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That'll be definitely be next. Makes sense as if they moved once it'll happen again. Thanks for your input folks.

Fantastic. I'll pass those on to him.

@MoonBassAlpha That's exactly what happened.They'd come away from the hot glue so I cut nylon jams and fixed them in place with Mitre Mate.

Can anyone recommend some ? Gave a bass to a young fella in Ghana last month and he's asked me about doing Jazz fused Gospel. I haven't the foggiest so I'm hoping for some names he can check out on the likes of YT etc. Cheers KB

Bought a bass for £1, plugged into the cassette deck on the music centre and had the same book as TrevorR.

Good Call @morgano Armed with the knowledge that costing me £10 it was no biggie if I messed up I Googled "faulty power supply capacitors" They don't appear blown or burst,certainly no bulge, they did however move when prodded with the pliers handles. Gave a push till the hum stopped then fixed them in place. Result

Thanks @morgano Just been doing a Google search and that gets mentioned quite often. Hope it's not difficult to test for and fix.

Picked up this Laney monitor for the princely sum of £10 a few weeks back and hoping for some tips on reducing the hum. Starts as soon as you power up and really only changes when the bass is turned up. It's constant whether there's anything plugged in or not. XLR makes no difference either. Doesn't appear to get louder when you turn the volume up full. I know very little about amps so any pointers will be welcome. Cheers KB

Fretless Tune Bass Maniac. Got one on Tuesday after 32 years of searching

Burns-bass Your advice made perfect sense to me and I'll be keeping it in mind A Google search turned up a video on how to use the Tourte style mute similar to my £3 one but they were only muting 2 strings, A + D. Is this normal or do I need 2 of them ? Really appreciate your kind offer on the mute. Thanks !! You're a true Gent

[quote name='roman_sub' timestamp='1475052477' post='3142559'] looks like a marvellous instrument, I suppose the 3rd octave is actually even more useful as a "playing surface" / ramp. Sorry to hear about your friend [/quote]Thanks roman. You're correct about the fingerboard being more of a ramp too Apart from difficulty in reaching the 36th the string tension up there is crazy high. After I saw the Maniac other firms came out with very similar basses like the Bass Collection and Washburn ABT series but none of their piezo fretless models used the extended board.Nor did other fretless Maniacs so I'm guessing it was done to be different. Glad they did it cause it really adds to the look

You bet it was First saw this in Guitarist mag back in 84 but costing a year's wage and only the Bass Centre,400 mile away, having them it was never going to happen. 3 octave fingerboard,extended neck,piezo only. I'd never saw they're like and was smitten For years I'd kept an eye out for one and when the internet came along signed up to any Tune groups on the off chance I'd find one.Trouble was next to nobody had one A couple of folk in Europe,one in Japan and a fella in Australia but his developed a dodgy neck. Danny at Bass Japan Direct told me they were scarce even over there,he also told me the last one he'd saw sold for £850 A damn sight more than I'd expected to pay Well some things are just meant to be.When a friend got told he'd cancer I decided to start ticking off the GAS list and the morning after the double bass was struck off I heard about this, up for grabs in Japan.It was an expensive weekend 12 days it was in customs but yesterday morning the wait was over. It's apt that a few hours later I was at my friend's funeral The bass itself looks fantastic,is in great nick and plays wonderful. Granted I'm crap at fretless,haven't had much time with it and definitely in the honeymoon period but bloody hell I'm over the moon. The Mwah on it is amazing,last night another pal asked me what effects I was using.Took great pleasure in telling him none. Here is the object of my desire [attachment=228783:Maniac (2).jpg] [attachment=228784:Maniac (6).jpg] [attachment=228785:Maniac (4).jpg]

Been lusting for a fretless Tune Bass Maniac since I saw one in Guitarist mag way back in 84. A rare beast,only ever heard from 3 folk who had one, Danny over at Bass Japan said he'd seen one go for £850. Course my limit was £500. A good friend being told he had terminal cancer caused a rethink on making the most of life. Today's his funeral and I'm just back from the Parcelforce depot. RIP Chick [attachment=228733:Maniac (2).jpg] .

Cheers Bigwan There's a huge thread on bassic.ch about the GK but my German is lousy and Google translate doesn't help much. I'll put it on my list for end of the year.

Cheers Burns-bass. The one set of neighbours have crazed dogs that bark if they hear a fag paper rustle and the other two have young kids,plus they're Muslim so I doubt wine will help there The bass mute turned out to be a 2 inch plastic disc and I've no idea how it works. Next move will be a practise mute from Thomann. No free time from work until December so no rush.

Has anybody built the Growling Krizzly from musikding ? [url="http://www.musikding.de/Growling-Krizzly-Deluxe-kit?lang=eng"]http://www.musikding...xe-kit?lang=eng[/url] I've got a feeling it would be beyond me but that's never stopped me,course I could see sense and get somebody to build it

Had to Google Vulfpeck. Jealous as hell now

Totally agree bubinga. That is fantastic

Great song but I always think of Money Don't Matter 2 Night when I hear it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pel9PNvxTGs

The kick in the spuds was I'd phoned Parcel Force about charges but got told there wasn't any due. My fault for believing them. Again !!

Just got nailed £15 Import Tax,Vat and handling charge on a £32 preamp Customs is currently debating if they want both my kidneys for a bass coming from Japan. If you want it, buy it. Kidneys are over rated.

Thanks folks. Appreciate the advice.

As some may know I'd never been closer to a DB than a shop window before Saturday morning. I'm no great shakes at fretless either so fully expected to sound rough. This is beyond rough ! Is there any way to practise quietly ? I've ordered a string mute but doubt even that will be enough to protect the neighbours. For years I've always played electric bass at home through headphones or unplugged and there's no TV so I suspect I've become accustomed to quiet. I've a huge amount of work to do before I even grasp the basics and this hang up about the noise needs to be overcome first. Any tips or pointers ? Cheers KB

Thanks very much for the replies folks. Judging for the distances mentioned I've started this the right way Hope it's not a regular thing,I was knackered at work today.