Kiwi

The status neck/stingray thing has already been bottomed out on the EB forum. OBBM can probably tell you a few stories about it. The german chap who built that 'stealth' stingray is a lovely bloke. It would be next to impossible to get pure black matt chrome hardware to match the rest of the bass in the EU unfortunately. The process puts out too many toxic fumes and has been banned.

[quote name='OldGit' post='328671' date='Nov 13 2008, 09:10 PM']Tell that to kids these days and they won't believe you.[/quote] Llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllluxury.

[quote name='geilerbass' post='328364' date='Nov 13 2008, 02:03 PM']What's 'neck whip'?[/quote] You can test it by putting the bass on, and turning 90 degrees in either direction without holding the bass. The necks in the early 4 string models were apparently quite easy to fret out with any sudden movements.

do you have any problems with neck whip on the Ibby? It was an issue with the earliest 4 strings in the late 80's. I usually rate the Tobias Pro 6 if you replace the electronics and pickups which are a bit gutless. I really liked how it felt - nice slim neck and the wenge laminates sweeten the treble nicely.

I would offer you my Shuttle but unfortunately someone else has first dibs for a couple of dates they're playing in London.

[quote name='doctor_of_the_bass' post='327227' date='Nov 12 2008, 12:54 AM']part of the reason Rob decided to put J style p/ups on the MK-II was because Mark loves the sound of his own T-Bass.[/quote] In which case I don't understand why Mark isn't playing T-basses...he has played jazzes and jazz shaped Goodfellows.

[quote name='marcus bell' post='326389' date='Nov 10 2008, 11:00 PM']if i ordered one it would be quilted maple, with blud led's bendwell, 16.5mm string spacing, basically the dogs doo-dahs's lol... and if i buy a second hand mk-I, i wouldnt mind what colour the leds and wood were as long as it were, and artist model, through neck, 16.5mm spacing and had front plus side leds .... marcus stilll need options as its a lot of money for me...[/quote] get an all black one before Mark King does. In fact you guys could probably run a sweepstake on Statii for the finish of his next 'tour bass'. EDIT: Maybe we could run it on BC ... Rob would be almost sure to do something that had never been seen anywhere else.

Hmmm. What were the eq settings and rig? It sounds a little more open in the lower mids and a little more lo-fi than other youtube recordings of the KB Mk 1. In some ways it reminds me of a T-bass.

welcome aboard

[url="http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/video/2008/nov/10/squarepusher-session-live"]http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/video/2008...er-session-live[/url]

[url="http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/video/2008/nov/10/squarepusher-session-live"]http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/video/2008...er-session-live[/url] This clip he did for the Guardian is quite nice.

[quote name='uptonmark' post='326228' date='Nov 10 2008, 07:50 PM']the old chestnut.... just reply [b]+1[/b] to every thread[/quote] +1 *yawn*

[quote name='Rich' post='325368' date='Nov 9 2008, 04:46 PM']I reckon BasschatCat might have a thing or two to say about that. Don't upset him or he'll have a dump in your slippers.[/quote] A basschat-cat-sh*t-on-the-mat sort-of-thing? Molan, thanks for your offer of advice, we may well take you up on it. We probably need someone with developer and e-commerce skills more than anything. One word about advertising as a form of income, we've found that unless we get advertisers to pay in advance for a minimum period of time then the income is too unreliable to allow us to plan anything. You're also absolutely right about the size of the UK retail market, it IS relatively small and obviously even smaller when the offering of Thomann and other online European internet traders is taken into account. We would probably need to consider more of a sponsorship deal rather than selling advertising however I'm personally uncomfortable about having a sole sponsor that because if they were unscrupulous they could then potentially dictate what happens on the forum. However I guess we could also agree in advance the extent of sponsors relationships with the forum would be. Re: subscriptions, with Bassworld we did have concerns that a two tiered sub-culture would be created but I think to its credit Basschat is a different animal and a much more inclusive forum than Bassworld ever was and thats a credit to its members (well the ones who don't send unpleasant PM's anyway). Ped and I don't really see subscriptions as being viable but its interesting to understand what level of acceptance there is for subscriptions if nothing else.

[quote name='griffonite' post='324726' date='Nov 8 2008, 11:16 AM']I recently purchased a G and L 2000 with the neck tilt feature but have never used one before. Can anyone explain how it works. What effect do certain adjustments have. I have no problem with adjusting truss rods and understand how certain adjustments affect the action but not sure how the neck tilt works in the truss, bridge height equation.[/quote] The neck tilt affects how parallel the neck is to the strings. Too little tilt and you get low action at the nut and high action at the 21st fret. To much tilt and you won't be able to play anything in the lower registers because the strings will be making full contact with the upper frets. Ideally you need to straighten the nack as much as possible with the truss rod and then make sure the angle is shimmed so that the neck is perfectly parallel to the strings. Some of the effects of incorrect tilt for open strings can be mitigated by raising or lowering the action but the playability won't be inproved with any fretted notes. The micro tilt feature on Leo Fender designed instruments allows you to alter the neck angle using an allen key through the neck plate on the back of the instrument without having to completely remove the neck. The shimming instead is accomplished by a small hex screw in the neck pocket. Basically, you slacked the string tension, loosen the neck bolts and adjust the screw and then check by tightening everything up again. Sometimes I've been able to make minor adjustments of tilt in the direction of the string tension by loosening the neck bolts only. Very handy feaure but the neck pockets do benefit from being nice and tight around the sides of the heel for there to be good acoustic coupling between the neck and the body. There are some Fenders with sloppy neck pocket routing, where the neck shifts all over the place because the pocket is too big for the heel. See also this guide: [url="http://www.fretnotguitarrepair.com/El_Guitar_Neck_Angle.htm"]http://www.fretnotguitarrepair.com/El_Guitar_Neck_Angle.htm[/url]

OK, if the intonation is that badly out, is it worth questioning whether the replacement neck was the right scale length?

Out of interest, how have you calculated what the correct angle for the neck pocket is? Have you marked the neck heel after being set at the optimum angle using shims? Do you intend to reinstall the neck every time you need to check for fit? If you take too much wood out, you'll have to start again.