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[quote name='vmaxblues' timestamp='1320174006' post='1423379'] Wow, you make it sound so simple! cheers [/quote] My pleasure. G.

Pickup hot goes to tip, pickup ground goes to shaft, battery ground goes to ring. G.

I reckon you'd be better off getting one of the Dan Erlewine books. G.

[b]First Bass Owned: Sunn Mustang 'P' bass, Indian built 'Go To' Bass: Yamaha BB415 with 18V John East U-Retro fitted by Bass Doc 'Your' Bass: Yamaha G5A with Yamaha Humbucking Pickups (from RBX375)[/b] [b]G.[/b]

Get a nice piece of ebony off Ebay & carve your own? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PEN-BLANK-WOODTURNING-asian-striped-ebony-/150681959621?pt=UK_Crafts_Other_Crafts_EH&hash=item2315583cc5 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Four-pieces-ebony-timber-/300613794605?pt=UK_Crafts_Other_Crafts_EH&hash=item45fdfa7b2d http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Striped-Pattened-Ebony-Knife-Handle-Scales-Black-Bushcraft-1582-/320778731930?pt=UK_Crafts_Other_Crafts_EH&hash=item4aafe7019a G.

..............I'll buy one for £130!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! G.

If you tune those strings to EADG you'll end up with a neck suitable for Robin Hood!!! Seriously. G.

There are at least two threads on BEAD on a 4 every month. Search function is your friend.

DVD-RW gone. G.

Interesting. I've moved mine on. It sounded great at low levels, but when it came to gigging volumes there was something lacking for me. i can't put my finger on it, but despite trying all the things I've read, I just couldn't get the kind of 'grunt' out of it I get from my Ashdown MAG 400 (485W @ 4 Ohm UK built). I've also moved on the Laney VC30 as I really don't play much guitar any more. However, if it works for you, I'm delighted. I defo. found that the Mullard made a difference. I'm very interested in the MiBass. G.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/guitar-project-/170715361895?pt=UK_Guitar_Accessories&hash=item27bf6db267 G.

See if you can find a Digitech Genesis 1 for cheap - there's only a 3 on Ebay at the mo & it's a different kettle of fish - Oh & make sure you get the correct power supply - AC/AC. G.

Normally strings last a long time for me, but the Blue Steels died in a particularly short time. G.

[quote name='darkandrew' timestamp='1318706107' post='1405489'] I'd thought of the Peavey Cirrus, the US made neck-throughs are particularly nice but I think they're 35" scale - the same as my Euro 5LX and I was thinking about getting a standard (34") scale as having played 34" scale basses for 20 years or so I don't find the 35" scale to be as intuitive. [/quote] Ah - I forgot the Cirrus was 35" - however, I had a BXP & it took me about 10 mins to adapt - thereafter I swapped between 34 & 35" scales without noticing the difference. I can say that, for me, it had the best neck I've ever played (so far). The neck on my Yamaha BB415 is excellent - very 'jazz bass - whereas my BBG5A is more like a P bass. G.

Peavey Cirrus. Yamaha BB something. G.

If there's a diagram for side-by-side buckers, follow the colour guid for that. G.

A fretless Musician bass is the only instrument that I have GAS for.... G.

If you've soldered the links to ground, you've turned it into a single coil. G.

This amp cost me £22, Mark - is it worth it? G.

So, if you hook an external speaker into the output labeled '4 Ohms', does it cut off the internal speaker? G.

For the aforesaid reason I haven't done anything about this, but when I get around to it, it looks like the bridge rectifier is neither too expensive not very difficult to replace, so I'll see if I can (1) remove rectifier, ( 2) get a replacement at Maplin's and (3) replace in situ. If that don't work, I'll be asking Mark about the transistors. G.

MXR 80+ G.

It's a while since I last posted in this thread, but my experience is that speed improved then got slow again. It's not *too* bad during the day, but gets pretty dire this time of night when everyone's logging on. It took nearly 40 seconds for this thread to come up & I've had the formatting problems from the word go. I do not have *any* of these problems in The MusicPlayer Forums, Basschat, The String Network , Finn's or Greenboy. Only here. It's really beginning to put me off visiting here - as others have said. G.

No, they're all IDE. G.