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  1. Owen
    Sadly it does not look like that.
  2. Owen
    Sorry. We finished in Next and then on the way home we decided to go to our favourite Chinese restaurant for a meal. Cos we are crazy and spontaneous like that. We then got home to a leaking washing machine. What a day!
  3. Owen
    Am now in TK Maxx carpark and then have a visit to Next. No one should be holding their breath.
  4. Owen
    I am fully aware that this would be better with pictures but I had to go shopping. I will do some when I get home. This is brought to you from the M+S carpark.
  5. Owen
    Because I am a Time Lord and can bend the laws of physics, I knew I could take a 21" solid body Uke Bass, put metal strings on it and turn it into a fully functioning 5 string bass. Cos, y'know, how hard can it be? And I am a visionary and can see things no one else can see. It turns out that I am not. Another crushing dissapoointment in my life. So, I am left with a £200 ebay import from China with a new bridge routed into the body and a Delano 5 string P pickup both done by Jabba the Wood Whisperer. I also put new machine heads on it. And new strings by Newtone. I tried different windings for the B and physics laughed at my Time Lord aspirations. So it is good to go now as a 5 string E to C bass. Or you could go all Marleax Consat Soprano and string it B to G but an octave up. The low B is not great AT ALL on it but fine as a really long and spongy thumb rest. It has the original pre-amp in it which functions really well and is Treble/Mid/Bass an a Vol control. And the Vol control has a center detent in it. Crazy madness. If you wanted to keep it as an at pitch E to C then you would need to order a new top C from Mr Newtone. If you wanted to get all Marleaux Consat Soprano on it then you would need to order a new set of strings fron Mr Newtone. Is it as good as a Marleaux Consat Soprano? Let's face it, no. But in reality it is a remarkably nice instrument which has been fettled by the Wood Whisperer. It is about 18% of the price (I made that up) and good to go.
  6. Owen
    GAS rears it's ugly head!
  7. Owen
    Let me know. 1 or 2 tickets? Ta.
  8. Owen
    I wait 10 hours for THAT?
  9. Owen
    I have just proved that a B does not work on a 21" scale bass. Just in case you fancied going extreme.
  10. Owen
    Thanks, I am figuring that is how it is. But I have made so many stupid mistakes in the past that I have learnt to check things first by now.
  11. Owen
    Ta. This is what I am thinking but need grown ups to confirm my suspicions.
  12. Owen
    I have been through WAY too many basses. I have changed pickups way too many times. The bass I keep coming back to has a set of Fralin J pickups in it. It has suffered in my personal bass shoot outs because they have a lower output than other ones so do not deliver that instant gratification hit of volume. But when I equalised volume the Fralins are just sweeter and more open (subjective terms) than other basses. Do "overwound" pickups sacrifice tone for volume? Please do not ask me to define tone. I am useless at it. It is just that the Fralins sound more natural and less forced. Is this due to windings etc? I am thinking of getting new pickups for another bass. They will have to be made due to an odd configuration. Is less actually more for pickup construction/overwinding?
  13. Owen
    If the trough was filled it could be reliced, but that still leaves needing to find a new scratchplate.
  14. Owen
    We know who that is Sadly not a block but a trough.
  15. Owen
    Tragic, becuase otherwise it looks peachy.
  16. Owen
    I was introduced as "this is my bass player' once. Just the once though.
  17. Owen
    That is very special. But not in a good way.
  18. Owen
    As I said! 36" Original. Very nice indeed.
  19. Owen
    I have caved and booked the table anyway. 2 seats are available now.
  20. Owen
    Due to my incompetence, I have one spare ticket for this evening. Anyone fancy it? Early show, doors open at 6.30. I am going to this. I want to sit down, and enjoy a meal while watching it. I wanted to book a table for 2. They are already gone. I can get a table for 4. Cost will be £53.25 per person (£30 for ticket and £20 deposit for meal which will be refunded from cost of meal). Does anyone want to take 2 seats at my table. Don't worry, we do not have to be best friends for ever. It is a straight commercial deal.
  21. Owen
    I got excited, but trawled through what is in it and realised that I already have any of it that I would use.
  22. Owen
    Oooft. 36" Original. Very nice indeed.
  23. Owen
    1st picture is fret 1 on 36". 2nd picture is fret 1 on 34" 3rd picture is fret one on 33". The extra dissapears pretty quickly.
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