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The all in one pup cover/ramp/thumb rest is going through a redesign. John sent me pics of a mock up, but I wanted it slightly longer to extend more towards the bridge. I'm gonna have to come up with a name for this to save having to write [i]all in one pup cover/ramp/thumb rest[/i]. Any ideas? How about [i]the Mac[/i]?

[quote name='steve' post='471706' date='Apr 24 2009, 04:57 PM']eek![/quote]

[quote name='Huwberry' post='472736' date='Apr 26 2009, 04:14 PM'] 'Ug?'[/quote]

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='472654' date='Apr 26 2009, 01:17 PM']Doesn't matter. McCartney picked up a Hofner, not a Gibson.[/quote] he picked up the cheaper copy because he couldn't afford the more expensive Gibson.

Hofner Violin? Surely not, as it was a cheaper copy of a Gibson bass.

[quote name='EBS_freak' post='471630' date='Apr 24 2009, 03:49 PM']That's fairly rapid![/quote] I'm not complaining, he's had to do a lot of stuff he's never done before, and work out how to do some others.

[quote name='EBS_freak' post='471315' date='Apr 24 2009, 09:51 AM']The waiting, the waiting... I know. It kills![/quote] currently 1 year 6 months

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='471593' date='Apr 24 2009, 03:11 PM']Enough. They know enough about basses but not too much.[/quote] hmm, a dangerous amount

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='471459' date='Apr 24 2009, 01:04 PM']Then you're buggered. Or you could make one out of clear plastic and put the sticker on that. Hey Presto - a twofer solution. No need to thank me.[/quote] like the idea, but it would mean holes to screw the plate to the bass.

[quote name='EBS_freak' post='471234' date='Apr 24 2009, 02:09 AM']Ah cool. I thought as much. The only potential problem with this is if an LED goes. I don't know what the steps to remedy that would be. Best not think about it - cross that bridge when you get to it... hopefully, you never will! I'm really interested to see this build - it sounds really cooooool!! Post pics as soon as you can!! 4 weeks?![/quote] Yep pics will be up as soon as, but I don't want to get my hopes up. It's not like I've already marked the date on my calendar or anything :blush:

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='471231' date='Apr 24 2009, 01:57 AM']Stick it on the scratchplate.[/quote] haven't got one.

[quote name='Musky' post='470405' date='Apr 23 2009, 09:25 AM']In my experience, Gaffa tape will be okay. Now as we all know Gaffa will leave a sticky residue, but I've found it easy enough to remove (with tiny amounts of paint thinner in my case). How do I know this? In 1984 I bought what turned out to be a '68 4001S in fireglo - only I didn't like fireglo, so I covered the whole thing head to foot with small strips of gaffa. This remained on until about 6 months ago, and has cleaned up without any kind of mark or blemish. Fairly easily as well.[/quote] Sticker on Gaffa, Gaffa on bass? Could be an option, thanks.

[quote name='EBS_freak' post='462129' date='Apr 14 2009, 01:58 PM']I'm intrigued to see if he using the SimS retrofit method or if he put them in at the time of glueing the fretboard on. Both have their advantages and disadvantages - my only concern about the latter though, is ease of access should a LED fail. (Not that I have actually seen one fail under normal operation!) I've not seen the brass surrounds done on the front face of the neck before - they are usually reserved for the sides... so like I said, it will be cool to see the overall effect when the finished article is all strung up ready to go! There only appears to be two cable coming from the neck also - I wonder how the pulsing effect is done. Is the circuity housed in the neck too and they are the 9v/18v feed cables? How is the rotary control going to be built in? Obviously this isn't a completed function yet - I'm just curious to see how Jon has implemented his solution![/quote] ok Jon's trade secrets! What he does is put them in before the fingerboard goes on usually, it would be possible to do the retrofit style but Jon thinks this way is neater and there's no tell tale routed bits. If he puts them in the board then he drills the holes for them and routs a tiny channel for the wires in the back of the board then hooks it all up, drills a hole through the neck for the two wires and glues the parts together - after testing. For side LED's he routs a channel in the neck for the wires then drills for the LED's once the board is tapered to fit, hooks up all the LED's and wires and glues the two parts together - again after testing.

I like the bright pink and I don't care who knows it. has anybody played one? I've seen them for £155, are they cheap and cheerful or a bit of a bargain sound/playability-wise?

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so is there a product I can apply to the bass, which the sticker will stick to, but will not harm the finish?

quick update. We've gone through some designs for the all in one pup cover/ramp/thumb rest, John is working on the final design. There's a bit more to do on the neck, but he's hoping to lacquer it towards the end of next week. Hoping to have it finished in 4 weeks! Doh! forgot to ask about the LED's - I'll do that next email I send.

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='468703' date='Apr 21 2009, 04:17 PM']BTW, while this thread's still pulling high ratings - check out my Matsumoku Vantage in Basses for Sale.[/quote] and you talk about cheap shots

[quote name='AM1' post='468260' date='Apr 21 2009, 11:31 AM']HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!! [/quote] this will be you advancing your argument then? [quote name='AM1' post='468293' date='Apr 21 2009, 11:53 AM']It is interesting that since you have failed to advance your argument, your new strategy is denigration of experience, without actually knowing what that experience may be.[/quote]

one of the reasons I always see when people sell Status' is because the tone is modern etc. I just wondered what you guys thought? Surely with all the eq options it must be possible to dial in some kind of vintage p or j tone? [quote name='Hamster' post='319482' date='Nov 1 2008, 10:07 AM']Sorry, it should be "my bass strings are worth more than my car" thread - I'll start the thread because I qualify too! [/quote] I once sold a car for £40, so err...

[quote name='AM1' post='468241' date='Apr 21 2009, 11:19 AM']So, what other rig do you think gives an identical Ampeg tone? This should be amusing. [/quote] As I posted earlier, my old PJB rig could easily dial in a recognisable (and IMO better) Ampeg tone.