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  1. Clarky
    Thanks. It is indeed a piezo (with a painfully thin bit of wire leading from the piezo element, which is hidden within a circular bridge adjuster, to the jack socket). Because of the design I wouldn't know how to re-build and I have a horrible suspicion that to get it repaired would cost nearly as much as a new one [attachment=123820:420_medium.jpg]
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    Hi all, I was just about to soundcheck at our gig last night and accidentally snagged my pickup lead on an amp, wrenching the jack socket of my FC pickup off my 3/4 bass quite forcibly. After reinstalling the jack socket on the string after-length I had a major problem - notes on the A string were quacking and making a nasty electronic clank and the E was totally muffled. I tried the FC through my Headway as a DI, sidestepping my Acoustic Image amp, and the problem was identical - basically it was unusable (thankfully the gig was near my home and my lovely wife came to the rescue in a taxi with my Kolstein bass) I assume I have jerked the pickup wire and that this has damaged the FC. Any suggestions about what I should do here, folks? Have I killed it, which makes it an expensive accident?
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    As I already have the only P bass I want, I would go for a 1962 reissue Jazz in sunburst with proper clay dots in a very dark rosewood board and insist on the CS finding real celluloid for the tort scratchplate. Nothing too outlandish, just a quality copy of the classic 62 Jazz, lightly relic'd so I didn't worry about treating it with kid gloves. Actually I would rather - for the same money - own an early 70s Jazz in the same livery (obviously without clay dots and blocks instead), such as wateroftyne's lovely example that was briefly FS on the forum
  4. Clarky
    Cheers Silvia, Ad and Jack! Now to the small matter of fixing my expensive double bass pickup ... grrrr!
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    Thanks so much for the lovely words, Nige. I think you got to see why I replied to your thread about being really happy with my band :-) The blooper referred to was an inadvertent ripping out of the pickup on my DB (caught the lead on an amp that one of the other band's soundchecking had placed in front of my amp). It then packed up. So Mrs C came to the rescue and delivered my other DB (the Kolstein travel bass) although it meant I went onstage not having sound- or even line-checked. Anyway we had an absolute blast and the audience were fabulous - one of those gigs where you go away thinking, this is one I will never forget Cheers to Happy Jack, Sylvia Bluejay and Ad Low End Bee for coming along too!
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    No worries Al and Pete, another time! Final call as I'm jumping in the car now
  7. Clarky
    Beautiful bass Gareth. If only I wasnt also in a 'needs must' situation (also selling my fretless) ...
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    I bought some Spirocore Weichs a week or two ago, partly because some of the most active posters on the DB forums on TalkBass are almost zealous in their support for these. I popped them on my Kolstein and I have to say I wasn't blown away. I think I prefer Kolstein Heritage steels on this particular bass (which has a slightly shorter scale length and down-sized body). For my 'full-on' 3/4 DB, both the downtuned Spiro Solos I mentioned above and Kolstein Heritage are a lovely mixture of playability and tone. Update: I swapped the Spiro Weichs on to my 3/4 flat back and they are fantastic on that bass, lovely tension and growl. Just shows that generalising about strings based on one specific double bass is a potentially meaningless exercise, especially where different neck dimensions are involved.
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    Mwah-type bump
  10. Clarky
    John just bought a rare EA iamp "white face" amp from me. Deal went exceptionally smoothly and we had a brief but good chat in a dingy side road in Hammersmith! Maybe catch you at the next Bass Show in Olympia, John? Hope you enjoy the amp in between times. Another good guy to do biz with
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    Weighs 20 pounds too. I would need a surgical harness and a road crew just to get it onto the stage
  12. Clarky
    Very impressive bit of luthiery there. Enjoy!
  13. Clarky
    [quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1352817337' post='1867775'] They don't call me Seaman Staines for nothing. [/quote] Is that how you came by the monicker Happy Jack?
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    Readying the sperm whale - tomorrow night's the night!
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    [quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1352815763' post='1867740'] Danny must have bloody small handwriting ... [/quote] [attachment=123686:frank-carson-215x300.jpg]
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    I don't think they are available yet - see second post here [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f17/danny-thompson-signature-strings-930199/#post13412949"]http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f17/danny-thompson-signature-strings-930199/#post13412949[/url]
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    Bump and a bit of the man himself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25DXcFg1TFo
  18. Clarky
    Sold pending the usual
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    This may be under offer. Just waiting to hear confirmation of details
  20. Clarky
    [quote name='dudi8' timestamp='1352648040' post='1865542'] you can put the bass i will trade you on the roof to stop the leak [/quote]It would need at least three basses as there are at least three places my roof is leaking! So that's a 'no', sorry!
  21. Clarky
    Three days 'til sperm whale pumping time
  22. Clarky
    Thanks dudi8 but a £7,000 bill to fix my leaking roof means no trades
  23. Clarky
    The photos from chris2112's thread (hope he doesn't mind), showing it pre-scratchplate [attachment=123543:thebass021.jpg][attachment=123544:thebass020.jpg][attachment=123545:thebass022.jpg]
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    Hi all, I have a US Fender Jaco fretless bass (the artist edition, I believe, which sells new in the UK for £1600-odd). Its a nice-to-have for me but not essential as I only play double bass or acoustic fretless bass in my band and my '63 Precision is the bass I always pick up to noodle with at home. I traded the Jaco with BC'er chris2112 a couple of months back for a Warwick custom 5 string that I valued at £1000 and have since added a custom Bass Doc-manufactured 1962 Jazz reissue-pattern tort scratchplate (which could be removed in seconds if you want it to look pure Jaco). The first owner (BC'er dudi8) added Fender custom shop '60s Jazz pickups and relic'ed it to make it resemble the Custom Shop version, I believe. It comes in a lightweight generic hard case. Its a super bass but - in the interest of full disclosure - there is one minor issue: a small dimple in the epoxy finish around the 7th 'fretline' on the A string (possibly caused by impact by a previous owner) - if you play hard on that point it buzzes a bit, but not if you play more lightly. This could be filled with a small blob of superglue or epoxy glue and fine sanded or a luthier could fix it quickly (I got a quote from Alex at the Bass Gallery and he said luthier supremo Martin could fix it for £40 but recommended I just put a blob of superglue on and fine sand it). I did put in a small amount of superglue but not quite enough so there is still a slight dimple there. Here it is with scratchplate: [attachment=123528:P1050517.JPG] Here is chris2112's FS ad with loads of pics without scratchplate: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/184831-for-salefor-trade-fender-jaco-pastorius-fretless-jazz-bass/page__p__1860331__hl__jaco__fromsearch__1#entry1860331"]http://basschat.co.u..._1#entry1860331[/url] OK moolah type stuff. I will sell for £900 posted with a 48-hour Interparcel service. Or its handover/collection in London for £875 (via bank transfer). Afraid, no trade offers as I would appreciate some cash right now (lots of outgoings on house at present eg, fixing leaking roof) and I have plenty of bass gear. If you didn't want the scratchplate I would cut £15 off the price so I could recoup by selling it separately on BC.
  25. Clarky
    Its been posted before on BC but I don't think I have ever seen such an infectiously enthusiastic display of double bass playing. This always makes me smile and it just inspires me. What a dude http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFTqVHEJZ0A
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