pete.young

I think that may once have been a Senator bass. Neck issues are par for the course with these.

Seems to be a growing number of people offering trades in Status Updates. Is this usage within site guidelines?

I'm not sure this is right. Anecdotally, I have 3 different Piezo systems (2 by KK Sound, one by Shadow) which do not require power and which generate enough signal to be heard when plugged into a random amp. They do all sound better with a high impedance it is true, so I would guess the battery is there to power the preamp and isn't required for the piezo. The problem sounds like a short to me, either the socket is broken or the wiring has a fault.

The Tech Soundsystems NDS412, that I had for too brief a time.

The one on the BBNE2 is fine, and the Smoothhound transmitter fits into the recess.

@intime-nick 3D-printed some holders. Pictures here: I've been using a mobile phone pouch on the bottom end of my strap to hold the transmitter for years, it works well for basses such as Bass Collection where the transmitter doesn't fit very well in the jack socket.

It's what you need if you are an acoustic guitarist and you want to add some bottom octave on the lower notes. Particularly if you are playing a bass note then a chord on the offbeat (think 'Dum-chuck'). I think the OC-3 is the only pedal that does this, so that virtually guarantees the pedal is going to be a success whatever bassplayers think of it.

Loose drive belt?

I spoke to a gent in a music shop in August, who told me that Fender weren't taking any orders from him until 2021.

Does the OC-5 have the 'range' setting, that allows you to set a threshold above which the octaver doesn't apply?

Think about not putting them into the effects loop. That'll save one cable.

With the honourable exception of @agedhorse excellent contributions, everything in this thread, and probably everything on the entire forum has been covered earlier, where do you stop?

Who are you, and what have you done with the real @Beedster ?

WEM stood for 'Watkins Electric Music'. It looks like 'WML' to me too. Watkins did make guitars, first under the name of 'Watkins' and then 'Wilson'. I don't think the neck plates looked like that, though.

Sell? Sorry, not clear on the concept.

You might find that these need medium scale strings because of the extra distance between the bridge and tailpiece. I've never owned one so I dont' know for sure.

It's a great bit of gear. I only have one Precision so I won't be needing another one, but I'm very happy with the one I've got. I'm also very happy that I can now see the LED thanks to my new Mike Walsh scratch plate. Only thing I'd say is that it would be useful to have that LED as a charge level indicator when the bass isn't on charge.

In Gerrard St. Apparently the song was a reference to it. Better still, there was one called Ho Lee Fook at the end of the New Kings Road in Chelsea, late 70's early 80's.

I bought some upright bass strings from Jon. It was a perfect transaction, Jon is a pleasure to deal with and very prompt in communications and in sending out the goods. I'd happily deal with him again.

The builders who hang out in the 'Build Diaries' thread will probably give you some pointers. You could try a thread in there, or ask the mods to move this one.

On upright?

Some of the early stuff was recorded on a Precision, apparently. Or maybe a Jazz.

Can't go wrong with John East - brilliant product and first-rate customer service.

For casters you might find something suitable at Penn Elcom https://www.pennelcomonline.com/ Maybe also corners, though if you have NOS they're probably the thing to go for.

Ideal for throwing on a campfire, more like.