NancyJohnson

Well a glimmer of good news - the cabinet was collected by UPS on Tuesday (22nd) and they have it back today (24th) and there's a new order in place for a replacement, which should hopefully be with me in a week or so. P

This is really sad. Condolences. P

I've had GAS for a five-string Darryl Jones for just ages. It's one of those things that I haven't fully shaken off. That said, I've never played a single note on a Lakland, I've been wholly drawn in by the looks, word of mouth, lots of very positive reviews and forum postings; part of that desire factor was simply based on the matter that they were so hard to get hold of over here as well and now everyone seems to be selling them. I think now [and I'm guessing the time period] some two or three years after my initial interest, I'm beginning to think that for the money I could source several perfectly serviceable (used or new) basses - ie a Geddy, a Tokai TB48(!), maybe even put a Status neck on an OLP body and run it as a five. It's not the having, it's the getting. P

Talkbass have got details: [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?p=6292303"]Link[/url] P

[quote name='jmanfunk' post='288118' date='Sep 20 2008, 05:41 PM']Checked out the link and I just saw your second post. "fenders, Gibsons..." You been at the metz again Pav? [/quote] I am stone cold sober. Honestly. Sober enough to have just been to the garden centre and spend £600 on some furniture with my good lady wife (which I had earmarked for a new bass). This guy had some seriously good stuff listed...about a half dozen old old Jazzes, some Precisions, Les Pauls, SGs, amplifiers, acoustics. They were all shot in what looked like the same location. P

Hmmm. Now that is interesting. In the time I typed in my initial posting, to the time I went back in, his shop has gone from 250 items to 5 items and no musical gear at all. He had dozens and dozens of guitars listed...Fenders, Gibsons. P

Have a look at some of the gear this guy is selling. I don't know how genuine this is, but one of the guys hunting buddies must have croaked it. [url="http://tinyurl.com/3h7l9o"]http://tinyurl.com/3h7l9o[/url] A 1969 Fender Jazz Bass for $1,300?? P

[quote name='Buzz' post='287971' date='Sep 20 2008, 01:34 PM']...(and I've a student loan to burn).[/quote] Aren't you supposed to spend this on alcohol? Kids today, huh? P

Just one thing for the purists, there were issues during the 70s in which the bridge pickup was [mistakenly] situated closer to the bridge than it should have been. It's nice to see that they've recreated this as well. I can't remember where I actually read this - I think it was in the Tom Wheeler book [i]American Guitars[/i] - it was something that happened when Fender retooled their machinery to accommodate the new three-screw adjust-a-tilt neck/plate and for some reason the routing for the bridge pickup got shunted back about a half inch. It didn't affect the neck pickup position. If you have a look at the attached photo - in Photoshop I've taken the new 70s reissue and then overlayed a 60s model - the different pickup positions are clearly visible. P

Now here's a quick observation: Whether this stacks up or not, if you buy a black one and put a BadAssII bridge on it, doesn't it essentially become a Geddy Lee model? Heh. I have to say, they do look very nice. Where are they made? P

[quote name='budget bassist' post='286697' date='Sep 18 2008, 04:17 PM']Wow! That looks really nice! For reasons i don't quite understand, i'm VERY attracted to that bass![/quote] I haven't a clue where that photo came from. I've had it for years and years. I just saw it and thought, wooo, gotta save that. P

I've got my iPod on shuffle. I'm at the end of Just A Day (off Echo Park) by Feeder and it's changing to......Everybody Have Fun Tonight by Wang Chung. Woo the 80s. P

Noticed these coming up on eBay once in a while - currently a vintage white/creamy one up, shipped for under £300.00. [url="http://tinyurl.com/4s8dp3"](eBay link)[/url] Anyone actually played one of these? Any good? The bridge is different to the original models, but otherwise, it certainly looks the part. Funds don't stretch to paying three or four times this amount for a Gibson. P

I wouldn't want any furniture...this has to be something that can be played and dinged. Spector Thunderbird, black, black hardware. I'd like it to have the guts of a Rickenbacker 4001 please. And block inlays. I have a picture on my PC of an old trashed jazz body with a couple of MusicMan pickups installed, something like that with a rosewood board and block inlays. P

UPS are collecting from the delivery point (my place of employment) next Monday. I'm going to wait for the replacement...but there's no urgency for a quick replacement right now as [earlier today] I left the band I was in, so I don't need it so quickly. My old Ashdown MAG combo is fully repaired (thanks to some stuff Ashdown parts sent out FOC), so if I need to make noise superquick, I'll just sit the combo on top of my 1x15. It's done me for the last year; it'll do me for the next few weeks. P

Thomann have finally agreed to have the cabinet collected - promising that UPS will contact me direct within a few days to arrange collection. The cabinet is now out of stock at Thomann until maybe the end of the month to mid-October. I'm really less than happy. Obviously everyone wants to save money (the Thomann price was about 25% cheaper than anywhere I could have got the same unit over here), but this is stretching my patience. Their customer service has been really turdy. The only direct action I've achieved has been by picking up the telephone; they've not responded to a single e-mail. P

Considering that one of their most famous endorsees (Dimebag) was shot dead on stage, naming any guitar the DOA seems a little misguided. Hmmm, [i]Dreamowners of America[/i] anyone? Nooooo, the first thing most people would think is Dead or Alive, or, Dead on Arrival. P

This issue is still rolling on and Thomann are proving to be quite useless. This is my first purchase from them and likely my last. I guess if you order something smallish or flight-cased (ie a bass) then you should be OK, but quite obviously anything bigger (and packed in cardboard, then if it's broken, then you're stuffed. Ho hum. More soon. P

[quote name='kevbass' post='281085' date='Sep 10 2008, 01:37 PM']Hello ladies and gentlemen, Despite what i've said before I have decided to throw in a new set of pups in my pbass, now, only question is....which ones? Feline guitars have told me they have some custom made Bare Knuckle pups that were made for them as they are a stockist, you cant see these on bare knuckles website because they were custom made for feline guitars, but at a price of 90 quid they are a bit pricey. So what should I go with? I'm tempted by Di'Marzio as I've always heard good things about them, then again Ive heard good things about Seymour Duncans, then theres the traditional fender route, people here say good things about Wizard pups but I've never heard one, they really that good? So, what do you think, if it were you, what would you go with, or what have you gone with in the past?[/quote] I've got a SD Quarter Pounder in. It's a bit whoompy on the E string. It'll do. P

[quote name='cetera' post='281855' date='Sep 11 2008, 02:00 PM']4 in the KISS tribute 6 in the Function band 7 in the Madness tribute[/quote] You play in a Madness tribute band? Jebus! That wasn't expected! P

I spent a few hours in the Reading branch of Dawsons before Christmas last year, and have to say in defence of the chain, that they were very cool. Here's your amp, here's a lead, play what you want and it you want it, we'll get it from stock. Just be careful not to ding anything, Couldn't have been more the opposite than your experience. That said, haven't been in there for ten months...could be all change now. P

[quote name='Delberthot' post='281252' date='Sep 10 2008, 04:52 PM']As i mentioned, the holes for the pots were too small so I enlarged them. [/quote] I'm not taking the piss or being sarcastic, but do you know something, the above picture is just genius. If I'd have been trying to enlarge the holes, I'd have clamped the metal to something, or hand held it to drill it (during which time it would have spun round wildly and probably ruined it as well). I would never have thought to actually screw the plate to a piece of wood, then drill it. Genius. P