gary mac

I worked on one of these a few weeks back, once it was set up properly it was loverly Fretwork was good and hardware all worked. The only thing that let it down for me was the electronics, if it were mine I would have been swapping out the pots and wiring. Hope you have a great evening, getting to know it.

I've had plenty of Affinity guitars and basses on my work bench and with a decent set up and fret work, they've all been perfectly playable instruments. Recently treated myself to an Affinity Strat gave it a proper set up and changed out the cheap single ply guard, it looks, sounds and feels great.

From the Jam were playing last night at a Festival close to mac towers Had the pleasure of listening from my garden. His playing and tone sounded so good. Sounded like a Ric, although I think these days he plays a P bass. Anyway, it was a great sound, every note could be heard perfectly and I could enjoy a cuppa sat in a comfy chair, just the way music should be enjoyed

When I owned a VM, I upgraded to a set of Wizard Pickups, they gave it what I wanted. If I were going down the pick up upgrade route these days, I would be using Entwistle pickups. Really impressive and for not much dosh.

What Jabba said, is what I would be trying first.

For the last four or five years, I've been using the rubber grolsh type washers, at a cost of a few pence. So far, no problems and no signs of wear, after a few hundred gigs.

I've installed quite a few different Entwistle pick ups in customer's guitars and basses and have been impressed with all of them. The Neo Jazz bass ones being a particular favourite. Their Smooth track pots are also a great upgrade.

Our one for that night has just been cancelled, they've offered us the week before though, so not too bad.

Need to clear my search history now, after searching for "All you need to know about knobs"

This is a good knob resource https://blog.philadelphialuthiertools.com/2013/05/16/choosing-the-correct-knob-for-your-guitar-or-bass/

She's a bit good isn't she

That's impressive work Rubis, looks marvelous.

Love the pic Ped

Yes I would assume that the blacks want soldering together. Red to volume live and white to ground.

What hooky said, also if the screws are close to the old ones, then they may well start to go in a bit wonky. If there's a risk of that happening, I would first fill the old holes with wood glue and cocktail sticks and leave it to harden.

They are great strings and I've found them to be very long lived.

Excellent as always Andy.

I've found that if I do the popping thing on my P bass that wears Elixirs, then it's a waste of effort and is lost in the mix, if I do the same with the P with D'addarios or Highbeams, all is good.

What a rotten situation CyberBass but so glad to hear that you survived. Hope you make a full recovery and get back to playing in the not too distant.

North West Guitars do some good necks Dave.

@ped were the knobs from the site that you linked to a few pages back?

Maybe I should get a set of those for mine, looks good.

What a transformation I've worked on plenty of grubby instruments but none quite as minging as your one.