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  1. JapanAxe
    Cold shower?
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    Is it just me or is this the biggest bass headstock known to man! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fender-Mexican-Standard-Fretless-Jazz-Bass-2011-/221389254458?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item338bd3ef3a
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    Watching with interest because I still entertain a hankering for a Dingwall but also favour flats.
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    [quote name='Twincam' timestamp='1394322677' post='2390386'] Much better quality. Wonder if they will be a straight fit in. [/quote] The PSM Mustang tuner has 20 teeth on the cog compared to the Squier's 19, and more of the worm is threaded on the PSM, but the screw layout looks similar. [url="http://www.wdmusic.co.uk/gotoh-vintage-style-bass-tuners-open-gear-nickel-2163-p.asp"]These Gotohs[/url] look similar, but you would have to be sure of all your dimensions (and the cogs have 26 teeth!)
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    OK here's a pic of the tuners on the Pawn Shop Mustang:
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    There are now integrated circuits that use tiny amounts of power. Passive circuits like these use a portion of the current from the input signal as the power source. Buffered sources (pedals or onboard pre-amps) are capable of providing much more current at their outputs, so it makes sense to use a buffer before a passive pedal. Although passive pedals have quite a high output impedance too, this shouldn't be a problem unless you are running a very long cable into your amp, or driving one or more always-connected lower input impedance devices such as vintage Electro Harmonix pedals. I hope that lot makes sense!
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    Schallers for me, although I did have one that unscrewed itself during a gig. No bass-dropping cataastrophe, just tiny components rolling around on the stage during pack-up. Fortunately I found all the bits!
  8. JapanAxe
    IIRC some of these have just 2 volume controls, no tone control. Sorry but I couldn't live with that. Out with the Black & Decker...
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    Sometimes overjoyed, often happy, occasionally disappointed. The main f*%@-up factor is the room. Some sound great, some don't.
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    Can you split the head from the cab? I wouldn't want to have to cart that whole rig about in one go!
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    [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1394195709' post='2388999'] Tone is in everything from how you pluck and fret the string all the way through to the acoustics of the room. IME players are more recognisable through their note choices and phrasing than tone. A good player will adapt their tone to fit with what the other musicians are playing and the overall sound of the band. [/quote] This. Might as well lock this thread now.
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    [quote name='Delius' timestamp='1394192525' post='2388926'] Someone did suggest a couple of finishes that look similar to this one... unfortunately I seem to have lost the message! If I took it apart would it be obvious whether it's the original finish? [/quote] Kind of depends whether the person doing the refin bothered to strip and refin the cavities. If you see a different colour there, it is definitely a refin. if you see the same finish, it [i]might[/i] be a refin, just a more thorough job.
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    [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1394184450' post='2388750'] Hmm - more evidence of scooping..! [/quote] Very happy with mine so far, but this has made me think: All my fretted basses feature a mahoosive humbucker. The fretless however has a reverse P pickup, and that one sounds on the scooped side of woody. Then again it sounds like that through my TC, which is quite a mids-focused amp... OK I'm off to AB the GB and the TC. TTFN!
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    Can you post a pic of the tuners in place on the back of the headstock? I have had no problems with the tuners on my Fender MIM Pawn Shop Mustang - it would be interesting to compare the designs / screw layout. Also have you checked out [url="http://wdmusic.co.uk"]WD Music[/url]? I recently enquired about a pickguard and they contacted Fender to check which model years it would fit.
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    [quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1394128017' post='2388257'] You can call it what you like, but stiff is stiff. [/quote] How many times have I heard this from a disappointed Mrs Axe... *sigh*
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    I have pretty much FZ's complete output on CD. Many favourites (One Size Fits All, Joe's Garage, Shut Up...), but also some I don't really care for (Thing Fish, Francesco Zappa).
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    My favourite for the carefully shot pics: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Akai-S2000-Frank-Sinatra-Vocal-Sound-Piece-of-history-LOOK-/111293355082?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Outboards_Effects_MJ&hash=item19e999d44a
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    [quote name='Mexicola' timestamp='1394038666' post='2387249'] -1 for Interparcel/UPS Im having a sh*t time with Interparcel just now. I paid £50 for a courier and insurance to pick up a valve head yesterday. The guy I bought it from took the day off work to wait for UPS. UPS arrived and didnt take the head as he hadn't printed off STICKERS! How many people own something that can print off stickers? Ridiculous. Ive rearranged for it to be picked up on Friday so we'll see what happens. [/quote] I print off the label, stick it to the parcel with loads of Pritt, Sellotape round all the edges and a couple of times across the middle of the label. UPS have always accepted the parcel, as indeed have other couriers and their collection agents. Did your man just hand the label to the UPS driver and expect him to sort it?
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    It goes rather well with your weathered decking and fence.
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    My Dad's mate when we were kids was... Eric Hunt. Really. There's nothing like the stifled mirth of a 13-year-old.
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    Somewhat belatedly, my 1997 L1505.
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    [quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' timestamp='1394014923' post='2386844'] I always thought that all and members discuss the setlist together. [/quote] I send the set list out a few days before the gig and invite comment. Sometimes my drummer will point out tempo issues where the set would not flow - I always listen to what he says because HE KNOWS!
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    General rules I use: 4:1 minimum ratio fast:slow numbers No more than 2 consecutive numbers in same key Try to spread out covers by any one artist Avoid 2 consecutive songs with same rhythmic feel unless going for a deliberate medley or segue
  24. JapanAxe
    Err.. So it's a bitsa?
  25. JapanAxe
    That's the same bass listed twice. Whichever goes, they then pull the other listing. With a 'description' like that you have no idea what you're getting (or not as the case may be).
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