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Sorry if this is common knowledge to others, but it's kind of relevant. Back in the days of CBS studios in London (70s), they used to now they had a hit if they heard the tea ladies whistling the tune of songs they were working on. These tea ladies were called the Old Greys, and that's where the TV show got it's name from.

we have used the best conductors and what we consider the best XLR plugs and added our own magic ingrediants to offer a superb cable, able to compete with the big brands. 🤣🤣🤣 However, I do need new a new mains cable for £700.

I've always suffered from this and has quite regularly stopped me from sleeping. The worse I can remember is "you're a pink toothbrush, I'm a blue toothbrush" by Max Bygraves when I was about 7 after hearing it on my grandma's radiogramme! I even remember asking my mum how do I stop this cause it's driving me mad. I even find myself chewing in tempo to the song going round in my head ffs.

Just an update incase someone finds it useful in the future. atsampsons mention of checking if the neck is parallel to the body made me double check that area. Having already tried a shim at the body end which didn't work as intended, I tried one on the front end. Just 0.2mm, but that was enough to make the neck more parallel. It also ment I could lower the action a fraction (as there's more break angle on the frets) and seems to have removed some rattle giving a more rounded sound, which was what I was after. The neck is nice and flat as well. Feels much nicer to play now. Such small things making a big difference.

Yes, totally. Venues who think "oh we can put bands on, because we've got a spare 10 feet of space, and it doesn't matter they'll be in front of the toilet door, they won't mind people walking through them when they're playing. Space for a mixing desk? What's one of those then?"

Many thanks for taking the time to do that. Interestingly, your neck sits lower in the pocket, your saddles are a bit higher (therefore the strings above the pickup/guard), and yet the action is the same at the 17th. Next time I take the neck off I'll have a measure of the pocket, see if its flat. Shimming did help me raise the saddles, but i had to have quite a bit of relief and the clanking off the frets. I've yet to work out what it all means, but appreciate you doing that. It gives me something to compare mine to.

From what OP has said it seems like the monitor mix was being messed around with. Possibly a digital desk and they didn't realise they had the monitor mix live on the faders rather than FOH? 🤷 Easily done if you're not experienced. Anyway, not being a user of IEM, if you're the units mentioned above are taking a feed from the desk, are you not going to have the same issue ie the feed into the unit gets turned up and in turn raises the level into your ears? I guess you do have the option then of turning it down (so I think I just answered my own question! 🤡)

Champion. Thanks Woodinblack, that's a proper explanation. Thought I may have not ticked a box or a cache issue. 👍

Here's a random example. It's a very old post but has a picture and non-picture. Thinking it really is because people have deleted old photos, poss to make up more space for newer photos

Hi Is there a reason why on some threads there is just a small picture icon rather than showing the full picture? Thinking about it, perhaps it's due to the original picture being deleted by the poster? But some topics have loads of posts/pages with just these icons. Cheers

Hi I wounder if I could ask some kind soul to take a minute to check some measurements on thier Jazz for me please. I've a Squire Cv and it's needed a lot of setting up from new. The action was very high and lots of fret buzz after the 12th when lowered which required much fret reduction/leveling/truss rod adjustment. I've got it to where I like it now, but would be interested to compare it to another. Not having access to the genuine article (or finding pics online) I've no resource to do so other than someone out in BC land. On this first pic, this is how much I've had to file away the bottom of the E bridge saddle to get the action down (same on the G). I've seen this done else where, but doesn't seem right to have to do this and if I upgrade the bridge I'll have to do this again. I have tried shimming the neck but this resulted in a terrible clank from the strings which was worse. This next pic is the height I now have over the neck pickup, which is a bit low compared to the Fender specs, but can't get the pickup any lower in the body, and if I did I can't rest my finger on it. What height should the top of the pickup be from the pick guard? (ish) If I made it the recommended 5mm from pickup to string, the action would be stupidly high. And finally, how high is the neck at the 19th above the body? It feels like the neck pocket is cut too low, but without knowing what it should be, I can't tell. This is the action I've now got, which is perhaps lower than Fender specs, but I do like a low action. I've managed to get my Ibbys even lower without any issues. Any help would be appreciated. It's been quite a journey to get to this point. Much more than I would have imagined. But it's been educational and don't mind doing it on a Squire. A 74 original is a different matter! Many thanks in advance.

Nice neat job. Got to ask though, what is the chrome device you're using to hold the strings back with? I've not seen that before and looks very handy to have. Or is it part of the neck brace?

I don't know what GAS actually stands for, but I know it leads to spending a lot of money!

Yes, to people who are trying to help, but as someone who has wound 10,000s cables over 30 years, as long as you put the twist in as you're doing it, you can wind it round your elbow. Packing away a full orchestral recoding at 3 in the morning, you find a quick (correct) way of doing it! Definitely not your fist though, no, no, no.

Lead singers who feel their it's thier duty to talk to the female members of the audience on behalf of the band, rather than helping to load in/pack up. In rehursals, when trying to listen to the track you're covering to work out parts etc, drummer/guitarist/keyboard insist on playing along, thereby rendering any meaningful listen useless "so what's the chord progression on this one?" (for cover) Guit... "Am7, Dsus6, Eaug11 etc etc " well the bass part is just the root notes... " Guit..." typical bass player, " " wait, what, it's not my fault they wrote a lousy bass part" I feel this thread is going run and run

And Sax players....

Cheers Chris 👍 bought a bass cab. Excellent communication and a top bloke. No problems with the transaction and even brought it over so I could use it at our rehursal.

Thanks for bringing it over Chris. Pleasure doing business with you

My bitsa Jazz. Inspired by an Alpher cobra (?) bass I saw on Pinterest I bought a body with pickups off ebay and modded it with deeper horn cutouts and more body contouring (which you can't really see in this pic). Neck is an old Tanglewood I managed to get for £25! I also made a new scratch plate from Ash vineer, with a slightly different design, and used tung oil to finish. Black stain from Crimson Guitars to show the grain. The photos not great so doesn't really show it. Was more of a trial run really. When funds permit I'll get a better body and neck and re-do it. But this plays nice. I also have a Squire 70s CV, but that's more normal to post.

My BTB 780CM My first bass I bought about 10 years ago. Nice bass, but doesn't get played so much as now preferring the SR/jazz sized neck. Never seen another for sale, do Ibanez do limited runs of these basses?

At the risk of looking a silly billy and making a joke off my own post, maybe "in stock" ment 'in Stockholm '....... 🙄 Coat on and Taxi ordered... 🚕

"in stock" when I ordered a Squire Jazz online (and a very well known shop) meant it was in Sweden and took 5 weeks to arrive! However, one of the machine heads had snapped off and they replaced all 4 with genuine Fender ones, so they made up for it. But totally agree with you. In stock should mean they can see it... I feel your frustration

Why is Stewart Copeland playing guitar and Andy Summers playing the drums?

The only old photo of me on bass. Local gig, 1983, Shergold bass. John Taylor inspired neckerchief.....