neepheid

Wonderful ideas, people, but I don't want to attack this bass with power tools any more than it already has - it's already had holes filled and redrilled for F pattern 5 screw bridges. My ultimate goal would be to obtain an original Fernandes BB-8 bridge and return it to how it was designed in the first place.

I'm here to ask a massive favour - I'd like to buy something small in Japan from a Japanese only site. They do not appear to offer international shipping and you can't even register for an account if you don't live in Japan. Does anyone have a contact/friend/family member in Japan who could act as go-between on my behalf? Is the site even legit? Just going by Google Translate here. It's this bridge here - https://fershop.net/product_info.php/manufacturers_id/38/products_id/1003 - I'd really like to get the original bridge for my Burny LSB-80, but as you can imagine they don't come up very often (yes, I just missed out on one recently on eBag). I would be very grateful if anyone in the BC community could help me out with this, long, convoluted shot that it is. Thanks!

Well, turns out these Musiclily knobs take a fair amount of shoving to get them to go on the solid shaft pots and grip really well with friction alone. So hopefully now it looks a little more like... itself.

Neither will mine - I don't know why they quote an initial ridiculous and vague ETA, but mine are arriving on Tuesday - just under 3 weeks since I ordered them. If I need strings in a hurry, I got to my local shoppie anyway and pay full price for my lack of planning

Total scam. As soon as I saw the URL, I knew.

Got any pics of the offending area?

From this pic I found online, the socket does appear to be soldered direct to the main board...

Crack it open. See what's happening around the power jack. If you're lucky you could reflow the solder joints, if unlucky and the socket is actually broken then it could probably be easily replaced. If super unlucky, and the power socket is attached to a board, the board has had a mischief befall it such as a crack, a broken trace or a solder pad come away. That's less fun. You might be able to bodge around it.

In my experience, sometimes the supplied allen key with basses is of dubious quality (and dimensions) - use a decent one which you know is 1.5mm or 2mm or whatever you need.

This thread's about D'addario strings... Update, my ETA has been pulled forward to next Tuesday. It was July/August initially, lol.

Hmm, it would appear that my bass has seen some sun. The letters on the neck heel ("SL") and this page of the Burny/Fernandes catalogue from 1991 suggests that when it was new, it was silver... It's gone a bit gold/green/yellow depending upon the light. I love finding out stuff like this

Heh, I can't leave anything alone... I also swapped the bridge for another one which let me get the action a touch lower but I'm still not wedded to the chunky high mass bridge look on this bass...

We don't. Thank goodness for that!

Back after a week off, Nine Lives at Wilson's in Aberdeen. Dunno how this one's gonna go - it's the day of the Scottish Cup final featuring Aberdeen and Celtic. So, being a sports/football bar in Aberdeen either it's going to be party central, or (more likely) either dead, miserable or fighty. Wish me luck!

I know, sometimes humour is hard to get across in text. What you didn't get was the hands on hips and the put on, faux outrage tone of voice.

If you hover over your username (or go visit your profile), it's in the URL before your username - https://www.basschat.co.uk/profile/16-neepheid/ for example - me == #16. You are #32. We are old.

Well, you're #40 here, so there's a certain asymmetry to it all

I'm finding this hard to wrap my head around. Even the import Dingwalls are far from cheap - why is there even an issue? Basses in this price range frankly should be so good from the factory that there shouldn't be a need for aftermarket anything as far as I'm concerned. Help me out here, I just don't get it!

And we're off to a flyer! "Recently, you received an email from us containing an incorrect email address for matters regarding open orders. We apologize for this oversight. The correct email address is: [email protected] We kindly ask you to use this address for all notifications related to your outstanding order(s) from now on. Thank you for your understanding, and our apologies for any confusion this may have caused. Musically yours, The Bax Music Team" I shouldn't laugh, but I did.

Rude (the band, not BRX!)

Hmm, looks like tentative signs of life at Bax 2.0... just got this email: "After a hectic and challenging period, we're excited to be back doing what we love most: helping you make music. We noticed you still have an open backorder with us, and we’d love to help you get it sorted! Our team is ready to assist in getting your order to you, so you can focus on what really matters: making music. Please reach out to us at [email protected] so we can get in touch and make sure you receive exactly what you ordered. Thank you again for your patience and continued trust in Bax Music. We can’t wait to make you smile with your gear! Musically yours, The Bax Music Team" Well, if they're going to honour the original order, sure, have at it!

More setup shenanigans - I can't get the action low enough. That Fender bridge is not designed for this bass as it stands. I could shim the neck, but I'm not wedded to the bridge either... measurements and a decision will be made tonight.