gary mac

I recently purchased an affinity to pimp. I thought that the neck would be the first thing to change but I was surprised to find that it was rather good. The frets were all level with no sharp ends. I set it up with a decent low action without much in the way of fret buzz. I did discard the tuners, there was nothing wrong with them but I prefer full size ones. this did involve drilling out the holes. I removed the existing decals and varnish/laquer. Put on a decal of my own design and relaquered with a satin finish. All in all it was a good job and well worth the effort

Thanks to MrH and icastle I have been able to insert the pics.

[quote name='Stingray5' post='1352576' date='Aug 26 2011, 03:23 PM']Looks like the photo permission is set to 'Private'. Change to 'Public' then we can paaaarty! [/quote] Will that mean that I can upload some nice big pics or you lot can just visit on flickr?

[quote name='MacDaddy' post='1352564' date='Aug 26 2011, 03:19 PM']it's asking for an ID and password.[/quote] Yes, think I need a grown up to help me I wanted to upload the image and not do a link but I'm a bit too useless

[url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/httpwwwflickrcomphotosgmac190/6081068370/"][/url] [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/httpwwwflickrcomphotosgmac190/6081068370/"]001[/url] by [url="http://www.flickr.com/people/httpwwwflickrcomphotosgmac190/"]gem5819[/url], on Flickr [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/httpwwwflickrcomphotosgmac190/6081068922/"][/url] [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/httpwwwflickrcomphotosgmac190/6081068922/"]007[/url] by [url="http://www.flickr.com/people/httpwwwflickrcomphotosgmac190/"]gem5819[/url], on Flickr After a few years of craving a vintage P bass, a temporary change in circumstances has allowed me to finally go for it. So after plenty of research, some advice, help and pointers from Beedster, Rick and Howard, I took the plunge. Simon made it all happen and found this bass for me in the States. It's a lovely instrument and in remarkable condition. It came with the original case and a 70's strap. The case is much more road worn than the bass and comes complete with a lovely vintage aroma. It came to me strung with flats, I've only ever played rounds but I must say that I love the smooth feel of them. They sound so right as well, although I've not yet played it at gig volume. I do intend to gig it although not in the Harlow pubs that we've recently been playing in. The neck and fret board are a joy and thankfully there are no dead spots. The frets are very good and not showing any signs of wear. I need to sort out an intermitent problem with the input socket and then take it out for a gig. I don't want it to be a housebound instrument for the duration of my ownership.

Good man.

I can usually recover quite rapidly but during Sweet child of Mine last weekend it all went horribly wrong, the singer missed a bit, which threw me and it was probably two or three bars before I caught on to how bad it sounded. This was followed by one of those hideous total brain blank moments which resulted in me forgetting that I could play a bass guitar. Other than that got through the gig with hardly a duff note.

my daughter used one at a recent open mic night and it sounded quite fine. Seen them for sale at Gig Gear in Harlow

Thanks John, that looks rather splendid.

A pleasure to see you back here again and well said. Always enjoy your posts though.

Looking good John but let us see the rest of it.

The Chequers, Old Harlow, Essex. Packed up following last nights gig, feeling really deflated and miserable . Not that we played badly, mostly it was pretty good, but on the whole a very uninterested audience.

I've been enjoying some of his playing lately, have had to learn Jail Break, Rosalie and Don't Believe a Word for the band that I've recently joined.

Bet that it will be lovely, will look forward to seeing some pics. And lovely that everytime you look at it you can think of your ma.

Nice one Dave, it looks very rock n roll

So glad to hear it Dave, that is excellent. Glad to hear your recovery is still improving.

That looks mighty fine John. Glad it was a happy ending.

Another good bit of work from Howard. Hassle free transaction and super fast.

Seems a bit strange that he told you a new pre amp wouold be a cheaper fix than a new pot. If you are confident with the soldering have a go. A new pot is a low cost item really. It will give you a chance to have a good tidy up and sort out the dodgy soldering already present.

I do the same GW and feel so much better for having now come out about it

What a spectacular transformation, looks totally lovely.

Was going to post something but all of a sudden there seems so little point.

That's the type of shopping trip that I could enjoy, as opposed to being dragged around countless clothes shops by the good wife. Thunderbird looks so rock n roll.

Sorry John, can't remember and I haven't got the bass to hand at the moment. I can borrow it from my daughter at some point to check but not for a day or so.