Maude

I haven't looked into the wiring yet but was hoping someone had a diagram or explanation I could follow. Happy doing soldering, just need to follow instructions. I've recently bought a Rick 4005 copy with two pickups, two tone pots, two volume pots, three way selector and the Rick fifth knob which is a kind of blend. It's a long story but I eventually want to wire in a series switch, but haven't got the switch yet so was just going to wire the pickups in series through one tone pot and one volume pot to try at rehearsal this week. Would anyone be able to explain which wires go to which tabs on the pots and stuff please. An actual diagram would be amazing if anyone had one. Thanks, Allan.

I'm really not sure what you're trying to get at. I don't get drawn into the arguments on here because, as I'm sure I've posted before, Internet arguing, where nobody wins and everyone looks like d!cks. I'm pretty laid back in life and on here and as far as I'm aware I've never upset anyone on here. So I'll just wish you a happy new year and leave it at that. No smiley as that appears to cause upset.

Not really, but each to their own

@Bassislife16 You've genuinely confused me now.

[walks into shop] Can I buy your Maruzoo... Marushu... Maruzaku... Mooroozoo... Ah b0llocks, I'll have that Fodera. No wonder I'm skint.

Can't argue with that

They're my string of choice, medium gauge, 50-105 (4 string) ENR72. No silks, just the D'addario coloured ball ends. I don't noticed that they die particularly quickly but they're not massively bright to begin with. I like higher tension strings and like the smoothness of flats but wanted a little more brightness than Chromes. I don't like new rounds brightness at all. These give me what I'm after, lovely fundamental like a flat, roll the tone back and they could be flats, but with a nice amount of top end, but never that new round bite. It depends what you like as always. What sort of tone are you after?

Surely a 12 string for Jeremy as well

"built during the same famous premium boutique bass era in the UK as Wal!" And a load of less desirable tat in sold the Kays catalogue. Ahh, the excitement when the White Arrow van arrived. BTW I have an Austin Allegro for sale, built during the same famous premium boutique car era in the UK as the Jaguar E Type. £90,000

Weirdly I've always gone from G to E (or B with fivers), no idea why. Unless all the strings have been slackened for any reason in which case I'll do a mixture of low and high to put the neck back under stress evenly and not stress one side before the other.

Thanks Andy, I'm sure that he posts, or used to, on here as 'Coldflows'. I'll message through FB 👍

I have a Yamaha BBG5s (Black with gold hardware) but I've mislaid one of the knobs. I could just buy four new knobs but at the moment the level of tarnish on them matches all the other hardware, it's all lost a bit of its goldness as they all seem to. Does anyone know anywhere where I could buy one aged gold dome top knob? New ones just look too bright and gold. Any ideas are much appreciated.

Mmm lovely

Don't knock it. Off the top of my head New Order & Joy Division, Bauhaus, Gang of Four, Depeche Mode, David Bowie and The Kinks used a Melodica in their songs. If it's good enough for them, it's good for me. Although I prefer them fitted with the tube. 😉

@fleabag A damn good seeing, oh sorry I see what you mean. Bizarrely she's asked if I could dig a hole about 6' by 2' and then book someone to lay a patio a couple of days after I've dug the hole. I don't know what she's got planned, exciting times eh? 🤔

Brilliant, there's a few little DIY jobs that Mrs. Maude's been pestering me about. When should I expect them? I'll put the kettle on. 😁

But you've just given the game away, haven't you 🤔

Okay okay, you Elm 😁

Have you seen my recent New Bass Day thread? You beach 😁

Which is why I didn't do it, until I used it to make my point, which wasn't actually about grammar but misunderstandings. Ahh b0ll0cks, what do I know about anything , I've just bought a banjo 😂

See, now I don't know if you're proving the point of my post and messing with me, or genuinely dyslexic and pee'd off with me, or maybe even into trains of the diesel-electric type and are just plain crap at spelling. 😁 Anyway it was PaulWarning's post I quoted and corrected. 😉

I'd agree with @EBS_freakabout misunderstanding the intention of the post. Using the quoted post above I could reply, "Its 'accept' you fookin' bellend". Meant comically, playing on the "without resorting to insults" part of the post, but with no smilies Paul might take offence, so I add a laughing emoji to show I'm joking with him, but now he thinks I'm laughing at him as well as correcting him. Could get totally out of hand due to misunderstanding how I meant the post. I'm a bit of a joker so take most posts of this sort as said in jest, but some more serious folks would take it straight and be offended.

I won't post a distracting reply to your post. I'll just let you get practicing. P.s. Should it be 'practicing' or 'practising'? Are the two interchangeable, is one an Americanism, or is one 'to rehearse something' and the other 'to carry out a profession or belief? Hmm 🤔.

And yes 'chaps' should've had an apostrophe before the s but I'd run out of them. Obviously I've found some more now for this post. 😊

The two big issues I have with BC is firstly, I joined as a moderately wealthy man and now I'm broke, and secondly, could somebody please increase @Teebs 'like' allowance, the poor chaps always running out 😂