Maude

Great choice of colour. I am about to refinish a fretless P and had narrowed it down to that Fiat mint green or Mini Ice Blue (duck egg blue). It just so happens I have a Mini to paint in that blue next week so my choice was made for me, but now I'll see yours finished in the Fiat green and doubt myself.

The stage gets slippery if there's nothing to soak up the dribble.

^^ this is true, but I'll happily give up my job and settle on only being in Muse for the rest of my career.

I have a tendency to do fills in time with the snare fills, not all the time but when I feel it fits. It just adds that something to the drum fill, reinforcing it but not that noticeable as a bass fill.

It happens. I feel the live tone I get is better from my cheap Aria jazz copy than my American Fender jazz, mainly because I don't own an American Fender jazz.

Keep this thread updated please Coldflows. I'd love to see this bass back up and running and being used again.

Top tip. If you give it a quick rub with 80 grit or similar first just to break the surface then the nitromors will lift the paint quicker. Obviously don't sand enough to scratch the wood, just scratch up the surface so the stripper can get in there.

Used to do a cover of 'Under my wheels' many moons ago, always good fun.

Well I have to say the suitcase lived up to expectations, exceeded them even. Such a lovely clear articulate sound. Made my bass sound the best it ever has. I'm one very happy bunny

What if it plays like 'I can't believe it's not butter'? Is that good or bad?

I have probably completely missed the point to this saying, but what the hell does 'plays like butter' mean? Surely butter is the last thing you'd want a bass to play like, soft and claggy and leaves your hands in a right mess. I've never played a bass and thought, I wish this felt more like a big lump of butter. Enlighten me

All good in the end That is one sexy looking bass, one of two basses I lust after, the other being a Dano Longhorn. I've done well to resist this far but pictures like that aren't helping. Glad you're enjoying it.

[quote name='jonnythenotes' timestamp='1431249999' post='2769110'] It's such a shame that so many people, bass players included, have no idea how good Yamaha bass guitars are. So many times comments like 'oh, it's a Yamaha'...... [/quote] I have exactly this with my Bex4, in tobacco burst it looks amazing, when people see it it's all, "ooh what's that, it's gorgeous? " and then it's all " oh it's a Yamaha ". It looks, sounds and plays amazing and it will never leave me so I don't care if it's not elitist enough for some.

I realise this isn't the amp and cabs section but I've bought this amp primarily because of their good rep for use with doublebass. I've got a second hand, but like new, PJB Suitcase and 4b extension cab. Had a little play at home and it sounds lovely, just can't give it a full workout until rehearsal on Thursday. Can't wait The amp has been gigged seven times and the cab once apparently so really is in excellent condition, even got the speaker lead which is about an inch thick and in a blue satin line box. I feel like a child waiting for Christmas, waiting for Thursday to come round.

[quote name='anDy LAKIN' timestamp='1431290262' post='2769743'] i would also like to add that if you have a loose pp3 battery in your bag it is a very good idea to a bit of non insulating tape over the ends as there is a small chance they could come into contact with metal and may cause a small fire or damage to stuff [/quote] Just to show I'm trying to fit in on this forum I'll take my turn at wearing the pedantic tw@t hat. Putting insulating tape over the terminals would be more advisable than using the suggested 'non insulting'. Right, someone elses turn to wear the PT hat.

I use a Hidersine one, when I was looking the features and padding thickness were comparable to bags three times the price. I've had it a couple of years now using it weekly and it has no wear on it, handles are strong and the stitching solid. Opens like most, from about four o'clock round to about eleven, if you see what I mean. Available for about 50-60 quid.

The Cures B sides were every bit as good as the A sides, sometimes better IMO. I'm Cold Throw your foot away. Man inside my mouth. Mr. Pink eyes The exploding boy to name a few.

Rechargeable for me. Guitarist argued with me that they don't last as long. I know that but you can, erm, recharge them.

I was on a band called 'The Bobblehats' for a number of years. We tried to change the name a few times but it just stuck with us somehow. Even played a 'last ever gig',stopped for a while, came back with a new name and new songs. First pub we were booked to play had a big poster up when we got there, "Back by popular demand, The Bobblehats"

It hasn't been mentioned yet but when putting the neck screws in get them all pinched up lightly before tightening properly and evenly. If you've done the headstock end ones properly tight before the body end ones are anywhere near you could've pulled the neck down unevenly.

In a warm dry house I can't see there being a problem with just leaving it, although as a speaker is a moving part it wouldn't hurt to give it something to do every once in a while, maybe play some music through it a couple times a year. I had an old Peavey Black Widow make horrible scratchy noises after being left for a few years, it was a bit cold where it was though.

Why don't any pictures show it tuned up? Maybe it'll explode under the tension. I'd love to "throw numbers at it" but he's too far away, I've got some lovely old cast iron ones that would be perfect for the job.

Actually it's a different ebay name but still located in Newquay and the same price and method for postage. Maybe girlfriend /wifes account as he'd sold a lot of dubious guitars through his, who knows, seems a coincidence though.

This is the guy who's been selling loads of HB guitars, I reckon he could be Annoying Twits nemesis and be the one snapping up all the dekos within seconds.

[quote name='Coldflows' timestamp='1430346600' post='2760625'] Just a question (and maybe Maude could give me an answer) why are there no holes where the cover should be? [/quote] I can't remember if it had holes for a bridge cover before I refinished it (can barely remember what I had for breakfast anymore) but if it did then I would have filled them as I didn't have the cover. If you look closely you would probably be able to see two marks where the holes were as any filler in a hole would have sunk a bit after twenty years, if they were there to start with.