The Bass Doc

I think I remember an old parts catalogue that referred to them as 'hand rest (bridge position)' and 'hand rest (pickup position)'. Being very old (me), I could of course be wrong.

Bought EMGs from BassBod in a VERY smooth transaction - spendid chap!

I was going to suggest fitting a Badass to it anyway. This would appear to be a new marketing ploy. I dread to think what the image might be when he has an F-hole guitar to sell.

The local saying was in fact 'Gan doon darza wi' Burman'. As to the legendary 4x18 cab, the top of the door frame (fixed window type) had to be taken out to enable the cab to leave the shop - I'm sure it did actually gig at some point.

I would tune while it's in the playing position. Different forces are at work depending how you lay it down but I wouldn't worry as long as it holds tune when you're playing it.

[quote name='alexharvay' post='790352' date='Mar 30 2010, 10:33 AM']Where is the best place to buy La Bellas from? String Busters have them but they never seem to have standard flatwound 45-105 in stock. If they do it's either short scale or extra long scale.[/quote] I would say go for the 760FL set 43-104 - they should feel close enough to the standard and are more regularly available.

BT1 for the 'Ray. Acquire one and you might find it's also the closest for the Squier.

Standard Fender way is to add an extra shake-proof washer to the (underside) tone pot so that it appears to shorten the threaded part of the pot and allows the knob to sit lower.

Sorry, can't do linky things, but if you go on the Seymour Duncan website and select the standard Jazz wiring diagram, just imagine missing out the tone pot i.e. take the 'hot' lead from the 2nd volume pot (left leg looking at the diag) straight to the + on the jack.

Well it's certainly mostly there in respect of the parts which won't be seen.

Van Gogh had a good ear.......sorry, back to topic.

[quote name='4 Strings' post='787118' date='Mar 26 2010, 04:10 PM']By the way, where did you get your wonderful signature pic?[/quote] That's an old photograph taken from the USA Bass Player magazine some years ago - can't remember the context, just printed as a 'quirky'. It was deemed appropriate for me when I had a shop in Nun Street, Newcastle and she became known as 'the slapping nun of Nun Street'.

La Bella are smoother to the touch than Rotosound. If the guage 52-110 scares you, I would recommend the lighter set 760FL which are 43-104. I think you'll like them.

Ah, you sussed me out. As it happens, the same words I used to Elle McPherson when she described what she was wearing at the time.

I'd like to point out I play the Original '54 set and don't find it any effort at all - check out The Stax Brothers on Youtube. You'll find I'm not exactly going through the pain barrier. BTW we had no idea that we were being recorded at the time, otherwise I'd have uttered the immortal phrase 'I can usually do much better than that'. As it happens, the same words I used to Elle McPherson as I slipped quite effortlessly back into my Y-fronts.

No, sorry chaps, it's definitely Val Doonican. The only other one it could have been was Perry Como but, if you set your audio to 'ultra-sensitive' you'll notice the scraping of fibres from a cable-knit cardigan (90% Acrylic, 10% Polyamide).

Yup, Fender Musicmaster with a stripped-down body showing not good matching bits of wood. There's also some obvious sampling of vocals from an old Val Doonican classic.

I think only double bass strings would be available at first, so I'm guessing big fat flats (La Bella most likely).

You only have to know how a vocalist warms up to sing.......Doh, ray, me, me, me, ME, ME, ME, ME......

The Oriental Kinda Alternative Innit?

Those machine heads remind me of Yahamas - budget range from one of their factories perhaps? Mention is made of them being slack and that's the usual complaint until you discover how to adjust the tension - Yamaha used to supply a special tool for this.