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  1. Paul S
    My Frankenstein 'Honcore' - the neck was a magnificent maple neck from an med scale 80s Hondo II H1015 that, as a whole, was massively too heavy for me to wear. The body donor was a very lightweight Encore double cutaway short scale with a P style humbucker. I had the two spliced together with the necessary adjustments made, Wilkinson bridge, Entwistle PBXN pup. 3.1kg. Just about to get a Fender Custom 62 pup put inside to perhaps darken and warm the tone a little. Real fun thing that turned out better than I hoped - sounds like a Precision but looks nothing like one - and has been promoted up the ranks from home practice to back-up to occasional gigging bass.
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    What we used to do in my ex-covers band was, unless anyone had the strongest of objections against a suggestion, rehearse and gig the song. Some didn't make it past rehearsal, some fell by the wayside early on, some we gigged. We would have a band curry night around xmas/new year and score points for everything on the set list and whatever was in the pipeline from 1-5, keep the highest scoring tunes, ditch the lowest. Seemed to work quite well.
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    I bought a Fender pickup from Dan in the most straightforward of transactions. He wrapped it with care, posted it immediately, even took a pic of it wrapped up and the posting receipt. Great stuff - a pleasure doing business Thanks Dan.
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    I'm enjoying it - an A-Z of everything I dislike in bass design 😂
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    I reckon my Frankenstein 'Honcore' bass ticks all my boxes for form and function. I love the symmetry of a double cutaway. The neck of a Hondo II H1015 spliced into the body of a cheapo Encore. 32" scale, black body no scratchplate, maple neck, passive Entwistle P pickup, all in at 3.1kgs. Just about to get a secondhand Fender Custom shop 62 pup, which will increase the total spend by about 25% Of course, ask me next month and my answer will be different
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    Basildon fracking? I've said something very similar many times.
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    I was in a band with 4 Beatles lovers and this was recommended to me as essential listening - I did actually listen to the whole bloody thing waiting for the good bit. One of the worst things was lift sharing with the drummer who subjected me to an entire Beatles album every gig to 'turn me'. I don't dislike all the Beatles stuff. I quite liked their early Chuck Berry Tribute phase 🤨
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    I believe the pole pieces were 11" from the 12th fret, Chris - it says so somewhere in the diary, I think. The treble side was reversed and moved forward which I guess theoretically thickened the tone up a bit but, in practice to my knackered old ears, didn't seem to make much difference It certainly sounded like a Precision. The next stage - I went the whole hog, gutted it and just had a Precision pickup. But the last step in my ownership was to have it put back to stock and it will soon be enjoying a new life in Germany
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    Full NBC suit, I'd say. I'd rather do a stint on the cruiseliner Diamond princess
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    Breaking news.... man doesn't like something other people like.... 😂
  11. Paul S
    Back home now so was able to dig out the build thread that Andyjr1515 did when he carried out this mod
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    I did it to my Sterling, reversed the coils on the P - that sounds a bit DrWho, doesn't it but the bass side was smack on the sweet spot..
  13. Paul S
    Or add a Ppickup to the Ray.
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    That's a poor excuse if ever I heard one. Already got one? 😀
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    Yes please! PM on its way.
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    I would say a seminal year for me that shaped my musical interests for the rest of my life was 1972. I was 14 going on 15. Up until then I had listened to a lot of music - I had an older sister who was heavily into Motown and Stax. I liked a lot of what she played me. I liked a lot of the pop music I had heard on the radio - I liked the start of the whole glamrock thing and bought Slade and Gary Glitter albums (yeah, I know - not supposed to admit that any more) But I took up with a new mate who was into 'heavy rock' music - his brother had all the albums and we used to go back to his house after school and listen to Black Sabbath, Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin. And that, for me, was it. In 1972 I went to my first gig and it opened the floodgates - I dived in head first and still haven't come up for air 48 years later.
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    On hold, pending payment.
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    On hold, pending payment....
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    Maths isn't a strong subject for me but I am sure that is still 4 hours?
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    Most of the ggis I have done recently they expect 2x 1hr. Last night's gig was The Bull, in Colchester and they like 9:30pm to 12:30am covered. It was a poor turnout, mind you, so we finished a little early. Then the bloody A12 was closed south at Mark's Tey with a diversion along the A120 to Braintree. 20 minutes out of my way. 25 mins if you add the 5 mins waiting at temporary lights at roadworks along the A131, waiting for no one to come the the way.
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    Nicely put, sir - a beautifully balanced and rational post. So the meds are working, Baz?
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    Selling my Musicman Sterling 5. This is one of the expensive and hard to track down USA models and an utterly fab thing it is too. Smaller bodied and lighter than a Stingray with a narrower neck, which was the appeal for me as lightweight narrow string spacing 5ers are few and far between. Black with BWB scratchplate and a maple neck. Neck has a natural finish and is as smooth a silk. Serial number dates this to 2010 and I think I have had it for 4 years, maybe 5, mainly as a back-up bass. Scratchplate shows marks from wear but the body is surprisingly free of dings or marks - just one slight ding near the input jack. Very little else, hardly any buckle rash, surface scuffs or swirls. The electrics are active with a 3 band eq and a 3-way switching on the twin coil humbucker that give series/parallel/phantom coil to avoid hum. Not entirely sure of the technicalities but they each have a different voice. Really punchy Musicman tone. Stats - weighs just 3.8kg. String spacing at the bridge is 17.5mm according to my ruler, shaky hands and poor eyesight. 43mm across the nut. Action at the 12th fret is roughly 3mm on the B string and 2mm on the G. Currently strung with whatever roundwounds it came with - I'd take a wild guess at some type of EBMM string - which, as primarily a flats kind of guy, to my ears still sound nice and zingy. It comes with the original fitted SKB hard case with Musicman embossed on the front. Full disclosure, the inside smells a bit like a charity shop - it came like it and several attempts to deodorise with Febreeze haven't got rid. Just to manage expectation when opening the case 😁 I had modded this to take, initially, an additional split coil P pickup* and, subsequently, just the P pickup. To sell it I have had it returned to stock with everything put back in place. The only evidence is under the scratchplate where the routing for the P pickup was undertaken (by our very own Andyjr1515, so beautifully neat not butchered ) I am selling it as all my 5 string duties are shouldered exclusively by my Maroos-chick Jake 5 meaning that this has just sat in the case as back up, unplayed. It occured to me that I may as well buy a cheaper 5 string as back up to leave in the case unplayed and release some funds to fuel more frivolous schemes. 😂 I am asking £1000 for this, firm, collected from South Benfleet on the Essex Riviera. I will courier this as the case is rock solid, UK mainland and to Europe via Eurosender. No idea how much but it will be researched and charged at cost. Not interested in any trades at the moment, thanks. *I have the 5 string Delano PC 5AL/M2 pickup (and also the scratch plate) available, should anyone want to try this mod, at a friendly discount if all bought together .
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    Yup. See, you have contradicted yourself immediately. You say you 'respect anyone's decision' and then in the next paragraph have been disrespectful about people not doing what you do. I play in a blues rock trio. A decent chunk of the material are covers of stuff written in the 20s and 30s with another wave in the 60s. Successive generations have put their own spin on the songs - including us.
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    Speaking of Thunderbirds, has anyone owned/played the short scale model? Wondering what they are like.
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    Yes, seems to be according to my luggage scales. I took off the pickup cover thinking that might reduce the weight but that weighs next to nothing! Might possibly change the tuners for Hipshots but, realistically, that won't make much difference as it will still be nearer to 10lbs than 9bs. I'll just see how I get on with it but I have to admit to being a little in love so am prepared to be more forgiving and perhaps put up with an aching back next day - I am 'so' looking forward to playing it in the context of my band.
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