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[quote name='mybass' timestamp='1457978932' post='3003610'] [size=5]I'd like to change my tuners on my Aerodyne Fender Japan. (I think they are standard Gotoh).[/size] [size=5]Has anyone ever found a direct replacement tuner, Hipshot or other. I'm not keen using the single screw Hipshot lites.[/size] [/quote] Answering myself here but.....looks like Hipshot HB 10 is their Fender Japan retrofit model. Waiting to get a reply with the actual schematic from Hipshot...

[size=5]I'd like to change my tuners on my Aerodyne Fender Japan. (I think they are standard Gotoh).[/size] [size=5]Has anyone ever found a direct replacement tuner, Hipshot or other. I'm not keen using the single screw Hipshot lites.[/size]

[quote name='sunburstjazz1967' timestamp='1457343338' post='2997442'] I've seen pictures of a Stingray with wonky frets, couple of questions, would ebmm not be annoyed by another company copying their design other than changing the frets? and what is the point in the wonky frets anyway? I see some players went for them for a while claiming them to be the best intention ever yet a few years later appear to have gone back to normal frets, that tall guy who plays with Jools Holland being one for example. I did try one and the fact you can't play chords on them made them unplayable for me. [/quote] I think it is only a headstock shape/design that can't legally be (exactly) copied. I think fan fret designs were around before Dingwall basses came along, much like 5 and 6 string double basses were around long before electric basses took on that amount of strings. I did try a Dingwall fan fret bass and found it comfortable to play. The low B or E have the longer string length for better string tension for the gauge of string needed down there. I reckon a few chords could be played, just might have to cross your fingers!

[quote name='Tjboltonw' timestamp='1457088632' post='2995142'] [size=3]I have a [color=#111111][font=Arial, sans-serif]Classic Cantabile AB-40 Acoustic Bass Natural, had it for about 3 years. However, when i was about to sell it i was changing the string and the tuner has broken totally, basically fell out and could not put the mechanism back in. I know have three strings on my guitar. I was wondering if there is a way to fit a new tuner or if its broken for good?[/font][/color][/size] [size=3][color=#111111][font=Arial, sans-serif]Thanks[/font][/color][/size] [/quote] Did the tuner fall out in one piece and you can't push it back in, or did the tuner fall apart? I would say that if one tuner is bad, then the others can't be deemed reliable? Maybe better to retrofit a complete new set, Schallers or something similar.

I take it you meant that United were not so good in the USA (and not Lufthansa)? Often happens though that airlines have different thoughts on what is fragile and what can be thrown from plane hold 8 feet onto a baggage trolley...(I never told our guitarist as no damage was done on that Easyjet flight to Italy!).

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yep, heavy on the shoulders but I'm guessing a super bright sound. However, finding a luthier who didn't mind blunting his tools many times over building an ebony body bass might.be a tad difficult! Bit expensive too methinks. (I'm not sure on this but I vaguely remember John Entwistle had an ebony bass, maybe a Buzzard model from Warwick).

Hate to add this but getting a new proper job ebony fingerboard fitted would be best all round and of course expensive. But....it may also alter the sound from what you are used to. It appears you have a soft maple or other 'white' wood fingerboard used on low cost DBs that has got some sort of black coating which is obviously wearing or getting knocked away, as it would do. If the indent of the wood is not too bad, applying a damp cloth for a minute or two to the dented area only may help swell the wood out.

[quote name='Wonky2' timestamp='1452715967' post='2952875'] Seen a pup (cant recal name) that was pretty much like the sm58 approach mentioned above.... It was a condensor mic enclised in a cricket ball sized bit of mic head foam which slotted into under arch of bridge...... I suppose for begining with new sound a pup which serves minimal feed back would be helpful..... When you say avoid straight line from cab to bass , do you just mean face cab off to say 45' angle or put it on oposite side of drummer ?!? [/quote] Basically keep the speakers directed more away from the bass body, Iwould guess that is why Eddie Gomez had his Bose speakers sitting on a stool a couple of feet away from the DB.

[quote name='randythoades' timestamp='1452673110' post='2952170'] An unpopular opinion, but I use a Kent Armstrong magnetic pickup. I get complimented about my sound, no feedback (or very little anyway) and it is just plug and play. I do sometimes use a clean boost pedal to raise the output slightly if I am using a house amp, otherwise I use GK MB200 into single Ashdown 112 cab just for stage volume and then DI to PA. Simple and easy to set up. [/quote] This reminded me that I had one of Kents' pickups for DB many years ago, I had it velcro'd (?) to the underside of the fingerboard end, must have been a good sound but I moved on to yet another pup.

[quote name='Wonky2' timestamp='1452646463' post='2952079'] Hey guys Im still in process of my neck repair and wating on some parts such as adjustable bridge and strings (thanks keving).... I Got to thinking about playing with the band in the near future and in turn, amplification ..... I read a whole load of posts on here and the net in general but im a bit stuck for a starting position as so many options seems to be specific to certain approaches in sound and tecnique....? Id like a good pick up which will i guess mistly piz but id like to try the bow of course at some point.... Not suggesting i could dive straight in, but id sure like to "explore".... I dont know whether to look for a bridge mounted single or double pad pick up , anynsuggestions are welcomed in the £50-£100 price bracket.... Next is amplification...... Im clueless here.... Ive heard people refer to a "doubler" before? Whats that then ? Is it a twin channel amp for using two pickups ? I have a mark bass little mark 3 head with a 2x10 markbass traveller cab, is this suitable for double bass ? Is the output of the pickuos passive and ok to use straight into amp like my fender ? Or will it do damage ? The spec for the little mark 3 says it has : "BALANCED INPUT (XLR) impedance 22 Khom, max. voltage 25 vpp " So any pick up,reccomendations compatable with this would be great ? Is there a need for a preamp ? Or can my amp cope well enough with input gain....? 25 plus years of playing bass, now im like a fish out of water..... Hahaha clueless Please excuse the daft questions, all help is warmly recieved with thanks Wonky [/quote] I'm sure the MarkBass amp n speaker setup is plenty power! Keep speakers away from direct line to the bass body of course to counter feedback. Pickup wise I hope you get some good suggestions but I'm thinking of trying out a technique my double bass tutor used to have on board his DB. A Shure 58 enclosed In foam to hold it in the bridge feet with the mic head facing towards the fingerboard direction. I'm not using the DB at present but I remember his live sound all those years ago was very good. I saw DB player Eddie Gomez at Ronnie Scott's using a Walter Woods amp ( precursor of MarkBass styling) and two Bose cabinets that were at head height. He got his sound okay. Good luck.

The MB 2x10 cabinet comes in two different sizes. The front vented one is larger, has better stage bottom end. The smaller 'Traveller' 2x10 is rear vented, not as 'tall' so hasn't quite the same bottom end ( to be heard front end). The larger cab also has a better tweeter. The pairing of large and smaller 2x10 cabs works well, even better if just the larger two cabs are used together. The 15" cabs come as a manageable 'Traveller' size or full size 15". The traveller 15" with (either) 2x10 is very good. It fits well size wise with the 2x10 Traveller but I also use it with the large 2x10. The large 15" cabinet I found is more for large stage sizes, it really does push out tons of bottom end that you may find too much in pubs/clubs/ small theatres, especially if you sit another cab on it. (I'm not sure if the 'Club' series 15" are still in production, I think they fit under the 12" combo).

best to file the nut slots down little by little until it feels right, that's how my double bass tech did my bass, including how I liked the fingerboard camber.

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Thanks TrevorR for the pics, nice to meet up with new and not so new bass chatter friends. Bluejay....really good pics, I love the "Wal wall of fame" picture. I used to visit Wal basses many years ago when getting my double bass sorted out ( by Neville Whitehead who lived around the corner from Wal) in High Wycombe. I guess it helped me start looking into the workings of woods and basses though it would be a few more years before I attempted building. Your pic of my headless bass and redwood 'fenderish type' bass are two that attracted some potential buyer interest. The Claro Walnut with abalone/paua inlay is my current gigging bass with a 33" scale that is very comfortable for me. The 'real' Fender is a Japanese 32" scale Aerodyne that is very nice to play. All in all a great day for a bass bash so well done organisers. More pictures within this from Bluejay's camera work..... [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] [/font][/color][url="http://wp.me/p2ZbyY-ut"]http://wp.me/p2ZbyY-ut[/url]

Still hopeful of making the bash this Saturday and maybe with a few bits of furniture now in the shape of fretless basses! along with a small MB rig, probably more bits around somewhere to bring along.