes the surface. Is highlighting the extremes still a good idea? In this case I guess it would be (neck pup, bass max, mid flat, treble min) and (bridge pickup, bass min, mid flat, treble max)?

By this logic I am never selling my G&L; with that single coil mod thrown into the mix it'll take me a year to do the soundclips on that

passive, neck pup, series
passive, neck pup, parallel
passive, neck pup, single (inner)
passive, both pups, series
passive, both pups, parallel
passive, both pups, inner coils (parallel)
passive, bridge pup, series
passive, bridge pup, parallel
passive, bridge pup, single (inner)
active, neck pup, series
active, neck pup, parallel
active, neck pup, single (inner)
active, both pups, series
active, both pups, parallel
active, both pups, inner coils (parallel)
active, bridge pup, series
active, bridge pup, parallel
active, bridge pup, single (inner)
active with trebleboost, neck pup, series
active with trebleboost, neck pup, parallel
active with trebleboost, neck pup, single (inner)
active with trebleboost, both pups, series
active with trebleboost, both pups, parallel
active with trebleboost, both pups, inner coils (parallel)
active with trebleboost, bridge pup, series
active with trebleboost, bridge pup, parallel
active with trebleboost, bridge pup, single (inner)

27 switch combinations with 2 band passive EQ on top of that. You want soundclips? Pah!

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[quote name='lemmywinks' post='740256' date='Feb 9 2010, 06:46 PM']They do weigh an absolute ton, not over the 30kg limit with PF though. Also the case is very long as these have huge headstocks

I had an RD Artist '77 in maple. Eventually sold it for around £470, was on eBay with a reserve of £600 and didn't get one bid![/quote]

Now see, you just ruined it by talking in the past tense