steve

bloody 'ell, you weren't kidding when you said wear shades!

blimey, sounds like you did well to keep your cool

thanks again for the advice fellas

I would prefer to use some bog standard wood glue (the white pva type stuff that dries clear) is there any reason why I shouldn't?

[quote name='Al Heeley' post='582118' date='Aug 27 2009, 07:49 AM']Thta's great - many thanks!- Can I paypal you some money or you want a littel PCB to play with?[/quote] I think I'll have one of your wonderful pcb's pls Al - I'll send you a pm later - I have something in mind but need to check a few details first.

[quote name='Al Heeley' post='582023' date='Aug 26 2009, 11:24 PM']Steve, if you want some pieces of Zebrano I have some offcuts still in the garage from a bass build I put together last year. Might be tricky to match up though as the pattern of grain is so linear. If its not in a visible area then neepheid's advice.[/quote] Cheers Alan, the holes are in the neck heel and not visible, so I'll manage with what I've got lying around. BTW, I sent those jumper sockets, should be with you tomorrow

[quote name='neepheid' post='581965' date='Aug 26 2009, 10:27 PM']If you won't see it afterwards then any hardwood dowel will do. Must be hardwood though, if you use a pine/softwood dowel then drilling/screwing might get skewed due to following the path of least resistance.[/quote] ta muchly,

here's the bass [attachment=31619:Photo023.jpg] neck just after starting the extraction process [attachment=31620:Photo020.jpg] and neck now [attachment=31621:Photo021.jpg]

I just acquired a zebrano neck, which had some broken screws and drill bits stuck in the heel, i've got them out using a hole drill, but I don't know whether the choice of wood to fill them is critical or will any old dowel do. Any advice or experiences would be great ta

ok i'm updating the thread because the bass is going fretless. I've bought a zebrano neck with an unlined santos rosewood neck - [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=58161&view=findpost&p=578151"]pics here[/url]. I've drilled out the offending broken screws and drill bit - I'll put pics up later, but I have a couple of questions 1) should I be using hardwood dowel to fill the holes or will anything do, and what's the best wood adhesive to use or will any do? 2) what's the best material for a nut? I'll ask these questions in the repairs tech issues also

[quote name='Rumple' post='581673' date='Aug 26 2009, 05:55 PM']I'll look the rest up on You Tube when I get home from work. R[/quote] they should be listed in a pane underneath the video window

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[quote name='Al Heeley' post='580803' date='Aug 25 2009, 11:22 PM']Now that sounds clever! The other mod suggested was to add a 10k pot in parallel to the Cap3 33nf, so that the hi-pass effect could be tapered off to allow more bass - sort of like adding a tone ctrl to it. Again, not yet tried myself but in the pipeline - must get me a breadboard. Re: tant cap, they are polar, yes? Is that influencing the signal in the path vs a non-polar cap irrespective of its value?[/quote] yeah they are, I don't think it does particularly, it was one I had to hand so I just plugged it in to try out. It only works one way round tho. I did try a 1K pot instead of the resistor from 9V to Vdd of the chip to get some voltage sag, it did have some effect, but I didn't particularly like it. If I get the chance I'll try the parallel pot mod - some kind of rudimentary tone control could be useful

I've tried a tantalum 4.7u cap in place of the 68n, I do think it allowed more bass frequencies thru, it was a bit too shrill for my tastes with the 68n. I'm going to add a switch to mine to switch a diode in and out of the feedback loop of the second gain stage. I've breadboarded it today and it basically switches between overdrive and distortion. I prefer the overdrive sound to that of my bad monkey - it seems more transparent.

looks like conjoined twins

nice, very stealth

does anyone have a copy they could share? ta

three pedals in a weekend? I wish my misses was that understanding! Do you have/ are you planning to do any soundclips Al?

if you build yourself an audio probe, you'll be able to trace the signal through the circuit and find where the problem is. [url="http://"http://www.diystompboxes.com/pedals/debug.html"]This site[/url] explains it

[quote name='ritch' post='578244' date='Aug 23 2009, 03:20 PM']Hope this is the right forum. Anyone know of anywhere to get 3PDT footswitches in the UK inexpensively? They seem to be £4.50/£5 everywhere I've seen - is that good? Cheers Rich[/quote] have a look on ebay, I got a batch of 3 for about £10 I think

[quote name='lonestar' post='577754' date='Aug 22 2009, 06:37 PM']It's actually a really good bass part, (played brilliantly by Dioon Estus), but I can't get that George Michael/Lady Di hair out of my mind's eye while trying to learn it.[/quote] I know what you mean, I'm by no means a fan of Abba, but some of the bass lines are excellent

[quote name='lonestar' post='577089' date='Aug 21 2009, 08:24 PM']so I don't have to keep listening to it please?[/quote] - sorry, I can't help you, but that was very funny

[quote name='SteveO' post='577350' date='Aug 22 2009, 08:30 AM']It's not too hard. When you have split the avi you get 2 clips in the top window. Drag the one you want into the timeline at the bottom, then "Publish film" from the file menu.[/quote] I'm sure I tried that Anyway, VirtualDub has done the trick, thanks for all the help