Aidan63

I've taken the fretboard off a Squier with plastic inlays, I laid a steel ruler on the frets and the iron on that as per a Youtube how to video and it worked fine, I started at the nut end (removed the nut first) and the board lifted there (jazz width neck) after 5 mins with the iron just enough to introduce a thin steel scraper, it took about 45mins to lift the whole board off. The inlays didn't come off, I think that's the point of the ruler indirect heat conducted to the frets and radiated to the board Worth noting that Squier with skunk stripe the truss rod is actually under the skunk stripe even though the fretboard is also glued on the truss rod isn't actually against the fretboard but with a neck through I'd guess it will be under the fretboard

double check the lead you are using then contact the merchant and explain the issue

I bought a £149 Squier guitar from Andertons, it's really good, made in Indonesia (ie Cort) so I'd imagine these basses will be well playable and will retain value long after she's moved on to Sadowsky

Jamie sold me a TC polytune and it arrived very well packed and working fine of course, many thanks, now for some fretless finger/ear training with a bit of visual help, many thanks

useful online nerd info, including his favourite settings for the SVT

Daniel sold me a set of Chromes, arrived quickly and complete with original package,all good many thanks

Looks like the individual parts of the bridge aren't listed so a case of measure the originals and find replacements https://www.fmicassets.com/Damroot/Original/10001/SM_0144060390_JMJ_Mustang_Bass.pdf

plays fine on here on a pc I could only make out the odd bit of vocal the mix isn't great

I bought Mark's Pedaltrain jnr with case. Thanks for super smooth purchase experience, really well packed and quickly delivered despite the lockdown, all good

Chester Odeon 1980 Ace of Spades tour, mega, tinnitus for days after, they turned it all the way up to 11 😍

Loz, as he signs himself in pms, sold me an absolute stunner of a fretless Jazz bass, shipped during lockdown in a hard case, possibly the one from AndyTravis, really well packed in a proper strong guitar box, tracked next day delivery and of course it arrived in perfect state and has made me very happy. I could only quarantine it for 24 hours before I just had to 'clean' it and play it. Top man, many thanks

like all Dysons, too damm noisy

My first bass was also an EB2, a later one , iirc 1968, blonde, single neck pickup, heavy, high action, lousy intonation, shot electrics, an absolutely beautiful piece of furniture, but hard to play and so not the sound I was trying to make which was reggae played on a JB or PB; paid £150 for it ( roughly 7 weeks dole money back then), complete with similarly battered original case from a guy who worked with my mate at Windows in Newcastle in late 1985 and I swapped it three years later for an nice old cheap archtop guitar with a friend who really wanted it, when I left Newcastle. We lost touch about 15 years ago as I stopped going to London and he never leaves London except to go to see his family in Italy, I hope he still has it. The archtop got stood on by an idiot (me 🙄)

Just worth noting these are in stock again at £30, 91 left

my package shipped Wednesday with UPS, has arrived in the UK, so I expect to get it on Tuesday

I bought some pickups off ThomannUK site yesterday, when I started looking into them were £111 and by the time I bought them after checking prices from other suppliers and checking out reviews they had gone down to £109 so they obviously update the prices pretty regularly, probably daily, as the currency changes; with paypal checkout there's no fees or currency charges you pay in £ Paypal billed me £109 as advertised and charged £109 to my bank account

tonight 6 pm UK time, 10am PST https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12mRdvVbHE0&feature=youtu.be&mc_cid=d17d2fd371&mc_eid=4b454bf2ce

Gavin sold me a Alien Tidal Wave preamp/DI with power supply, quality Boss power supply not a cheapo, and quickly shipped and well packed super easy transaction, many thanks

I used carbon fibre tube, 18mm od 16mm id to fit some into a neck I'm playing with, I still have enough tube left to make another 4 inserts if it's the right size for you

Bought Ed's Steve Bailey fretless book and DVD, very quickly dispatched and well packaged, many thanks

I remember Chris from when he cut his teeth on the Tube and the like, doesn't look like he's changed at all

James/Jim bought my signature Kala SUB UBass, lovely easy transaction, great comms and very quick to let me know it had arrived safely and he was happy I look forward to seeing what comes out of his guitar workshop 😎

The three I saw live late 70's/1980 Rush Thin Lizzy Queen (Liverpool Empire, the best gig I ever saw, at their real pomp with an audience who sang Walk Alone at the band with barely any prompting) and the ones I didn't see Bob Marley and the Wailers(turned down a ticket to Deeside, biggest regret of my musical life), Pink Floyd(brother sold his spare Wall tickets for big money, took a long time to forgive him for that), Weather Report (missed them at Glastonbury as stuck on Guernsey)