Jobiebass

wowowowowowowooww stunning, thats more beautiful then my girlfriend!

Morning, another noob question here, ive seen on a few peoples bass's they have a metalic looking cavity where the pups and pots go. Could someone explain whats the reason behind this and what is it? how is it applyed? Thanks

ooooooooooooo Got it sprayed today, It looks better then I ever thought it would do. the crazy lacker takes 24hours to dry so it'll be getting pollished tomorrow and ill take some more pics, should be getting the neck on tomorrow too, hopefully if the bass shop it open ill go pick up some pots and get the wiring started, still waiting for the BAii Bridge, so might try and get one from someone else. now its looking like a bass again I just want to finnish it and play it. just need to figure out what im doing with the scratchplate now, was going for a chrome one but after looking how dark the bass is im thinking I might go for something a little darker, maybe just plain black, not sure yet.

lol

I joined Talkbass and constantly ranting on there about how american then are and they get cheeper stuff and I made a post about wheres the best place to find UK 2nd hand bass's, I got the link for Basschat and I havent looked back.. ..well maybe occasionally but marogity of my time I spend on here.

when are you getting your first pics of it Simon?? The spec sounds lovely, birdeye maple is my fav. You might be getting a visit from me when its complete! lol.

[quote name='Paul Cooke' post='184270' date='Apr 24 2008, 07:50 AM']it's the roto flats... I had them on mine and hated them... I've got LaBella black nylon tapewounds on now... far easier to play...[/quote] +1 i hate roto flats, got for my jazz but ive put rounds back on.

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Customized-Precision-Bass-One-Off_W0QQitemZ290224195577QQihZ019QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]The holey grail[/url] Its been pastered around basschat since it went up for sale, I quite like it.. but, ive heard a lot of comments about it being sold because it sounds crap, why would he spend a fortune on it then sell it straight away. suppose if it goes for dirt cheep its worth it though.

there are people out there wanting and needing a BA bridge. Like me!!! alreadys half arranged it with a CB'er to have his when its been removed, but im sure if you look around on the wanted page you'll find someone to sell it to.

[quote name='neepheid' post='183513' date='Apr 23 2008, 09:14 AM']You ought to have 3mm of adjustment in your bridge, so I wouldn't worry too much about that. Bear in mind also that the only important measurement is the distance from bridge to nut. Basically, put the neck in the pocket, flip it round then mark the centres of the holes in the heel of the neck using the neck screws (or a nail). Take it off and drill. It is preferable to use a drill press or at least a hand drill in a vertical stand. Experiment with a scrap bit of hardwood and different drill bits before you drill. Drill the holes in the scrap wood and check that the neck screws get a good bite. Drill your holes too wide and it'll be very inconvenient for you.[/quote] its ok, ill just use those plastic plug things and gaffa tape if it goes too big. nahh thanks for the advise though, ive got my old neck to play with so ill drill the hell out of that untill I get it right. cheers mate.

My neck has turned up, my pups turned up, its alllll gooood. 1 slight problem, the neck is about 3 mm longer. hoping its not going to make too much of a diffrence. Not sure if I want to sort the neck and action out myself, or weather to take ti in a shop and get them to fit it. How hard is it to fit myself? ive offered the neck up to the neck pocket and its a tight fit, moves left and right a bit but im guessing thats expected? if anyones fitted a neck before and drilled the holes themselves, let me know how you got on. ill get some more pics this weekend, if its only a 2 min job to put the neck on and I dont have to take it in the shop, then it'll be sprayed this weekend.

yeah I will do. ill wait to pick it up first and see if its ok before leaving feedback, talking about that, im leaving work now to drive 97 miles to go get it, then driving 97 miles back to work. (have other stuff to do at home too lol)

why do I feel tempted to bid on this???????

wow, those woods are amazing!! I really cant wait to see and hear the final product!

Glad someone else has the same problem as me, I must play with the EQ for a good 30mins a night and still cant figure out what I like best. But, I have been cranking it so I guess that where im going wrong. on my bass I had bass full, mid-mid, treb off, then couldnt figure out why none of the dials on the amp made any noticable diffrence. if im after a warm tone, do i need to add a little bass? take mid off a little?? anyone know what order the knobs are on a 3eq 'ray? looking down on it, the left is volume, I guess it goes volume bass mid treb. although not knowing which way the dials go im either turning the bass off and getting a trebble sound, turnign the treble up and getting more of a treb sound, or completly opersite lol. i could just use the presets on my zoom but id prefer to know what im doing.

bahh, I got the cab and its awesome, but I was too late to pickup the neck. AUGHH

[quote name='jono b' post='180033' date='Apr 18 2008, 06:15 PM']Atop your shoulders? Did you buy it via eBay? You can claim your money back through Paypal if they're not responding to your emails.[/quote] yeah got it on ebay, its cool though, although they didnt reply to any of my mails it turned up friday, althou I have to go down the depo to pick it up. awesome, ill pick it up on the way to Simonxxx's to have a look at his ashdown cab.