gary mac

No 2 is my choice.

With my old Trace, I more often than not had it set the opposite of a smiley face, in most of the venues I played that seemed to work best.

I was looking at one of these in a local secondhand shop recently. It actually looked ok, just a bit too heavy for my frail old bod. Can't answer your question about the body wood but I'm sure there is a thread somewhere on the forum about Encore projects. Try a search. If the neck is ok, I would go ahead and replace some parts, esxpecially as it hasn't cost you a thing as yet.

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-Fender-Telecaster-Bass-1951-51-Squier-Precision-/270758338315?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3f0a745f0b"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-Fender-Telec...=item3f0a745f0b[/url] Wouldn't you rather have this than the genuine crackling antique?

[quote name='monolab' post='1251126' date='May 31 2011, 09:47 AM']Great set up !! i was actually gonna buy one of those 50 heads a month ago , but i stupidily past on it.. DAMN!! DAMN!! DAMN!![/quote] Really, it didn't occur to me that there were any still about.

It's worth it if you enjoy tinkering and you are happy to use the exercise as an opportunity to learn more about your instrument. You will hopefully gain an understanding of the electronics, how to solder, how it all goes together, how to set it up to suit you. You might even end up with a very playable instrument. I recently upgraded a cheapest of the cheap squier affinity p bass that turned out really well and is now a pleasure to play. There's a thread about it in the Build diaries section if you are interested. You may well turn a profit, you may not but ultimately it's worth it for the experience, assuming you are not a complete disaster area around tools/soldering irons etc

Thanks to my daughter, pic now showing

Good luck with it. You'll love it.

Nice one Clarky, you do get your hands on some cracking basses.

[quote name='urban Bassman' post='1248152' date='May 28 2011, 12:33 PM']looks like it's a .zip file, I think you'll need to re-save it as a jpeg and re-attached, should work then :0)[/quote] Yes suspected that was the problem, thanks. Trying to sort it now but I fear the pic may be too small to be of much use.

[quote name='rOB' post='1248096' date='May 28 2011, 11:51 AM']the pic hasn't inserted mate. Or at least it isn't showing for me.[/quote] I know, thanks. I'm trying to sort it but think I might need a grown up to help me

Just found this old polaroid snap taken in my bedroom circa 1973-74. Image quality not brilliant but hopefully good enough to see. [attachment=81344:new_doc_1_1_.jpg] Selmer Goliath 4 x 10" purchased second hand. 50 Top amp purchased new from a record/music shop in Hoddesdon. The Epiphone was my 15th birthday pressie from mum and dad. I can still remember tearing the wrapping paper off the case, releasing the catches and opening it up to get my first look at it. Actually I can still recall the smell of it as well. I wonder if any of it still survives. I sold the bass to a friend of my brother but as for the amp and cab, just can't recall.

When i laqcuered the head on my recent p bass project, three or four coats was sufficient to mask the edges of the decal. I guess it must depend on the thickness of the film used for the decal, but fifteen coats does seem rather a lot. Use the wet/dry Wet.

That is handsome. Don't be shy, show us more.

Clarky are you trying to upset all the purists on here? Wait for the slightly angry post, telling you that it is NOT called a kettle lead.

Like it and will look forward to seeing the finished job.

Nice review. Chuffed for you, looks like you've got a goodun there. That's a pet hate of mine with saddle grub screws. It's a tedious job but I just have to take them out and cut them down a bit.

Reckon someone's nan has a missing wardrobe door

[quote name='thepurpleblob' post='1241126' date='May 23 2011, 06:37 AM']I've given up.... my hearts not in it. He (the pub owner) got a decent photo and some factual information. He's not paying us enough to do all the work [/quote] That's the spirit, you'll have people flocking from yards around

I need to learn this for the band that I've just joined. Got to say that although I've never played it, I already feel that it's straying in to Mustang Sally/Brown Eyed Girl territory, in that every pub band seem to have it on their set list.

[quote name='Fat Rich' post='1239540' date='May 21 2011, 06:05 PM']Touch typing can make your keyboard sound like a Mark King solo but that's about it I reckon. [/quote]

I learnt to touch type back in the 70's, on an old fashioned proper manual type writer, the sort where you really did need some finger strength. I don't think the modern keyboards need much in the way of strength to operate. It still worth learning to touch type though, must help with dexterity and also it's just the right way to do it.

Being an old git just made it too expensive for me to even consider. So that's why I built my replica YOB over the winter months. Not totally period correct but reasonably convincing and didn't strain the finances too much. It's been seen before but here's a pic anyway [attachment=80543:complete12.JPG]