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Thank you for your input. It was an idea I had as my only working bass is an Aria Pro II 5er, and even when the 4 was complete it was hardly used so I thought as I'm doing the work refinishing the 4 maybe I could turn it into a 5 in the process instead of looking for a new one. It would be nice to have a second bass though as it will be another PJ 5er I can't see a compelling reason at the moment. Unless the Aria goes wrong in some way.

No need to apologise, sorry I wrote it in such a way that made you feel you had to. I only know about it because I looked it up when it wouldn't work from a normal PSU

Sounds like an even better plan, it might be quite narrow spacing and need rail pickups rather than poles but it should be a giggle.

Good idea Time to start looking for new necks and pups

It's not! The very old Boss pedals worked perfectly from a 9v battery, but the LED wouldn't light up from 9v mains, only 12v. These are marked ACA power. Then they changed the circuit and the PSU. These newer ones only work on 9v mains

This probably counts as a silly question. I've got a P-Bass copy that I'm refinishing and I was wondering whether I could rebuild it as a 5er rather than the 4 it is at the moment. Presumably all I need is a new neck, pups and bridge? Will the new neck fit the existing neck pocket on the body? If it's going to be too much work then look for a half finished p-copy in the marketplace

The LED on my GE-7B has stopped working. It's an MIJ one with the ACA sticker so I know it needs 12V from mains not 9 and it was OK. I don't suppose anyone knows the spec of the LED so that I can get another one to replace it do they? Or whether I can leave the one on the board alone and add a new one attached to the output jack or something? Electronics isn't my strong point

Depends on how quickly you want it! The bathroom scales say it's about 2kg so first class is about £8 and second is £6.70 I think.

I've got a plywood P-Bass copy body. Complete, but no guarantees it works properly and the scratchplate is held together with tape! If any one wants it let me know, pay the postage or collect from north Northamptonshire.

I've only got one bass, a Korean Aria Pro II Magna 5 I got off the 'bay and I can't see myself without it. I'd like a real Fender at some point, but that would just be for bling factor and the name more than anything else.

Could be worse, if it was being sold by MDP the bridge would be a mess as well! Hope you sort the ownership out.

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1379615133' post='2214923'] Look for a Sandberg VT5. [/quote] The weird thing is, I've already got an Aria Magna PJ 5 string, so I'm not exactly in need of one. But it's not a real P-Bass! Funny the things we want! [quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1379615408' post='2214926'] Interesting point. Apart from the body conversion, if the build is simply adding branded pups, bridge etc, to an average bass. Would this increase the value? Or when it comes to sell is it better to strip the bass back to standard and sell the parts separately? [/quote] You couldn't put it back, not with an extra pickup routing in it. Well, you could, but it would cost far too much I suspect.

I've got a serious amount of GAS for a 5 string P-Bass with a PJ configuration. I know they exist but they seem to be quite rare and not available new. Would it be wrong to get a normal one and have a competent fellow fit the jazz pickup? Not that I'm in a position to buy a P-Bass at the moment regardless of what sort it is, but you can't help thinking of these things can you?!

A solid colour MIA Precision 5er with a Jazz pup, age not important, I'd just like a genuine Fender. More curiously, a couple of flight cases!

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1378421387' post='2200240'] Usually I don't find it a problem but some songs start in an odd place and mislead you as to where the 1 is. A perfect example is 'Sex On Fire'. [/quote] [quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1378447941' post='2200330'] Can you count? If it's in 4/4 then you only need to count to 4, 5/4 requires an extra syllable. Ask the drummer if he'll do the counting out loud to start with. [/quote] I'm not sure what it is, but I can't hear beat one, whether it's in 4/4 or comes in late. My teacher (Hi Matt ) started me off on Cissy Strut this week, not only is it on the off beat but when he played some drum tracks I had real difficulty picking out which beat was the beginning of the bar or not. I listened to some stuff in the car on the way home and even then I'm not sure I got it right. Maybe I should become a guitarist

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I can't prove you wrong, or right. I think tortoise shell looks horrible, and when paired with sunburst it makes me want to run away and wash my eyes

I can't be the only one who finds it really difficult hearing or recognising the first beat of a bar, so any tips on how to find it?

A work colleague of mine has just walked from John O Groats to Lands End. On the way they spent the evening in a pub with a couple of chaps with guitars. One of the punters said that they'd always meant to learn to play. At which point the guitarist said "Well, you aren't dead yet!" which strikes me as the perfect attitude to have about learning new things Hope you enjoy learning your new skill and have fun!

It's amazing what an hour making weird noises and reading the instructions gets I've got a list of effects stacked up in sequence to cycle through with the footswitch and made a patch with 4 ODB3s in it, then my real one and the OD channel on the amp... Won't be doing that again! There are some strange things on there that I have no idea where they'd be anymore than a novelty but the seq filter is my favourite oddity I think that for what it is and what it costs these pedals are a cracking buy, I need to adjust the levels on it and my compressor/noise gate a bit though. Pipped by Dood!

Rather than ressurect Dood's old thread I thought I'd start a new one with my questions, unless you want it adding to the other one to keep all the info in one place? I got one of these wee beasties last night and so far I'm very impressed and more than a little bit lost! 1, Is there a suggested place in the chain for it, currently it's set up Tuner - GE7B - ODB3 - MS60B - Compressor/Noise Gate. I've not played with positioning, just chucked it in the chain to play with it. 2, The Cry and Talk wah seem to have a LOT of gain on them, to the point of almost being a fuzz pedal. I've never used a real one, so is this what they are actually supposed to sound like? 3, One of the Synth models doesn't seem to track very well, if I play even medium fast by the time I'm at the end all I'm getting is clean notes, again, I've never used a real one so I wouldn't know whether this is normal behaviour or not. 4, Overall it's a great bit of kit, once I realised that the memory patches were a whole string of effects in one go and how to find the individual models it mostly fell into place but now I need to watch Dood's review and RTFM, though the manual does look a bit thin for the amount of stuff this thing looks capable of!

Bought a Zoom MS60B from Nick. Excellent communication, speedy postage and item as described. Just need to learn how to use it now!

GK MB500 or MB500 Fusion. The Fusion is a bit more than your budget but the other one should be OK. I hope, or I shall look even stupider than usual

Iiiiiiiiiits Jaegermeister Time I've actually seen a fellow BCer play, how about that!

I saw these guys in Kitzbühel earlier this year and I'd forgotten all about them until I was looking for something else on YouTube. We popped in for a couple and enjoyed it so much we stayed to the end. I was a bit worse for wear by the end so didn't think of plugging the 'chat but if you're on here, good bass skills http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRPTtvK9VE4