tauzero

The pickup cover is nicely wonky. Sadly, all the photos are taken at an angle which precludes checking the neck pocket to see if it has an authentic Fender gape.

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1444086905' post='2880253'] I don't think the daft sods asking £300-odd ever get lucky. [/quote] They only have to get lucky once though, whereas the poor buyer has to evade those for ever.

Yes, a Zephyr - pretty symmetrical rather than the leaning-forward Grind.

[quote name='sprocketflup' timestamp='1444087784' post='2880257'] and another to inevitably ask if its any good for m*tal [/quote] And another one to say that Leo Fender had invented the light bulb and nothing better had been invented since then.

Mrs Zero and I will be there on the Friday, making a long weekend of it!

[quote name='CHW' timestamp='1444044094' post='2879666'] Of course- everything has it's price, but this is more about a middle ground between "I need some cash" and "it's not for sale but for £50K it is yours" [/quote] "So we've established you're a whore, we're just haggling about the price".

[quote name='IBWT' timestamp='1443877832' post='2878407'] My only criticism is that you could have made the most of the headstock for the 5th string and have it go all the way up to get more tension. [/quote] Surely the tension would be the same (as the speaking length is the same) and the only change is that it would be slightly easier to fret the string as the overall length of the string would be greater and so the marginal change in length from fretting would be proportionately lower with the tuner at the end of the headstock.

[quote name='ahpook' timestamp='1443975606' post='2879126'] If you're electronically minded then downloading [url="http://www.duncanamps.com/tsc/"]Duncan's Tone Stack Calculator [/url]and playing with the controls will give you an idea of how a Passive EQ functions. There's a few different designs, the 'Fender' model is the same as Trace Elliot and Alembic use in their preamps. [/quote] And the James one illustrates boost and cut in a passive tone stack.

Passive eq can boost and cut, depending on what it is. The James circuit was the passive predecessor of the active Baxandall circuit, and like the Baxandall, offers both boost and cut. James: [url="http://www.thermionic.info/james/James_SimpleToneControl.pdf"]http://www.thermionic.info/james/James_SimpleToneControl.pdf[/url] Baxandall: [url="http://www.thermionic.info/baxandall/Baxandall_NegativeFeedbackTone.pdf"]http://www.thermionic.info/baxandall/Baxandall_NegativeFeedbackTone.pdf[/url]

I thought the phrase "not even wrong" couldn't be applied to music, until now.

We've had two gigs postponed because of the RWC. It's not the end of the world. I suspect that no-one looks at the future sporting fixtures when they book bands in several months before the event. No, the real catastrophe of the Rugby World Cup is the bloody awful version of "World in Union" by Paloma Faith. I'd been ready to give her the benefit of the doubt until then, but it's a dreadful rendition of the song.

Looking again at the body shape, I think I'll exercise my prerogative to change my mind and agree that it is a Zephyr. Sadly there's no authoritative resource for the history of Peavey models.

[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vester-Custom-Fretless-Bass-guitar-90s-/131614887837"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vester-Custom-Fretless-Bass-guitar-90s-/131614887837[/url] These used to change hands for somewhere round the £150-£175 mark. Not a bad bass but £395 seems optimistic.

Not a Zephyr, like I said, that has sandwich wings with a contrasting wood colour in the middle that shows up in the forearm cutaway. The wings on this are solid wood. It's an early Grind with modded pickups and bridge. There's pictures of Grinds here and I think the earliest one would be the one shown at the top of page 2 in some rather blurry images: [url="http://en.audiofanzine.com/electric-fretted-bass/peavey/Grind-Bass-4c-NTB/medias/pictures/"]http://en.audiofanzine.com/electric-fretted-bass/peavey/Grind-Bass-4c-NTB/medias/pictures/[/url] It's probably been stained and varnished too.

Peavey, not the Grind before the current one as that has a sort of very large pop groove that extends over the lower forward bout. Not a Zephyr as that's got sandwich wings. I'm not sure if it would be the very first Grind, don't have details of that.

[quote name='Roger2611' timestamp='1443807978' post='2877936'] There has been an add in Guitar and Bass mag for a while that makes me want to be mischievous....it is pretty much "Bass player wanted for rock band must be over 22 years old and HAVE LONG BROWN HAIR" I mean WTF I am so tempted to find a photo of a beautiful naked blonde lady playing bass and send it to them saying....really wanted to apply but hair is wrong colour..sorry goodbye...sadly as yet I have been unable to find said photo to allow me to carry out my evil plan [/quote] [quote name='seashell' timestamp='1443862508' post='2878194'] PM sent. [/quote] Pictures or it didn't happen... There's quite often adverts on That Ebay which would provide appropriate imagery.

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1443807717' post='2877933'] IIRC the first six months you have the right to a refund, after that it's a refund/repair/replacement as the retailer sees fit [/quote] No, UK and Irish law seem similar - if you use it for a period of time (ie. the fault is not immediately obvious) then you're deemed to have accepted it and the seller should repair or replace (presumably if neither of these are possible then a refund would be given). If the repair/replacement isn't satisfactory then you can ask for a refund.

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1443821690' post='2878059'] I'm sure some of you remember this 'classic' from the early 90s (or was it late 80s)... but did you ever see the video?? A mate of mine just stumbled across it on YouTube and I thought I'd share here. Enjoy [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=jxmZZBJQAKM"]http://www.youtube.c...e&v=jxmZZBJQAKM[/url] [size=3][i]PS: can't embed the video (yeah, I've deleted the 's' in 'https'), so just click the link above. Like in the olden days.[/i][/size] [/quote] Perhaps because the "feature=youtu.be" is in there?

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1443807615' post='2877932'] They're not really your typical classic rock though are they ? I'm thinking ZZ yawn, sorry micro sleep there Top, and the like. Great fun no doubt for the guitarists involved, I personally hated my brief encounter with it, and wouldn't bother going to watch that kind of band. It's not I have to say, something that I listen to. [/quote] In the classic rock covers bands I've played in, I've done plenty of Who, Cream, Free, and other assorted bands with interesting bass lines, and a few with root 8ths (not many though). Thankfully, I've never had to play ZZ Top's song.

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1443791131' post='2877739'] I have a particular dislike for it I once played for a classic rock band, you stand there playing root 8th notes while the 2 guitarists take turns in soloing and pulling funny faces. [/quote] Yes, that's what I hate about playing The Who, Cream, and Free covers.

[quote name='Rich' timestamp='1443782286' post='2877624'] Likewise. Many years ago I advertised myself as looking for an instrumental jazz/funk band, and the first call I got was from a bunch whose major influence was The Smiths. [/quote] I can't think of a better candidate for an instrumental band than The Smiths.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1443773938' post='2877520'] Why are there fretmarks in the upper register along the FAR side of the neck on that bass? [/quote] Avoids parallax error.

[quote name='barneyg42' timestamp='1443792003' post='2877750'] Does Stevie Wonder......."What does Robert Plant??" [/quote] And who does Jimmy Page?

[quote name='jacko' timestamp='1443699659' post='2876962'] Steve Hackett can't. [/quote] Steve Howe is often asked it.

It's true. The Gizmotron bows the strings, the EBow picks up the vibration, amplifies it, and drives the string from a second coil. [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBow"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBow[/url]