fleabag

PS if you think there's some movement around that cracking at the headstock, then its possibly had an impact trauma at some point. If it was just cracking lacquer, i doubt you would see movement. As for the nicotine yellow, i'd hazard a guess and say thats probably the cellulose lacquer thats aged rather than nicotine stains. There maybe enough thickness of lacquer to take this back with some wet n dry and then buffed again for a gloss finish. If not , it will need taking right back to paint and re-lacquered This could all be total rubbish, so wait and see what some experts might tell you.

Not sure if the Elites had a brass nut like my SB900 and other SB Proll's but easily bought and profiled to suit. My SB900 had some bridge bits missing, and i contacted Aria UK and a nice chap on the phone said he'd look for some spares, and about 3 months later, they turned up in the post. That was down to the great institution we call Royal Mail ( or the Post Office ). He couldnt find everything i needed ( understandedbly - bass is over 35 years old ) but a visit to a nut and bolt shop got me the rest.

Black Friday fo' sho'

Yup, listened to that and brilliantly played by Marta. One thing, she says no chorus on the bass, but if you listen, it definately does have that effect on it. Its impossible to get that sound without chorus

Nice find RB. What an enormous tone. Love it

Marta - very accomplished bassista. Loads of vids on YT

I bet the buyer's over the moon

Should this be in Gen Diss ??

Musicains are flakes. Thats a given. Some are nice flakes and some aren't. I've come to this conclusion after 30+ years in bands. I'm one of them flakes As for workloads outside of the band, we have that problem with 3 of us 7 and 1 one with young kids, so 4 out of the 7 can mess us up at times. Keys man can be out of the country ( in fact last week he was in Turkey ) Guitarman builds and installs analogue Ex SSL desks of any size and sometimes goes abroad, though not as much as keysman. Backing singer No.1 works in the blood dept of the NHS. Does weird shifts Backing singer No.2 has young kids and all that entails. But i wouldnt swap any of them for anyone else. They're a great crew, no egos, great sense of humour

The documentary featuring Becker and Fagen on the making of Aja , was the most anal constructiuon of an album i've ever heard. But this is how they rolled at the time, getting jazzier and jazzier after Cant Buy A Thrill Someone in the past, IIRC, labelled their music " sickly sweet " and the extraordinary amount of time they spend auditioning guitarists who could come up with the magic lead guitar they were looking for that lasted 10 seconds, has got to be believed. I'm a fan, having said that, but The Royal Scam is tops for me, not Aja. I don't have any Beatles on disc, although i think they were clever writers. Dylan ? Overrated , apart from the wonderful Blood On The Tracks

Very similay, at least the headstock is

Hendrix Floyd Led Zep

I can think of so many quips here, that i cant choose

I forgot about Rapid, but have now got what i want from CPC. I had to order 5 of the 01.uf caps , because they were only 5p each Strangely, they had no 0.083uf caps, so ordered a 0.068uf, and that on its own was £1.07p ... weird price difference

Cheat I'll try CPC Farnell - they have millions of bits of electronics, including a monstrous amount of caps

Will do, but where the hell do you buy one cap ? ( or 2 in my case )

Thanks chaps, yes maybe try an .083 as well as an 0.1

A little extra reading seems to indicate that 473 just means yer bog standard 0.47uf ? So, i'm guessing, but i may try a 0.83uf or 0.10uf

Could a lectronix guru ID this tone cap, pretty please? Basically, its not bleeding enough treble off, and i was thinking of replacing it. Which means, could i have a recommendation of which value cap to use ? The pot is an A500k TY !!

Trying to think of where i've seen that odd headstock before - was it Cliff Bordwell basses ?

I'd say 50%

Personal taste is a pointless debate

CPC Farnell have an asbo lootley huge stock of pots. https://cpc.farnell.com/c/electronic-electrical-components/resistors/potentiometers-trimmers-accessories