Bassowner35

Thanks for the exercise. I managed to read it by changing the file extension as suggested.

Thanks everybody. I'll try the wee local shop first and then investigate the others.

My computer doesn't seem able to recognise the file type. What program do I need to read it?

Hello all I expect, being a knowledgeable bunch, that you could point me in the direction of a place where I can find small pieces such as screws for a pickup.. I notice that on my recently purchased Westone bass guitar one of the screws in the pickup is missing. It's quite possible that the screws are a perfectly standard size and that I could find one in a hardware shop. I could ask in the local music shop, I suppose, but I expect that there is a supplier that guitar repair people regularly use.

Thanks Nick and GeeCee It plays OK and I think it sounds nice. I haven't used it much recently but I used to play it in a small jazz group. I now play an anonymous one-off ( I think) that I found in the local music shop, but I'm thinking of making the Westone my main bass. I may even have it converted to fretless. The finish on the Ned Callan is very distressed, with long cracks, and it has a few rather deep dents and dinges. I could have it sanded, filled and resprayed but of course that wouldn't affect its sound, and might affect its value. I'll check out the shergold website.

Hello I have a Shaftesbury Ned Callan Hombre that I bought in Exeter back in the 'seventies. It isn't in mint condition, far from it, but as far as I know everything on it except the strings is original. I recently bought a Westone Spectrum ST, which so far seems like quite a nice bass, and I'm thinking of perhaps selling the Ned Callan. I imagine that trying to restore the finish or changing the pickups would spoil its "original" character. Not being a collector, I haven't much idea of what it is worth, but I know it featured in a book about British basses and guitars that appeared a good few years ago, and I understand it was designed by Peter Cook, a well-known British luthier. Has anyone got any suggestions?