pete.young

Can anyone make use of moulded EU-pattern round 2-pin plug mains leads? I have 3 or 4 IEC style and one tape recorder lead if anyone can use them.

Until You Come Back To Me - Aretha Franklin. The bass line by Chuck Rainey still brings me out in a cold sweat when I think of it.

Also just remembered that @dave.c had a Hoyer 30" SG copy a superb little bass and much better build quality than the Epiphones. Not sure if Dave still visits here, hope all is well Dave if you see this.

Greco made a very nice SG copy. There was one for sale on here about 18 months ago but I think it went. Can't find it now. Personally I'd be holding out for something with a slotted headstock, just because I like the look. I think Antoria is one brand-name with these, there are probably others.

The image I posted in this old for sale thread (about half way down) clearly shows him playing an Ovation Magnum 2. Of course, he might well have had more than one bass.

Colin Fulton, in Laxfield.

PJB Double Four

https://www.ishibashi-music.jp/category/select/pid/14678/language/en/currency/GBP?gclid=CjwKCAjwgbLzBRBsEiwAXVIygF1FsOsgk-IhRzwgYZuFAg4JLa4PGGBJdKnTSOn-kK4fGiP_azJM2hoCMdkQAvD_BwE

Ideal for playing at the local hop.

Good of Phil to make the effort.

I have a Nordstrand 2B-4c in my Bass Collection 465. It seems to work perfectly well with either the original pickups or the Delano replacements, so I think it's unlikely that there would be any reason why it didn't get on with the Sire pickups. I never use passive mode. The passive switch is a push/pull pot on the volume control I believe! The sound is always better in active mode, and I can't imagine the audience will notice the difference anyway.

Red Witch Zeus is along similar lines to the Octo Nojs. It has a gated fuzz and a great octave, plus the usual fab Red Witch build quality.

I was in Baghdad when you were still in your Dad's bag! Must have been about 1975, I'd just done a floor spot in Sandwich folk club with a couple of guys I'd met in the pub earlier (the confidence of youth!) A big tall scary guy with a crew cut and an Afghan coat comes up, says 'Really enjoyed your playing', gave us a few suggestions for next time, disappeared into the night. When he'd gone, someone turned to us and said, "Bloody hell, that was Davy Graham." Saw Blondie on their first visit to the UK, 1976, supporting Television at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester. 1977, drove past a gig in South Manchester somewhere, on my way to a folk music session. Some band called The Police, I wonder what ever happened to them?

We have two this weekend, and a band member has just pulled out of one (usually a packed sweaty and fairly unhygenic pub) citing his own age and health conditions. Fortunately there's a lot of us so we can cover it, but hey.

This has prompted me to dig mine out and give it a clean. The action's not as bad as I remembered, it plays OK all the way up the neck although it could be a bit lower, and the tension isn't that bad. There don't seem to be many ready replacements for the pickup, that don't require a router. A Seymour Duncan NYC neck would just fit but these are very expensive and hard to find. What do people reckon to buying a couple of Entwistle Jazz Pickups, cutting off some of the mounting loops and sticking them together back-to-back?

An oscilloscope? I don't have one myself but I know a man who does. I would guess it's an Accutronics unit from it's age, but there's nothing visible with it still in situ. This amp will need to go to a technician anyway for re-biasing and generally checking over - it was supplied with 2 wrong power valves, one Sovtek the other EXH - so much for a matched pair. I'll probably get them to look at it at the same time, although modern effects pedals probably render it redundant.

Thats an interesting mod. I've got one of these somewhere which needs some TLC. Do you mind me asking what strings you put on it? I have Status half-rounds on mine but they seem to have a bit too much tension.

A PJB double four, a clip-on tuner and a backpack.

Why do you need to rest your thumb anywhere?

The Yamaha THR10 is pretty good with bass but costs more than twice the Fly. I had a PJB Double Four for a while and that was incredible, but not really comparing like with like.

At least the spoon is a neck-through.

£126 quid with a day and a half to go? Silly money.

Best wishes for a successful outcome @Bassman Sam

A splendid effort! I salute you.