Hamster

I'd go for 4 Sovtek 6CA7 and JJ's for the 3 ECC83's. As for changing valves to achieve different tones you wont make a huge difference, but there are simple ways to make bigger adjustments in tone if you want to go that route. If you live anywhere near Guildford I can recommend an excellent valve amp guru - [url="http://www.stevesamps.co.uk/"]http://www.stevesamps.co.uk/[/url] Hamster

Through the right amp/cab that's gotta sound good - well done! Hamster

[quote name='kevbass' post='142227' date='Feb 17 2008, 11:55 PM']just out of interest has anybody flown a bass back from the states and did you get stung by customs?[/quote] Well worth using the search function on this question. IMHO not a thing to do on the spur of the moment. Hamster

Hi Ash - welcome home! Hamster

Ummmmmmm.... a marmite bass methinks Hamster

[quote name='7string' post='142176' date='Feb 17 2008, 10:11 PM']Yup, you can't go wrong with those three [/quote] I'm sure you could find room for a 5 string Stingray Hamster

[quote name='GreeneKing' post='141076' date='Feb 15 2008, 02:40 PM']With only two coats of 50% thinned tung oil there's some remarkable progress and a little bit of sheen. I did do two applications of thinned grainfiller first. Truoil'ing the neck is going well too although there's a long way to go till it's all done.[/quote] That's gonna look :wub: when it's finished Hamster

Let's hope they've got their QC right this time, or it could be a very short lived range. I've never been keen on the combined knobs/slider idea for the EQ. Hamster

So if you get paid out, you get the money back and he keeps the amp which is a reasonably easy fix, or has he sent it back to the courier company? Hamster

[quote name='sam_' post='142116' date='Feb 17 2008, 08:46 PM']just reading all the rage about the SX series from rondomusic i'm very inclined to order an [url="http://www.rondomusic.com/product1579.html"]"SX SJB-62QMD BUS"[/url] instead of getting the VM jazz and just modding it, it'll probably work out cheaper [/quote] Do your math first. Also the woodwork on the SX basses is a very deep amber/orange if you can live with that. Hamster

Pearloid - aged, cream or smoke Hamster

a +1 on the DR's - they're all good strings, just choose what tone you're after. Hamster

[quote name='DylanB' post='141780' date='Feb 17 2008, 03:35 AM']Bet some of you thought this was a youtube thread in the wrong forum! My numerous gear-related google searches have brought me a number of times to www.singingchicken.co.uk, where the prices seem too good to be true. Has anyone actually bought anything from them? They claim to be the web presence of Weymouth Music in Dorset. I'd buy stuff from them but the page looks so cheap and amateurish my scam-alarm is ringing.[/quote] I think Paul, the lives in Weymouth - perhaps a short stroll from the shop they are based from? Hamster edit: have you noted that their prices are before VAT?

Charming - did you all stay for a few pints and a natter? Hamster

There are several wiring mod sites in the sticky above Hamster

Nice job I have the plans to build a couple of Bill's designs - but woodwork is my achilles heel! Hamster

I will buy the CD - but not from that website with a dodgy SSL security certificate! Hamster

[quote name='ped' post='139732' date='Feb 13 2008, 05:59 PM'] I am training her up on bass setup, repair and vintage Fender authentication, too![/quote] A sort of a modern take on "His Master's Voice" Hamster

Hello, and welcome to the forums! Hamster

QUOTE (obbm @ Jan 23 2008, 05:29 PM) So here we are. They’ve given me my own bit of Basschat. Over the next couple of days I’ll sort out a price list for my regular cables and some details of the one-offs that I’ve made for people. Is your price list the same as the one on your website - or is there a BC'ers price list with massive discounts? Hamster

He does say it's an OLP Hamster

SD stopped making these switch pickups 'Active EQ' in the mid-'90s. They were replaced them with the Pro-Active series. The little rocker switches on the Active EQ pickups change the sound. Switch 1 shifts the coil resonance. On a Jazz Bass neck pickup, the resonance moves downward from 22 KHz to 6.4 KHz. On a Jazz Bass bridge pickup, it moves downwards from 17 KHz to 4.9 KHz. The effect is to give a more focused sound with a harder attack. Switch 2 gives a broad band bass boost of 4 dB for the Jazz Bass neck pickups, and 5 dB for the Jazz Bass bridge. Hamster Edit - added wiring diagram [url="http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wiring-diagrams/schematics.php?schematic=active_jazz_bass"]http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wirin...ctive_jazz_bass[/url]

[quote name='markytbass' post='139254' date='Feb 13 2008, 08:25 AM']It's also like the old 2nd chance offer, Someone correct me if I'm wrong. I bid on a Land Rover some years ago and was out bid. The winning bidder backed out. Now if memory serves me correct (which it doesn't always) the price droped down to the next highest bid, which was me. My argument was that the winner backed out so all their bids should have been cancelled and thus going down to my starting bid not my highest bid. Hence I didn't accept the offer.[/quote] That would be the decent fair and honest thing to do - but remember who you're dealing with! Hamster

A belated hello to you too Hamster