Norris

[quote name='jacko' timestamp='1444994162' post='2887938'] Storing wine on it's side was purely to stop the cork drying out and letting air in. Most decent wines use a screwcap now so it isn't that important which way the bottle is stored. [/quote] I still store mine on the side. If it leaks the wine will be "corked" anyway, and it avoids finding out when you already have a mouthful of it

Take the old ones off, clean the fretboard a bit, put the new ones on.

Yes. I think the idea is to counteract any tendency for the wood to bow. By reversing alternate laminations it balances out. However I'm not sure how you would arrange them if using more than one type of wood e.g. maple & walnut. Would you just reverse every other maple strip?

That looks like a P-Bass Special, in which case it's fabulous value for money (depending how much they are asking for it of course). I dropped a SDQP PJ set in mine and it's a cracking bass

Do you mean that the wood grain of the laminates is aligned differently? It is probably to help stiffen the neck and to reduce warping. It is quite common to reverse the grain of the laminate sections Edit: if for instance you plan to laminate three strips of cherry you might want to rotate the middle section. I am planning a laminated through neck on my next build, so I would also welcome further comments from builders that have already done it

[quote name='Andyjr1515' timestamp='1444835694' post='2886536'] Thanks, Norris How's the ink-staining going? [/quote] Nowhere near that stage yet. I'm still preparing the body parts. Back piece is rough cut and nearly ready for routing the chambers. Still got to flatten the flamed maple top. If you're interested I'm doing a build thread on ProjectGuitar.com (it's not a bass! ) Edit: It's slow going though - I only get so much time to spend on it, and often have to wait for my weekly night class for access to certain tools

That's a lovely piece of wood for the top. I'm looking forward to this

Stunning work

I've just taken my Squier P-Bass Special out for the fourth gig running. I feel like a traitor to my Ric at the moment, but I'm just loving the sound of the SD-QPs

[quote name='acidbass' timestamp='1444299986' post='2881981'] The Fender Rumble combos (version 3 with silver cloth) are cracking amps for the £££ [/quote] +1

One, but only if it's a "light" bulb weighing no more than 8lbs (See what I did there?! )

1 In a band situation he'll just change the bulb and get on with it In a music shop or exhibition he'll change it a thousand times in 10 seconds and every one will look sh*t

I'm still sticking them up to the man

[quote name='leftybassman392' timestamp='1444112339' post='2880284'] What's a light bulb? [/quote] One of those new fangled electric candle gizmos that all the kids are using

Fantastic and sympathetic repair!

I'm no soloist myself (firmly in the backline camp) but I think a handful of notes chosen wisely and executed well would be better than a thousand notes played badly. Choose a simple melody and when you're comfortable with that start adding a few little embellishments

You're going to be gutted the first chip it gets. It looks too nice to play - it should be hanging in an art gallery

Manufacturing defect/unfit for purpose = full refund or replacement (under UK law, but probably European law too)

Bah! Missed that one, beaten to it Edit: I'll raise you "Do you use your continental quilted maple bass?"

Sheet music?

I toyed with the idea of building one myself... oh, for a good 5 minutes or so. Then I remembered that I haven't built a single guitar yet, I have a queue of at least 3 that I want to build, and the chances of actually playing it at a gig are pretty negligible. Ah well, dream on and back to the sanding...

Or get your frets dressed

When you've got the volume and tone up full it won't make the slightest bit of difference anyway

The amp isn't cluttering up the place any more and you've got the guitar you were GASing for. And the problem is?