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[quote name='spinynorman' post='1161225' date='Mar 14 2011, 12:02 AM']£48 is the $77 quoted on the listing at the current eBay exchange rate. That reminds me - I need to change my import tax calc to 20% VAT. That means we're going to be paying a 30% premium on the shipped price (including a £15 handling charge). Thank you Mr Osborne [/quote] Sorry Spiny, but you really do have to budget for this when eyeing up a potential purchase.. it's just the same for anyone outside EC looking to buy from here. The maddest thing is that with updated Post Office charging it costs pretty much the same to ship a semi-rigid gigbag as it does to ship the instrument it will contain on arrival!

"It's part of my get rich slowly scheme." - You have to harbour a degree of admiration for this one!

I once played a gig somewhere in the Low Countries, in which the support band was a local rock'n'roll outfit with bass, guitar [u]and[/u] baritone for strings. The three together made for an awesome sound!

Tempting as it is, I don't buy instruments these days without the mind to use them. Each thing has a particular task or sound, so it's usually a natural decision as to which one to take rather than thinking 'I don't want to get this one damaged'. Actually I really don't want to get any of my gear damaged but it's all for a purpose. Sometimes sh*t happens! Having said that, this is me - what you do with your gear is the bargain you make with yourself, just enjoy it all for whatever reason.

[quote name='megallica' post='1156955' date='Mar 10 2011, 05:36 PM']The hot soldering iron held on the fret wire should melt the glue that holds the fret in place, it should make your life easier when you try to pull the frets out.[/quote] Ah, right. I was shown a heat-free way using slimmed down pincers and a steady touch. Glue was never mentioned, but this possibly explains one of my early attempts being rather more messy than previous ones!

[quote name='xgsjx' post='1156647' date='Mar 10 2011, 02:14 PM']YouTube it. Pincers, insulation tape & a sodering iron are all that's needed to take them out. I'd link the vid, but can't at work.[/quote] A soldering iron? [quote name='TomKent' post='1156683' date='Mar 10 2011, 02:46 PM']Jaco stylie. Boat epoxy.[/quote] +1 for epoxy - Araldite or similar will do, and you can put lines in using wood veneer (maple for light, r/w for dark etc) or plastic card. The first one I ever did, I used car filler.. bad idea, crumbly rubbish! Latest one i used epoxy mixed with oak sawdust ground superfine in the coffee grinder(!) Looks less 'liney' than veneers. Overfill the slots then sand back with progressively finer abrasives, ending up with superfine wire wool for ultra-smooth finish. I recently was put onto Abranet (abrasive net, basically) by my local woodturning supplies place in Birstall - brilliant stuff! Doesn't clog like sandpaper, plus you can get a vacuum adapter for pretty dust-free working!

I only really do fretless, did a couple of defrets myself in the past and that looks a nice job! Halfrounds are another way to go - less f/b wear but more presence than flats. I have those on my 'rawk' fretless.

[quote name='Lozz196' post='1149219' date='Mar 4 2011, 09:05 AM']My looks/image - it was a "hairy" heavy rock band. Well dumbasses, it didn`t take much to see that I don`t have any hair did it? Being fired for that - well happy to go.[/quote] [attachment=73818:Rob_Halford.jpg] I rest my case.

I must say that, these days at least, I'm playing with pretty much 100% decent people! Back on thread, I can still remember the rejection of failing an 'audition' for a band.. I didn't even really want to play with them once I'd met them, but it was still a shock! Gotta just keep trying TB - once you get the right folks you'll be stress-free!

Too many people in music seem to assume their instrument has 'gone off' when all it really needs is a decent setup. We once had a chap almost in tears at the difference a 30-odd quid job had made to his acoustic 12 string!

It just occurred to me.. does it actually have a preamp section?

OK, so BB3000S's reply is probably rather more sensible..

Stand over them to start with, introduce them to the controls (they may have no idea ) and just mention that if they unplug the wrong way and they make your gear go bang you'll F==K**G KILL them. Might work. Mute footpedal? Probably just as easy to educate them - we all have to learn sometime. Come on, this is really basic stuff! ALternatively don't let anyone you don't trust use your gear. There was a whole thread on this some time back. My first ceilidh band had a guitar/harmonica player who did this all the time, despite pleas from all of us. He nearly got walled up by a PA owner/engineer one time going through a few KW and lots of speakers. He remembered THAT gig

[quote name='razze06' post='1147375' date='Mar 2 2011, 05:21 PM']The cab is 8ohm, but bear in mind that we are talking about a home made head here, so I don't know how the power output was measured. I see 4 power valves, I know it's a clone of the fender bassman 100, ergo I suspect the intended output power was 100W. I've played it through an ampeg 8x10 wardrobe in a practice room, with a quieter band, and still had to go very close to full tilt to get the volume. Those cabs are 4ohm and loads of cone area...[/quote] SOunds like it's just underpowered for your needs. I'd be more inclined to put potential setup money (and sale money) into something that will really do the job. I couldn't help but spot this in the Marketplace: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=125209"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=125209[/url] recently. Plenty of power there; I have the AH250SMX myself, and have never needed more power than that, using various cabs from 1x10 to 2x10. These days I tend to carry a 1x10 and a 1x12 and still get asked to turn down! Try a few different heads - Bass Bashes are often good for that, also there's a big show coming up in London - I'm sure others on here will have their favourites, but I once saw a top video explaing how Trace grow their Watts on local farms in Essex which is why their amplifiers are so loud!

Any idea of the impedance of your cab? Most amps specify the output power RMS into 4 Ohms. 100W into 4 Ohms amp only gives about 2/3 of that, ie 60-odd Watts, into 8 Ohms. Not much power for a rock band bass. Also, if that 100W is the Peak measurement, the RMS - this is the figure that most of us go by - will also be considerably less, prob about 60W. If both those apply you might be putting as little as 40W into your cab, which will be a struggle in a rock band! I used to struggle with a 100W into 2 x 15" cabs!

I told my wife, herself a bluegrass bass player of many years, about your mishap. She sends full sympathy, having been there and seen others in the same boat! Two pieces of advice from her, the first already well covered in this thread! Also 'don't lean your bass against a table while your mother is using the sewing machine'!

Gosh! When I saw the title, I thought Beed had moved to Bradford!

Ouch! I get shivery knees imagining that

Like it says in the description, 100 Watt acoustic guitar combo. Not a bass amp but fine pieces of kit!

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='1143858' date='Feb 27 2011, 09:14 PM']I [i]really[/i] don't get this 'must have an acoustic bass' thing. It's not MTV unplugged in 1993 anymore....[/quote] Yup.. when you actually use and associate with acoustic instruments as normal, the whole 'Unplugged' thing (i.e. rock bands playing electro-acoustics PLUGGED IN ) comes across as rather ridiculous!

All the trades done here are between two individuals; there is no Organisation covering you if anything goes wrong. Imagine you've seen the advert in the Yorkshire post, and proceed with the same caution. The majority of people in the world are not out to stiff anyone, but a small percentage are; the internet is, I suppose, populated by about the same proportion of T#ssers. At least on BC there's something of a community vibe going on - word gets around quickly if dodgy dealings happen and I believe the mods can track multi-personality types to an extent, but like all here are saying you can get more of an idea of someone once they've been around a while. The Feedback section obviously helps, but not all of us even bother with it. Basically a bad rep would spread like fire! This isn't to say that the newbie in Greece is definitely a wrong 'un - hey, we all started somewhere - but it seems that if they are ok they haven't made any effort so far to make themselves trusted, at least going on the very little I've heard. I'm with Beedster on this one.

If they really insist on the acoustic thing, Crafter do a half-decent 5er, but depending on volume (Celtic Rock covers alot of bases..) you may struggle with feedback. If it's the LOUDER end of such things, those Godin ones are rather tasty both fretted and fretless. Or maybe it's time for an EUB? For the first run through, I'd just take something you're comfortable with so they can see and hear you - they might drop further stipulations.

How d'you mean, 'maxed out'?

I didn't actually have such problems before, and that state of affairs continues. Checked on all (OK, both) my 'devices' and all's well. Many thanks anyway!