prowla

Disturbingly, we seem to be nearing a consensus. 

1 hour ago, la bam said:

Well, here's a weird one... 

 

Thisnis a jazz I bought a bit ago - never seen or heard of these, or even where you'd get the logo. 

 

Looks cool though. Mojo without imitation. 

 

 

Maybe I’m a Leo…

Incidentally, the pcb does look rather close to the metal case - is there insulation on the underside?

On 11/07/2025 at 21:33, Chienmortbb said:

Guess what came in the post today?

Something sprung up!

On 03/07/2025 at 08:43, prowla said:

I've come to the conclusion that eBay don't give a monkeys about counterfeits and, after arguing with them, being told by their "AI" that there's nothing wrong with obvious fakes, escalating, speaking to people, and so-on, I've lost faith in their service.

The fact that they then started adding on a "buyer assurance" (or whatever they call their buyers fees) premium gives me no confidence that an issue with an item would be successfully resolved; either (a) their conclusions would be via the same system as their handling of counterfeit reports and yield the same results, or (b) they've downgraded that to deliberately create a premium "service".

I've pretty much stopped using eBay.

...following up from that, I bought a piece of Hi-Fi kit last week.

The seller listed collection as an option, but eBay instructed him to post it.

Fortunately, we worked it out: he cancelled, I got an immediate refund to PayPal, then he re-listed as collection-only, I did the offer, he accepted, and then I went and collected it.

I wandered in to Steve's Guitar Centre (Cosham, nr. Portsmouth), spotted an EBS Reidmar 250 amp in a corner, had a play, now it's home with me.

Nice!

On previous occastions it's been held the day before the Kempton Park guitar show (Sun 26th October this year).

On the 5-string debate, years ago I used to have a set of Dewtron bass pedals which I used to take me down to a C when I ran out of notes on my 4-string.

Now I've got some 5-strings but I still gravitate back to my Ric 4-strings.

I did try a Ric 5-string (the triangle pickup one)(curious they did the pickups but then changed the neck position markers to dots), but the neck was much wider.

8 hours ago, Jonesy said:

 

What do your Ric's wear? There's nothing else wrong with mine apart from the few mm tail lift after using 45s for 15+ years.

 

Mine currently has the 43-100 TI Jazz flats, so I'm hoping the low tension doesn't do much more harm, or at least slows down any further damage.

I've settled on 40-60-80-100.

FYI, I also had a V2 bridge fitted to one of my Rics; it completely eliminates tail-lift, but the action wouldn't go low enough so I reverted back to the original V1.

1 hour ago, Jonesy said:

 

Mostly 45-105, so nothing outrageous.

 

Somewhere, a long time ago I thought I read something about Ric recommending low tension strings  (maybe even TI Jazz flats?) to avoid the tail lift. I could well be wrong, but that's probably what put the strings causing the tail lift I to my head 

I wouldn’t put 45’s onto a Ric. 

30 minutes ago, Jonesy said:

I got fairly clanky with........

 

Roto swing stainless steels

Sansamp BDDI (though I imagine any tubey pre will do)

Both pups max

Tone fully open

 

And then playing with fingers and quite a low action, but just over the fretboard and quite aggressively (ala John Entwistle) so I can whack the strings off the board.

 

I don't know what the HW bridges are like, but I have a few mm of the dreaded Ric tail lift nowadays. I can't be sure, but I put that down to the Roto's. I had them on it for 15+ years though and it's nothing that impacts playing.

What gauge strings?
HW will typically have used real Ric bridges, unless told otherwise; now that they are discontinued, it'll probably be Allparts.

Some like the Hipshot bridges, but I've found an apt location for one of mine (and that's an Allparts on the Hondo, which now has strings and screws in the Treble pickup).

...

Mid-cut on the amp.

If you want to sound like Geddy Lee, push the Treble Tone knob in (Modern).

If you want to sound like Chris Squire, pull the Treble Tone knob out (Vintage).

A touch of distortion is good.

If you want to lose the pickup Vol controls interaction, go for Rick-O-Sound and run them competely separate.

A low enough action to get a touch of fret buzz helps too.

1 minute ago, PaulThePlug said:

Not a copy, but all for something ish...

Harley B PB50 Modder...

Bitsa P...

Squier p

My fretless (Licensed Mighty Mite neck).

1 hour ago, NancyJohnson said:

 

Interestingly, in the last few months it became apparent that it was actually cheaper to buy in a Chinese neck for my Aria than to fork out for a refret, so that's what I did.

 

It's got a '70s style Fender Jazz Bass logo on it; do I care?  Nope, in truth, not really.  Everyone who needs to know its provenance knows what it is and if I sell it, the buyer will know as well (and they'll get the original neck, too).

The problem is when someone who doesn't know gets it, maybe someone isn't as honest or they shuffle off this mortal coil and the estate gets sold.

Only 6 strings - pah!

I use the Dunlop purple ones.

Joking aside, all are welcome, beginners to pros, no snootiness.

Picks, fingers, thumbs, tappers, 4/5/6/8/10/12 (or even 1!) strings are ok.

On 25/05/2021 at 10:26, Guest MoJo said:

I know that this is an area that divides opinion quite strongly but this poll was initiated by a Porsche Speedster replica that recently passed through our workshop. Based on modern Beetle running gear, the kit was top quality and only an Porsche aficionado would be able to tell that it wasn't a genuine restoration project without inspecting it carefully. The point is, that it was badged as a Porsche not a jokey 'Porch' or such like. Folks that put Fender decals on their Squiers or other replica are often looked down upon or slammed by the community but we happily accept Fender decals on Limelight basses. What does everyone think?

Less of the "we" there - the Limelight fans can be quite militant though!

8 hours ago, TrevorR said:

Count me in too!

15 hours ago, jonno1981 said:

Go on then! Yes, depending on final date, family commitments etc.

Thanks for starting this up Paul.

There's a list going in t'other thread! 🙂

GOTO >>>>> 

#1 - Paul @NancyJohnson

#2 - Paul #2 @prowla

1 hour ago, NancyJohnson said:

Let me pick up here.

 

I'd always thought setting one of these up should be pretty straightforward and I have capacity.  @prowla (Paul) has just been in contact - we're local to each other AND both @jonno1981 and @ceteralive about a mile from me.

 

How would everyone feel if me and @prowla tried to sort something out?

 

Proposal would be (possibly) St Sebastians Memorial Hall, Crowthorne (see details below).  There's a map/link below.  We'd need to hire for say six hours (10-4pm) on a Saturday @ £25.00 an hour.  I honestly can't remember what Colin used to charge for entry (was it £10?), so 15 attendees and we'd have a enough to cover the hire fee.  I'm sure we could rope on the Barry at the Bass Centre and get enough stuff together for a raffle etc.  It's a big room and it has a little stage if we do another shoot-out etc.

 

The hall is remore enough so as not to annoy people.  Easy connections M3/M4, closest train is Crowthorne (on the Wokingham and Guildford mainline).  I'd be happy to do pickups from the station (I'm sure others would as well.  @neepheid (I think) may be kipping down at mine.

 

Anyone interested?

 

 

https://wokinghamwithout-pc.gov.uk/facility-hire/st-sebastians-memorial-hall

 

As per messages, I'm in!

I don't associate him with playing a Stingray.

3 hours ago, Homatron said:

How does anyone acquire so many old bits and incomplete instruments? And does anyone buy these things? A strat neck plate for £1000, for example. I'm no expert, but that's a lot of money for a tiny piece of steel with 4 holes in it. 

It's clickbait - the person posts junk to get folks attention.

1 hour ago, lemmywinks said:

 

Yeah our old German firewood peddler.

I could smell it a mile away! 🙂