Aidan63

Swapping a 1962 blonde EB2 for an archtop guitar that turned out to be a dog. To be fair the EB2 was a bit of a dog but it would now be worth something whereas the guitar got stood on and ended up as firewood. I regret losing touch with the guy I swapped it with much more though, as we lost touch and I can't find him and his family now, haven't seen them for 22 years (days before mobile phone ubiquitousness), their son will be a man now.

Are the new strings a different gauge to the ones fitted previously ? If they are fatter then you may have to file the nut slots to accommodate the strings so they sit properly in the slots. Maybe a take it to someone who knows what they are doing job. If you bought the strings in your local shop their technician may sort it for less money as you've just spent money there.

Built for and with the player, out of mostly local materials, in a not quite a Fender but with a nod to style, which many will appreciate, like Novo guitars. You have your Jabba bass, we all know you don't need anything else

I don't think so, but contact Stevie direct, he builds cabs

thank you for the knowledge, and for posting the video thus 👍 hopefully I will remember how next time I need to

popped up in my youTube feed, apologies if you already know of the builder, thought it might be of interest to some, despite the (don't mention the B word) issue I'd quite like something similar in 4 string, might put one together from parts I have assembled in last few years, when I get time sorry I still don't seem to be able to embed YT vids youtube linky

Manton customs does cracking work, no idea of costs but likely to be mid-cheaper end of professional I reckon, rather than down south rates- he's on here, check his work on Affiliates

playing now, chill start to the day, thank you

Fender to sell the MIJ Junior range here at not silly money

Alan sold me two lovely rasps and threw in a round file as part of the deal, quickly delivered well packed. Many thanks for everything 🙂

so the shielding isn't 'earthed' and the screw on the apparently noisy pickup is in contact with the shielding by the looks of it, nothing to do with the pickups, the screw isn't electrically connected to the pickup it's just holding the cover in place, the foam is isolating the back of the pickup from the shielding

have you tried changing the tone pot or tone capacitor ? Dropping in a different set of pots/capacitor only means a bit of soldering or de-soldering and screwdriver work if you get a solderless set up like @KiOgon makes I like the twin stack set up with different caps for each pickup, but on a VVT the cap makes quite a difference and old ones can drift in value so maybe yours is emphasising some of the E string frequencies in a way that you don't like

This happened to me too, but I sucked it up as it was an exchange deal and other than the poor set up (basically a fresh set of strings fitted (probably to replace the old rusty ones) but no cleaning or polishing of frets or intonation setting, dirt and the loose strap buttons that needed plugging of the body to resolve it was basically a very nice bass that I much preferred to the one I had swapped it for, though I sold it on at the beginning of Covid as by then I had finally built my custom version which is my avatar

Thanks for testing the BT7, I haven't changed strings (tapewounds on fretless) yet, but I know the BT7 will fit other instruments I have, and also there are people who'll buy it if I don't use it at all. HE6 looks the best off the shelf option as it's only 1 hole to drill and is covered by Sandberg Cal II tuner if removed Maybe BassDirect or another dealer can discuss this with Sandberg and get a recommendation for all the California II models, we can't be the only peeps wanting to fit one to one of their basses. I reckon Hipshot might actually make the Sandberg tuners, but as with all things these days no one will acknowledge where they actually source parts for the usual bollocks reason of 'commercial confidentiality'

There's so much stuff for sale on all market places so generally buyers are spoilt for choice; reasonably priced (where seller bought it cheap, both new and used, some years ago and is also happy to pay for the use of it so isn't using the new inflated price of stuff as yardstick to pricing used) stuff sells, but then so does some of the frankly overpriced (maybe different dynamics in different price points and 'vintage' market), but maybe the not so special run of the mill stuff is hard to shift as people may be less inclined to 'buy to try' as worried they won't be able to shift it at same price if they don't like it. But for most paying the bills and buying food and looking after the kids' needs/wants are the priority

change to covers with no holes ?

email Alan, he's super helpful ime, he can probably tell you how to reassemble correctly. There must be a process they follow in the factory to ensure correct polarity and phase so that the pickups sound as good as possible and match as pairs; he may well have something to advise about PJ set up as afaik they don't sell PJ sets, but obviously they can be made up buying single pickups, which may or not be ideal ? Is there a standard for polarity for neck and bridge 'jazz' pickups, if so it should be published and manufacturers follow it (or not) ?

sounds great, you and the instrument

Repeat customer at Paul's shop 😉, he sold me a nice condition Fender Fideltron pickup, well packed with hardware and all good, many thanks

ClapIR Acoustics Measurement for apple computer/iphone might help most of the apps for room analysis seem to be based on making a listening room/studio space

I'm assuming you cut the nut to accommodate the thicker strings and tried changing pickup height already ? just wondering

is it flat(ish) on the back ? How heavy ? Maybe two hecules (other brands/styles are available) type hangers one at the bottom one on the neck, maybe mounted on brackets with wooden block shelves to fix the mounts to, maybe hinged so could lie flat against the wall when not in use ?

I could get a quote for 25kg parcel based on a roughly packed M6 from parcel2go, or at least prices, I couldn't continue through teh booking process as I didn't have exact parcel size and, DPD was about £55

The BT 7 fits the California original model which had pretty much same tuners as Mexican Fenders, and may well fit the II models but is very different to the stock tuners, but then so is the one fitted to the Ida Nielsen. I did buy the BT7 off Lozz so will offer it up when changing strings next and see, it will mean drilling a hole to secure it so want to see if it will be hidden by the Sandberg original tuner if mod is reversed. Seems odd the Hipshot make a tuner for Sandberg but not for the whole range, do the Germans not like them, or are they incapable of making their own ? Is the whole D-tuner thing patented by Hipshot still ?

I have the original supplied strings as Rob (previous owner) fitted the tapes from the get go I think; I'm enjoying it as is for now, big sound from the Sandberg pickups, but I will try some steel flats and the round wounds out for sure.