geoffbyrne

That'll be a 'No!', then? G.

Just bought Andy's Yammy BB415. Kept him on a hook for a couple of weeks whilst scrabbling together the cash - apologies, Andy, but it arrived here safe & sound & twice as handsome. No probs. G.

Just sold Steve a little 28.5" scale Harley Benson P bass. Excellent comms at all times & really decent bloke. Thanks Steve!! G.

I've got a set of Fender 9120 Nylons on my fretless & like them a lot. I've just bought PsychoAndy's Yammy BB415 & am looking for a set, but can't see any 5 string sets. Anyone know where/if they are available. G.

Our last session included engineer & studio for 5 hours cost us £200. G.

After all this talk about replacement..............have you tried cutting the mids on the EQ of the amp? G.

[quote name='clauster' post='1172699' date='Mar 22 2011, 10:28 PM']My god! What an awesome sound Actually, what an awesome range of sounds. I was worried that 27 year old pickups might be past their best, but jeez, they're hot with loads of punch in humbucker mode, but clear as a bell in single coil. My favourite is front HB, rear SC and slightly towards the front on the pan pot, tone fully open - deep and punchy bass but with just enough edge without being strident. I really want to do my idea of having the pickup switches as toggles so I can put in series mode - that's going to be incredibly hot.[/quote] Why don't you rewire the neck pup straight in as a humbucker, use one switch to put the bridge pup parallel/serial & the other to do serial/parallel mode? That would seem to suit you. G.

I was in a band a few years ago where the singer was the bandleader, & organiser - he did a lot o paperwork & got everything verified by letter etc. He also spent a lot of time chasing gigs by visiting venues etc. He took a bigger cut & no-one minded. G.

Well, there's these... [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Jazz-bass-Maple-Guitar-Neck-Rose-F-board-20-Frets-/130488685972?pt=UK_Guitar_Accessories&hash=item1e61bb5594"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Jazz-bass-Maple-Guit...=item1e61bb5594[/url] [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Electric-Guitar-Neck-JB-Bass-Maple-21-fret-New-/370482679328?pt=UK_Guitar_Accessories&hash=item56427d0e20"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Electric-Guitar-Neck...=item56427d0e20[/url] [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Stagg-Maple-Rosewood-Bass-Guitar-Neck-Project-P-Bass-/230599214015?pt=UK_Guitar_Accessories&hash=item35b0c8c3bf"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Stagg-Maple-Rosewood...=item35b0c8c3bf[/url] [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/jazz-bass-neck-/180642010535?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2a0f1a55a7"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/jazz-bass-neck-/1806...=item2a0f1a55a7[/url] [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Squire-Precision-Bass-Neck-2001-/280646952829?pt=UK_Guitar_Accessories&hash=item4157dca77d"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Squire-Precision-Bas...=item4157dca77d[/url] [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Squire-Precision-Bass-Neck-2001-/280646952829?pt=UK_Guitar_Accessories&hash=item4157dca77d"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Squire-Precision-Bas...=item4157dca77d[/url] [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-Squier-Precision-Bass-Neck-1996-Project-/190511991408?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2c5b664a70"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-Squier-Precis...=item2c5b664a70[/url] [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Precisiob-Bass-Neck-Loaded-/290548340444?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item43a607d6dc"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Precisiob-Bass-Neck-...=item43a607d6dc[/url] [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/4-SIDE-ELECTRIC-BASS-GUITAR-NECK-PLATE-AND-SCREWS-/360353962639?pt=UK_Guitar_Accessories&hash=item53e6c51a8f"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/4-SIDE-ELECTRIC-BASS...=item53e6c51a8f[/url] and so on............. G.

I'm in much the same boat. After The Subway Blues Band (see music thread) folded, as the guitard messed us around then the drummer took a fit of the sturdies & did his drama quieen bit, I'm left with me (I like to think I can blay reasonable bass in time) and a pretty decent blues singer with harp. He & I get on together. We jammed with a couple of blokes 0- the guitarist was an alpha male who immediately took over everything & the drummer was his puppy. He was a good technical player with no feeling wahtsoever. So we're off down to The Old Volunteer Open Mike night in Nottingham on thursday night to jam & see if we can drum up some interest. If anyone in that area is reading this & fancies a go............... G.

I suspect it was intended to go with the Colorama guitar, judging by the body shape, but I'll sit corrected if I'm wrong. G.

Those were *very* nice instruments - I think you've got lucky there. Tap the poles of the pickups with a littlt screwdriver while playing with the switches & see if any of the coils turn on/off. You might find one switch is coil split & the other is phase - or there might be an individual split for each pup, which would be more useable - I've always found out-of-phase pretty unuseable. G.

If anyone's got a decent(!) Sue Ryder (or other) neck they don't want, I'll have it - Mine has a Not-So-Good neck with a pretty rough fret job - several low frets - if it were high frets it would be much more fixable - so I can't get the action below, say, medium - I like low - and I don't feel it's worth spending £40 on it for the fret job. G.

......also to be serious, if it's good enough for Jack Bruce............ G.

[quote name='mcgraham' post='1164623' date='Mar 16 2011, 04:46 PM'][/Pedant Match Point][/quote] Good one! G.

[Pedant Point] Is that BIG {girl's pants} or {BIG GIRL'S} pants or what? [/Pedant Point] G.

Metal? Looks? I simply don't understand this. and this is what it sounds like (headphones recommended): [url="http://soundcloud.com/geoffbyrne/help-me-2"]http://soundcloud.com/geoffbyrne/help-me-2[/url] G.

I have a 28.5" scale bass I got from Thomann which I could be persuaded to part with..... [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_hbp90bk_shortscale_ebass.htm"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_hbp...scale_ebass.htm[/url] I've got Roto black nylons on it (Oooo errr, Missus!!!) G.

I have a Cirrus BXP 5er and it's a terrific player. G.

Y'gotta have the original nickel-plated screws to get the tone, Dude!!! Everybody knows that...... G.