Sean

I bought some PIO caps from Nick too! Nice bloke to deal with, nice easy transaction.

Bought a Yamaha from Dave. Excellent instrument, bombproof packing and a great experience all round. Thanks again

First dibs if you ever get bored ;-)

I've played two Metros and was disappointed by both. Massively disappointed. They both were put in the shade by, of all things, my old Lakland DJ Skyline. I had serious, couldn-sleep-at-night GAS for a Sadowsky but since playing two metros (months apart) I haven't given them a second thought. That said, next trip to New York, I'll be trying an NYC.

If I was like those people in work that irritate me, this is where I would see an opportunity to relate a story about a time that I was in Jamaica it since aim not one and haven't been there, I won't.

I see that since reintroducing the DJ, they've ditched the weird looking 44-75 model that looked like a stunted version of the DJ; it had shorter horns and I think the bridge pickup was in a more 70s position.

I hope the new owner signs in here soon and lets us in on what it's like. Even though he said he was prepared to post, I wouldn't be confident about the packing although I did receive an Ibanez ATK once in nothing but a ripped bin bag and it survived the trip without damage.

It went for £72! I decided that the 8 hour round trip to SCARBOROUGH and fuel costs were out of the equation. Anyone on here get it?

Found one! Bought it on Basschat and I should be very much at home with it. Pics soon.

I bought some strings from Gareth. Nice and easy to deal with and very good communications. Thanks very much! :-)

I'm on this like a tramp on a hot pastie!

has anyone used the edit and share software yet? I sort of had the idea that maybe there would be a forum hosted by Zoom where people swapped patches in the way that TC Electronic does it with users of the G System. It'd be a really lazy way of me getting some decent Muse sounding patches

[quote name='Truckstop' timestamp='1329052399' post='1536458'] Get an Ibanez Blazer....if you can find one! I've been looking for another one for weeks with no luck. And I suspect should one turn up it'll go for a good few hundred seeing as they appear to be so scarce. They sound amazing. Like a regular precision, but with added snap, added crackle and possibly even more pop. The tone control is more responsive than Japanese and Mexican Precisions (never tried an American) and they have traditional 80's Ibanez build quality. They just will not go wrong! Solid brass bridge, solid open back tuners (nice and retro!) and a wonderfully aesthetically pleasing design. Slight points on the top and bottom horns, and a lovely headstock shape that somewhat reminds me of a smile! Ill get some pictures up soon because I love showing it to people! You'll not regret it! Truckstop [/quote] Next best thing to a Blazer on eBay [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-1970s-Cimar-Ibanez-Precision-Bass-Guitar-Great-Build-Quality-/110824526283?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item19cda811cb#ht_500wt_1287"]here[/url] It's damn near identical, I'm sure someone will be along soon who knows the differences between and Ibanez Blazer and these Cimars

Well, this is nearly mission accomplished... Watch this space :-)

You can get a micro-fibre cloth for a couple of quid in Lidl or Aldi and use that. I suppose the benefit of this Rotosound gadget is that most drummers wouldn't nick it and use it to wipe the sweat of their faces!

Gorgeous! Simplistic and beautiful. Loving the truss rod cover idea.

Tell me more about the Korean P, do you have pictures? Is it a Squier? I'm hoping to be sorted on this challenge today but Might need a plan b in case.

How about this one? It's Leeds and fits the description however it sold very recently :-/ however, someone once wanted to buy back a bass they previously owned that had ended up recently (at the time) with me and I sold it back. Sid went home! Hopefully this story will have a similar ending. http://basschat.co.uk/topic/164265-squier-japan-p-bass-very-rare-32-med-scale-sold/

[quote name='ead' timestamp='1328602873' post='1529661'] If you need any assistance I can get to Manchester very easily - only 12 miles away. PM me if you require any collection service/short term storage. I work in Warrington a little bit closer for you and would be happy to meet up down the M6 a bit if that would help... [/quote] Thanks for the offer. I've got my eye on a few options at the moment, just waiting. I've also just found out that I might be going to Japan at the end of this month that could be a gamechanger, they have lots of old Japanese instruments available (funnily enough)

[quote name='crez5150' timestamp='1328447728' post='1527023'] Try these guys... they are great Band : Minnie's Chuff [indent=1]Town : Merthyr Tydfil[/indent] [indent=1]Contact : Ruth Crimmings[/indent] [indent=1]Telephone : 07775 824022[/indent] [indent=1]Email Address :[color=#800000] [/color][email="[email protected]"][color=#800000][email protected][/color][/email][/indent] [/quote] Just been checking their stuff on You Tube. Damn, they are fabalas! From my home town too.

[quote name='ead' timestamp='1328393053' post='1526494'] How is the search going? I notice the BB200 is re-listed at £125 now... [/quote] Thanks for the heads up. It's worth the drive at that money.

[quote name='spiderjazz' timestamp='1328320799' post='1525631'] I'm then planning to order the replacement bridge, and I'm thinking of ordering a set of SD Quarter Pounder Jazz 5 set as well. They seem to have a pretty good balance of improvement over stock pickups and price. [/quote] I'd definitely have a look at [url="http://www.wizardpickups.co.uk/shop.asp?category=Bass"]Wizard pickups[/url], it's a company in Wales making custom pickups for very competitive prices, the service is great and if you phone up and speak to Andy, he'll pretty much do whatever kind of pickup you want within the limits of a J shape and the laws of physics. Support is fantastic and it helps keep these small niche businesses going.

[quote name='fxpedal.co.uk' timestamp='1328351900' post='1525795'] Yes, we've still got some left though, the way things are going, they're not going to last long! [/quote]

[quote name='spiderjazz' timestamp='1328119674' post='1522179'] Yeah I was reading about Hexcore strings last night, the DR DDT's look pretty good and seem to stay in tune well. I ended up ordering a .145 d'addario pro steel so I'll see how that goes first. The bridge is the stock mexican bridge. I had thought of replacing it before so that definitely is on the cards now. Those two ideas are very interesting, and neither look like they will break the bank! It currently has a string retainer on the A, D and G strings, would it be okay then to get a separate 2 string retainer for B and E? I see that Sadowdkys and Laklands both have 5 string retainers/tension bars so I imagine it won't do any harm anyway Looking at a Gotoh 201 5 string bridge, works out just less than 50 euro shipped. [/quote] Gotoh ones here much cheaper than £50: [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gotoh-201-5-String-Bass-Guitar-Bridge-Black-/130589433225?pt=UK_Guitar_Accessories&hash=item1e67bc9d89#ht_1105wt_907"]Black[/url] [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gotoh-201-5-String-Bass-Guitar-Bridge-Chrome-/160667287662?pt=UK_Guitar_Accessories&hash=item256884406e#ht_1105wt_907"]Chrome[/url] Or get one the same as I did for less [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5-STRING-BASS-GUITAR-BRIDGE-STRINGS-THROUGH-REAR-BRIDGE-3-COLOURS-CH-BK-GD-/190584091576?pt=UK_Guitar_Accessories&hash=item2c5fb273b8#ht_3764wt_1398"]Same as on my Yam [/url]