steve

i use btr2000, and yeah, its slower than my korg dt3 handheld tuner, and the tuners in both my yamaha magicstomp and tascam mp3 trainer (i never realised how mant tuners I had before ), but it does the job, albeit at a more sedate pace. Basically, you get what you pay for. I don't know, youngsters these days want everything yesterday, mutter, mutter mutter............

I like those too, all that chrome is retro-tastic

nice..... I 'specially like the white jazz

[quote name='Josh' post='169989' date='Apr 4 2008, 08:23 PM']And one more, Thurman Woods: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glPISKibLqA"]The last fill is just amazing.[/url][/quote] damn right, that last phrase he plays is awesome, and he breaks out in a big grin part way through as if he knows he's nailed the hard bit and the finish is easy

you could try a piezo bridge, especially if you're going fretless. I've just put one of [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300210035096"]these from ebay[/url] on mine, and it sounds ace with a buffer. You'd need to go active to buffer it though otherwise it would sound very tinny.

can't see much point in [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200209637891"]this[/url], i think three of them are identical. Still, it is a 'very popular instrument nowadays'

it's been a while since i updated this thread, but i have been busy with the bass, here's a couple of pics (sorry about the poor quality) [attachment=6818:PIC_0569.jpg] [attachment=6820:PIC_0572.jpg] it has a satin oil finish (i used liberon and steel wool after sanding back the tru-oil and re-contouring the body a bit), which I'm considering waxing, but the pictures don't do the grain justice, the oil added loads of depth which catches the light nicely it now has a piezo bridge, along with the original pickup with stacked vol/tone knobs for each. I've knocked up and fitted a quick buffer for the piezo today, but still ironing out some electronics issues. The abalone plate hides some of the original routing, but doubles up as a battery cover. I'm thinking of putting together a mixer stage to match the output levels of the mag and the piezo, but the next job is completing the setup while I mull over all things electronical.....

I have one of the tascams, great piece of kit, it's really useful for learning covers too, you can boost the bass to hear what's being played, and then cut it to practice playing along

I have to say I'm a convert to Precisions, I never used to get it, but now, they're the only thing that really seem to turn my head

wow, that's a beauty. I'm looking forward to seeing it when the finishings been done

there doesn't seem to be a great deal of difference in the string widths considering there's 15 strings, unless of course it's tuned in semitones