Sean

Subtle but Handy Mod for Older Spectors One of today's little jobs on the bench was to address a very minor niggle that some of us have with older Spectors. I converted a Euro 4 and a Euro 5LX so that they now have captive brass ferrules and machine screws holding the rear cover on instead of the old self-tapping wood screws. I put a 3mm drill through the holes on the cover and used a sharp countersink to give the countersunk screws somewhere to sit. I drilled out the existing screw holes to 3.5mm to accommodate the ferrules and popped them in with a deadblow fretting hammer (total overkill but it's a lovely tool). All done.

How close are we to helping the OP in making a decision on what to buy? 😉

There you go.

Stuart Zender on this video. Fabulous. What an influence. At such a young age too. What post-Jamiroquai should we be listening to? He really dropped off the radar. Well as far as I could see.

So many great bassists have fake deaths here on Basschat. Yet again I thought we'd lost one. Oooh, I've got an idea.

My general guideline that has served me well is, if you can lift it into the car by yersel and without the help of your biggest gym-bunny mate, it's not got enough heft and you need to think again. Another ticket closed. 😉

I wouldn't give it house space. I think it's goppin' but yes, I like the colour.

Rough estimate?

It's a one-off by Holger at Sandberg. It's like a reverse 48 with some creative reshaping.

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https://www.status-graphite.com/status/frames/index_home.html Status. You can phone and speak to real people.

What does an LHZ installation cost?

I've always loved Status flatwound strings but they haven't been available for years. Do we know who made them or if they're available from the original manufacturer under a different brand/name?

A 15 year old zombie thread resurrection. Well done 😀

I shan't say anything other than this post is offensive. Carefully considered offence. Especially to those of us with hearing loss or those of us that have been doing this for a long time and have evolved with many ƙinds of tech. So, what's being said here is that because I'm passionate about big valve amps, I like my hearing impairment? It's difficult to interpret this in any other way. It's a nasty vibe. Hearing loss/impairment is not a joke and ACS wasn't a thing we were aware of in 1985. It's rare that we see such a vibe on BC. The original post has the sanctimonious air to it that tries to belittle those that don't align or agree. Vile.

What happened?

£262 for a Bart P? I could buy a Monty's P and have a semi-extravagant hour out in Cheltenham with Mr Monty himself for that money. Christmas Eve!!!

I put an East MMSR 3 knob in one. Then used the switches to do pickup selection between Series/Parallel/ Single, Active/Passive and Neck/Both/Bridge. It was wired so that the inner coils were the ones activated when in "single" mode. I did this to make it not like a Jazz but it can be configured to mimic a Jazz if you wire it for the North coils. It's all very different from original but it gives a lot of tonal options. For someone who plays mainly PJs with everything on 10 it was overkill for gigging but endless fun noodling at home.

Beat me to it by seconds 🤪

What cereal box cardboard is best for metal?