Newfoundfreedom

I can't really see how there's any way around sanding. Even if you miraculously and invisibly removed the ink, you would still have the scratches left by the biro. Any attempt at removing the ink with thinners etc would just risk a blotting effect and the ink soaking further into the wood.

"I'm done!" Slam door, walk out. (Sneak back in 5 minutes later and quietly pack up your gear in what feels like the longest 20 minutes of your life.)

My two shorties. (Maybe the semi is technically a mid scale). As I've said before. The Gretsch is an outstanding bass for not a lot of money.

A sub machine gun would be much more useful for children's parties. I'd rather play to pigeons.

I've never seen one of those before. Me likey!

Meths in a wine glass? Snob!

My music tastes have become quite diverse as I've gotten older. I can enjoy listening to anything from ABBA to Bob Marley, but my first musical love and go to listening will always be, what is now trend termed "Classic Rock / Metal", but what was just plain rock when I was growing up (I guess that makes me classic as well 😋). If I had to list my go to bands it would be something like this Aerosmith, Guns n Roses, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Def Leppard, Alice Cooper, BonJovi, Skid Row, Thunder, and things along those lines. There was a thread on here not so long ago about how we developed our musical tastes mostly in our teens and I am the epitome of that. Even though I listen to loads of different bands and genres now, I've never really "got into" bands the way I did in my formative years.

You'd have to be metaphysically born yesterday to pay that for a bass.

Anything by Oasis would sound better in Marc Bolan's car.

I quite like it purely aesthetically. It would make a nice ornament if I had a corner somewhere that needed filling.

If you're having trouble dialing in tone and just can't get the sound you're looking for, don't waste money on a new amp, just drink beer! Everything sounds fkin superb after 8 pints. (Unless you live in the South of England, then it's probably cheaper to just buy a new amp)

Me.

........ With a different guitarist.

Well I got round to setting up the Traben yesterday. It didn't need much to be fair. Checked all the frets and they're bang level with no sharp edges. Gave the truss rod a tweak to drop the action to my preferred level. Got rid of the flats it came with and put on some new D'addario rounds. Set the intonation and job done. I must say the thing plays like a dream and sound absolutely amazing. It very much reminds me of my old Warwick Thumb which was five times the price and twice the weight. So all in all I'm well pleased with my purchase. This is definitely going to be my new daily playing and gigging bass. Not to mention the thing looks superb! (ymmv)

That's a shame. Mine is also clean as a whistle. Might be a daft suggestion but have you tried plugging it in in another room or even another building to check it's not an electrical problem. I get all sorts of electrical problems in the house I use for practice which often results in "fizzy" pickups. Ironically the Veyron is the first amp I've used that seems to cure the problem. Failing that then yeah, I'd definitely exchange it. Mine is probably the quietest amp I've ever owned in terms of background noise and interference.

Led Zeppelin stole pretty much everything they ever did, including but certainly not limited to Stairway to Heaven. https://youtu.be/xd8AVbwB_6E

Very fair comment.

I find you can make almost anything look good using Instagram's built in photo editor. I often post pictures on Instagram, edit them, then delete them again and just keep the edited copy on my phone.

Funnily enough I thought about a selector switch just after posting the question. I have no idea how the electronics wound go but I expect I could find some kind of tutorial on YouTube.

Erm..... That's probably a really good question, but I have no idea as I haven't removed the old pot yet. Would "standard pot sized" be a daft answer? Can you tell I've never actually worked on a bass guitars electronics? I've just inherited a redundant pot on my latest acquisition.

Ooh Matron! Chopping and changing pickups, preamps etc, we sometimes end up with less pots / knobs than we originally started with. Thereby leaving a redundant hole in the body. Is there anything more imaginative out there than leaving an old pot and knob on the body as a blank? I know it's possible in some cases to move the Jack connector on to the front of the body, but that's only moving holes around. I'm sure some enterprising person has come up with something a little more....... Erm....... More.

Sorry, I already told you. I part ex'd it for a guitar. 😂

I'd take a Ricky over a Fender any day. Although as I can't afford either it's never really been an issue. I did once have a rather nice (and massively underappreciated at the time) Ibanez Rickenbacker copy. I chopped it in for 50 quid against a guitar when I had delusions of becoming aguitardist. Man I wish I'd kept that thing! I also wish I'd kept my Warwick Thumb as I'll probably never be able to afford another, but hey ho. Needs must and life goes on.

I impersonated Sting once by taking off my shirt and acting like a self righteous preaching pr#@k. Does that count? 😂