squire5

Plenty nice YES footage on Sky Arts tonite..35th anniversary concert followed by documentary.10.00pm til 1.45am.( followed by Dave Dee,Dozy,Beaky,Mick and Titch,if you're interested)

Yeah,nice bass.I also like the green lefty in the other side of the case. Good luck with it.

Er..I like the blue theme..(cough)

Right Lawrence,thank you for that.I've looked at the site and I think the 45HZ may be the one.It's passive,has twin coils and at £70,isn't too dear.I'll just have a little hunt around first.Watch this space....

Heads up on this guys.My German friend has just been in touch.He's checked the p/up and has declared it dead.I now have to find a replacement.Any ideas?

Alls I know is I had a Haynes manual for practically every car I ever owned,and without them I would have been out 100s of £s in repair bills.Hell I even changed a cylinder head gasket myself,using the Haynes.If the Fender one is as good as the car ones,then I reckon its money well spent.

"Under 10s e-mail me first" ?? Where is a 9 year-old gonna find £800? come on!

Yay a good old Marshall stack.I had one of those back in the 70s..In RED yet! I discovered the joys of the 'Presence' control.(Well,it was the 70s). Welcome,by the way.

[quote name='Johnston' timestamp='1319395703' post='1413647'] Can you by any chance get a few piccies up. (Pre-amp too for my benefit ) Sneaky suspicion the XB and my Dean are cousins from the same factory. I have the Pre out of mine (And it works ) so if everything looks the same, I'll pull mine apart tomorrow and measure up. [/quote] Small problem my friend.Due to my inexperience I initially blamed the Washburn pre-amp,and promptly replaced it with an Artec SE3A 3 band EQ.I've attached a pic of the bass in its case if thats any use,but the electrics will look completely different to yours.

Just heard from the German guy.I sent him a pic and he says he may be able to do something.He also said that the high reading may be due to there being 2 coils (humbucker) each with 8K resistance?

I think the norm is around 11-12K John.I've contacted a guy in Germany who rewound p/ups for me before,but as soon as I mentioned the Epoxy filling,he said it was prolly a no-go.Do you know of anywhere local where I could start to find reasonable replacements.They're 4 1/2" X 1 1/2" soapbars, and seem to be pretty thin on the ground.

Yes Mark already tried that too.The p/up in question gave no output through an amp.I can only think that if there was even a small output,the pre-amp was boosting it sufficiently to be heard while it was installed in the bass.Having said that,it would have been equal to approx 1/2 of the signal from the other p/up,which is strange, as it now appears to be completely dead.It's hard to understand how a break in the winding could have happened tho'. I think a rewind is a no-go,as it is epoxy filled and probably not cost effective.I've seen a couple of p/ups with the correct dimensions in the dreaded Ebay,but they all seem to be in China,and seem very cheap.By the way,what are your thoughts on the resistance reading of the 'working' p/up? 16.2 K.a bit high? Many thanks for your assistance guys.

Right now.John,the pickups are disconnected completely from the electrics,in fact the neck pickup is completely out of the bass,and on the workbench.Reading is 1.--- as with probes apart. Mark I have already tried the 'tap test' and the neck p/up was giving a very weak reaction compared to the same test applied to the bridge one,also,in use,the neck p/up was not giving the true output that a neck p/up should, in comparison to the the bridge.You're probably right,they're probably passive.(Shows how much I know).I'm presuming then that the neck p/up is u/s,and needs replacing.What does the team think? Thanks.

Thats what I thought too John,but as is usual,I may be doing something wrong.The p/up has 2 leads (1 white wire encased in a braid earth) meter is set to 200K and probes are connected across the 2 leads.Just checked again and reading is defo 16.2 for the bridge p/up.Neck p/up gives no reading at all.

I've just tested the pickups on my Washburn XB600 as the neck p/up seemed much weaker than the bridge.Readings from my multi meter are thus: Bridge p/up - 16.2.Neck p/up - No reading at all.My questions: Is the zero reading a sign that the p/up is duff?If so,how can it give me an output through my amp?And secondly,is the 16.2 (not sure what the units are.Kohms?) reading normal for what I believe are Active P/ups?Many thanks.

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1318445914' post='1402344'] I would often say machine heads, that's what they were always known as at one time. [/quote] The thing is,so do I,out of habit.I was told thats what they were called when I first started out.But it's just me.i just tend to question everything.I refer to them as tuners now,it's quicker

Machine Heads instead of tuners.This may sound strange,but I have always thought that perhaps the machine head,ie the part of the guitar where the tuning machines go,and the headstock were one and the same.But how and why are tuners known as machine heads?

[quote name='Deep Thought' timestamp='1317507177' post='1391474'] I believe it' s his own sig model from the Bass Collection (??) or some such. I was interested to note he was using GK stuff and not Trace. Looking forward to seeing him in Falmouth next Friday. [/quote] Oh right.The headstock seemed an odd shape,thats why I asked.I remember see him a couple of years ago with Wilco and he was using a very battered T.E. 4x10 combo which seemed to be giving him problems.The set was delayed by about 5 minutes while he messed about with it.But he got it going and then played a blinding set.

What make was Normans bass?I know he's been playing it for years,but it's not a Fender.I could listen to (and watch) him all night.

[quote name='ped' timestamp='1317465666' post='1390936'] Too late mate refund sent, don't worry it's fine. I'm off to Pamlieri's for a chorizo panini and a sit down ped [/quote] Refund duly refunded PED.To all other Basschatters,this has been the result of me getting a bee in my bonnet over something trivial,and I apologise.The shirts are fine. In fact they're quite fetching,and as I'm quite a portly chap,are actually quite slimming.Please ignore my inane rambling.

[quote name='ped' timestamp='1317464426' post='1390917'] HI I am replying to your email at the moment. I have just called the guy and had a right bloody go at him (again). All this stress of the last few weeks is killing me, I'm sure! It's completely unacceptable for it to arrive in a ball. That wont happen again. The shirt should be as described, a decent quality polo. I'll refund you immediately (we'll talk via email) because if you aren't happy, I'm not happy (and neither wil the embroiderer be after I'm done with him) I hope everyone else is happy with theirs. From now on all shirts are going to be quality checked, folded up properly and posted via 1st class signed for post. Sorry you guys had to be the test pilots on this one. I'm going to have a lie down, I think I need to give the internet a rest for a few months ped [/quote] PED,dont do anything.I've PMd you.Alls well.

Shirt arrived this morning.Frankly for £19 I expected better quality.I've bought sturdier shirts off Ebay for £7.Don't know about anybody else but mine arrived stuffed in a padded envelope.Not what I was expecting.However,I'll wear it with pride.

Still not here Ped.Thanx for the update tho'. PS.Just checked my Paypal account.Payment was sent on 11/9/11.Is that one of the first batches?

I hear what you're saying icastle,but what intrigues me that neither of my 5's give anything like this trouble.Is in just inherent with 6ers?And if so,how come?Thats just a generic question,by the way,I'm not asking you directly.I too have moved from 4s thru 5s and onto a 6,and it's only now I'm having this trouble.You're probably right,it is a question of technique.I'll just need to keep practising,I guess.

Ok Bilbo.Well its reassuring,in a way,to know that it's not the bass at fault.You would need to be pretty dextrous to damp all the other notes by hand.I'll just need to find a way to damp the other strings.As I said,I tried the Scrunchie thing,but that didn't work. I'm starting to get a bit disillusioned,like yourself,but I'll not give up.I'll see what others have to say.