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gafbass02

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  1. I just picked this up from ebay I was expecting it to be something like an encore etc, but its clearly older. Its very worn and the neck is massive it came in a nice old hard case too, and despite the massive hum i get in my house it sounds fine. I cant get the action super, super low as i like, but certainly low enough! if i go too low it makes the very top of the neck choke out.

    Anyone got any ideas what it is?, its very aged although i have cleaned it up rather. I cant seem to shield it as well i can my jazzes, ive covered the cavities in self adhesive shielding stuff from basspartsresource as i do on my jazzes but it still picks up all the dimmer switch noise in my house (goes away to some extent when i touch the strings) Should i get one one of those 'eliminator plates' for P bass they have on basspartsresource? Anyone tried one?, do they go under the pickguard?

    I want to fit an anodised gold pickguard but I cant seem to find one, anyone either got one going or know where i can get one at a decent price?

    The previous owner has stripped the headstock and i cant make out what it said before, the pics are off my phone so not great, my first thought was sumbro but im no expert!
    It seems very solid and well built the neck pocket has a B in it, and the pups say S and N on the bottom.

    Any ideas?, there is also a truss rod access cutaway.
    im very pleased with it but would like to make it better and find out more if i can.

    photobucket is just crashing my browser so im gonna have to do the pics like this for now:

    see flickr album below (my first linky thing hooray me!!)



    [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/34605698@N04/"]flickr album[/url]

  2. But it's supposed to have a graphite neck, 24 frets, six strings and a fully active pre-amp with emg's isn't it?!!?!
    I'm going through all these strange changes, I'm not sure I understand anything anymore! And I've started to think about girls! (especially Carol Smillie?) :-)

  3. First I actually ASKED for slippers for Christmas and now I have started to think about a nice sunburst precision?!!!??
    Noooooooo!

    I've even decided that the two bands I'm in (check my sig! Esp useless wooden toys!) will be my last originals bands!!

    I always wondered when I got 'bass old' and I consider this to be it! I'm even happier having LESS basses than I did!!

    If anyone has a sunburst fender or squier p going über cheap or fancies a partial swap for my cheap sixer, now might be the time to pm me before I have further crisiis (how exactly do you spell cry-seas??) and decide I need a flying v in metallic blue or something!

    On another note try to be hold of the album kon and amir off track vol 1 - the Bronx, Serious funk bass heaven!

  4. Well ive had this less than a week and actually really love it, but i realised after playing for a short time why i had given up playing sixers after i left Balance of Silence, about the same time i started to get agonising pains in my wrist which was exacerbated by playing the six ( i have tiny, tiny hands)

    ..and the pain still comes straight back when i play one so thats that idea down the pan!

    So i bought this like less than a week ago at time of writing from here and now cant really play the darn thing!...GUTTED!

    Its in excellent nick with some light scratches on the front. Its had mainly studio use apparently and ive cleaned it up, gorgomyted the frets and done a full set up so its has a fast, low action, and sounds meaty as hell!

    It has a lovely quilt maple top under the glossy deep blue finish and a nice flamed maple section in the centre of the laminate neck (which has resisted all attempts to photograph despite being really very flamey!)






    Id be interested in trades for fours, probably squiers such as a classic vibe p or j or mexi fenders or interesting things or a sale at £250 but its really gotta be either collection only or courier during half term (week commenceing 16th Feb)

  5. I'm selling a shine sb-26 six string bass in sorta wine red with two humbuckers, active eq and gold hardware in good nick for £85 collected from me in Cheltenham, could prob post for a ton I guess but not till haplf term (week commmencing Feb 16th) Its well set up with no issues apart from needed sone brighter strings imho.
    Its sounds nice and burpy and is a joy to play, a really impressive bass for the cash to say the least, its really rather fab!

    heres the pics i bought it from:




    some i took:


  6. I just put a new pre wired cheapo control plate on a cheap jazz copy after messing up the last one with my awful wiring. And despite it all apparently being wired correctly both pickups work fine but the tone works as a master volume, all I did to the tone was solder the bridge earth to the chassis?
    I tried swapping the little green doo dah (capacitor?) for the old one but it's still a volume, it's not the end of the world but is it something else I've done, would soldering the pick up wires back to front cause it? Cause mine are different colours to the diagram I've used. They both work fine, no phase problems when both on or anything??
    I suck!

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