BigRedX

[quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1456773681' post='2992177'] Interesting......... I can't replicate that & get a result! [/quote] Have a look at my reply above. Check your code by clicking the light switch icon top left in the reply window which stops the Forum from trying to parse the code and shows what has actually been typed/copied/automatically generated.

Right. I think I've worked out what the problem is. It appears HJH is using the correct link but then placing it in Basschat with the image button effectively wrapping it in 2 sets of IMG tags: [code]" class="ipsImage" /> Nope. Doesn't like Imgur either.[/code] If the link you copy from your photo-hosting site already contains the IMG tag you can paste it into the reply directly without having to use the image button. HTH. Edit: it would help if I actually could type the right tags myself!

[quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1456773058' post='2992163'] Edit: Looks like a similar route to BRX. [/quote] No mine is exactly what HJH was trying to do except that I accessed the photo URL directly and then made my own IMG tags in the Basschat reply.

Very weird. The only way I could make the image actually display in the forum properly was to copy the URL from between the IMG tags into the address field of a new browser window and then copy the address again into the reply field in Basschat with my own IMG tags that I typed myself.

I think the problem might be with the way the code is being entered into the Basschat reply field. If I go to that Imgur link and make my own IMG tags the photo appears OK (in the preview window at least). If I try to quote your Imgur post the code appears to be broken - the opening IMG tag is lost, but then the photo appears after quote. Like this: [quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1456772280' post='2992146'] " class="ipsImage" /> Nope. Doesn't like Imgur either. [/quote]

[quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1456771738' post='2992134'] Yes, exactly that and it will not work for me. Just doesn't copy the link form where it used to on my old PC (exactly where you have circled). [/quote] That's because your new Mac doesn't have Flash installed. There's a little .swf (Flash) element on the page that automatically copies the contents of the link field that you click on, into the clipboard of your computer. IIRC without Flash installed you can't even select the link let alone copy it. I always copy my links from the thumbnail view in the album, which doesn't rely on having Flash but you do have to manually copy the code (either using command-c or from the edit menu). I don't worry about the link giving away my album, because I have a separate Photobucket account just for use with Basschat.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1456753680' post='2991900'] Steve Russell's original site was one of the first home-grown enthusiasts' sites and, although it grew out of his love of vintage Hofners, it rapidly expanded to also become one of the best on-line resources for vintage British valve amps and a whole bunch of other stuff. 2000? Yup, sounds about right. Books? Surely you jest? There's loads of stuff about Hofners out there, both books dedicated to the brand (I have half a dozen) and books dedicated to the music of the era (I have at least a dozen) which in turn have to include loads of information about Hofners because almost every rock star of the 60s and 70s started by playing Hofners. If what you're after is a reference book / bible for all vintage Hofners, then the book you want is a rare hardback called [i][b]Hofner: Made In Germany[/b][/i] by Michael Naglav. Next time you're down in London set aside half a day and come round to my studio ... [/quote] Thanks HJ! Is that book in English? My German is a bit too primitive to understand a whole book on guitars. And I may just take you up on that offer some time. Thanks again!

The copied bit doesn't work because it relies on having Flash installed and if you have a new Mac it won't be. The link you want is the IMG one. The format should look like this: [code][IMG]http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n249/BigRedX/Forum-Banner-2_zpszyj7v3et.gif[/IMG][/code] I can't help you with exactly where this is because I have customised my Photobucket preference to only show this and the HTML links.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1456502165' post='2989741'] If this stuff interests you, my own personal archive of (almost) all the Hofners I have owned is here: [url="http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/library/Hofner%20vintage%20instruments"]http://s1128.photobu...e%20instruments[/url] By far the best resource I've ever found is Steve Russell's excellent and now much expanded website: [url="http://www.vintagehofner.co.uk/"]http://www.vintagehofner.co.uk/[/url] You can also spend a hugely rewarding hour looking at this: [url="http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/library/Other%20music%20related/Selmer%20Catalogue%201963"]http://s1128.photobu...atalogue%201963[/url] [/quote] Thanks for those links HJ. The Vintage Hofner site has a wealth of information even if it looks like it was built before 2000! Has no-one bothered with a book for Hofner guitars and basses yet? As a Burns fan I have access to 2 excellent publications which between them cover pretty much everything I would want to know about the instruments of Jim Burns. Also can anyone recommend a good on-line or printed resource for Danelectro information? Thanks!

[quote name='Bassjon' timestamp='1456605684' post='2990753'] 2 great venues have shut down in Nottingham this week. [/quote] What's the other one? I only know of one, and IMO it could hardly be called great...

[quote name='matski' timestamp='1456493899' post='2989604'] Baldwin Vibraslim? [url="http://guitar-auctions.co.uk/portfolio-post/lot-188-baldwin-vibraslim-bass-guitar-made-in-england-circa-mid-to-late-1960/"]http://guitar-auctio...d-to-late-1960/[/url] [/quote] AFAICS from "The Burns Book" by Paul Day and "Pearls And Crazy Diamonds" by Per Gjörde the only Burns Basses made in 1960 were the Artist and the Sonic. Baldwin didn't take over Burns until 1965.

Two things I can see from reading your ad: 1. It's not a permanent position in the band 2. "zany singing drummer" that would make me think twice.

[quote name='JJW' timestamp='1456440537' post='2989178'] I love it! [url="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-53481-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=5575090229&toolid=10001&campid=5337531593&customid=&icep_item=121900750441&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229508&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg"]http://rover.ebay.co...&mtid=824&kw=lg[/url] [/quote] Beauty is obviously in the eye of the beholder. I think it looks cheap and tacky. And I've seen Rory Gallagher's actual guitar in person - it's fairly nasty looking especially the metalwork. I see that Fender haven't bothered to accurately re-create that, as you'd probably need a Tetanus jab in order to play it!

Thanks for those links. Looking around it appears that I can get a Danelectro or Hofner from 1960 for less than half the price of an equivalent age and condition Fender, so win all round! Now to get out there and try some to see if they are actually worth having...

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1456440789' post='2989180'] In the EU everyone pays VAT (or that country's equivalent). What you don't pay is customs duty and additional VAT ... because it's a single market. Let's hope it stays that way or we'll be adding about 20% onto Thomann prices [/quote] It doesn't quite work like that. If I buy a bass from Ishibashi in Japan, I don't pay the Japanese sales tax, but I do pay VAT at the UK rate. So theoretically the price would only increase by the cost of the import duty - around 3% ( and which IIRC doesn't apply to items under £135) and whatever clearance fee gets added on by the company delivering the items in the UK.

You can't really calculate the total amount accurately, because firstly HMRC don't always classify basses properly which means that the import duty they calculate might not be the the same as the one you have excepted. Secondly the clearance fee that you will be charged varies depending on the overall value of the item and the company who is doing the delivery in the UK. Adding 25% on to the overall cost and shipping generally gives you a slightly higher figure than the the actual final cost but at least you won't have any nasty surprises. Except... the VAT and import duty will be calculated on the declared (insurance) value of the item and shipping so that if the seller over-insures the bass, you will be charged the full insured amount and then have to try and claim back the excess.

In the interests of keeping the original loom intact, I'd leave the earth wire attached and check how it is attached at the bridge end before doing anything. With a bit of luck there won't be a solder connection there and you'll just be able to pull the earth wire through into the control cavity, and then replace it with a new one to go with your new pickup and controls.

[quote name='Kevsy71' timestamp='1456352609' post='2988296'] I'm about to do something similar on my 79 P. I'm replacing pickups, pots, cap and jack; and keeping the originals joined together with their original solder and wire for provenance. All that is lost is the original connection to the bridge ground wire. [/quote] If I was doing that I'd put in a new bridge earthing wire. Is the original even soldered to the bridge plate or just trapped between it and the body?

Thanks HJ. I was hoping you'd appear with some info on the Hofners. In which case the 500/10 sounds like just my thing. Not only will it satisfy my current interest in semi-acoustic/hollowbody basses, but it's also rarer than a rare thing! Although IME it doesn't matter how rare an instrument is supposed to be at some point it will show up for sale on line. On several occasions in the past 15 or so years that I've been seriously buying basses several instruments that I never thought I'd ever see have turned up for sale and in a few instances the price was right to allow me to buy them. And just in case I can't find one and decide to go for a 500/5 did you own one of those, and if so what did you think?

Fretless? ACG is going to be hard to beat.

Do Basschat threads get better as they get older?

[quote name='Maude' timestamp='1456347541' post='2988200'] A Danelectro Longhorn, either six string baritone or four string bass, would be my choice for a 1960 bass. [/quote] That's what I'm leaning towards ATM - a 6-string if possible. Not stupidly expensive either from what I can see.

[quote name='miles'tone' timestamp='1456330709' post='2987959'] Instead of a YOB, go for a BFL. (bass for life) [/quote] I already have at least 2 BFLs in my black and red Gus G3s. TBH it's as much an exercise to see what was being made in 1960 that I would actually want to be playing in 2016 as anything.

[quote name='Fozza' timestamp='1456324792' post='2987863'] I can't seem to post a link but if you google "six great extinct Gretsch basses" it will take you a post on the Gretsch blog which has pictures of their first bass model. It was called the Bikini(!) and started production in 1961. Back to the drawing board! [/quote] That Gretch bass is suitably weird enough for my liking. Pity it wasn't around in 1960.