Kiwi

Wow, there we go!

There's definitely some balls out magic going on there. Love how Lee and Anthony are vibing with the drummer. Anthony Jackson is just a giant [s]bass player[/s] musician.

With a small handsaw it might be possible to chase out the original fret slots. Depending on how wide the slots are, you can find some flat plastic sheeting of some kind to superglue in to keep the fingerboard stable. Old credit cards and ice cream containers have been used in the past. Then just plane and then sand with a radiussed block.

Tony Goggle.

It used to be on the site, Jon knows this one well,

I get the impression there are two schools of thought within Basschat on what amps should do.

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1377362413' post='2186768'] Wales, I think...? [/quote] Llanybydder in Dyfed

What LukeFRC said, we kind of allow for swapping in the classifieds when people state a trade value. [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1377942719' post='2193809'] Don't upload who..?? Dammit!! Sorry... [/quote] I had one of those! But with a black and white photo instead.

[quote name='randythoades' timestamp='1377940054' post='2193756'] That is all very true, but i meant that people putting silly comments on a serious question is not always helpful or welcome. It was more if a comment about the attitudes to the forum and perhaps the mental capacity of your average guitarist! I should know! I fully agree that BC is far better moderated than others. Google gives far more conflicting information quoting anyone that wants to write something. Surely that is the point about asking opinions on a forum such as this? I would hope that you are far more likely to get considered answers. I am not against it in principle, i just don't think it necessary when you already have functionality within BC for guitar related discussion. [/quote] I understand. I respect your opinion. It's also very clear to us where other guitar forums have been going wrong. Any special interest group is likely to develop its own culture on a forum and for this reason alone, having clarity between one culture and another is a good thing because it allow members to choose where they want to spend their time the most. We intend for there to be a single log in for both sites and the same approach to management will be taken. Members from here should feel free to post a question on guitarchat and expect the same kind of reception and quality of information that they would get here. Anything you have concerns about can be taken up with one of the mods or the admin. The main thing Chris and I hope to achieve is a stable and friendly atmosphere...how that is achieved is as much down to the members as it is how the forum is managed. I hope everyone who has shown an interest on this thread so far will be able to work on that with the admin and I a little more collaboratively, once the forum has been skinned and is running. I hope to run an online...facilitated workshop. Very much along similar lines that I do for my day job. Also, if you help us by being active on the new forum you will also be helping to shape the community!

This was on the BC FB page a couple of weeks ago.

[quote name='randythoades' timestamp='1377937318' post='2193720'] I have to say that i would agree with Gareth. i am primarily a guitarist who has just come back to playing bass and i have had involvement with general gear and guitar forums. Whilst there are plenty of educated and sensible people on these foums, there is also a proliferation of people who just seem to either give you completely false infomation, post silly and pointless comments and just cause a nuisance. [/quote] How many guitar forums have you both visited which are managed like Basschat and are lucky enough to have such a great team of moderators? Re: false information - I'd suggest never take anything at face value. Google is your friend. Re: silly and pointless comments - I suggest that sometimes being silly is the point Re: cause a nuisance - there are block and report functions available on BC

Maybe Rob Green will use the hidden bridge, wide chambered body with a carved top, 3 band eq. and headless neck and call it the Electro-King Paramatrix...or something like that. OK next installment. [attachment=142746:DSC09427.JPG] So we unclamped the bodies the following morning and rough routered the jaggy tops so they were closer to the body outline. The drips of glue meant that the outline was a little bumpy but this didn't matter too much as we planned to smooth them out by edge sanding on the oscillating bobbin sander later anyway. There wasn't a clear way of doing the next order of tasks - routing for chambers, neck pocket and pickups, putting the back on and routing the control cavity. The chambering was relatively straight forward...just follow the outline of the template. [size=4][attachment=142747:DSC09428.JPG][/size] I also drew an outline of the control cavity on a piece of scrap to saw out, smooth and rout into to a thicker piece of MDF. [attachment=142748:DSC09406.JPG] This was something I later should have been more careful with bec[size=4]ause although the control cavity was made to be big enough for the electronics, it was also located in a position where the bottom F-hole was. OOPS...but more on that later.[/size] The next thing we decided to do was the neck pocket. So I took the neck and traced around the outside of it before cutting and shaping the inset. The problem with this Moses neck heel is that its not only tapered so it can be popped out the mould easily but the sides of the heel are also curving outwards and a little lumpy. [attachment=142749:DSC09429.JPG] So I set to the neck with some fine sandpaper and a steel block to shape it so its a little more consistent. We also allowed a margin around the outside of the trace just large enough for the neck to sit in tightly up to a certain depth. Then came the demanding part. We tested the neck for fit in the scrap template by inserting the neck and checking along the sides and bottom for light coming through. [attachment=142750:DSC09431.JPG] Any chinks or bumps were smoothed out with a file. This took AGES. Mainly because just when I'd thought I'd sorted one spot, another showed up. The corners were roughly filed too but the router bit for the MDF template would provide the filleting so no need to be too precise. However despite the necks supposedly coming from the same mould, Jon was adamant that both necks would need their own template. I also routed the template for the control cavity but I don't have any pictures of that.

The logic will come undone when we get to synthchat. BUt I think the colours are still cool though. Maybe synth chat can be pink instead...all the colours in a highlighter pack.

[quote name='ead' timestamp='1377806166' post='2192228'] I thought what she actually said was "It's a mystewy" [/quote] I believe she had a lisp!

I'd just build one out of spare parts and be done with it.

[quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' timestamp='1377804174' post='2192190'] Hawkwind played west ones [/quote] They didn't exist after Lemmy.

[quote name='rodacademy' timestamp='1377801596' post='2192144'] So forgot about the Thunder!! [/quote] Not important. The only band playing Westones I can remember were INXS. I wish I had photos of my Steiny XL25A to hand. Phenomenal lows. No surprise they're popular with dubsters. Dammit...I like 80's basses. OK I've said it.

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1377803197' post='2192167'] [i]So is Dr M the ebay seller too? You may not be aware of this: "[/i]This forum is for the discussion of Ebay auctions. Please do not promote your own auctions. If you have something to sell, please use the For Sale forums. (Moderated by mcgraham)." [/quote] As u might know. There is a place for selling stuff on here...

Looks like it won't be for another couple of months. The problem is that the last developer didn't record what changes he had made and now we have to download the site for Ben (our server maintenance guy) to figure out what has changed and what hasn't. Then we need to install Ubuntu updates, upgrade the Invision software and create a test environment for future development. We're also vetting a new developer which may or may not work out depending on whether Ben is satisfied they can do good work. They'll be skinning guitarchat and drumchat. Speaking of which...we don't have a colour scheme for the other sites yet. What do you think...replace the orange with blue and keep it a little brand consistent? Or go for a completely different look?

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1377800621' post='2192124'] Nice contrast? In the way dog sh*t contrasts with a paving slab? [/quote] Only in your imagination, not mine

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1377799843' post='2192104'] It's got that dreadful lower horn cutaway though, they look so ugly, an aesthetic nightmare rivalling that of the suburban amateur garden designer's split-level decking. [/quote] Nope, you've lost me. I think the lower horn cutaway is a nice contrast. The balance of the curves is different to a double cutaway but not any worse than a Fender. What's the point of an upper cutaway any how? It doesn't serve a purpose.

I think there were different basses in different markets. But definitely headless. It was a time when good design took priority over vintage snobbery. US market: Early 80's Steinberger was everywhere. Sting, Lee Sklar, UB40,Wet Wet Wet, etc. Metal - definitely Charvel and Jackson, I remember Bryan Adam's bass player playing a Charvel. Not bad basses either, the 3B's. [quote name='Samashton12' timestamp='1377762771' post='2191362'] I could be mistaken thinking this was an 80s bass, but the Yamaha BB series screams 80s to me as my dad swore by them and never played anything else around that time period, [/quote] I was thinking the BB5000 was absolutely everywhere in the late 80s...other than in the UK. Nathan East had one, Wayne Nelson the bassist in LRB, Mister Mister...etc. Nice basses too if you liked close string spacing. UK market: Status, no question, with Jaydee and Wal as follow ups. I remember reading the classifieds of NME and drooling over the Statii, Wals and Jaydees for sale. One day I bagged my own Jaydee and it was my only bass for 12 years. It still sets the standard in terms of what I'm used to and feel comfortable on.

There are a few very nice looking single cuts out there...Fodera Beez Elite for example. A Telecaster is a single cut BTW...so is a Les Paul and a Gibson Byrdland...I've yet to hear guitarists moaning about how they look so bad.