BottomEndian

A lot of Rays have the serial number on the bridge. You change the bridge, you remove the verifiability of provenance/authenticity/whatever. Of course, you could just swap bridges with another Ray to make yours look older/newer/more desirable.

[quote name='King Tut' post='942893' date='Sep 2 2010, 12:37 AM']Use a credit card to push the string down on the 12th! [/quote] That's a great idea! Nice small contact area.

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='942379' date='Sep 1 2010, 05:19 PM'][attachment=57903:wonderbr...llo_boys.jpg] Is there a problem?[/quote] There's only one of me, I'm not a breast (although I am a tit... go figure), and she was about 60.

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='942344' date='Sep 1 2010, 04:52 PM']You should have sent them outside and told them to come back in and say it properly. [/quote] I amaze myself with my ability to keep my mouth shut sometimes. The only time I've ever lost it with a customer was one who walked in and greeted me thus: "Hello, boy."

I was actually going to post earlier on that I'd never heard anyone [i]say[/i] "brought" instead of "bought" (although I've seen it written many, many times)... and then [b]just that very minute[/b] someone walked into my shop and said, "I brought this from you the other day..." Gobsmacked, I was.

[quote name='jakesbass' post='942130' date='Sep 1 2010, 02:25 PM']it's made from the same material as the sun though so it's bit heavy[/quote] Hydrogen and helium, with a minuscule smattering of heavier elements? That's lightweight! BURN HIM! (and his extremely flammable hydrogen bass)

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='942263' date='Sep 1 2010, 03:44 PM']Yee Gods my PC is so slow, I'd gone to edit the post and in the time it took to load you've beaten me to it! [/quote] :ph34r:

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='942246' date='Sep 1 2010, 03:35 PM'][url="http://www.thelowend.net/"]http://www.thelowend.net/[/url][/quote] Even more accurately: [url="http://www.thelowend.net/gallery/viewtopic.php?t=5029"]http://www.thelowend.net/gallery/viewtopic.php?t=5029[/url] It's even more rank in the close-ups.

[quote name='Legion' post='942230' date='Sep 1 2010, 03:26 PM']Well, instead of using my finger to fret at the 12th, I put the capo on which I can make sure is perpendicular to the neck across all the strings and each time I put it back on it goes it goes in the same place. Whenever I just finger the 12th fret I end up with some variation as I work down the strings... Might just be me though eh[/quote] Ah, right, I'm with you. I'll have to try that next time I'm having a tweak!

[quote name='Legion' post='942198' date='Sep 1 2010, 03:01 PM']I've started using a capo to get a more consistent intonation setup[/quote] Consider me intrigued! What's the process?

[quote name='ikay' post='942187' date='Sep 1 2010, 02:53 PM']Harmonics is the only way I know but there are some subtleties to setting up a fretless. This page from the Gary Willis setup manual may be useful: [url="http://www.garywillis.com/pages/bass/bassmanual/intonation4.html"]http://www.garywillis.com/pages/bass/bassm...ntonation4.html[/url][/quote] Y'see, I've seen that Gary Willis thing a few times, and I've heard people say that as well, but I've had a few lined fretlesses and not one of them has had me changing my finger position in relation to the lines as I move up or down the neck. They've all been possible to set up so they're bang-on in tune with the middle of my finger on each line (and that's with an accurate strobe tuner). You can, of course, set it up like Gary Willis so your finger's in the same position behind the line as it would be on a fretted bass, but IME/IMO it's just personal preference. And I don't really use harmonics to set intonation. Just make sure the open string's in tune, and then use your tuner to make sure the 12th fret's in tune.

[quote name='BigRedX' post='942191' date='Sep 1 2010, 02:54 PM']How do you get a bass into that kind of state? I can understand that the finish might wear in the areas where it comes into contact with moving arms etc., but how do you wear the finish off the whole front of the bass?[/quote]

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='942096' date='Sep 1 2010, 02:09 PM']Why oh why oh why oh why do people put "brought" when they mean "bought". I see it all the bleedin' time and it gets on my hairy tits. I'm not being racist or facetious with this but as a Scot I wonder if it is a thing that English people commonly say?[/quote] Not round these parts... but then again, I don't understand half the things that get said round these parts.

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='942083' date='Sep 1 2010, 02:05 PM']It's a good look you've got goin' on there[/quote] +1 Nice 'do!

[quote name='Stylon Pilson' post='941995' date='Sep 1 2010, 01:09 PM']Successful troll is successful.[/quote] Fun troll was fun for about 4 pages. Dismal troll is now dismal.

[quote name='dave74200' post='941980' date='Sep 1 2010, 01:01 PM']Yep, and leave all you with your 2kg baby amps that you can carry in your man handbag on the way to your next open mic session at the Flying Horse![/quote] Erm... Mr Foxen... you got a picture of your rig handy?

[quote name='dave74200' post='941935' date='Sep 1 2010, 12:30 PM']My last crowd was 10,000 and I need a big rig[/quote] Why?

[quote name='dave74200' post='941875' date='Sep 1 2010, 11:43 AM']Hardly any heavyweights of the bass world are there?[/quote]

[quote name='dave74200' post='941478' date='Aug 31 2010, 10:02 PM']it's the dogs bra![/quote]

[quote name='eBay seller']New jack at some point.[/quote] Oh, well... that's OK then.

I hadn't realised quite how frickin' mahoosive the Soundblox pedal is.

Ah, that's better. This thread has injected some much-needed mirth into my day. Thank you, strange troll-man. [quote name='dave74200' post='941748' date='Sep 1 2010, 09:43 AM']As predicted, a stream of bass players with middle of the road amps trying to justify why they have them.[/quote] Ah, the ironing is delicious.

[quote name='tauzero' post='940996' date='Aug 31 2010, 02:31 PM']For revenge, simply finish with "cha cha cha".[/quote] Or "Shave and a haircut... two bits".

[quote name='ironside1966' post='940974' date='Aug 31 2010, 02:08 PM']...segways into other songs[/quote] Are you in Rammstein?

[quote name='skej21' post='938991' date='Aug 28 2010, 07:39 PM']Last time I played there the set-up did not include drums, but we had a big PA rig and every member of the band was either mic'd, playing with a pick-up or DI'd from an amp in it, so they are pretty reasonable. REALLY nice venue to play too, good atmosphere and good space (maybe a bit small, but you want intimate gigs for acoustic stuff )[/quote] Excellent! Good to know.