dave_bass5

I am going to try some balsa wood at the weekend. I thnk the fit is ok but this was a rush job so I thnk I'll re seat the neck on sat and put something I'm the gap. The neck feels really nice. The action feels perfect and intonation is pretty good already. I think the maple makes the fiesta red a bit more palatable. A big thanks to Fran for positing pics of his CVP with MM neck. This made me realise how much nicer this bass could look.

Here you go, two quick snaps for now.

I've just put the new neck on the CVP and due to the Gotoh having a thicker base plate I have plenty of adjustment and have got a nice low action. The neck pocket gap is around 2mm so not too bad. I'll let the neck settle down for a few days and then think about sorting the gap out if it needs it. I can't detect any side to side movement but i will stuff something in there. Overall I'm very happy with the neck, and I have a unique bass.

Ive been thinking about that so im going to give it a try tonight. Ive also realised the Gotoh i have on the CVP might go higher than the Vintage bridge on the Jazz so im going to try the neck on the P as well. Cheers.

Just a quick update and another question. The neck arrived and its lovely. Just how i remembered Lakland necks to feel. Fit wise its not to bad, i would say the neck pocket gap is around 1mm so its not going to need major work there. The big problem i have is the heel is a bit thicker than the Squier heel. This means the strings are touching the last fret. Ive raised the saddles as high as i dare but its not going to be playable. Other than shim the bridge im hoping i can get a bit shaved off the heel so it fits better. The reason i would prefer it done to the neck is that im not sure what bass ill use it on. At the moment its on the Jazz and looks great but as the P is my main bass i think it will end up on that at some point. Any thoughts?

[quote name='GT40Graham' timestamp='1316618959' post='1380469'] I use this forum software myself and have just done the same update. You will find that the notification settings in your profile will have changed and you're probably not receiving your original notifications - just go into your profile settings and update them accordingly. There are a lot more settings than there were previously. [/quote] Care to elaborate on "accordingly"? We've already been through all of this many timesin this thread, im pretty sure Ped said it cant be done with this software but if you know of a way please share it with us. Cheers.

[quote name='Ou7shined' timestamp='1316601082' post='1380096'] What I used to get (if I left it long enough) was an email a day from each section of the forum with all the posts made in it and in the order that they were made. So I might have 3-5 emails a day with 20-60 replies in each. Now what I'm getting is an individual email notification per member's post regardless of sub-fora. And if someone replies more than once Gmail groups that reply with the previous reply from that person - bumping it down, putting that reply out of sync with the conversation. So now I am getting 100's of emails a day all jumbled up. [/quote] There is the option to have a daily report, maybe give that a go and turn off the individual emails.

[quote name='Ou7shined' timestamp='1316595016' post='1380003'] But reading the notifications in my in-box isn't ideal either as 1 thing that bugs me about the new notification system is that when my Gmail groups the "conversations" per member, it puts that members replies out of sync with other people in the thread conversation who may have only left one reply. Speed is good. Well done lads. [/quote] I hate Gmail. Although i use a gmail account i never use the web based version. I hate the way its grouped together. Although a lot of people hate it i always use Outlook, it just seems easier to navigate through messages. Here's another strange thing. When i get notifications if anyone has typed a price in to a message all i get is a bunch of figures. Someone has typed £30 in one of the threads but in the notification it reads as code rather than as it displays here. Anyone else notice this?

I tend to log in when a participated thread has been replied to, now i have to log in to find out if a thread has had a new reply. Thats not ideal and i cant think of any other web forum that i use that works like that. Other than to post ive been reading this thread via the emails as there seems no need to keep coming on here to read the replies. Still, not the end of the world but i think it might put a few people off or mean that some people might take days to reply to a thread.

[quote name='ped' timestamp='1316590200' post='1379929'] RE notifications. I tend to keep track of my threads using the new and improved 'new content' area, where I can select 'threads I started' or 'Threads I participated in' and go to first unread post as normal. Notifications I have for email and if I'm quoted, and sometimes I'll turn them on if I post something which isn;t likely to have 19 pages of replies, like a random thread asking for help notating a track. Once you tailor it to your needs it's really useful. Can I suggest turning them off altogether and looking at 'new content' area instead for now, as that's a good place to start. Cheers [/quote] If this one email per visit issue cant be fixed it might be an idea to change the notification emails so people wont be confused and waste time trying to set it up. speed is good today, well done team.

I thought we had gone over that last option year. Glad it finally worked out. I still have my faulty Neo driver with the dodgy dust cap. Im keeping it as a spare but cant actually see me needing it.

For what its worth i have both a Thumper and Fender 62RI (original) and they both sound very similar to my ears. Both very good pups.

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1316522902' post='1379099'] Me too. Adding a little message to the header at the top of the page ('The site is currently running slowly - please bear with us') would help spread the word and ease frustration, I think... [/quote] And help keep the notifications at bay.

Very slow for me as well but i understand why.

@Cygnus x-1. I replaced them with a Gotoh 201 on the P and a Fender vintage on the Jazz. I started off with getting the Gallery to install the Vintage on the P as i too had heard that the holes were non standard. The reason for changing the bridges was i too dont like 20mm string spacing. 18mm is ideal but 19mm i can live with. The bass felt a bit nicer to play once i had the new bridge on but I do like HM bridges, and a Gotoh came up for sale on here shortly after i got the bass back. Knowing i now had standard hole spacing the Gotoh went on without any problems. A few months ago i thought i would take the Jazz bridge off and see if it was possible to line the holes up. To my surprise the Fender bridge went on without any problems as well. Thinking back to when i put the Gotoh on the P i remember thinking what a great job the Galley had done filling and re drilling the new holes, now i realise they didnt need to drill at all. @Fran. It was just the string spacing i didnt get on with. No problems with the bridge as such. Ive kept the bridges in case i sell the basses as i would prefer to keep the Gotoh (depending on what bass i get of course) and like you say, the HM bridges are a good selling point so someone might not want the Fender bridge.

[quote name='Bassman Sam' timestamp='1316386637' post='1377553'] If it's Jedward, smoke a J. [/quote] If its Jedward take the heaviest bass you have ;-)

[quote name='Shonks' timestamp='1316431643' post='1377844'] how can I edit the title of a post? eg: when a bass is sold or the conditions have changed. I cant seem to find a way of editing the 'title' as the 'edit option' seems to only allow change to the content. please advise...thanks [/quote] You need to use the Full editor. That should (used to) let you edit the title.

[quote name='acidbass' timestamp='1316103963' post='1374679'] Hi guys, The time has come to make a few minor adjustments to the saddle height on my Squier CV Jazz Bass - however I don't have the correct allen key and will have to order one. Does anyone know what size key (metric or imperial) fits the saddle adjustment on the Classic Vibe Hi-Mass bridge? I have sent an email to Squier but can't imagine they'll reply in a hurry, so thought someone on here might have the answer. Many thanks in advance, Danny [/quote] Did you get hold of one? If not you can borrow one of mine. I have two CV's but neither have the HM bridge on them any more so i dont really need the Allen keys unless i sell the bridges.

[quote name='the boy' timestamp='1316425922' post='1377765'] hi buddy if you measure the exact gap I will knock you up some aluminium shims. I used similar ones to mate a 70s p bass body and a mighty mite neck a few months back and they work a treat. I will make the shims for free if you pay the postage. [/quote] Wow, thanks very much. Once the neck arrives and i get an idea of the gap ill see if i can sort it myself but if not ill get in touch. cheers. @Mr F. Thats another good option, thanks.

I think part of the email problem is that this thread is moving very fast so we are getting a lot more notifications than from a normal slow moving thread. Still not ideal though.

[quote name='BottomEndian' timestamp='1316422147' post='1377697'] EDIT: Great minds and all that, Dave. [/quote] Indeed. Here's a funny thing. I have this page open in both FF6 and IE9 under W7 and IE8 under XP pro. The IE8 and IE9 page's have the Follow topic button in the right place (ie on the right hand side). They also have a "Go to first unread post" hyper link next to the Reply to this topic button. No such option is showing in FF6. Something to get ironed out i think, EDIT: Now the Go to link is showing in FF6.

[quote name='Ou7shined' timestamp='1316421152' post='1377689'] A nice full inbox to wake up to this morning. [/quote] I turn notifications off when i went to bed. I knew what i would find if i didnt. Just as well this thread slowed down over night.

[quote name='ped' timestamp='1316420379' post='1377673'] I don't think so, no. Someone mentioned about reducing the size using Ctrl+ something if you are really determined. [/quote] Yeah, you can use Ctrl++ or +- to zoom in and out of the pages but its not ideal.