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Just thought I'd mention a proviso on Farnell - minimum order of £20 when paying with personal credit/debit card. Thankfully my work has an account with them for when I want a single [b]black[/b] Neutrik locking jack socket without paying same again or more for postage Sucks to be small fry sometimes.

Yup! And tell the seller that you're onto him, for all the good it'll do.

Try one of these washers underneath the nut: [url="http://www.nord-lock.com/"]http://www.nord-lock.com/[/url] Back when I worked for a fastener company a guy came in to demo these versus standard washers, nylock nuts, double nuts and other things. The assembly was subjected to vibration from a mechanism powered by an electric motor. Everything except the nordlock came loose. No amount of normal vibration will loosen them and to undo them, a significant turning force is required to get the teeth of the washer up past one another. Sorted EDIT: err, if there's enough room for one, that is

Certainly it was in my mind to put a "You could at least have said hello first" type reply.

Just received an EMG BTC system from him. Good communication and speedy dispatch, can't really ask for much more than that.

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='172069' date='Apr 8 2008, 10:23 AM']I have a friend who has one of these... Sound is quite nice, but string spacing is quite tight. Probably 16.5mm or something like that. Depends if you can get along with something that narrow. Seems only I complain about that sort of thing, especially on the 5-string OLP's! And no, there's no import duty on shipping items from EU countries. VAT should be included in the price.[/quote] Oh, that is good news - I intend to butcher one for the neck to make it into a nice fat, wide necked 5 with 19-20mm spacing Could I possibly ask you to ask your friend to find out the measurements I require? I'd be ever so grateful.

You shouldn't get charged for importing goods from another EU country.

[quote name='BassManKev' post='171943' date='Apr 7 2008, 11:49 PM']i did, i told him not to bother upgrading at all [/quote] That wasn't what he asked

[quote name='BassManKev' post='171890' date='Apr 7 2008, 11:03 PM']nice to see your only taking the advice you [b]want[/b] to hear... think about it mate [/quote] To be fair, you didn't really answer the question

I've maintained for some time that venues need to cool things off a notch, if anything to avoid unnecessary distortion. But yes, being able to order a drink without pointing would also be good.

[quote name='gti1396' post='171438' date='Apr 7 2008, 02:05 PM']well i'm looking at the epiphone SG EB3 bass, any info on these? oviously it's no gibson but it'll be better than my squier,[/quote] Well, I love mine but be aware of its limitations - neck heavy (can be mitigated somewhat with a thick leather strap) and limited range of sounds - basically mud and more mud. Great for classic rock, and not much else. I certainly wouldn't have it as my only bass - too limited. It's very good at what it does though - warm, deep tone. And it's gorgeous in either cherry red or black.

Welcome to the forum

Has anyone had a go of one of these? [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=360039616336"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=360039616336[/url] If so, can someone tell me the neck dimensions of it? Such a question seems to be a little beyond the comprehension of the seller, who I have asked several times with no reply Nut width Neck width @ 24th fret String spacing/spread at bridge Yes, for the sake of just over a hundred quid some might say I should just have a punt, but seeing as I'm only interested in the neck I'd rather buy something suitable straight from the off.

I don't think country of origin is a valid measure of perceived quality. Surely there's good 'uns and bad 'uns from any factory? Isn't any factory capable of turning out a few "Friday afternoon specials"? It's weird how people get hung up about M/A/J/I/C/K (Have I covered all the Fender territories? Have I made a cool acronym? ) If it plays well, then it's a good 'un. If there's something bothering you about it (machine heads, pickup sound, bridge sturdiness, sustain, looks?) then change it. But I wouldn't change it just so you can bring it up "to the same ... 'standard' as a US one". I don't see that as a particularly good reason.

I use what fits (never tried a Gotoh, but who knows in the future...), but I can see how some people could be swayed by the fact it has the word "BADASS" stamped on it

Welcome to the forum. Whereabouts in Scotland are you?

Well, the beat up Hagstrom finally arrived (grr, VAT man got me this time) and had yielded a plethora of parts including the holy grail, yes: One Hagstrom jack plate c/w screws finally in my possession! Also got many other screws I was missing, like the proper pickup height screws which then liberated my missing pickguard screws (yes, someone had used them as pickguard height screws - no wonder they didn't grip beyond a certain tension) It doesn't seem like a lot, but to me it makes all the difference having completeness. In time I'd like to find more round headed machine screws for the switch mounting in order to fit with the period, but they'll do just now. Before I disappeared on holiday, I started lacquering the neck, and I've just applied the Hagstrom logo to the headstock: It looks a lot more businesslike now. More lacquering to do here. Hope to have a finished neck over the course of the next week. The old beat up Hagstrom also could yield some shinier machine heads than the current ones, so another win there

You could always ream out the holes to the required size for whatever machines you like. I did this with a Squier Affinity Chinese neck that used those 'orrible enclosed tuners but with cloverleaf buttons. Then I fitted some machines off a Fender MIM bass. Would give you a later Musicmaster kind of feel and would have the added advantage of covering up any cosmetic issues at the back due to the large baseplates they're mounted on For less hassle, take one of the machines off and remove the bushing from the headstock. Measure the diameter of the tuner shaft and the diameter of the hole in the headstock (without bushing). Then you'll hopefully be able to find something to fit. Using any of the small enclosed tuners (Gotoh GB7, Shaller M4 etc.) will likely leave you with screw holes showing - they're smaller than the cheap tat that's on your bass currently.

I contacted them a couple of times to see if they would sell me just a neck, which if they were a custom manufacturer they ought to have no problem with. No response. Read into that what you will.

[quote name='Jobiebass' post='168510' date='Apr 2 2008, 02:57 PM']that looks emense, I hate clear scratchplates on 'ray's but my god it looks amazing on this. cant wait to see the finnished product.[/quote] I will crack on with this once I get back from holiday. I've been ignoring the body's baleful, half-primed stares from the cupboard for too long

[quote name='Jobiebass' post='167471' date='Apr 1 2008, 10:21 AM']morning, I need a little help. Once the neck comes and its gets fitted, its time for the spray job. im painting the head the same colour as the body. Is there anything special I have to do to the head before I spray it? it currently has a gloss finnish, but if I rub it down back to the wood then ill need to treat the wood yes?? if so any ideas with what????[/quote] I wouldn't spray the body with the neck fitted. Sure, do a test fit by all means, but when spraying the body, screw on a random length of wood through the neck holes to hold the body while spraying - otherwise you'll have a lot of masking to do! As for the head, I presume you're just doing the face of it. If you've ordered the Mighty Mite neck I think you've ordered then I don't think it'll have a gloss finish - it'll be sealed and ready to go. You might want to gently sand the face of the headstock with something fine first before commencing. Mask off the edges of the headstock and the end of the fingerboard/nut area including the truss rod adjusting hole - you don't want to be spraying in there too much.

+1 for the Hipshot A. Highly adjustable and well beefy. The only 2 reasons I'm not using one for my Zebrano Wideboy 5 is that only the Badass V has a base plate big enough to hide the daft holes that I had to fill and the BA has a little more scope for intonation adjustment, which might be useful as I might have to be a little creative with the neck pocket.

Greetings from (comparatively) sunny Houston! Decided I'd have a better time in Austin, so I'm going there this weekend. 1/2 price EMGs for my Zebrano build? Yes please! On an unrelated note, it's always pleasing to hear that it's snowing back home when you're on holiday