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[quote name='Jamesrt2004' post='1260737' date='Jun 8 2011, 08:54 AM']why not get that + defret ?[/quote] That may well be something I consider.

[quote name='Tait' post='1260605' date='Jun 8 2011, 01:19 AM']You could make a project out of one of these? [url="http://squierguitars.com/products/search.php?partno=0300574506"]Squier Deluxe Jazz[/url][/quote] Yes, that is exactly what I'm after but fretless

[quote name='ThomBassmonkey' post='1260594' date='Jun 8 2011, 12:54 AM']I expect Sandberg could knock one up to those specs without costing a fortune if you're looking for one rather than idle curiosity. it's unlikely you're going to find one as a stock model anywhere, rosewood boards aren't very common from what I've seen (not that I'm a fretless player so I don't go out of my way to look), mixed with a black neck and matching headstock, never mind with the other total blackness and you'd have to get very lucky. Or you could go with a defret, then there'll be loads of options.[/quote] Yes it was more curiosity at the moment but possibly reality in the near future. I should had said Ebony for the fingerboard or similar rather than rosewood. Any dark wood suitable for fretless will do though.

Just thinking about my perfect fretless and wondering if anyone made it. It would have to be based on a passive Fender Jazz, all black, with matching black headstock. Rosewood board and idealy black neck but would happily accept maple. Plus black scratchplate and black hardware although happily accept chrome. If anyone remembers the old Fender Power Jazz from the 80's or maybe 90's I think then it would be like that but fretless. The thing is I don't really know of Fender doing matching headstocks on their current MIA range. I think the old Lakland Darryl Jones had a matching headstock but not sure if you could get them fretless. Stingray do fretless and matching headstock but its active and not a jazz Any other ideas or does my dream fretless exist?

[quote name='krth1985' post='1259892' date='Jun 7 2011, 04:37 PM']I doubt they would be that different. Mass produced on the same machine most likely. I've never tried GHS strings though, but do play with Elites. I prefere them over ernie's and rotosounds.[/quote] Yeah I've used Elites for over 20 years now and found they are the only strings I like. Only ever had one dud set which was last year.

[quote name='EBS_freak' post='1259873' date='Jun 7 2011, 04:16 PM']There you go. They are made by GHS for the Bass Centre.[/quote] So Elites are a Bass Centre product made by GHS. Cool, thanks everyone. So I wonder if the GHS strings are any different to the Elites in anyway.

Does anyone know who owns Elite Strings or is the distributor/owner? I need to contact them but there seems to be no webpage or information on the internet anywhere for them. Thanks

[quote name='Rick's Fine '52' post='1255346' date='Jun 3 2011, 12:38 PM']I don't disagree, but i think they have stood the test of time, and they still produce original material, i think the '....Atom Bomb' LP, is their best since Achtung Baby, so maybe theyre getting better?? At least they still produce new material, and don't go round the stadiums, playing their 'hits'. At the end of the day, you start a rock band, because you want to play music, preferrably your own material, sell loads of albums, get lots of recognition, sell out stadiums, put on huge shows etc. Theyve done that, and some, and continue to do so. Their live shows are very entertaining, they dont just stand there and play the songs as they were released, like many, so-called 'big bands'. I think they get over criticised alot. As a band, they work, simple as that. Best Rock Band on The Planet? No, not for me, although who would you put against them??[/quote] I find that most people who slag Adam's bass playing off either do it because they don't actually like U2's music and have no knowledge of Adam's playing or just don't like him because he is in a band with Bono and its Bono they really dislike. Either way, none of them have sat down and studied Adam's bass playing or even listened to his bass lines and learnt to play them. Far to much believing the Daily Mail U2 headlines going on and not enough finding out for themselves. As for the best Rock Band On The Planet comment, well is it a Basschat competition now. WTF is that all about? I thought music was music and personel to the listener and not about who's the best.

[quote name='jonthebass' post='1253920' date='Jun 2 2011, 01:21 PM']Not for me but what do you reckon? [/quote] About bloody time although its the wrong bass its better than nothing. Finally Fender

[quote name='Low End Bee' post='1252400' date='Jun 1 2011, 09:49 AM']Good luck. Let us know how it goes. I've just emailed Epsom as it's near our drummers manor and we could probably get a turn out.[/quote] Will do.

First rehearsal last night with the acoustic bass (amped up) and it was not bad but the G String really was still a little too quite for my liking. Not wanting to fiddle anymore with this, is this something a luthier/tech would be able to fix or am I pretty much stuck with it like this?

I am playing at the Epsom venue next Saturday, June 11th. My band is called Cow. Looking forward to it.

If I am driving then soft drink before, pint of Guinness on stage which usually only gets half drunk, soft drink after. If I am not driving then its a pint of Guinness before, pint of Guinness during which usually only gets half finished, multiple pints of Guinness after and then home at some point for a nice Irish whisky to wind down.

My mates got great heckles but the best one he shouts out at the top of his voice is, "Play one the bass player knows"

I have a Shuttle 6 and a Shuttle 9 and they are amazing. The Shuttle 6 was second hand, bought from Old Horse Murphy on here and I have had no problems with it in the couple of years I have owned it. Awsome amps.

[quote name='neepheid' post='1250062' date='May 30 2011, 11:17 AM']I fixed an electro acoustic guitar which wasn't picking up the E string at all. The owner had had a go at filing down the bottom of the saddle and got it squint, meaning that it wasn't sitting flush and square in the recess. Put the bridge bottom down on a known flat surface - does it rock at all?[/quote] Oops I should had waited for your reply as I decided to go all Handy Manny and get the sandpaper out No panick as I gave the saddle a gentle file with some low grain sandpaper. Plus I gave the nut where the G String sits a little file and so far its sounding a little better. Still not perfect but a bit better. If truth be known, it would be nice to have all the strings lower and the G a little louder but for now its better than it was. The G string also seems to be sitting a little higher than the other strings anyway so it might be worth sanding the nut a little more.

[quote name='icastle' post='1250014' date='May 30 2011, 10:49 AM']Underneath the white plastic bridge there is a piezo pickup 'strip'. Slacken the strings off and remove the bridge (it should just slide out) and make sure that the pickup is seated flat.[/quote] Right just done that and it all looks ok. What next? I guess raising the pickup up will raise the bridge and make it worse so would it be wise to file the G string side of the bridge so it sits a little lower?