gary mac

not exactly a demon with a camera either.

Lemon oil on the fret board. let it soak in and then wipe off the excess. Good quality guitar polish/wax for the body. If it's very grubby and with scratches, then t cut or similar. Polyester is a tough finish and i've used t cut to good effect, followed by a good polish. .Light coating of a fine oil on the bridge and saddle screws etc.

That does look very cool. That Howard is a jolly fine chap.

The Isle of Wight has always been sunny for us, even when we went over a couple of months back (mid November), we were walking the beach at Compton Bay in t shirts. Didn't brave the surf though but there were quite a few brave souls surfing, some without wet suits. They breed em tough over there. Welcome by the way.

Good man, glad to hear it.

The parts all look good, so go and get stuck in Jerry. Hope you enjoy the experience.

I have experienced some of this nonsense over they years. It has become painfully obvious over the last couple of years when searching the musician wanted sites, that there are an awful lot of dreamers, wannabes and general waste of space tossers. A fair few of them old enough to know better. Thankfully there are some decent ones amongst them but it can be a long tedious process getting to them.

I'll have to re visit, got as far as the end of the first night and had a few chuckles on the way.

Yes, time to move on to a new teacher. Just the fact that you are questioning it, I guess means that you know it's not working or even likely to long term.

No problem. I tend to look out for the auctions, rather than BIN and stick in a last minute bid. The downside being that most of the auctions end at 2 or 3 in the morning.

Happy Bassy Birthday. Maybe a good day to treat yourself to something from the sales forums

I've used this site [url="http://stores.ebay.co.uk/The-STRATosphere?_rdc=1"]http://stores.ebay.c...Tosphere?_rdc=1[/url]

Just been to have a look and it's screws on my 75 p bass.

It is an impressive piece of design, although I can only imagine the reaction of my band mates if I turned up with one for the next pub gig

That was quick Nick, No problem. Probably got your details somewhere but can u pm me save me searching All the best

Silldx kindly sent me this book and is happy for me to add it to the Bass Chat library. I always enjoyed the bass playing of Bruce Thomas when he was part of the Attractions. This book, much like his bass playing is imaginative, and entertaining. It is also in parts, very humorous. So, add your name below if interested. In Bass Chat tradition, I will sign it and forward it on to the first BC'er on the list. Gary.

Is it still under warranty? Not trying to be clever but thought you may not be aware, they come with a three year guarantee. Assuming it's out of warranty may be worth you doing a search on the Talk Bass forum, I believe one of the users on there was involved in the design of the Shuttle 6. He seems very willing to offer advice. Sorry, can't recall his user name.

I would still be tempted to fit it up with a decent neck, assuming that I liked the body whether it was Fender or not.

[quote name='thebrig' timestamp='1328172909' post='1522854'] my biggest problem is that I can get the sound I want at home at low volume, but when gigging/rehearsing, I don't seem to cut through the mix as well as I would like.. [/quote] I can recall the same problem, then I got my first P bass not always the best sound at home but just seemed to sit so nicely in the band mix. The band was blues/rock

Unless instruments are particularly valuable/collectable, I see very little point in keeping them if they are not comfortable to play due to weight issues. So, unless you are expecting your ailing back to improve, sell the heavyweights. I can recall in my younger days always striving for "that sound", spending time and dosh on preamps, active basses, different amps etc. It all seems to have come right for me now with passive precisions and the eq on my amp, which is a Genz

[i]A [/i]couple of years back I had a similar situation with a guitarist. Said guitarist was a good friend as were the other band members. We gelled as mates and musically. But his reliability was just awful. Week in week out we would all be set up at rehearsal and waiting for him to hopefully turn up. Sometimes he did, more often he didn't. Sometimes he would phone, sometimes not. I stuck with it for about a year or so, until I decided enough was enough. I had come to the conclusion that the situation wasn't going to change and that I didnt want to spoil our friendship with a falling out, which there would have been, as I was starting to feel that it was a real insult leaving us all hanging each week. So, the friendship was preserved and I'm now in a couple of bands where everyone seems to be equally committed. My old mates are still at it, although not one gig since I left and only a handful of rehearsals in a year or so.