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  1. Owen
    [quote name='Angel' timestamp='1378759783' post='2204452'] Doh! I would have loved that!!!!! Gutted I even have a set of spare frets [/quote] Don't worry, soon I will take on another project and then do the square root of nothing at all with it and have to shift it on again.
  2. Owen
    [quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1378738640' post='2203959'] PMd [/quote] Sadly, not as yet. However, this has now gone.
  3. Owen
    So, yeah, I fancy myself as a luthier. The fact that I have no woodworking skills at all has not stopped me from dreaming. Sometime ago this appeared on here. I immediately knew that I could weave my magic and create a totally playable instrument from it. All I needed to do was strip it right back to bare wood, re-fret it, finish it and set it up. You can guess the rest. As you can see in the pics, it has seen some sort of action. It has been de-fretted. The decal is most definitely not original. I think it is prob a Squier, but then it really does not matter. I got it for carriage and a donation to good old BC, so am asking the same. Take my junk. Please. [url="http://s8.photobucket.com/user/peredur/media/IMAG0434_zpse22a6d35.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s8.photobucket.com/user/peredur/media/IMAG0435_zpsef205a2c.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s8.photobucket.com/user/peredur/media/IMAG0436_zps551129fe.jpg.html"][/url]
  4. Owen
    http://basschat.co.uk/topic/216436-eub-gigbag-for-nothing/page__pid__2201118#entry2201118 Free case for it. Take my junk.
  5. Owen
    I have a bag which came on my NS EUB ages ago. The NS was second hand and the case is 100% not original NS kit. It is 130cm x 25cm. It is lightly padded. It is yours for the cost of postage. Take my junk.
  6. Owen
    That is a lush piece of wood, and I would even venture to say that the knot gives it just a hint of character as well. Not that it does not have character, but the slight "blemish" makes it more real somehow.
  7. Owen
    This is an insane cab for £200. Just so that everyone knows.
  8. Owen
    I have never used anything but cello rosin (or violin if I forgot mine).
  9. Owen
    I have generally not used strap locks for years. I simply use washers and screw the whole washer/strap/button into the bass. Something like this with a small rubber cover cut off one of these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Black-3D-Removable-Lego-Brick-Block-Silicone-Case-Cover-Protector-for-iPhone-5-/121170620101?pt=UK_MobilePhones_MobilePhonesCasesPouches&hash=item1c3654eec5 might work. I am only musing aloud here I do have one bass with a Jazz-esque body and have a schaller strap lock on it, but offset that so that when it and the lower bout is level the bass is stable. Obv there are issues with scratching the finish, but you could have the same arrangement and use a second strap button. Why am I still awake?
  10. Owen
    How about 2 strap buttons at the bottom which will then create a stable surface to lean it against anything?
  11. Owen
    [quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1378245567' post='2197771'] Good evening, Owen... I've posted a link to here on the Hofner forum which I frequent... [url="http://hofnerhounds.myfineforum.org/about651.html"]http://hofnerhounds....g/about651.html[/url] ...I hope this meets with your approval (if not I'll retract, of course...). Good luck with the sale; it's almost a shame I have my Verithin bass, or I'd be after her..! She looks great. [/quote] You are a gentleman. Thank you.
  12. Owen
    Price drop bump £400 + carriage.
  13. Owen
    I have a Korean MTD which I love to play acoustically but I have never been happy with the tone (and believe me I tried so many different options) I had Aaron Armstrong wind me a P5 pickup and now I could not be happier. I would love it to look like a P as well but other than that I cannot fault it. Any 5er you like with a P5 in a pickup shape you can drop in will do the job. Sadly I now have a redundant second pickup rout as well as two spare control holes in my MTD. You live and learn. Eventually.
  14. Owen
    [URL=http://s8.photobucket.com/user/peredur/media/IMAG0405_zps865d129c.jpg.html][IMG]http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/peredur/IMAG0405_zps865d129c.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s8.photobucket.com/user/peredur/media/IMAG0406_zpsfa96ab62.jpg.html][IMG]http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/peredur/IMAG0406_zpsfa96ab62.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s8.photobucket.com/user/peredur/media/IMAG0407_zps8d764694.jpg.html][IMG]http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/peredur/IMAG0407_zps8d764694.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s8.photobucket.com/user/peredur/media/IMAG0417_zpse8335102.jpg.html][IMG]http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/peredur/IMAG0417_zpse8335102.jpg[/IMG][/URL] The electrics still need to be sorted, but it is a thing of beauty and plays superbly.
  15. Owen
    No, they are bog standard Hipshot ones.
  16. Owen
    https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151840192801031&set=pcb.623865367646339&type=1&relevant_count=1&ref=nf
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    BC on phone

    Owen replied to Owen's topic in Site News

    The thread which keeps on giving.
  18. Owen
    Wired my EMG for 18V instead of 9V. I was convinced that it would change my world.. Sadly there was no obvious difference apart from the rubbish rout at the back.
  19. Owen
    I have an irrational desire to buy this, string it up with a low F sharp and fret it. Just as well I am broke!
  20. Owen
    Have been thinking overnight and need to shift this so am having a price drop bump.
  21. Owen
    On further reflection, the EQ on the Monique is not the scalpel like tone control of modern amps, it is more like a broad brush which brings the goodness without trying too hard. Maybe I like it because I cannot seem to mess it up?
  22. Owen
    Hey Pete, my other cab is an ACME as well! I have not massively noticed that the bass knob/boom issue - my guess is that the DSP of the IP has covered that. I will try and see to it next time i fire it up in anger. Sorry to be less than helpful.
  23. Owen
    Bump
  24. Owen
    [quote name='funkle' timestamp='1376511535' post='2175344'] Owen, have you tried the Monique with your IP310? If you have, what was it like? [/quote] I have. It is lush beyond. I am rubbish at explaining sound to cannot give you any of the usual patter about it sounding like [i]this [/i]or [i]that. [/i]It sounds great and it makes me happy. Is it the pre-amp for life? Who knows. Is it the pre-amp for now? Yes. Just in case anyone missed my disclaimer earlier in the thread, the tech issue I was having was NOT due to the Monique after all.
  25. Owen
    [quote name='skej21' timestamp='1375361871' post='2160261'] So why not buy an actual bass? The U-Bass doesn't sound like a bass, or a uke. It's a 'no mans land' type instrument. Just like the Banjalele and the guitalele. Gimmicky nonsense IMO. [/quote] It does not sound like a uke. It is tuned the same as a standard 4 string bass, so how it could sound like anything but a bass is beyond me. A Jazz does not sound like a Precision does not sound like an Alembic does not sound like a Rickenbacker does not sound like a Turner Renaiassance does not sound like a Hofner does not sound like a Status does not sound like a Kala Ubass. But they all sound like a bass.
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