Newfoundfreedom

........ 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? 😂

I think he still uses the Gretsch live when he's doing the songs from the first album that he recorded with it. At least he was doing up until last year judging by the festival footage I saw. But yeah, sadly he's now sponsored up the wazoo by Captain Bland and the Fender brigade.

And yet you managed to find and resurrect a 7 year old thread on here.

Yeah. Especially once I'm famous. 😂

£270 including shipping. Which is actually quite high for one of these. They were selling for about £100 - £150 a few years ago when there was plenty of then around. But I figured with the Seymour Duncan pickups and preamp, the Grover tuners and the Hipshot drop D it's worth almost that in parts. Given the quality and playability it seems like a lot of bass for the money to me.

I had a bit of a re jig today as I bought a pedal / flight case from someone on here. I've been looking for one the right size to take my M13 and this one's perfect. I know it's not as interesting or diverse as many people's, but the M13 is everything I need, or am ever likely to need and now it's all boxed and easy to carry. If it ain't broke why fix it?

Mine finally turned up today and I was expecting it to be heavy but when I picked the parcel up from the courier office I thought it was an empty box. It's definitely lighter than my Jag or even the short scale Gretsch Junior Jet II. First impressions are out looks great. It seems really well made, no fret problems and the action is really nice. It's really easy to play. Sound wise I've only tried it on the practice amp so far but it seems good with a very diverse range of sounds. I reckon once I get it hooked up to my main rig it'll be a monster. All in all I'm extremely happy with my purchase. It's definitely going to be my main gigging bass.

I somehow missed this thread until now. I've been singing the praises of the Gretsch Junior Jets for a while now. They're absolutely superb! I've had the Sunburst one for 6 months or so and when I plug it in I'm still surprised how big and fat it sounds. Also great tone and superb built quality. They definitely punch well above their weight and price point these.

There's already a thread running on here somewhere about the Veyron. I love mine. Superb looking and sounding little amp with bags of power to spare. I don't know how they even make them, let alone sell them at that price. They're an absolute steal. I never had any problems with "fizzing". Hopefully it was just a condensation thing.

Yup. There's no accounting for taste. It would be a very beige world if everyone liked the same thing. I actually like quite a few single cut basses. Although others are a bit too elephant man. One person's ugly is another person's beauty. Thank God or I'd never have got someone to marry me. 😂

Yeah if you're going to blow up a low res avatar picture that's only a few pixels across then I'm afraid it's going to be blurred. That was my first starter bass I picked up on eBay for about a hundred quid several years ago, and I still think it's prettier than any bass Fender ever made, although to be fair it does sound pretty crap, which is why it's now more wall art than musical instrument.

If the OP can't close the thread can we at least change the title to "Anderton's off topic egg thread". To be fair I've never had a bad egg from Anderton's.

Plank of wood with an ash tray nailed to it. I'll never understand the appeal.